Free First Friday FT/Quiet Company with The Calliope Musicals and Odd Folks
2016-04-01 19:30 - 23:00 (America/Chicago) | TX
Quiet Company

Through the release of five LPs and endless touring, the Austin, Texas band Quiet Company has been making a name for themselves nationally with their energetic live shows and their anthemic, dynamic, indie rock which critics have called a mix of The Beatles, Death Cab for Cutie, Arcade Fire and Weezer. They’ve gained a huge fanbase while gathering praise from The New York Times, TIME, NPR, Last Call
Website-http://www.quietcompanymusic.com/transgressor
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/quietcompany/
The Calliope Musicals

“Who Brings A Confetti Cannon To A Fun Fight? Calliope Musicals Does.” -ALL SONGS CONSIDERED, NPR
“This Austin six-piece channels youthful energy that shows how much enjoyment can be found in life.” -KUTX
“IF [PSYCHEDELIC PARTY FOLK] SOUNDS LIKE AN INCREDIBLY SPECIFIC CLASSIFICATION, YOU’RE RIGHT. TAKE A LISTEN TO THEIR MUSIC AND YOU’LL SEE EXACTLY WHAT THE BAND MEANS. REGARDLESS, THEIR MUSIC IS FANTASTIC AND ENGAGING.”-no country for new nashville
Website-http://www.calliopemusicals.com
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/CalliopeMusicals/?fref=ts
Odd Folks

Keep it odd. These local punk rockers are guaranteed to bring a good time. They will be playing a late night set after the Quiet Company leaves.
https://www.facebook.com/OddFolks

Corusco with Luca, Daniel Gonzalez, and Forever Today
2016-04-02 20:00 - 23:00 | TX
Corusco

Corusco is an indie rock project with its roots spread across Texas and currently located in the Bryan-College Station area. In May 2015, Corusco released a four song acoustic demo entitled “Don’t Give Up” that is available on Bandcamp. They have toured through Texas and Oklahoma. With themes ranging from loss and hope to heartbreak and joy, “Don’t Give Up” encompasses the journey through grief and the darker moments in life while struggling to maintain hope. Look out for their upcoming EP release

Luca

Formed in the fall of 2013, Luca began making strides in the local College Station scene. After releasing a three song set of demos in the winter, they began working on their debut EP entitled “Mistakes to Learn From” which was released in September of 2014
Daniel Gonzalez

Daniel Gonzales is a singer/songwriter based out of College Station, Texas. Daniel and his group of experienced musicians create an upbeat and energetic show that provides a memorable experience for every type of listener. Since his start in 2012, Daniel has shared the stage with Gungor, Graham Colton, Jay Nash, Matthew Mayfield, Nick Verzosa, Josh Grider, and many other artists. Daniel released his debut EP, The First 20, in 2014 and is currently in the studio working on a full length album.
Forever Today

Alternative/rock band from Bryan/College Station, Texas.

Craft Beer and Cocktail Tuesday
2016-04-05 16:30 - 18:30, 2016-04-12 16:30 - 18:30, 2016-04-19 16:30 - 18:30, 2016-04-26 16:30 - 18:30 | TX
Join us for craft beer and handcrafted cocktails – mixing starts at 4:30!

Kyle Cook With Ricky Vazquez and Wilson & The Rhyme
2016-04-07 20:00 | TX
Kyle Cook

Local upcoming singer-songwriter and Grand Stafford Theater Artist-In-Resident, Kyle Cook is senior Aggie with one unbelievable voice. His music resides somewhere between Sam Smith and Penny & Sparrow. Catch him on his first headlining show at the Stafford and be on the lookout for his upcoming EP.
Music-https://noisetrade.com/robertkylecook
Ricky Vazquez

Ricky Vazquez is an alternative pop/folk singer-songwriter and musician from South Florida who currently resides in Nashville, TN. He was a featured performer at the Driven Music Conference in May 2014. He was a featured artist on BalconyTV twice playing his songs “Anchored Down” and “You Alone”. He has performed at events such as the Sony Open and the 2015 Florida Music Festival. His last release, an acoustic EP “Yet to Be” has been featured on music blogs and has been released internationally. Beyond that he is a man of faith, trying to portray the beauty of life through song.
Website- http://www.rickyvazquezmusic.com
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/rickyvazquez57/
Wilson & The Rhyme
This fun and playful duo will capture your attention with their pitch-perfect harmonies and bubbly tunes. These two Aggies came together in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. Sawyer Wilson and Allison Reimschussel make up the harmonic duo and perform a number of original songs, along with covers of classics such as “Want you back” by Jackson 5 and “Riptide” by Vance Joy.
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/wilsonandtherhyme/

Hispaniola Medical Charity Cabana White Party and Documentary Preview
2016-04-09 19:00 - 22:00 | TX
Enjoy an evening of island spirits, dancing and dominoes as we celebrate the impact of Hispaniola Medical Charity with a party and preview of upcoming documentary, The HMC Project. , a about Hispaniola Medical Charity. The evening begins at 7PM with tastes of the islands and dominoes play. The screening of the documentary preview will begin at 8:15 and will be followed by merengue and salsa dancing.
Dress is Island White attire and dancing shoes!
About the Documentary
The HMC Project is a short documentary film about the faces behind the Hispaniola Medical Charity. In the summer of 2015 the filmmakers traveled to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic with the surgical mission team to capture their motivation, their journey, the impact and the needs of the charity.
About the Filmmakers
UptownWorkNYC is a production company co-founded by NYC artists Mandie Black and Daniela Hart that seeks to tell meaningful stories in various ways. We teamed up with filmmaker Anthony Ricciardi to document and share the work of this inspiring organization. Daniela is the daughter of Dr. Umbert and Laura Hart of Hispaniola Medical Charity.
The evening benefits Hispaniola Medical Charity whose mission is to provide medical, surgical and dental care to the impoverished people on the island of Hispaniola, the home of Haiti on the west and the Dominican Republic on the East. We are accomplishing this through surgical and dental missions, education, medical school scholarships and procurement of supplies and equipment, but we have only just begun. The Hispaniola Medical Charity was formed in 2012 by two UTMB alumni, Dr. Dennis Gore, a General Surgeon on faculty at UTMB, Galveston and Dr. Umbert Hart, an Anesthesiologist in Bryan, TX, in memory of Dr. Hart’s father who was a surgeon from the Dominican Republic.

2nd Sunday Foreign Film Feat. Pan's Labyrinth
2016-04-10 15:30 - 17:30 | TX
Join us for this month’s installment of our Second Sunday Foreign Film Series!
Originally known in Spanish as El Laberinto del Fauno (The Labyrinth of the Faun), Pan’s Labyrinth is a 2006 dark fantasy film that takes place in Spain five years after the Spanish Civil War. This real world and a mythical world centered on an overgrown abandoned labyrinth are intertwined as main character, Ofelia, the stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer, escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world where she meets several strange and magical creatures who lead her through the trials of the old labyrinth garden.

The Black Lilies and The New Offenders
2016-04-14 20:00 - 23:00 | TX
The Black Lilies

The Black Lillies are a band for the ages: rich, rootsy tunes performed with as much heart as technical virtuosity. If you ask them, they’ll tell you they play “Tennessee music” – combining strains of swampy Memphis soul and blues with Nashville’s classic country and East Tennessee’s traditional Appalachian style – while Rolling Stone describes it as “country music with a soul-rock infusion, supported by bandleader Cruz Contreras’ smart songwriting and tight musicianship.” Either way, it’s music that stirs your soul, touches your heart and makes you want to dance.
“With one foot planted firmly in Appalachian music culture and the other always expanding and evolving, the Black Lillies have created a unique sound embraced by fans old and young.”
– Vanity Fair
Website-http://theblacklillies.com/epk/
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/theblacklillies/?fref=ts
The New Offenders

These Houston natives provide their own unique brand of southern roots rock reminsecent of The Black Crowes and Derek Trucks. With the album ‘Stones to Throw’ set to release in March 2016, The New Offenders are ready to tear up the stage.
Website-http://www.thenewoffenders.com
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/thenewoffenders/?fref=ts

Cody Joe Hodges and The Scott Taylor Band
2016-04-15 20:00 - 23:00 | TX
Cody Joe Hodges

Cody Joe Hodges’s music has been described as “outlaw country”, with a large influence of the country greats and performers who started the genre in the late 70’s and 80’s. Cody Joe’s voice ranges from silky smooth to raspy seduction. He and his band always thrill, putting on a high-energy performance at every show. It is rare that you will find someone that reaches across the aisle to both the old and new generations, but Cody Joe Hodges does it every time. His sound is something out of the past, and his writing style of the here and now.
Website-http://www.codyjoehodges.com/
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/Codyjoehodges/
The Scott Taylor Band

Scott Taylor has been performing in the Texas club and dance hall scene with his brand of country music for over 15 years and knows a thing or two about what it takes to entertain the masses. His high-energy show “doesn’t slow down until they kick us out.” That’s what keeps the fans coming back for more, night after night.
Scott Taylor, formerly the lead singer of the well – known South Texas band, The Emotions, (The band that helped to launch Curb recording artist David Kersh’s career) has forged his own path to create country music with his own style and sound. “I grew up listening to, and learning from, songs and artist’s back in the good old dance hall days,” Scott says of his early days in the music business. Today, you can hear much of that influence in the bands set list and original recorded material.
Website-http://www.thescotttaylorband.com/
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/The-Scott-Taylor-Band-100792509997708/

Reserved For A Private Event
2016-04-16 19:00 - 23:00, 2016-04-28 19:00 - 23:00 | TX

Software Developers Cartel
2016-04-19 18:30 - 20:30 | TX
SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS CARTEL – BRIGHT MINDS FROM CENTRAL TEXAS
An on-going series of Mini-conferences and meetups about current trends, methods and frameworks in software development – from new advanced hardware devices to a simple app, using an awesome framework to build a web app in no time or hacking an AR Drone in javascript. Developers having fun practicing their craft, and learning new stuff.
Our purpose is to create a space where developers form can come and share their professional and personal experiences with any technology available. By sharing this experience, we hope to create, maintain and grow a community of curious and passionate developers while fostering and promoting best practices in software development and dev frameworks/tools.
Presentations start at 6:30pm (doors open at 4:30pm.)
Official Website: http://softwaredeveloperscartel.com

TAMU CONDEV Center Presents Kombit
2016-04-20 19:30 - 23:00 | TX
Film Synopsis
In 2010, Timberland made a Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) commitment to plant five million trees in five years in Haiti, aimed at reversing the country’s dangerous decline in tree populations. That initiative evolved into a large-scale, self-sustaining agroforestry program owned and operated by smallholder farmers, creating lasting value well beyond the trees themselves. This project represents a public-private partnership model of development that helped Haiti recover from the scourge of conflict and natural disaster.
“KOMBIT: The Cooperative” documents the story of Timberland’s journey, and in partnership with Film Sprout, is being screened with local nonprofits, universities and other partners in more than 250 communities across the United States. To learn more about the film, visit KombitFilm.com.

Trout Fishing In America Children's Concert Benefiting Voices for Children - AT RUDDER THEATER
2016-04-22 11:00 - 12:30 | Rudder Theater, 401 Joe Routt Blvd., College Station, TX, 77843, United States
Trout Fishing in America is returning to College Station, Texas, for a benefit concert supporting Voices for Children, our local child advocacy non-profit organization!
Trout Fishing in America is the longstanding musical partnership of Keith Grimwood and Ezra Idlet. A willingness to at once make fun of our most annoying daily habits, then to touch our hearts with tender and passionate images of family life, is what makes the connection between Trout Fishing in America and its audiences so compelling and poignant. These four-time GRAMMY nominated artists have been called “…the Lennon and McCartney of kids’ music.” – National Public Radio
This is music for people who take their fun seriously. Four-time Grammy award nominees, Trout Fishing in America has been performing music for 3 decades that get kids and adults alike singing and bouncing along. In addition, they also delight children with their arresting physical appearance: Ezra Idlet stands at a whopping 6’8″ tall, and Keith Grimwood remains roughly 14 inches shorter than his bandmate. With songs like My Hair Had a Party Last Night and When I Was a Dinosaur, Grimwood and Idlet are “the Lennon and McCartney of kids music” – Kathy O’Connell, NPR.

Dana Louise & The Glorious Birds with Allison Reimschussel
2016-04-22 20:00 - 23:00 | TX
Dana Louise & The Glorious Birds

During a solo journey to the Azores Islands in 2011, Dana Louise, a visual artist, taught herself to play guitar. The daughter of Ezra Idlet of the Grammy-nominated Trout Fishing in America, Dana forged the beginnings of her sound, practicing amidst the archipelago’s lava rocks and dragon trees. Back in the States, she began singing and songwriting professionally, touring regionally and internationally, and is currently recording her debut album with Trout Records.
Joined by the Glorious Birds — Adams Collins (vibraphone and 5-string banjo), and Ezra Idlet and Keith Grimwood (Trout Fishing in America/guitar, percussion and bass) — Dana brings her vibrant, melodic vocals and finger picking to a body of complex songs. Drawing from jazz and bluegrass, carrying a contemporary beat, the sound is roots-rooted flung-into-the-future folk. Dana Louise and the Glorious Birds work to leave their audiences glowing with the magic music can bring: genuine human connection.
Website-http://danalouisemusic.com
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/danalouiseandthegloriousbirds/
Allison Reimschussel

Allison is one half of the fun and playful duo The Wilson & The Rhyme. With a mix of covers and originals, this Aggie will capture and hold your attention.
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/wilsonandtherhyme/

Trout Fishing In America benefiting Voices for Children
2016-04-23 19:00 - 22:00 | TX
Trout Fishing in America is the long-standing and yet seemingly unlikely musical partnership of Keith Grimwood and Ezra Idlet. As individuals, they are about as different as one can imagine. Together, they blend seamlessly in a way that has captured the imagination (and hearts) of audiences of all ages for over three decades. Ezra on guitar and banjo stands 6’8″ tall while Keith on bass stretches to 5’5 1/2″ on a humid day. Ezra is more playful and extroverted while Keith is more serious and reserved. Each of them bring out the best in the other and the joy that comes from this musical interaction is contagious and impossible to deny.
The duo has earned four Grammy Nominations and recently released “Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers”. Try saying that five times fast! The CD features tongue twisters, mind-benders, spooky situations and instantly identifiable slices of a kid’s life. In September 2010, they changed gears and released a folk/pop CD called “Lookin’ at Lucky”, the first full length CD for adults in 11 years. Included in their catalog is a children’s book/CD “Chicken Joe Forgets Something Important” published through Secret Mountain. The spoken-word tale is followed by 11 original songs relating to the story. Real people and animals in Keith and Ezra’s lives inspired the characters in the songs.

Choro Das Três
2016-04-27 20:00 - 23:00 | TX
Choro Das Três

Listening to Choro Das Três play is like being a part of history. The unique sounds of the Brazilian choro family band are reminiscent of days way-back-when and transport you to another continent. The perfection with which they play every note is something you see only in musicians who truly understand and love their craft with every piece of their heart. You can see the raw passion, the commitment to family, and the commitment to preserving a piece of history.
Choro Das Três is a Brazilian instrumental group of three sisters and their father that started in 2002. They play traditional Choro music, which is a form of urban jazz native to Brazil that shares a similar feel with New Orleans jazz or ragtime and bluegrass. Their mission is to revive the Choro tradition in Brazil and to spread it around the world.
Website-http://www.chorodas3.com.br/#!english/wmmln
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/chorodas3

The Black And White Years With Tele Novella and Nic Armstrong & The Thieves
2016-04-29 20:00 | TX
The Black And White Years

2012 NPR Band to Watch and SXSW veterans, The Black And White Years, will be showcasing their latest release “Strange Figurines”. Discovered by Jerry Harrison of the Talking Heads, these Austin Natives have crafted their own blend of art rock.
Website-http://theblackandwhiteyears.bandcamp.com
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/theblackandwhiteyears/
Tele Novella

Tele Novella is a fresh strain of sugar-crash dream-psych popsicle punch out of Austin, TX with members of Agent Ribbons and Voxtrot.
“…Influenced by equal parts Nancy Sinatra and The Virgin Suicides, combining classic ’60s rhythms with macabre undertones.” -SPIN
“If the Austin-based band Tele Novella isn’t on your radar yet, it should be.” -USA TODAY
“The group is pretty sensational, creating some of the best pop music to come out of city, and dare I say, the world as a whole.” Austin Town Hall
Website-https://telenovella.bandcamp.com
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/telenovellamusic/?fref=ts
Nic Armstrong & The Thieves

“Jumping out of the speakers…Nic Armstrong brings the fuzz and bubblegum in spades…the songwriting is so strong…A welcome castaway”
– Paste Magazine
“Noel Gallagher became a fan and invited [on tours with] Oasis…toured Europe and the UK with Paul Weller…did several weeks with the Pretenders, catching the ear of Rolling Stone’s David Fricke.”
– Christopher Gray, Austin Chronicle
“Check him out: It’s no lie…
his debut album… is great”
– David Fricke, Rolling Stone
Website-http://nicarmstrongmusic.com
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/NicArmstrongMusic/

Texas Music Pickers Presents Drew Womack and Walt Wilkins
2016-04-30 20:00 - 23:00 | TX
Drew Womack

Drew Womack, one of country music’s most notable singer-songwriters, returns from a prolonged hiatus with his first album in nearly ten years
Womack first hit the national recording scene with his band, Sons of the Desert out of Waco, TX. Signed to Epic Records in 1997, their debut album, Whatever Comes First, spawned several country radio hits including the title track, which charted in the Billboard Top 10.
During the time that he was performing and recording with Sons, Womack was also writing, and collaborating with several of Nashville’s top hit makers. Womack had written nine, top-10 hit songs including Kenny Chesney’s first #1 smash, “She’s Got It All” (co-written with Craig Wiseman). He also had collaborations with Peter Frampton, Jack Blades (Night Ranger, Damn Yankees) and Tim McGraw. As a songwriter, Womack earned five ASCAP awards and two BMI awards.
Website-http://thedrewwomack.com
Walt Wilkins

I am fortunate that I play my songs across a wide region that is filled with folks who find comfort, enjoyment & meaning in coming out to listen to folks like myself. I am fortunate that enough folks come out, generally, that I can come back to those places and play my songs again. I am lucky, I think, that I knew my calling at an early age, and at one point in my life, I took the necessary steps to follow that calling out into the world. I am still learning how to listen to, and stay true to the voice, and true to the work I am given. I try not to take myself too seriously, but I do try to take seriously this work; this calling. I play some nights just me and my guitar, and some nights with my talented and funny wife, Tina. And some nights with the The Mystiqueros, a living art collective, a hill country jukebox, one of the bands on the bill in honky-tonk heaven. I drive, I play, I sleep and dream. I have had a fair share of songs recorded by other folks, which was my dream all along, and I have played shows with heroes & real poets & the deepest of cats. But I live for the gig tonight, and tomorrow. I am fortunate… and I hope to see you down this road. -Walt Wilkins
Website-http://www.waltwilkins.com/home
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/Walt-Wilkins-19913642824/

KANM Student Radio Presents Save The Music! Featuring Cheap Haircuts, Electric Astronaut, and more!
2016-05-04 20:00 - 23:00 | TX
KANM Student Radio is a fully student run radio housed in the Memorial Student Center on the Texas A&M campus. We provide a place for students to share and discover new music they may not have heard before. On our stream you can find anything from EDM to underground rap to indie rock and everything in between.
Recently KANM has run into a few financial/technical problems. Which is the reason for this fundraiser because our main goal is the music. Finding new music, sharing music, and providing entertainment for all who happen upon us.
Jackson Webb: Jackson Webb is from Melissa, Texas. He started playing guitar in 8th grade, learning the basics from his dad and then figuring the rest out on his own. He grew up listening to every genre of music, and being exposed to such a wide variety has helped him appreciate all types of music, but also helped his song writing abilities. He grew up around music, and it’s something he’s very passionate about.
HYAH!: HYAH! is a 4-man punkfunk group from College Station, TX. Founded by Sensei Evan, the immortal members of the band have trained their skills extensively in the OG Dynasty, pulling influences from R&B, Rock, and Punk. Their music is an invitation and exclamation to a good time, but this is no simulation. This is HYAH!
Cheap Haircut: Cheap Haircuts is a Folk Punk/Folk Pop band that began in Plano, Tx. They’re album ‘You Are The Dream Star’ is available on Spotify and bandcamp.
Electric Astronaut: Electric Astronaut is a four piece band out of College Station Tx. With rock roots and Game of Thrones influences Electric Astronaut shows are something to see. You can find their music on bandcamp as well.
Mutant Love: Mutant Love is the result of a cloud of gas way out in space colliding with another weird cloud of gas. Find their music on bandcamp and other places on the interwebs.

Free First Friday FT/Daniel Gonzales With Strange Fiction, Danny Malooly and Tyler Smith
2016-05-06 20:00 - 23:50 | TX
Daniel Gonzales

Daniel Gonzales is a singer/songwriter based out of College Station, Texas. Daniel and his group of experienced musicians create an upbeat and energetic show that provides a memorable experience for every type of listener. Since his start in 2012, Daniel has shared the stage with Gungor, Graham Colton, Jay Nash, Matthew Mayfield, Nick Verzosa, Josh Grider, and many other artists. Daniel released his debut EP, The First 20, in 2014 and is currently in the studio working on a full length album.
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/DanielGonzalesMusic/
Strange Fiction

Strange Fiction is a synth-rock band from Austin, TX started on September 26, 2014, composed of members, Nathan Medina, Colin Campbell, James Blair, Chris Applegate, and Nathan Rabold. Their music oscillates between in your face edgy pop and atmospheric soundscapes.
Website-http://www.strangefictionmusic.com
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/strangefictionmusic/
Danny Malooly

Danny Malooly is a singer/songwriter currently based in Bryan/College Station. A professional musician since the age of 17, Danny has played alongside many acts, in multiple cities, and on numerous stages. His blend of Pop, Rock, and Jazz sensibilities create a unique and powerful sound that is sure to entertain any kind of audience. Danny‘s band is composed of some of the best talent in the area and are making their debut with him for First Friday. Each member’s unique specialties combine to provide clean and tight sound that is sure to capture their audience in a musical moment.

Danny has shared the stage with many acts such as Daniel Gonzales, Hazy Ray, Gungor, David Ramirez, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and many more.

Facebook-facebook.com/dannymaloolymusic
Tyler Smith

In his own words, “I talk through my music. I believe everything beautiful is a creation made by God, so when I write, I make worship songs, love songs, upbeat songs, and anything that is divinely placed on my heart. Everything that I am able to do with my talent is all due to the continuous grace of my father in heaven, and when I sing, I bring a message based on what I have gone through in my life. All I ask for is a chance, and I promise you won’t regret it”.
Website-http://tylersmithmusic.org

Private Event
2016-05-07 20:00 | TX

Second Sunday Foreign Film Series presents "The Motorcycle Diaries"
2016-05-08 15:30 - 18:00 | TX
“The Motorcycle Diaries” is based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he had with his best friend, Alberto Granado, while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.
In 1952, twenty-three-year-old medical student Ernesto Guevara de la Serna – “Fuser” to his friends and later known as Che Guevara – is one semester away from graduation and decides to postpone his last semester to accompany his twenty-nine-year-old biochemist friend Alberto Granado – “Mial” to his friends – on his four month long motorcycle trip over 8,000 kilometers of South America, starting from their home in Buenos Aires. Their quest is to see things they’ve only read about in books about the continent on which they live and to finish their adventure on Alberto’s thirtieth birthday on the other side of the continent in the Guajira Peninsula in Venezuela. Not all on this trip goes according to plan – the pair suffers a broken down motorbike, a continual lack of money (often stretching the truth to gain the favor of strangers to help them), arguments, and Fuser’s chronic asthma. But a chance encounter with a couple of communists in the Chilean desert and an extended visit to the San Pablo Leper Colony in the Perúvian Amazon Basin, among other adventures, profoundly impact the men’s worldviews and life trajectories and strengthen the bond between these two friends.

DVDT presents "The TSat Awakens"
2016-05-09 19:30 - 20:00 | TX
This documentary screening is free and open to the public.
DVDT presents, “The TSat Awakens”, a short documentary following DVDT through their journey in developing a small satellite for commercializing space exploration. Experience the mystery of what it means to be an engineer as DVDT takes you through the ESET capstone design sequence of researching, designing, developing, testing, and delivering a product to a customer. DVDT was a capstone team in the Electronic Systems Engineering Technology program at Texas A&M University. They successfully delivered their product to a local space company named T STAR on April 14, 2016.

Learn more about T STAR-http://tstar.us

Craft Cocktails
2016-05-10 16:30 - 20:00 | TX

Rob Baird "Wrong Side Of The River" Album Release Show With Troy Cartwright
2016-05-13 20:00 - 23:00 | TX
Rob Baird

Rob Baird is done looking in the rearview. The Memphis-born musician had enough of being conceptualized, packed a bag and said no thanks. “I had no interest in competing with the country-pop stars and trying to dance around,” says Baird, who left Nashville in the dust, booked a one-way-ticket to Austin and rediscovered his passion for intimate, no-frills songwriting. Working alongside producer Brian Phillips (David Ramirez, Penny + Sparrow), he’s crafted his most accomplished work yet: Wrong Side of The River, a 10-track gut punch of blues-drenched, storyteller-crisp autobiography derived from chasing miles of dreams.
Read what Rolling Stone Magazine has to say-
“Memphis-born musician Rob Baird’s “Wrong Side of the River,” the title cut of his upcoming LP, crackles with gritty desperation. . . and with good reason.
Stepping outside his comfort zone by working with inexpensive mics and no mixing board, Baird cut the material, produced by Brian Douglas Phillips, in a garage, leaving behind a record deal and an entire state in the process.
“This is all about being in the wrong place and knowing that you need to figure out a way to get to the other side,” Baird tells Rolling Stone Country of the powerful title track. “I moved to Tennessee after living in Texas for eight years, and after about a year, I knew it was time to go back to Texas. These feelings became the basis for this song, but after putting pen to paper I think this song is about fighting through the darkness to find the light. Sometimes you got to fight tooth and nail.”
Walking away from a deal with Nashville’s Carnival Music, Baird bought a one-way ticket out of Tennessee and made his way back to Austin, assembling a tight group of musicians to make the record, and detailing that “tooth-and-nail” struggle within the songs that form the basis of Wrong Side of the River. The result is a bold, hungry statement that follows 2012’s I Swear It’s the Truth with soulful melodies and blues-battered lyrics that reflect the westward journey to rediscovering his music and redefining himself.
Rob Baird’s Wrong Side of the River will be released May 13th.”
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/hear-rob-bairds-cathartic-wrong-side-of-the-river-20160325#ixzz44K9gHPwX
Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook
Website-http://robbairdmusic.com
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/robbairdmusic
Twitter-https://twitter.com/robbairdmusic
Troy Cartwright

Troy Cartwright is a country singer and songwriter born and currently residing in Dallas, Texas. He was selected as the winner of the 25th annual B. W. Stevenson Songwriting Competition, and is the recipient of numerous awards and nominations, including the Rising Star Texas Music Award and a Dallas Observer Music Award nomination for “Best Country Act”.
2015 was a banner a year for Troy Cartwright. Picked up by Sunfire Entertainment, his debut single “Next Flight Home” reached #23 on the Texas Music Chart. Success on the chart was also met with success on the road, playing over 125 dates and securing support slots for some of Texas’ biggest artists including Randy Rogers, Charlie Robison, William Clark Green, and Zane Williams. Troy also released his debut full-length album. This self-titled effort (“Troy Cartwright”) was released via Sony RED Distribution and was recorded with Wes Sharon (John Fullbright, Turnpike Troubadours, Parker Milsap) at his studio in Norman, Oklahoma.
PRAISE FOR THE NEW RECORD:
“The record is packed with gems both rocking and of the quieter variety, all of which display a fine depth.. one of the very best of 2015.”
– Kelly Dearmore – The Dallas Observer
Website-http://troycartwright.com
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/TroyCartwrightMusic

Come and Take It Productions Presents Tooloji with Smile Transylvania
2016-05-14 21:00 - 23:00 | TX
Tickets

Tooloji has been performing Tool tribute shows since 2005 under the name Toology. With original members Dave Ooi on vocals, Josh Guinn on guitar, and John Haddad on bass, the Tool tribute continues as “Tooloji” with world class drummer Perry MacAdams.

Craft Beer & Cocktails Tuesday
2016-05-17 16:30 - 17:00 | TX
