More Scanner: "Where is the love" edition
Since this blog is supposed to provide a public service (it's either this or 90 days picking up garbage or slinging soup at a retirement home), we've got a few more things for those of you that love the heart-shaped holiday, and those of you that want to crush it underneath your boot.
Tonight over at Empire it's "Something Like Love." It sounds very much like something starring Doris Day and Tony Curtis, or maybe Rock Hudson.
ANYWAY, the shindig is a benefit for the non–profit community arts and culture collaborative MENSK.
You may know MENSK for a lot of things, such as the truck shows, the rooftop movies and the annual Earth Day celebration.
Tonight they've put together an exquisite line–up of musicians, including The Bermuda Triangles, Dominic and the Lucid, Loverless, Fred Dodge, As Fast As, Pete Killpatrick, Megan Jo Wilson and Nigel Hall, just to name a few.
If that weren't enough, they promise these guys will be doing love songs, "not just another" love songs, and all sorts of mash–ups that may involve taking artist A and matching with artist B, and seeing what happens.
Also tonight they'll have local art along with local artists on hand, all to be auctioned off for MENSK.
The show starts at 8 p.m.
If you're also in the mood for dancing tonight, stop on down at Bubba's Sulky Lounge where it is nothing but dancehall reggae all night long. Hosting and musical duties come courtesy of songstress/hip–hoptress Sontiago along with Nathan Shepard. The fun begins at 9:30 p.m. and it's only $5 to get in.
DID YOU KNOW, that today kicks off National Condom Week? Or at least that is what Planned Parenthood keeps telling me. (Note: The link to Planned Parenthood contains an instructional video on "how to use a condom." Though kinda funny, and also creepy, let's just call it "M" for mature. Exercise caution.)
Of course, what better time to think about condoms and safe sex than Valentine's Day, the holiday that seems to divide people between those in relationships, those not in relationships, and those who hate the fact that a single calendar day is used as an excuse to show how you feel.
Still, they're banking on the fact that people may find themselves gettin' busy (as the kids say), so why not put the info out there.
Planned Parenthood is also using the occasion to launch its own new brand of condoms, specifically to go after that oh-so-picky girl on the go demographic:
"Some women are embarrassed to purchase and carry condoms, and PROPER ATTIRE was created for that reason. After extensive research among women in the target age (18-30), the product was designed with chic package with a unique fig leaf print. With the trendy feel and packaging, women have the opportunity to be both safe and fashionable."
There you go ladies.
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