Norfolk/Virginia Beach, you make me want to pick up a guitar and celebrate the myriad ways that I love you.

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Thursday

Norfology Nights

“The ultimate networking happy hour. Norfolk’s young, best and brightest get together, get to know each other, and get a little drunk.” 

This is put on by AltDaily’s marketing sister, AltMarketing. I’m going to attempt to take this over and make it a meeting to discuss details for the best approach to storm the castle. 

Friday

Open hack night

The space ain't no joke.

Did you know that we have a hacker space Downtown? (We wrote about it awhile back.) It’s a roomful of people–most of whom you immediately mark as geniuses, but some who might just be nuts–working on a variety of projects that could have been plot points in Real Genius. It’s an exciting place. I love that it’s there. Love it love it love it. If you like things such as microchips and lasers and the Internet and big ideas, you’ve got to check it out. 

Interpol

A band as good as Interpol at the NorVa is straight hype juice into the space between your toes. It’s awesome. Apparently there’s still tickets left to this show, which is a shame. When the good bands come through town, we have to come out, make a lot of noise, dance a lot, and treat the bands right so they tell their other cool band friends, ‘Yeah, Norfolk is actually an awesome place to tour through.” 

I mean, you’re telling me you don’t want some of this in your life? 

Hannah and I will be there. Say hi. She’s the cute Asian girl and I, according to her, look like the devil with my new haircut. 

Drum Circle

Peace, love, power to the people momma. 

LOOSE LIPS 7.30.10 – KRAMES x JC/DC x LRDMRCY x OH!BOY

Kiss me with those bloody ass lips.

As of now there are 246 people attending this, according to the Facebook event page. As one attendee put it, “I feel that sweaty sluggish drunk comin on…..” 

Slightly Stoopid & Cypress Hill

I’m pretty sure this is some kind of anti-pot smoking convention. 

710 OIL W/ SPECIAL GUEST RUST

A place called GEARED UP ROCK BAR AND GRILL exists on 1485 GENERAL BOOTH BLVD. Event organizers that use all-caps make me nervous (for obvious reasons), but I reckon this would be a night you wouldn’t forget any time soon. 

All Girl Rocky Horror! (well almost all girl)

There are supposed to be two special “pre shows.” Given how sexual the whole extravaganza is, you might want to bring a second pair of underwear. What does that mean? I don’t know either, but Rocky Horror is a blast. 

Music on Monarch Way 2010

There's Julie.

That Monarch Way isn’t more fun is a damn shame. There’s some decent bars, Borjo’s is great, ice cream, sushi, Mexican… hmm… What’s it missing? … Ahh, a lot of people mingling and having fun. Why isn’t this more of a hang-out spot for ODU students? Where are they? 

Anyway, “Julie Clark has stepped into the national spotlight as the 1st place winner of the Great American Song Contest, winner of the Kerrville New Folk Competition, winner of Best Audience Response at the Cornucopia Music Festival, and grand prize winner of the 2010 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest.” This is free. 

Nomadic Roots Festival

This isn’t in the 757, but enough people I know are excited about it that I’m giving it a shout-out. 

Mister Roberts on the Wisconsin

I love that they do this. 

LAST FRIDAYS @ aloft (July)

aLoft is shockingly cool, given its location. (And that’s all I’m going to say about that.) But if you live in or near The Freak (Chesafreake, duh), and you’ve never checked out aLoft’s xyz bar, you should. 

Saturday

2010 Ghent Summer Bar Tour

My instinct is to lead a group of people in a groupsing of “Hip Hop Hooray.” I’m not sure why. 

I’ve never been to one of these. I don’t see how it could possibly be not fun. 

Yard Sale for the Homeless

Oh my, how quaint and smalltowny (in the compliment way). 

peter the face

“Music… and readings from the Twilight Saga.” 

At Bean There Cafe? Sure, I’m in. 

Get Wet

Since Saturday is slow, and the beach can be crowded/sticky/gross, here’s a nice feature in the Pilot about other places to take a dip. 

What’d I miss? Yell at me in the comment section.