WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2010 >>>
1. When you see him perform at 8 p.m. inside Northern tonight, it will not be the plate spinning we usually associate with one-man-bands. When you watch Andrew Bird utilize the loop pedal, it's an awful lot like a high-wire act; but Daniel Francis Doyle approaches his songs like a trail of dominoes. You watch him lay down every intricate guitar line, tension building and building. When he steps to the drums, the sounds collide together in cacophonic headlong motion. The fact that that Doyle intersperses this with plaintive and simple pop songs only adds to the freefall dizzy spell.
2. Alison Berger, who is best known for her line of clear, hand-blown glass products including light fixtures, tableware and vessels, will be in the Museum of Glass' Hot Shop from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
3. Metropolitan Veterinary Hospital hosts an open house for artist Janye Sukow from 5-8 p.m.
4. Johnny Mustang will perform at 7 p.m. inside the Tempest Lounge.
5. Kamel Toe Bar and Grill's weekly "Toe Jam" begins at 9 p.m. featuring confirmed performers from Kashmir, SoulStripper, Experience Nugent Project, Whiskey Creek, Tone Circus, Butafuko as well as Joe Zandor and Liza Brown.