Weekly Alibi
 Apr 20 - 26, 2006 
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NEWS/OPINION
News Interview
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Sport and Spectacle: Sport and Spectacle
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MUSIC
Spotlight: The Magic of Ben McIver
Cool jazz on a warm April night: Seasons' Saturday Night Jazz Series begins on a high note with the Ben McIver Quartet.
FOOD
Restaurant Review: The Green Light Bistro
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FILM & TV
Film Festival Preview
¡Mira! The Sin Fronteras Film Festival is now playing in your own backyard with 40 shorts, documentaries, features and animated pieces from all across the Spanish-speaking world.
ARTS/LIT
Poetry News
Some inventors dream of making it big as the next Post-it Note entrepreneur or cashing in on late-night infomercials. Not Chicago poet Marc Smith. He invented the poetry slam. Who knows what the hell he was going for? Steven Robert Allen asks in an exclusive interview.

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Don Yer Tartans: 25th Annual Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival

Bagpipes, dancing, kilts and beyond. All things wonderful and beautiful and Celtic come together this weekend for the 25th Annual Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival. This year's celebration serves honorably as the location for the 13th Annual Masters World Championship for Highland games. Events include stone, weight and hammer throws, caber and sheaf tosses and other traditional feats of strength. There will also be Men's Pro Division rugby, a Celtic Sevens Rugby Tournament and youth rugby games. For those whose interests bear slightly on the less-violent side, music, dancing, shopping, food and drink will abound throughout the park, as well as celtic dog, pony and horse shows, herding demonstrations and an antique car show. Kids' activities include knight fights, pony rides, a mini caber toss and more. Don't miss this chance to celebrate all seven Celtic nations packed into two days of fun. One-day admission ranges from $7-$15 with two-day admission discounts available. Balloon Fiesta Park • Sat May 18 • 9 am-5 pm • $7-$20 • ALL-AGES! • View on Alibi calendar

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      Dead Can Dance

      Zombie Dance Party Tonight

       

      The Dark Matters Film Festival Zombie Dance Party shambles into Sister Bar (407 Central SW) tonight at 8 p.m. The event promises lots of dead patrons and plenty of live bands, including Hoverbourd, Lindy Vision, Get Action, YOU and First Lovve. It’s the official launch party for Dark Matters—which unspools May 17-19 at Guild Cinema with more than 14 horror, sci-fi and dark fantasy films from around the world. You can pick up your official DMFF programs tonight at the party. Check out the trailer above. When’s the last time you saw a trailer for a party?

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