Who’s performing at tonight’s First Friday art walk

By Benjamin Leatherman DJ William Fucking Reed will be doing an after-hours spin session at Modified Arts tonigh...err, Saturday morning starting at 1:30 a.m. There’s gonna be plenty to see and do at the monthly First Friday art walk. As Lilia Menconi wrote earlier today, Chaos Theory 9 will be...

By Benjamin Leatherman

October 3, 2008

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By Benjamin Leatherman

DJ William Fucking Reed will be doing an after-hours spin session at Modified Arts tonigh...err, Saturday morning starting at 1:30 a.m.

There’s gonna be plenty to see and do at the monthly First Friday art walk. As Lilia Menconi wrote earlier today, Chaos Theory 9 will be held at Legend City, while painter Colling Chillag will be doing his thing over at Pravus. As far as the music and performance art goes, here's a sample of the bands and musicians who’ll be doing their thing in and around downtown Phoenix.

Alustemia, Leaf, & more [rock/indie] 8 p.m. $5 Casa Blanca Lounge, 1801 W. Van Buren St., 602-252-5353

After Hours Party with DJ William Fucking Reed [indie/new wave/Britpop] 1:30 a.m. Modified Arts, 407 E. Roosevelt St., 602-462-5516.

Carnuba [rock/indie] 8 p.m. Paisley Violin, 1030 Grand Ave., 602-254-7843.

Derrick Mendonca [acoustic/folk] 7 p.m. Just Breathe, 828 N. 2nd St., 602-256-1400.

DJs Iowatest, Mendez, & guests [house/techno] 7 p.m. nextDOOR, 901 N. 4th St., 602-254-6424.

DJ Jon Dread spins in the Tree Jay House [reggae/old school hip-hop/breakbeats] 8 p.m. HoodRide, 918 N. 5th St.

expansion :: fridays with DJs Brazilia, and guests [funk/house/rare grooves] 9 p.m. $5 Bar Smith, 130 W. Washington St., Phoenix, 602-229-1265

Former Friends of Young Americans, Mostly Bears, & Mr. Gnome [rock/indie] 8 p.m. Canvas@1011, 1011 N. 3rd St.

Nicole Pesce, E.J. Rodriguez, & more [piano/jazz] 7 p.m. My Florist Café, 534 W. McDowell Rd., 602-254-0333.

Other Voices, Sweetbleeders, & more [rock/indie] 6 p.m. The Ruby Room Lounge, 717 S. Central Ave.

Phoenix Chorale [classical] 7 p.m. Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 100 W. Roosevelt St., 602-254-7126.

Porches, & more [rock/indie] 7 p.m. The Trunk Space, 1506 Grand Ave., 602-256-6006.

Starlings [acoustic] 8 p.m. The Drop-In Gallery, 917 N. 5th St.

Vessel [religious] 7 p.m. Roosevelt Community Church, 924 N. 1st St., 602-495-3191.

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Benjamin Leatherman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where he focuses primarily on arts, culture, music, and nightlife. He began writing for New Times in 2003 and joined the staff full-time in 2005. Prior to that, he contributed to magazines such as Tips & Tricks and The Wrestler. Benjamin has earned multiple awards from the Arizona Press Club including an award for sports enterprise reporting in 2009 and an award for statewide arts reporting in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s of arts in journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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