Weekend Planner: Tattoo Con, Carny Party, Record Store Day and Rob Base in Warminster. Really

 

 

Friday, April 18
 
[ ]   Brian’s Harley-Davidson (600 S. Flowers Mill Road, Langhorne; 215.752.9400) has a spring fashion show and charity auction event tonight from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. hosted by Pierre Robert of WMMR-FM (93.3). All proceeds will benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
 
[ ]   This is the final weekend to take in Noteworthy Women: An Exhibition of Portraits, featuring art created by students of Jenkintown High School at Hiway Theatre (212 Old York Road, Jenkintown).
 
[ ]   Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention runs all weekend long at the Sheraton (17th and race, Philly).
 
[ ]   Center City District Gallery Night: Eighteen Center City art galleries open their doors and offer free hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and Center City’s art offerings, from photography to paintings, jewelry to antiques.
 
Saturday, April 19
 
[ ]   Saturday (April 19) is Record Store Day, celebrating indie music retailers who have more music knowledge than they do CD bins, unlike major retail chains.
 
Among the local stores participating:
 
 
 
Sound of Norristown (154 W. Main St., Norristown)
 
Manayunk’s Main Street Music: Features an in-store performance by Kate Nash.
 
AKA Music on 2nd St. in Philly will host DJ Julia Factorial, DJ Democracy and Home Blitz and a Park the Van Records showcase starting at 1:30 p.m.
 
Repo Records (South St., Philly)
 
The Record Collector in Bordentown
 
[ ]   Get to (the new) Soncini’s (355 York Road, Warminster; 215.957.3232) for its grand opening (see it used to be this place…and then it was this place…and now it’s Soncini’s, dig?) and see Rob Base. We shit you not.
               
[ ]   Sure the idea of a Carny Party is a lil’scary, but when it’s at the Red Stallion (County Line Rd. Warminster), how scary can it get? It’s $5 to get in; free with costume.
 
[ ]   Susan G. Komen Foundation fund-raiser at McFadden’s. $30 open bar.
 
 
Sunday, April 20
 
[ ]   S’posed to rain L. Go see a movie.
 
[ ]   If it doesn’t rain…go see the Phils. They play the Mets in ESPN’s Sunday Night GotW.