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So many options for drunken fun, so little time ...

Friday, Nov. 12

• The Young Affiliates of the Mint hosts their annual Black & White Gala at (where else?) the Mint Museum Uptown

• The Glee-thematic Gay Bingo night #1 at Grady Cole Center

• Grin Kids Fundraiser at Tilt on Trade (where $20 gets you open bar from 8 p.m.-11 p.m.)

• BET 106 & Park's Free hosts the (free) party tonight at Kiss Lounge

• Single Cell Productions presents Alloy at Closet Nightclub

• Grammy-nominated, Cali-based singer/producer/DJ Vikter Duplaix at Dharma Lounge

• Join the cast of DreamGirls at Apostrophe Lounge

Saturday, Nov. 13

• Rockhouse Events brings you Bobcats BrewCrawl III

• Gay Bingo Night #2 AND An ABSOLUT Gay BINGO Farewell After Party at Grand Central

• Sailor Jerry's Rum & Suicide Girls present: A USO WWII Pin-Up Dance "With Love" at Dharma Lounge

• Delirious One Cent Saturdays (one-cent drinks with $20 cover charge) at Halo

• Black Sheep hosts an Art Show with live music and live painting

Sunday, Nov. 14

• The Sol Kitchen brings you U.S.I.N. at Marigny

• Super Fresh Sunday hosted by Yo Gotti at Kiss Lounge

• Ocho Sundays at Black Bear Saloon

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You can never say you've got nothing to do in Charlotte, because there's always so many different options to choose from. Take this random event list for this weekend, for example.

Friday, Nov. 4

• Fun and fundraising for a good cause: A Taste in NoDa at Hart Witzen Gallery

• Try saying this five times fast, haha: First Fridays Charlotte: Fall Fetish at Morton's Steakhouse

• That smokin' shop Sunshine Daydreams celebrates its 10-year anniversary party at Neighborhood Theatre

• CharlotteVibe.com Photo Shoot Party at Tempo

• Grand opening of Kennedy's Premium Bar & Grill

• Halfway to Cinco de Mayo party at San Antonio Modern Mexican

Saturday, Nov. 5

• For good spellers with high tolerance: Drunken Spelling Bee at Pub At Gateway

• Hip-hop artist Nelly's Birthday Bash / Bobcats game after-party at 5th Element

• Internationally renowned DJ Mateo DiFontaine spins at Mez

• Sugar Society brings you electronic music goodies with Marcus Schossow with Kevin Focus (who was at Gravediggers Ball) to Marigny.

• Delirious Saturdays with 1-cent drinks at Halo

Last night, I started my weekend early with drinks at Growlers Pourhouse, followed by chili cheese fries at Solstice Tavern. In case you had any doubts, the two do not mix. Yuck. (Yeah, I know you really wanted to hear that.)

On that note, here are some parties to hit up this weekend in Charlotte. Happy Friday!

Friday, Oct. 22

• SocialFlockers brings you a Halloween Open Bar Costume Party at Tilt.

• DJ Khaled live at Delirium at Limits (formerly known as Buckwild and City Limits in University)

• JCSU Homecoming After Party at Kiss Lounge, featuring Faboulous

• Grammy-Award nominated American country music artist Jake Owen at Coyote Joe's

• Pretty in Pink party enefiting American Cancer Society at Butter

Saturday, Oct. 23

• DJ Keoki's Vampire Disco Ball at Marigny

• South End Costume Crawl, featuring La Paz for dinner and drinks then Tavern on the Tracks, Dilworth Neighborhood Grill, Lebowski's, and Tyber Creek

• The Most Interesting Show in the World, hosted by Andrew W.K. at Amos' Southend

• Whitewater River Jam Fall Finale at U.S. National Whitewater Center

• Truckstop Preachers at Comet Grill

• JSCU Young Alumni Grand Finale at Forum

Today's listing of events for the weekend is brought to you by this lovely white mocha frappe I'm sipping on. Gah. Don't you love Fridays?

Friday, Oct. 8

• Did you know that Stoli is doing a Hugh Hefner's Limited Edition Playboy Bottle? Stoli Orange! Town Tavern is hosting a Bunny Party to commemorate the bottle tonight.

• Digital Divas presents: Fall Fling at The Met with live performance by PFP.

• Mez is hosting The Relaunch with a new menu, a new 3D theater, new VIP area and so much more.

• 100 percent of the door proceeds benefit Breast Cancer Awareness at Suite for the Cure

• Mortimer's brings you Oktoberfest (and it's in October!)

• Charlotte STYLE Magazine hosts its Fall Issue Release Party at Loft 1523

Saturday, Oct. 9

• Single Cell Productions' Decadence Project: Sci Fi CyberFetish at Amos' Southend. The name of that event says it all.

• DJ Kemit from Atlanta presents "Spread Love" at Apostrophe Lounge

• Grand opening of Club Marigny in South End

• Big Mammas House of Burlesque brings you the Rock N Roll Pastie Show at Visulite Theatre

• The Official 7th Annual Plaza Midwood-Chantilly Chili Cook-Off goes until 11:30 p.m. Good neighborhood fun!

• Niche's grand opening after party will be at Dharma Lounge with Prince Presto and BBQ on the patio

Jeez. This is a good weekend to be living in Charlotte, because there's just so much going on in the nightlife scene! Here are my picks for what to do this weekend.

Friday, Oct. 1

• The Mint Museum's Uptown location grand opening (complete with Pecha Kucha, live music and a dance party!)

• The Breakfast Club is proudly hosting their first ever Twister Tournament.

• Soul singer Ledisi and guitar-slinging soul vocalist Anthony David perform at McGlohon Theatre

• The annual celebration of hip-hop flavored music, visual art and performing art Art, Beats + Lyrics, this year held at The Westin.

• Launch of Latin Fridays at Sunset Club (open bar from 10 p.m.-midnight)

Hello Friday. It's so nice to see you again.

Friday, Aug. 27

• For those of us working on our higher education, school started back this week. Whew. Town Tavern welcomes us back with its :: Back to School Bash ::

• A night in Vegas, featuring the :: 4th Annual Rockin' With Ribbons Benefitting Susan G Komen For The Cure :: at The Sunset Club

• It's fall fashion show time. First up, it's the :: Rock the Republic Fashion Show :: at Pavilion at Epicentre, featuring Rock and Republic Denim.

• Single Cell Productions brings you :: ALLOY :: at Closet with a special Iconoclast fashion show

• :: Latin International Night :: at Apostrophe Lounge

• It's a ::Foam Party :: at Bar Charlotte!

Saturday, Aug. 28

• :: 6th Annual White Trash Party :: at Ultimate Gym

• Local band's :: The Lights Fluorescent final show :: tonight at The Milestone

• Dharma Lounge and Culture Initiative presents :: Abstract Culture :: an abstract showcase of 3D art and music with musical guest Q-BURNS ABSTRACT MESSAGE

• Power 98's No Limit Larry hosts the :: I Luv Music Weekend :: at The Forum

• :: Kiss :: live at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Sunday, Aug. 29

• Rockhouse Events brings you :: ReFRESH :: pool party at The Blake Hotel

• :: Tea Leaf Green :: performs at Neighborhood Theatre

For those UNCC students, this weekend's your last chance to party this summer without worrying about homework assignments nagging at you from the back of your mind — school starts on Monday! Grr!

Friday, Aug. 20

• Ever since the folks at Town Tavern took over the place that used to be Brick & Barrel, the place is packed ... some might say TOO packed downstairs in the basement. Help them celebrate their :: One-Year Anniversary :: tonight.

• :: Takeover Friday :: at Bechtler Museum of Modern Art

• Slam Charlotte's monthly :: Poetry Slam :: at McGlohon Theatre

• :: The 2010 International Facebook Affair :: at the venue formerly known as The Forum

• :: Fire & Ice Party :: at Mez, to support the American Heart Association.

Saturday, Aug. 21

• Hello, didn't you hear that football season is rolling through again? :: Extreme Tailgate Party & Cornhole Tournament :: at the corner of 3rd and Poplar streets.

• Curious about the gay bar scene in Charlotte? Check out the :: Annual MGNCA Bar Tour::

• ::The Queen City Block Party w/ LiL Scrappy Performing Live :: at Situations Lounge

• Six Figure Entertainment brings you :: The Cream & Butter Affair :: at Ballantyne Village Theatre

• :: SuperBLU :: a superhero costume party at Dharma Lounge

Sunday, Aug. 22

• ::  SOAK Sundays :: at Pavilion at EpiCentre. Hmm. An above-ground pool party at the EpiCentre. You tell me how that goes, k?

• :: Latin RE-FRESH :: pool party at The Blake Hotel (and it's free!)

• Rockhouse Events present :: RockBus Concert Series: Jack Johnson :: (concert at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre; meetup at Buckhead Saloon)

Here's some random pickings from the events going down in Charlotte. What will you be doing? Hit me up and let me know!

Friday, Aug. 13

• The girl in me is super excited about the :: Eat, Pray, Love movie premiere event :: at Mez tonight. $30 VIP ticket includes appetizers, dessert, a special cocktail and VIP movie ticket.

• Say goodbye to :: Tutto Mondo :: tonight with Takeover Friday. (Didn't you hear Tutto was closing?)

• The last bout of ::pudding wrestling:: at Hartigan's is tonight.

• Local band :: Transmission Fields :: CD release party at Visulite Theatre.

Saturday, Aug. 14

• Considered to be one of the godfathers of the West Coast house scene, :: Scott Hardkiss :: will be DJing at Dharma Lounge.

• Turnah Classics & GODCITY present :: SOMETHING 4 THE HEADS ::  with live hip-hop, poetry, reggae and more at The Mill at Boudreaux in NoDa.

• :: Charlotte Irish Summer Festival :: in Uptown. Tickets are only $5.

• The venue formerly known as Forum is still getting love. Tonight, the :: Best Damn Leo Bday Bash :: hosted By King Henry & IKNOWTANK

• American alternative Southern rap group :: Nappy Roots :: performs at Amos' Southend.

Sunday, Aug. 15

• There's nothing like a good drag show to finish up your weekend, right? :: Buff Faye's DRAG-LICIOUS Sundae Night Showcase :: will be taking over Crave Dessert Bar.

• WSOC 103.7's :: Stout Stand Against Cancer :: concert event at Coyote Joe's. Doors open at 1 p.m., featuring Lee Brice, Rodney Atkins, Randy Montana, Blackberry Smoke and more.

Why is it that when you take a day off during the week, the days seem to drag on longer? After I took off from work Monday, it seemed like Friday was never going to get here. Jeez.

Aren't you glad the weekend is finally here? Here are some cool events you might want to check out.

Friday

• Sure, we're not from Ecuador, but let's help celebrate Ecuador's independence anyway at Latorres tonight.

• Get your picture taken at The CharlotteVibe.com Photo Shoot Party at Tempo.

• Concert alert: Music editor Jeff Hahne recommends Guttermouth, The New Threat, Southside Punx, The Not Likelys at The Milestone

• The new Fantasy Friday at Halo. Ladies 18 and up now have a new spot to invade on Friday nights. (Sorry fellas, you've still got to be 21 to get in.)

Saturday

• Panache w/The Mighty DJ DR (Voted Best Club/Party DJ in Charlotte by Creative Loafing) at The Sunset Club.

• Comedy show at The Flying Saucer featuring some local acts from 9 p.m.-11 p.m.

• Big Mammas House of Burlesque presents "Heroes Versus Villains" at Visulite Theatre

• South End Summer Crawl will begin at IceHouse and end at Tyber Creek Tavern.

• The Scorpio's Best Dance Crew Competition. This should be interesting!

Sunday

• The Velvet Nights.com is hosting "The Jersey Party" at Town Tavern. Free keg and $3 You-Call-Its.

If you've been keeping up with Creative Loafing, you know we've been super busy lately. Wednesday night was our Soft Launch party, in which we debuted our new look. And NEXT week, our biggest issue of the year, the Best of Charlotte edition in which our critics and readers pick the best of the best in the city, hits stands. And trust me, it looks great.

In my double duty as operations editor and nightlife editor, my to-do list has been crazy. Drinks are in order for the weekend! Here are some hot spots intern Victoria picked out. Have a great weekend!

Friday

• Petra’s Getz Wild with the California Bad Boyz

• Rock & Republic Fashion Show Model Casting Call at Suite

• Bring the Bass featuring Dieselboy at (formerly) The Forum

• DJ Party at Phil & Tony’s

- Tom-Tom’s Sunkist Orange Affair at Tempo Night Club

Saturday

• Live Vocalist Natalia Clavier of Thievery Corporation at Dharma Lounge

• Adair: A Black Tie Affair at Randolph Medical Center

• Flip Cup Tournament at Buckhead Saloon

- Love! With DJ Andy Kastanas at (formerly) The Forum

- Uptown Oasis at Spectrum Southend