Events Roundup: It's the freakin' weekend

The Walrus and the Carpenter

Tonight

Everything. Do everything, tonight, because at the stroke of midnight this vision of late Spring turns into rainy and highs of 50 all weekend. No point asking why, it just is. Sunny days happen on workdays and leave you looking out your cold window on Saturday at 3 p.m. at the grayness and the rain. But give it another month and days like today will be expected, not an exception.

MUSIC

-Sofa Surfers from Austria play Akropolis tonight at 7:30 p.m. The name doesn't quite jibe with the description of their music. I was guessing beachy laid back rock. But assuming makes me look like an asshole, or something like that. Their new album, Blindside, "is an expressive creation that absorbs soul and noise, only to reflect it back, demanding physical listening (head banging, jumping, screaming) from the audience." Did you get that? Soul-absorbing.
FOOD

-Gallery Hunger has all-you-can-eat Gnocchi for only 99 Kc. Chef Michael Corkery writes that said gnocchi will "be unlike any other you have ever tasted and light as a feather." The man knows how to sell his gnocchi! The dumplings will be served in a sauce allemande with mushrooms. 8 p.m. BYOB. U Rajské zahrady 2, Prague 3 - Zizkov.


SATURDAY


FOOD

-Dear Frank Haughton,

You are the owner of Caffreys in Old Town, and of the newly re-opened James Joyce Pub. For nine years now, you have organized the Czech Republic's Oyster Shucking Championship. People, like me, can go to Old Town Square and eat raw oysters, as many as I want! Are you married? I love you. We could just be friends? I'll be at the oyster contest that begins tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Old Town Square, wearing a blue shirt and holding a red rose.

Kisses,

Slow Loris.

-Gallery Hunger hosts "Food for Dudes" at 1 p.m., a cooking lesson that takes into consideration the disconnect between a single man's needs and his abilities in the kitchen. Just kidding guys! On the menu is the traditional roast: Oven roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, yorkshire pudding, sauteed mushrooms and bread pudding. Seriously, if you know how to cook, you have about a 20 percent better chance of getting laid. Not enough on its own, but if you're on the fence, it gives you that added advantage. 500 Kc. Call 722 186 547 to reserve a spot.


SUNDAY

-I must really love Gallery Hunger, or something. Actually I've never been. But this Sunday they're hosting a traditional Sunday roast with beetroot and blue cheese salad, braised chicken with root vegetables, roasted potatoes, yorkshire and bread puddings. Starts at 2 p.m., costs 250 Kc and is BYOB.

-In case this weekend was really disappointing or you didn't find yourself in enough awkard social situations (they're everywhere!) try speed dating at Cafe Bresto on Štěpánská 31. Starts at 7 p.m., the cost is 350 Kc and you have to sign up in advance here.

-It's March madness! And Czech Inn is showing some of the tournament games starting at 6 p.m. Convenient timing, as the Czech Inn has a happy hour every day from 6-8 p.m. with 20 crown budvars. Francouzska 76, Prague 10, on the 22 tram line.

-You can also catch the college basketball games on the big screen at The Globe. Specials on chicken wings: 10 wings for 100 Kc, 15 for 150 Kc and 30 for 250 Kc.