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It's Happening Tonight!

by Alison Hallett • Jun 8, 2011 at 12:59 pm

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SOUL(EY) MAN—Omar Souleyman? Oh, he's just your average mustachioed Syrian techno-pop superstar whose sound became the most unlikely of global sensations. Often working arm-in-arm with poet Mahmoud Harbi, Souleyman combines traditional Middle Eastern music with beats and synthesizers, a potent mix that caught the attention of his latest collaborator: Björk. EAC
w/DJ GlobalRuckus; Dante's, 1 SW 3rd, 9 pm, $15

WOOLLY DANCE—Scenester territory is infiltrated by performance art of the boldest sort tonight, as boundary-pushing contemporary dance troupe Woolly Mammoth Comes to Dinner joins Operative, Golden Retriever, and others for a sure-to-be inspired co-mingling of music, comedy, and dance. AH
Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 8:30 pm, $5

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