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Gallery5's fourth venue town hall is happening tonight from 6 PM to 8 PM (doors at 5 PM), the latest in their quarterly series they launched last year to tackle large and small issues within Richmond's creative community. Previous panels have featured representatives from venues, promoters, and organizations like Broadberry Entertainment Group, Venture Richmond, The Camel, Baripete Productions, Rival Booking, and more, all in a moderated discussion format that opens up to audience questions afterward.

Tonight's discussion centers on underrepresented genres and DIY organizations/spaces in Richmond. The panel includes Ant The Symbol (Culture Current), CJ The Profit (80404 Club), and Hunting Dog (Ice Cream Social Party), who will be speaking on the lack of opportunities often faced within the city's hip-hop and electronic scenes, along with broader conversations around ethics, gatekeeping, power dynamics, and the current state of local creative infrastructure.

The event is free to attend and should be worthwhile for anyone invested in Richmond's arts community, whether you're actively involved or simply interested in hearing directly from people doing the groundwork and pushing for change.

Hey everyone! I wanted to let you know that there is a free concert/performance happening tonight: Three Brained Robot at Plan 9 Music from 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM.

This performance is part of a monthly in-store series at Plan 9 Music in Carytown curated by The Auricular, but it's a departure from the typical concerts we have. There's still music, but this is more performace art than anything. Creative, silly, and wildly fascinating. I think this bio for Three Brained Robot will sum it all up for you:

Three Brained Robot is not a band, not a person, and barely a thing. It is a transmorphological performance concept born from the vexed consciousness of Terra after a run of arguments with spatial gravity, floral bureaucracy, and a car wash vending machine that refused to accept emotional currency. With a corporeal body constructed from equal parts rusted roller coaster tracks, bitter municipal resentment, and the decaying echo of forgotten Tamagotchi, Three Brained Robot exists to vocalize the planet's petty grievances and simmering frustrations. In doing so, it speaks in overlapping frequencies, sings in malfunctioning harmonics, and occasionally pauses mid-performance to argue with the dark matter occupying the fourth dimension.

Each of its three brains operates distinctly: Brain One calculates vengeance through novel interpretive dance and the turn signal from a 1995 Subaru Legacy. Brain Two placates its audience while actively sabotaging the closest McDonald's ice cream machine. Brain Three is currently on strike, but is outsourcing its job to a crypto farm located in an abandoned TGI Fridays. On stage, Three Brained Robot does not perform so much as it embodies the sensible nature of chaos. Its shows are said to cause mild traffic disturbances, spontaneous nostalgia, and the sudden urge to apologize to inanimate objects. Audience members are advised not to make eye contact with more than one brain at a time.

The whole thing kicks off at 7 PM and typically wraps by 7:30 PM so it's an easy way to start your night or a fun wind down after dinner, depending on your mood. The goal of these shows is to spotlight the amazing local talent right here in our city. They started at the beginning of 2024 and have included singer-songwriters like Deau Eyes, Jonathan Paige Brown Jr., Erin Lunsford, Sravani Kameswari, and Tyler Meacham as well as bands like Rikki Rakki, Human Worm, Flora & The Fauna, Deathcat, and White Beast. Consider it an easy entry point into the local music community. The kind of series that keeps you connected to what's happening right here at home.

Hope to see some of you there!