Don't forget to check out the Counter Culture Festival this Saturday at Dr. Dremo's. The Washington Post mentioned me in their review of the event! My new zombie valentines are here and so cute!

Details 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19 Dr. Dremo's Taphouse 2001 Clarendon Blvd. Arlington, VA • Information: 703-528-4660 • Price: Free

Editorial Review
Readers of this column and the Going Out Gurus blog may be getting their fill of items about the closing of Dr. Dremo's, but since the Arlington institution is closing on Jan. 27, you won't have to hear about it much longer. Saturday is the annual Counter Culture Festival, which combines a craft market, local clothing designers, authors, comic book artists and other creative types with live music and a sideshow. You can browse Tina Seamonster's awesome notecards and shirts and then see carnies hammer nails into their noses and walk on glass, or pick up one of Beth Baldwin's funky stuffed animals for your girlfriend before rocking out to the reggae band Lucky Dub (listen) or one of six other acts. Admission is free. The market runs from 4 to 8, and the performances start at 8.

-- Fritz Hahn (January 2008)