Things To Do This Week.

Have a Little Fun.

The harder we work, the harder we play. No, really, some actual scientists spent real money on a study to come up with this exact conclusion.

Sounds like a lot of hard work to me, and all for naught, too. In any case, wouldn't all that cash have been better spent playing than working? Besides, who has got time to work when there's so many quality places to play this week?

Sunday (8.9)
Lisa Fischer at Kessler Theater (Two Shows)
Be 20 feet from a badass.

Hip-Hop Chess at Crown and Harp
Checkmate.

Monday (8.10)
Shania Twain at American Airlines Center
Let's go girls!

Anthony Raneri at Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill (Free)
Bayside is cool and you know that it's true.

Tuesday (8.11)
It's Just Banter Live Taping at Off the Record (Free)
Your second favorite podcast.

Which Beer is it Anyway? at Flying Saucer
A mystery flight guessing game.

Gross Lonely Boys at Rubber Gloves
How far is funny?

Wednesday (8.12)
Rocky Votolato at Three Links
Slow it down.

American Idol Live! at Verizon Theatre
You're going to Grand Prairie!

Damien Rice at South Side Ballroom
Cannonball!

Thursday (8.13)
Cody Canada & the Departed at Panther Island Pavilion
Don't drink get in the water.

Arden Myrin at Hyena's (Dallas)
She's MAD funny.

Metz at Trees
Get off.

Summer Fest at Gas Monkey Live
Featuring Travis Scott.

Sylvain Sylvain at Three Links
A real New York Doll.

The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead? at Texas Theatre
Smash it up.

Jameson, Dude! at Dude, Sweet Chocolate (Sold Out)
A whiskey and chocolate tasting.

Friday (8.14)
Popcorn and Pasties: A Film Strip at Sons of Hermann Hall
Take (most of) it off.

Billy Joe Shaver at Kessler Theatre
Dance holes in your boots.

Telegraph Canyon (Album Release) at Granada Theater
Wheel to the garden.

Jill Scott at Verizon Theatre
Can't wait.

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin at Three Links
All hail Dracula!

Bobby Short & Friends at The Library Bar
Celebrating 20 years in residence.

Kevin Hart at American Airlines Center
Think like a man.

Pop Up Art Spot at Dallas Museum of Art
Art so hard.

Do I Sound Gay? at Texas Theatre
A documentary of self-discovery.

Saturday (8.15)
The Official Vampire Diaries Convention at Westin Park Central Hotel
Love sucks.

.45 at Three Links
Spector 45 lives on.

The Velvet Teen at Dada
All is illusory.

It Hurts to Be Dead at Crown and Harp (Free)
With Bullet Machine, Turd Cutter, Wolfs.

Oral Fixation at Dallas Performance Hall
The best of Season 4.

Ride for Dime at Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill
Dimebag lives on.

Robert Johnson Revue at Encore Park
Sell your soul.

Toga Party at The Foundry
Toga, Toga, Toga!

Star Wars Weekend at The Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
These are the sports you are looking for.

Snow tha Product at Trees
Get woke.

THEM! Custom Classics Display at Texas Ale Project
With Walker and the Texas Dangers.