SMELL THE FIRST OF SUMMER
May 9. Popular Cebuano Urbandub is launching, of all things, a scent. It’s named after the band’s super hit “First of Summer,” and it comes as a cologne and body spray. You don’t know how funny this feels writing this. Peso Movement, Autotelic, and Paranoid City are in the lineup, as of course Urbandub. 9pm. Saguijo Café +Bar, 7612 Guijo St., San Antonio Village, Makati. PHP300
MAKE IT A FLASHBACK FRIDAY
May 9. The Righteous Brothers’ Bill Medley, together with The Platters, are performing tonight Friday at Solaire Hotel and Casino. “You’ve lost that loving feeling?” “Unchained Melody?” Hear them all tonight! 8pm. Grand Ballroom, Solaire Hotel and Casino, 1 Asean Boulevard, Pasay. Ticketworld. Tickets start at PHP2,196
MAKE YOUR OWN HAVIANAS
May 9-11. It’s that time of year when you can customize your own flip-flops to your heart’s content. This year, Havaianas looks to its mother country for inspiration so you can expect everything—the straps, soles, pins, and the commemorative pair of course—to be a wee bit more colorful. Okay, a whole lot more colorful. 10am-10pm. Glorietta Activity Center, Makati. Free entrance
WATCH GHOST ON STAGE
May 9-11. It’s the closing weekend of Ghost the musical, Atlantis Productions’ 15th anniversary offering. Christian Bautista and Cris Villonco headline the Bobby Garcia-directed play. 8pm, May 9. 2pm and 8pm, May 10. 3pm and 8pm, May 11. Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, 4th floor, RCBC Plaza, Ayala Ave cor Gil Puyat, Makati. Ticketworld. Tickets start at PHP937.80
HEAR BULLET SING
May 10. Know why the music scene has their bets on Bullet Dumas and come his 3-song EP on Saturday. Niki Cabardo, the Jireh Calo Project, and Joey Ayala are also slated to perform. 8pm. Conspiracy Garden Café, 59 Visayas Ave., Quezon City. Free
GO ON A LAUGH TRIP!
May 10. Before you hit the clubs on Saturday, loosen up your buttons and get your pre-game on at a comedy show. It’s the opening night of Comedy Cartel’s month-long series of comedy shows at the Plantation, and as they say, laughter is guaranteed. 8pm. Ground floor, SCC Building. C. Palanca St., Legazpi Village, Makati. Free
MEET THE WALKING DEAD CREATOR
May 10-11. If you feel like exchanging zombie know-how, slapping silly The Walking Dead creator Charlie Adlard for all the stress he’s brought in, or just to shake his hand, you’re in luck. Dude’s in town for a series of book signing this weekend. 2pm, May 10. Fully Booked High Street, Ground Floor, B6, Bonifacio High Street, Taguig. 2pm, May 11. Fully Booked Alabang, The Street, Alabang Town Center, Commerce Ave., Muntinlupa City
SHOP!
May 10-11. It’s the much-awaited Au Courant trunk show, and for this edition, it’s all about summer travel. Apart from a lot of fab finds (our list includes: Polite Society clutch bags, Joey Samson clothes, Janina Dizon furniture, 13 Lucky Monkey rings, and Natalya Lagdameo bracelets), Rambla will be serving drinks and Gerard Henson, music. 10am-9pm. Kirov model unit, Rockwell, Makati.
IMAGINE THE FUTURE
Until May 31. The Mind Museum presents The Apocalyptic Project: Imagined Futures. It is comprised of 5 exhibits that explore the end of the world as we know it like endangered sounds, vanishing smells, and the intolerable heat. It should get you moving your ass to do something about climate change. 9am-6pm, Tuesday-Sunday. The Mind Museum, JV Campos Park, 3rd Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. PHP450
SEE CALIPH8’S ART
Until June 27. Arvin Nogueras, who’s work is currently on exhibit at 1335 Mabini, is actually the Filipino Hip-hop artist Caliph8 and in his exhibit, “A Rotten Pile of Temporary Realizations,” his hip-hop roots abound. He brings the streets to the fore, lets it ferment and gives us the taste of the repulsive, right under our noses. Interesting, yes? 2-7pm. 1335 Mabini St., Ermita, Manila. Tel. No. +63 2 2548498.
