Of course you're gonna do
WEST, and, if you're really stoked for the annual two-weekend event – or you're just looking for
a hella good art-filled time this Friday night – you'll do Due WEST, too. It's the official launch party and fundraiser for the
West Austin Studio Tour, featuring a
storefront-turned-gallery hosting the work of
nearly 300 WEST artists, a
90s-themed pizza party and ice cream sundae bar enhanced by 90s jams from
DJ GirlFriend and all manner of adult bevvies from the likes of
Tito's,
Thirsty Planet,
Austin Eastciders,
Dulce Vida Spirits, on and on, and on and on, rocking until the break of dawn. (Note: Nowhere
near the break of dawn, actually; but for three full hours, yo.) It's gonna be a solid crystal night, alright, just like back in the early days of Netscape Navigator and GeoCities – before the internets became social oxygen, remember?