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Banjos, big band, and first snow

Tray Wellington brings the banjo to Boone Saloon at 9:30pm for Beer & Banjos, $5, 21+, with Midlife Trip.

Today

11am Post-Midterm Election Destress Night in PSU 415, a room for App State students to talk through the results, with cider, board games, and Gus the therapy dog. We covered the local races.
5:30pm Big Band Dance Party from the Hayes School of Music at Crossroads Coffee Shop, with Jazz Ensemble II playing Swing Era hits. Free swing lessons for the public come first.

Tonight

8pm doors, Warp Street, Ellie K, and Admiral at Lily's Snack Bar, $5.
9:30pm Beer & Banjos with Tray Wellington and Midlife Trip at Boone Saloon, $5, 21+. Showers are likely after 8pm and the low is 31, so bring a real coat.

Worth knowing

Hiking weather turns tonight. The trails worth hitting before winter.

Twenty years late, right on time. My Chemical Romance's The Black Parade turns twenty, and a generation that grew up on it is singing it back.

Leonids peak before dawn Tuesday, Nov. 17, about 15 an hour, facing east, with a half-lit moon hiding the faint ones. Where to aim

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