ARTS Pick: May the Fourth Be With You

Since it exploded into theaters in 1977, Star Wars has left a crater-like impact on pop culture. And since 2011, May 4 has been the unofficial day that superfans dust off their lightsabers, pull on their stormtrooper helmets and celebrate the popular franchise. At May the Fourth Be With You: A Celebration of the Music of Sci-Fi, local bands The Vailix, Iku, Book of Wyrms, Dark Matter, The Chuggernauts, DJ Wülf Boi, Personal Bandana and others memorialize their heroes from another galaxy and perform everything from hip-hop beats to saxophone solos.

Thursday, May 4 $5-8, 8:30pm. The Ante Room, 219 W. Water St. 284-8561.

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