WHERE TO BRING YOUR LEFTOVERS
In Oak Cliff: Tradewinds opens at 9pm with an open call for dishes and desserts.
In Denton: Andy’s hosts Glittersgiving c/o Glitterbomb Denton. There’ll be a potluck, a screening of To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar, and a Chicago singalong. No cover starting at 7pm.
WHERE TO AFTERPARTY
Twilite Lounge hosts a special karaoke session Thanksgiving night.
The jewel on Uptown’s outskirts becomes The Grand Stoneleigh Hotel (or Zissou’s Belafonte, or a Moonrise Kingdom campground) for a Wes Anderson-themed penthouse costume party on the 11th floor. DJ Blake Ward’s in charge — this is the latest in a string of themed soirees he’s orchestrated at the space — with special guest Jonathan Ackerman. Tickets are $5 until 50 are sold. Then they’re $10. Friday night, 10:30pm start.
WHERE RECORD COLLECTORS SHOULD BE ON BLACK FRIDAY
Retroplex in Garland is selling vinyl for a quarter a record, with over 20,000 titles up for grabs. Sale starts Friday at 10am and continues through the weekend. More info’s here.
FAMILY SATURDAY
Greiner Middle School has an award-winning mariachi band, and they’re playing in the lobby of Alamo Drafthouse Richardson before showings of CoCo, which multiple sources contend is the movie of the year. Find times to sync here.
Small Business Saturday in Deep Ellum means the champagne comes out.
Faded DeeJays celebrate ten years of rallying for funk/Latin/hip-hop tablism as a tight group in a free show at Club Dada. 10pm.
ADVENTURE SUNDAY
The next best thing to being a server put on the spot by a performer during a prix fixe Drag Brunch is being a patron put on the spot by a performer during a prix fixe Drag Brunch. This is a scout patch to earn. You will blush. Don’t Tell Supper Club, seatings at 12:30 and 2:30 with reservations.
Lucky stars Harry Dean Stanton as a 90-year-old atheist still on the trail toward meaning in this existential directorial debut of John Carroll Lynch. It was Stanton’s final film; he died just weeks before it opened in September. Texas Theatre screens it at 7:15pm to end a multi-part homage to the actor.
