Speaking of football, let’s have some fun this football season. I’ve setup an free fantasy football league on Yahoo Sports for It’s Evansville readers. There are 16 spots available for this head-to-head league. There will be a live draft on Saturday August 30, 2008 at 2PM. If you can’t make the time, Yahoo does allow you to pre-rank your players for autopicking.

If you’d like to participate, here’s the info:

League ID: 299573
League Name: It’s Evansville
URL: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/itsevansville
Password: amazonia

It’s a 16-week league with the final three weeks being for a 6-team playoff.

Game on!

Looking for something to do tomorrow? Why not come out to Swonder and check out my favorite people in all of Evansville: the Rollergirls of Southern Indiana. ROSI will be taking on the the Slaughter Scouts from the Bleeding Heartland Roller Girls. Bleeding Heart hails from Bloomington, Indiana so I’m sure there will be some IU fans in attendance.

The bout starts at 7PM at Swonder. Tickets are $8 in advance and $12 at the door. I’ll be there with a wad of It’s Evansville stickers so if you see me, come up and say hello.

I mentioned this in passing before I left for WWDC, and I think we’re going to do it. Along with the help of Kate Sherrill, we’re going to be having an incredibly informal dinner at Ri-Ra this Tuesday evening starting at 6:30PM. If you’ve never been to Ri-Ra, it’s downtown across from Casino Aztar. You can read our review here

This is for anyone that reads It’s Evansville and for anyone else in the area that has a blog or is interested in blogging. We’ll most likely be eating Irish food and talking with other like-minded people. I’ll also try to bring along some printed copies of the Freedom Festival Bingo card for everyone.

If you are planning on attending, please go over here and RSVP. We’d like to give the restaurant a bit of a heads up of how many people may be showing up.

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Hope to see you Tuesday at 6:30!

I’ve had a few people email me and ask if I was going to be doing a bingo card for next week’s Freedom Festival and the answer is a resounding yes. For those that don’t remember, for the Fall Festival I put out a bingo card for readers to carry around and play.

The card contained fall festival traditions (lemon shakeups, apple cider), local celebrities (the mayor, festival king) and the seedy underbelly of the festival (mullets, fist fights, and carnies with no teeth).

Rather than brainstorm all of the ideas for the Freedom Festival card, I’d love for you to share your ideas for squares on the Freedom Festival card: both festival traditions and the more fun ones.

I’ll them combine the best and put the card out on Monday. If I pick one of yours, I’ll be sure to give you credit on the sheet.

photo courtesy of Simon_K

As I was leaving the gym this morning, I couldn’t help but notice that the price at the Thornton’s on Burkhardt Road was $3.99 for regular unleaded. $4 gas has finally hit Evansville. If you ask the heads of the major oil companies they will claim their huge profits are a result of the fundamental laws of supply and demand being at work.

With the prices so high, I know I am second guessing any trip out of the house I need to take. Putting $60 into my gas tank a week is not how I want to spend my money. With Memorial Day this weekend, I’m sure there are others that are curtailing any planned travel in exchange for just hanging out in the city.

The Otters just opened their season yesterday evening, which is a great way to see a baseball game without having to travel to St. Louis or Cincinnati. Not only is minor league baseball fun, but the beer is much cheaper.

Wesselman’s Park and Nature Preserve will be offering several classes this weekend to entice the outdoorsman in you. There is an intro to hiking and backpacking course Sunday at 1PM and a canoe trip down Pigeon Creek at 2PM. If boats aren’t your thing, there is also a wildflower walk through the Weetlands at 2PM.

And if you’re more of a hermit like me, I’m sure there are several TV marathons and baseball games on TV to keep you occupied.

If you’re staying in town this Memorial Day, feel free to chime in with what you’re up to.

photo courtesy of A Siegel

Saturday May 17th is Armed Forces Day and our friends at Custom Fit are putting on a charity boot camp challenge to commemorate it. There will be 12 stations in the challenge and you will go through each of them at your own pace. One of the stations will be hosted by the United States Marine Corps.

The Challenge will go from 9am-11am Saturday morning at Custom Fit’s Studio (111 S Green River Rd). You can show up and start any time before 10:30 to try and tame the course.

It will be a $10 donation to participate and 100% of your donation will go towards the Wounded Warriors Project. The Wounded Warrior Project provides programs and services to severely injured service members during the time between active duty and transition to civilian life.

If you are able to attend this event please send an email to tmaslan@cfpt.us and put boot camp in the subject line.

I will be attempting the course. Pray for me.

The past 10 days have been some of the most fun I’ve had writing this site since it launched last March. Cursing weathermen, an earthquake, a presidential candidate and a FedEx rap video bringing about 30,000 delivery drivers to the site. Hopefully you enjoyed it just as much.

And now let’s focus on the weekend.

Friday

• Sonset Down, Heal These Wounds and Showstopper are at Boney Junes at 7PM.
• Rick K & The Allnighters are at Hoosier’s Lounge at 7PM.
• The Huckleberrys are at Deerhead at 9PM.
• Open Road is at Time Out Lounge at 9PM.
• Adam Blythe is at Ri-Ra at 9:30PM.
• Gonzo’s Toybox is at Fast Eddy’s at 10PM.
• Jason Clutter & The Broken Arrow Band is at Woody’s at 10PM.
• Rebel Fuel Tank are at Lanhucks at 10:30PM.
• Bosko is at Little Cheers at 10:30PM.

Saturday

• Boney Junes has a show at 7PM featuring APWDF, Feature Presentation, Rally Six and With Monday Brings The Massacre
• Rick K & The Allnighters are at Hoosier’s Lounge at 7PM.
• Smokerings is at Deerhead at 9PM.
• Hoosier Daddy is at Time Out Lounge at 9PM.
• Gonzo’s Toybox is at Fast Eddy’s at 10PM.
• Pfreak Show is at Woody’s at 10PM.
• Rebel Fuel Tank are at Lanhucks at 10:30PM.
• Scott Winzinger is at Little Cheers at 10:30PM.

Movies

• Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
• Baby Mama

photo courtesy of Gonzo’s Toybox

Yay. Weekend. If any local band plays an earthquake song this weekend, I will shut this site down immediately. Don’t be corny.

Friday

• Boney Junes has A Plea For Purging, Perea, Fighting Through, Endless Battle and Behold The Seraph at 7PM.
• The Marlins are at Hoosier’s Lounge at 8PM.
• The USI Springfest has live music tonight.
• Jay Johnson is at Chaser’s at 9PM.
• Hog Maw is at Deerhead at 9PM.
• Diamond Dallas Page (Self High Five!) is making an appearance at Icon at 9PM.
• Adam Blythe is at Ri-Ra at 9:30PM.
• Pieces of the Day are at Club Royale at 10PM.
• Lindsey Williams is at Fox & Hound at 10PM.
• Stompbox 40 is at O’Brians at 10PM.
• Prowler is at Lanhucks at 10:30PM.
• Bosko is at Little Cheers at 10:30PM.

Saturday

• Celebrate Earth Day tomorrow with our friends at the Wesselman’s Nature Society starting at 10AM.
• Dashboard Confessional is at the USI Springfest at 6:45PM.
• Boney Junes has a show at 7PM featuring 4 Seamer, The Rose McCoy, Everything North Of The Atlantic and Get Carried Away.
• JEB is at Angel Mounds at 7:30PM.
• The Marlins are at Hoosier’s Lounge at 8PM.
• Quasimojo is at Chaser’s at 9PM.
• Namaste is at Deerhead at 9PM.
• Aces & Eights are at Duck Inn at 9PM.
• The Jimmies are at Icon at 9PM.
• Pieces of the Day are at Club Royale at 10PM.
• Stompbox 40 is at O’Brians at 10PM.
• Prowler is at Lanhucks at 10:30PM.
• Scott Winzinger is at Little Cheers at 10:30PM.

Movies

• Forgetting Sarah Marshall
• The Forbidden Kingdom
• 88 Minutes

photo courtesy of frontrowking

Looking for something to do this evening? Here’s a few suggestions.

• Adam Blythe is at Ollie’s at 7PM.
• Quasimojo is at Hoosiers Lounge at 7:30PM.
• Troy Miller & The E’ville Doers are at Deerhead at 8PM.
• Pieces of the Day is at Woodys at 10PM.
• Lindsey Williams is at Little Cheers at 10:30PM.

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Looking for something to do this evening? Here’s a few suggestions.

• Quasimojo is at Hoosier’s Lounge at 7:30PM.
• Keith Vincent is at Quarter Note at 7:30PM.
• Cricket’s has a Rock Paper Scissors tournament at 8PM.
• Lindsey Williams is at Old Chicago at 9:30PM.
• Jay Johnson is at Club Royale at 10PM.
• John Hussman is at Little Cheers at 10:30PM.

If you have an event you’d like to tell us about, either email us a tip or post it on Upcoming.org