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EVENT: White Castle is sponsoring an "over the top" (heh) event today at Port Authority...it's the 30th Annual White Castle Empire State Golden Arm Tournament of Champions. Over 100 ladies and gents will face off to become the arm wrestling champ! The event starts at 12:30 and the finals begin at 3:30pm. More info here.

12:30 and 3:30pm // Port Authority Bus Terminal [North Wing/Main Concourse at 625 8th Ave] // Free

MUSIC: The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir brings their folksy brand of pop to Sound Fix tonight for a free show. The Chicago band will have two more shows in New York this week, check their MySpace for more details and to hear some tunes.

8pm // Sound Fix Records [110 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg] // Free

Make a night of it and head over to Glasslands after Sound Fix to catch some Oneida members, in the form of a band called Bible. Joining them are Red Dawn II and Knyfe Hytes.

9pm // Glasslands [289 Kent Ave, Williamsburg] // $tba

If you're Manhattan-bound, we highly suggest hitting up the Knitting Factory for an early show tonight. Georgie James, Travis Morrison (ex-Dismemberment Plan, pictured), Aqueduct and Ghost Front make up a stellar lineup.

Listen: As We Proceed.mp3 - Travis Morrison

6pm // Knitting Factory [74 Leonard St] // $12

THEATER: Brooklyn noise-rock band Japanther pounces on P.S. 122 tonight through Tuesday as part of Performa 07, the city-wide biennial focused on performance by international visual artists. Tonight’s show, called Dinosaur Death Dance, Japanther in 3-D, is a comical art-rock-theater hybrid that takes place on a set designed by conceptual artist Dan Graham. A large optical glass wall is situated next to a circular stage where the duo provides musical accompaniment to dancers Sonya Robbins, Layla Childs and spoken word artist Penny Rimbaud, co-founder of anarchist punk band Crass. The 45-minute “ceremony” is interspersed with commercials advertising “the sunny plight of the American Indian and an advocate arresting those who feed the homeless.” Also, an animatronic robot dinosaur. – John Del Signore

9pm & 11pm // P.S. 122 [150 First Ave @ E 9th St] // Tickets cost $20

COMEDY: The Dave Hill Explosion drops into UCB tonight. This is "the show that critics are already calling the most incredible thing that has ever happened in North America." Dave will talk, read, sing, dance and show some short films. We suggest you go, enjoy, and stay in the venue til Saturday.

9:30pm // UCB Theater [307 W 26th St] // $5