Wednesdays, The New Wednesdays

Wednesday will, to the best of its ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States! Tonight: We still miss our former Essefficist Shane and his promotion of all things March and Irish, so raise a flask of green beer in his honor at the Liberties tonight, where they're playing Irish Resistance Music to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike. No better way to commemorate hunger than a big plate of shepherd's pie. Part of the New College's Crossroads Irish-American Festival.

Thursday: Oooh, pretty letterpress. Take the 3:00 p.m. tour of local printers Arion Press and watch them actually and not metaphorically set some Movable Type. $7, reservations required at (415) 561-2548 or through the Grabhorn Institute.

and Friday: Venture with us across the bay and go planetarium style at Oakland's Chabot Center Dome Fest 2006. The festival shows off the Chabot Center's HDTV 70s-style dome theater, and will feature trippy digital movies filmed specifically for the space. Extra trippy points -- beer and pizza will be served! Oaktown does it right!