The Return of Avondale Ale Days
Oct
21
to Oct 23

The Return of Avondale Ale Days

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Celebrate the return of Avondale ALE Days featuring the ‘Dale Ale Trail on October 21st-23rd! Enjoy live music, food, and unique draft beers along the 'Dale Ale Trail - a one-mile path through the heart of Avondale Estates' central business district with stops including Little Cottage Brewery, The Lost Druid Brewery, My Parents' Basement and Wild Heaven Beer.

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DF2S Fall Dine-Out
Nov
29
5:00 PM17:00

DF2S Fall Dine-Out

We're thrilled to be part of the The Fall Decatur Farm to School Dine Out — a grassroots event celebrating local restaurants and benefiting Decatur Farm to School.

Participating is easy: Eat at (or order to-go from) My Parents' Basement or any participating restaurant on Wednesday, November 29, from 5pm - 9pm, and a portion of the proceeds will go directly to support DF2S activities, like student/teacher scholarships, kitchen trainings, taste tests, and more.

And, you can further support DF2S by purchasing raffle tickets for one of many awesome prizes, including gift cards to many local businesses. Click here (http://wyldecenter.org/decatur-farm-to-school/) for a list of prizes and details on how to buy tickets.

Mark your calendar — we hope to see you at MPB!

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Local Comic Shop Day
Nov
18
to Nov 19

Local Comic Shop Day

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Local Comic Shop Day® celebrates locally owned independent comic book specialty stores, showcasing their unique and vital role in being the primary fire-starters of pop culture.

We'll be offering lots of LCSD variants in the store, the motherload of comics-by-the-pound out in the parking big lot from 11am-4pm. Don't miss it!

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Halloween Horror Trivia + Costume Contest
Oct
31
to Nov 1

Halloween Horror Trivia + Costume Contest

Tuesday night trivia gets spooky at My Parents' Basement.

Join us at 8pm for horror-themed trivia, and win prizes if your team places in the top three.

But trivia isn't your only chance to win big.

Dress your best for our annual costume contest. Sign-up is at 10:30, the contest starts at 11:00, and winners will be announced at midnight. Winners will take home cash prizes!

My Parents' Basement will stay open extended hours on Halloween night.

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ACBW Book Donation for American Kidney Services
May
17
11:00 AM11:00

ACBW Book Donation for American Kidney Services

Come help celebrate American Craft Beer Week with a book donation for AKS. For every book you bring in, you get a raffle ticket to win one of many special gift baskets from some of our favorite breweries Like Founders, Oskar Blues, Cigar City, Bells and Boulevard. Now it wouldn't be a craft beer week event without the beer, will be tapping a bunch of special kegs, maybe even something normally associated with breakfast and bourbon?

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Free Comic Book Day 2017
May
6
to May 7

Free Comic Book Day 2017

Come enjoy the 1st Saturday in May with free comics.  Tons of free comics for all ages, and some of the best sales on back issues in town.  We open at 11pm and will have all the comics until available until they run out.  All day long in the store, all toys and trade paperbacks and graphic novels will be 25% off and some great deals on bundled comics.

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May the 4th be with Brew, Reformation beer event and Star Wars Cosplay Contest
May
4
4:00 PM16:00

May the 4th be with Brew, Reformation beer event and Star Wars Cosplay Contest

Come join us on May the 4th and celebrate Star Wars day with Reformation and a battle of beers, 3 light beers vs 3 dark beers.  Also  we will have a costume contest,  sign up starts at 7pm and we will announce the winners at 8pm so put those cosplay skills to good use and come as your favorite Star Wars character and a chance to win fame and glory.

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1st Annual RC Car Demolition Smash Bash
Mar
11
12:00 PM12:00

1st Annual RC Car Demolition Smash Bash

Come hang out with us and New Belgium for our 1st annual demolition derby smash bash, a fun filled day full of chaos and destruction. A full on RC car demolition derby in our back lot, where the rule is simple, dont lose. All you need is a wireless RC car, and modify it any which way you want, the sky is the limit, if you want a flame thrower, add a flame thrower. New Belgium will be there with lots of beer for the occasion and 24oz cans of Day Blazer, yes, 24oz cans. The Grand prize for the winner will be 2 VIP Tickets for a tour of the new New Belgium brewery in Asheville. There will be food options, lots of other games like corn hole and ladder golf and a comic book sale as well so mark your calender.

If anyone wants to particapate all you need to do is send me an email with your name and a contact number to demosmashbash@gmail.com

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