Friday, Sept. 25 seems like a pretty insignificant day. No major holidays nearby, and it's not my mom's birthday. But on this unassuming one day, there are a gazillion cool things going on in Dallas-Fort Worth. It's almost a shame how many great events are happening on Sept. 25, because you can't possibly get to all of them.

We'll assume that you're just as over-achieving with your weekend calendar as we are, and we challenge you to fit as many awesome things as possible into your Sept. 25.

They are, in no particular order:

• The State Fair of Texas opens today, duh. Wrap into that huge event a few smaller events, most notably the opening day parade, and the opening day ceremony.
• But that isn't it: Jason Castro is playing at the fair tonight.
• Also very cool: The Women's Museum's Rock 'n' Roll Photojournalists exhibit (at the … you guessed it … fair) is now open. Crisman and I went and it is, in fact, awesome.
• John is checking up on the Santiago Calatrava bridge project (remember, the really expensive one) at an event called “Bridging the Trinity” today.
• A giant auction finishes up today in Fort Worth.
• Autumn at the Arboretum is just kicking off.
• There's the Greek food festival
• And the Thai festival
• A bunch of big movies come out today, including but not limited to: Paris, Fame, Play the Game, Surrogates, Amreeka, and Pandorum.
• The UNT One O'Clock Lab Band is playing for free for UTD students
• The Midway Barker, who you'll see at the fair, will spend all day today barking at people, then do a quick costume change and meet his wife in Richardson for their husband-wife skit, Takin' a Break from Sex. (Hint: You'll hear more about this guy from us soon.)
• Crisman's favorite band ever, Snarky Puppy, is playing up in Denton.
• Max Stalling is playing at Love & War in Texas tonight. (You know him … “Runnin' Buddy”)

And the crazy thing is, I know I'm missing some. What are you doing tonight?