Lucero is a punk rock country infused band out of Memphis Tennessee. Citing influence by Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash and Neil Young, the band has released 7 albums and play between 150 and 200 shows a year. Find Tickets.

NYC Java sounds like a group of coffee drinkers, and they might be, but this group specifically gets together to talk about Java the object-oriented programming language. They’re led by Tom Kincaid — a honcho at Oracle. The March meeting will be held at Sun Microsystems, 101 Park Avenue (40th St), 4th Floor, Grammercy Park Room (#4140), New York, NY 10178. Learn more.

Based on the best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire entitled “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West,” is a story about the witches of Oz before Dorothy arrives from Kansas. With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell), Wicked tells tale of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West and her former best friend, Glinda, the Good Witch. Elphaba, born with emerald green skin and a fiery spirit befriends Glinda who is beautiful and popular while both are attending Shiz University.

The friendship starts shows cracks as Elphaba and Glinda’s personalities begin to form. Their disagreements on the Wizard’s ruling of Oz, their vastly different personalities and a rivalry over the same love interest threatens to upset the order at their university. Appropriate for children ages 8 and up. Find tickets for the show at the Gershwin Theatre, 222 West 51st St., New York, NY 10019.

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Actress and musician Zooey Deschanel is one half of the duo She and Him, along with partner Matt Ward. Of their plain name and their music, Matt says, “we wanted the music to come first … the songs are what we want people to remember”. Find tickets, The Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St., New York, NY 20002. Click for tickets.