Rock scene

The Johns (Linnell and Flansburgh) better known as They Might Be Giants return to The Orange Peel (101 Biltmore Ave.) to perform at 9 tonight. If you missed them last time around with Corn Mo opening, you missed quite a show. Get your ticket ($21 in advance, $23 at the door) and get down there and see them tonight. Visit www.tmbg.com, watch the intro and click on “Asheville” to see the video for the Giants’ venue song “The Orange Peel.” Call 225-5851.

On the Net: www.theorangepeel.net, www.tmbg.com

Bumpersticker watch

“Yoda Loves Me.” — Seen on a car headed east on I-240 between the Charlotte Street and Tunnel Road exits.

Beauty and fashion tips

Wisdom from Jean Godfrey-June, author of “Free Gift with Purchase: My Improbable Career in Magazines and Makeup” (Harmony Books):

• Silver really plays up a tan. Even more than white.

• Over the top? Too much makeup can really be a bummer, but being too dressed up is nothing to worry about, ever. You just look more glamorous, interesting, and adventurous than everyone else.

• Eyeliner is a thousand times sexier than eye shadow. For those who can’t put it on, get a dark eye shadow powder, lick the end of an eyeliner brush, tap it into the powder, and then place it, brush length by brush length, along your lash line, starting where you want the darkest spot to be (usually the outer edges). Keep going till it looks right. If it’s too much and you hate it, wet a Q-tip and erase away.

Furnace scene

out to downtown Spruce Pine than to check out the Fire on the Mountain Blacksmith Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Try your hand at being a smithy or watch the pros as blacksmiths from around the country converge on Mitchell County to get hot and hammered. Call 765-3008.

Send in your flower photos

We want close-ups of spring blooms. E-mail high-resolution images to Polly McDaniel, Features Editor, at pmcdaniel@CITIZEN-TIMES.com or mail images to her c/o The Citizen-Times, P.O. Box 2090, Asheville, NC 28802. We’ll run as many as we can and put some online.