Credit: Josh Bis

Now that this year’s lineup of Stranger Geniuses has been announced, it’s time to think about the party at the Moore on September 16. I think this moment, when Shabazz Palaces and THEESatisfaction took the stage wearing huge, ornate headgear, was my favorite of last year’s party:

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  • Josh Bis

But the Genius party—like any good party—is made by its guests. It feels like the only time each year that so many people from the city’s different disciplines wind up in the same room, talking and drinking. Theater directors meet film directors, musicians hang out with writers, visual artists talk with every other kind of artist. It’s always a great night.

If you want to make sure you can get in—and you’ll want to get in—buy your advance ticket here.

Brend an Kiley has worked as a child actor in New Orleans, as a member of the junior press corps at the 1988 Republican National Convention, and, for one happy April, as a bootlegger’s assistant in Nicaragua....