Tuesday Happenings

Freezing Brains

-- The Jimmy Fund's annual Scooper Bowl begins today. Ice cream from 11 vendors will be available for a donation to the children's cancer charity. Bostonist will refrain from mentioning the correlations between obesity and cancer until after you have gorged yourself. Government Center, 11:30am-7:00pm (through Thursday). $7.

Free Booze

-- The Young Democrats and MassEquality celebrate Boston Pride Week by getting you all liquored up. Complimentary Svedka vodka keeps the proceedings gay and mirthful. Vox Populi, 755 Boylston St., 6:00pm-8:00pm. Free with RSVP.

Guitars

-- New England Conservatory presents Music of Spain: Past, Present, and Future, a GuitarFest 2008 concert. Spaniard Ricardo Gallén and Chilean Luis Orlandini perform. Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, 30 Gainsborough St., 8:00pm. $10-$20.

Weird Music

-- Semata Productions presents the Coup d'etat music series, which highlights the weirder and more improvisatory goings-on in the Boston musical firmament. Tonight, hear noisy drone from Stillbirth, improvised din through unconventional and broken instruments from Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton (or, at least a couple who takes them as a namesake), and electro-acoustic noodling from noted clarinetist Glenn Dickson. Piano Craft Guild, 791 Tremont St., 8:00pm.

Image of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton from Semata's Web page.