Tuesday Happenings

Image of Judas Priest from the band's Web site.

Judas Priest worked hard to earn the moniker "metal gods," and you'll have to rip the honor from the band's cold, dead hands. It was one of the building blocks without which metal may never have come about, and it's your chance to see if the band can still shred. Comcast Tweeter Center, 885 S. Main St., Mansfield, 7 p.m. $27-$81.

Animation

If you missed the various animation showcases at the Boston Underground Film Festival, here's your second chance to catch some of the weirdest shorts filmed in recent years. "Illustrated Oddities" includes 12 films, for the unimpeachable price of zero dollars. The Savant Project, 1625 Tremont St., Roxbury, 9 p.m. Free.

Dancing Hipsterrs

Throwed is the Middle East's regular hipster dance party. Tonight's bill includes DJs E-Marce, Jay-K and Hot Noise spinning alongside the bands Thrash Unreal and Late Night Wars. Middle East Upstairs, 472 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, 8 p.m. $10.