Banding together

By June Wulff, Globe Staff  |  May 6, 2009

If you arrive fashionably late to Guitar Hero Battle of the Bands (translation: not one of the first 100), you'll miss a free beer courtesy of Samuel Adams. But you'll still enjoy the bands going for the grand prize which includes copies of Guitar Hero Aerosmith signed by the band. Sugar Shack, Severe Up in Here!, Twisted Lymans, Geordi's Reading Rainbows, and Calvin and the Hobbes will show off their Guitar Hero skills to investigative reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan, US Olympic gymnastics silver medalist and Winchester native Alicia Sacramone, and author Ben Mezrich. The event supports Everybody Wins! Metro Boston, a literacy and mentoring organization. 7 p.m. Free. Kitty O'Shea's, 131 State St., Boston. 617-654-0334. www.ewmb.org