Anyone going to Artopia? What is Artopia you ask?

You should know what Artopia is, after all, it has its own Twitter handle (@HPArtopia). If the Twittersphere has taught us anything, is that once an event, or a thing, has a personality, per se, it's worth a look.

Artopia, a popular event (tickets sold out this year) put on by our friends at the Houston Press, is a rather large fête, a commingling of performing art groups with rowdy bands and hot (maybe some haute) couture. It's a place where the finesse of Dominic Walsh Dance Theater feels at home with the raw power of Cuadro La Tempestad Flamenco — Gabriella, the ensemble's main dancer, is a woman you just do not mess with. Houston Metropolitan dance will also showoff some moves.

Plenty of bites, drinks and libations will transform Winter Street Studios from its quiet and somewhat spooky boomy feel into a you-gotta-be-there happening Saturday night.

Last year at Artopia, I even spotted So You Think You Can Dance 2009 winner Jeanine Mason (she was much shorter than I had imagined).

Headlining bands this year include the Lee Alexander Band, Grandfather Child and Peekaboo Theory.

But amidst all the fun, Houston Press will present its 2011 Mastermind award winners. Totaling $6,000, a committee seeks local artists, innovators and entrepreneurs, the movers and shakers of the art and creative world, and grants them $2,000 to continue their work in visual arts, performance arts, film video media, literary arts and fashion design.

Last year's award winners were Opera Vista, known for cutting-edge opera productions and an opera competition a la American Idol, Reginald Adams and the Museum of Cultural Arts, which focuses on public art and education projects, and SoReal Cru, a hip-hop dance crew.

This year, Foodway Texas, a group dedicated to preserving Texas food history; Catastrophic Theater, founded by Jason Nodler and always living up to its "we will destroy you" tagline; and Nameless Sound, looking at different ways to teach music in public schools and beyond, will be the lucky recipients.

So there is more to celebrate than good art, beer (title sponsor Stella Artois) and grub courtesy of Ooh La La, Phoenicia, Jamaica House, Calliope's Po-Boy, Cork Soakers, The Counter, Last Concert Cafe and Fadi's.

The after party at Kobain will go through 2 a.m.