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Every last Friday of the month area cyclists meet at the Linn Park fountain to … well, cycle. They tell me there is no ride leader or leader of any sort but it’s an easy way to socialize and cruise Birmingham while celebrating cycling. For more information, you can e-mail the group at cm.bham@gmail.com or connect with their Facebook page, Critical Mass Birmingham. Just make sure you get the right Birmingham.

Straight from the Zaxby’s PR department: Zaxby’s will be giving away free Nibbler snacks on Monday from 2:30 to 4:30 pm (one per guest). The Nibbler is a new snack-sized sandwich that consists of one of Zaxby’s Chicken Fingerz served on a toasted bun with our famous Zax Sauce. No purchase is required and all 441 restaurants are participating. Happy snaking.

If you have every wondered who put the bop in the bop she bop she bop then Alabama Public Television has your answer. APT is hosting two Doo Wop Live in Birmingham concerts featuring the original acts that made the now-classic songs popular. Designed as a fundraiser for APT’s educational mission, the concerts put on stage Gene Chandler (“Duke of Earl”); The Drifters, featuring Charlie Thomas (“Under the Boardwalk and “There Goes My Baby”); The Coasters, featuring Carl Gardner (“Yakety Yak” and “Charlie Brown”), Bobby Lewis (“Tossin’ and Turnin’”); and Doo Wop’s newest sensation, 13-year-old “Kid Kyle,” who wowed audiences on PBS’ recent “Doo Wop Love Songs.”

Cost: $100 (add $50 for meet and greet). Tickets available by calling the Alys Stephens Center at 975-ARTS or by pledging online at www.aptv.org.