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The Weekend Guide

Get off your butt. It’s the weekend.

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Sex and the Single Singer
What
: Cabaret singer Karen Gross performs comedy and music about forging your way in life and, well, you know. 
Why: It’s good to learn something new.

Get Your Rocks Off

Physician, heal thyself.

Great advice if you happen to be an M.D., but it leaves the rest of us in the lurch with respect to our tired skin and run-down selves.

Take things to a higher realm with the Plaisir des ...

The Weekend Guide

Watching TV? You should be ashamed.

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Postcard Diaries 
What: Mark Mothersbaugh (of Wes Anderson and Devo fame) presents cards gathered on the road.
Why: So many questions. So few answers.
When: Thru May 13. Opening ...

The Weekend Guide

Look out for pranksters this Sunday.

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Chekhov Lizardbrain
What: Hilarious mix of neuroscience and surrealism questions whether we’re in charge of what we do. 
Why: Dudes traipsing around in old-timey underwear.
When: Thru Apr. 15. Thurs.-Sat., ...

Shark Bait

On that historic day when the Fonz sailed over a fish on water skis, he simultaneously destroyed Happy Days and invented “jumping the shark,” wherein something takes a turn for the worse.

In British author Steven Hall’s experimental debut novel, The Raw Shark ...

Better Than Babies

Kids. They throw tantrums in public, eat with their hands, and constantly throw up on themselves.

In other words, they’re not all that different from the rest of us.

For little ones that can be seen but not heard, look ...

The Weekend Guide

Avoid anything in green, wearing beads, and topped by a plastic hat.

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Winterfest IV
What
: Warm up to ice sculptures, chilled sake tastings, and live music.
Why: Walkin’ in a post-wintry wonderland.
When: Sun., 1-6 p.m.

Altered Face

Remember the movie Altered States from the ’80s? The one where William Hurt took hallucinogens, got in a sensory deprivation tank, and changed his whole look? Yeah, those laser segues were the best.

Enter your own altered state with the ...