MUSIC:
Friday, May 19:
• Starfarm and Uptown DJs
Rick's American Cafe
224 Abbot Road
(517)351-2285
Doors open at 4 p.m.
• The Dirtbombs, The Ghettobillies, Dead Stream Corners, and Dr. Xeron and the Moogulaters
The Temple Club
500 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing
(517)316-0400
Doors open at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m.
$10 advance tickets
18 and older
• La Famiglia
Mac's Bar
2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing
(517)484-6795
Doors open at 9 p.m.
$5 for 21 and older, $8 for 18 and older
• Showdown
The Green Door Blues Bar
2005 E. Michigan Ave.
(517)482-6376
9:30 p.m. to close
• The Woolies with Boogie Bob Baldori
The Cadillac Club
1115 S. Washington Ave., Lansing
(517)853-1912
9:30 p.m.
$15
Saturday, May 20:
• Jamey Johnson with Rhett Atkins
The Temple Club
500 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing
(517)316-0400
Doors open at 6 p.m., show at 6:30 p.m.
$15 advanced tickets
All ages welcome
• Starfarm
Rick's American Cafe
224 Abbot Road
(517)351-2285
Doors open at 7 p.m.
• Mr. Dibbs, One BeLo, Tasherre D'Enajetic, Dante, Othello with DJs FRESH:BACE and Add.verse, DJ Scotty V
The Temple Club
500 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing
(517)316-0400
Doors at 9 p.m.
Ladies free, $7 for guys (21 and older)
• Honky, Angel of Meth, Novadriver
Mac's Bar
2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing
(517)484-6795
Doors open at 9 p.m.
18 and older
• Showdown
The Green Door Blues Bar
2005 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing
(517)482-6376
9:30 p.m. to close
Sunday, May 21:
• Young Satchmo, Blow Your Horn!
Jazz Kats series
Wharton Center Pasant Theatre
1:30 p.m.
• Ghetto Gas John (CD release)
Magdalena's Tea House
2006 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing
4 p.m.
• Cartel, Hit the Lights, Permanent Me, Summer Obsession
The Temple Club
500 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing
(517)316-0400
$10 advance tickets
Doors open at 5 p.m.
All ages welcome
• Southern Culture on the Skids, The Battle Scars, The Chirps
Mac's Bar
2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing
(517)484-6795
$12 advance tickets (available at Mac's Bar or Flat, Black & Circular)
Doors open at 9 p.m.
18 and older
• Uptown DJs
Rick's American Cafe
224 Abbot Road
(517)351-2285
10 p.m.
FILM:
Films Opening Nationally Today:
"The Da Vinci Code"
Columbia Pictures
Directed by: Ron Howard
Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou and Jean Reno
Rated: PG-13
Running time: 149 minutes
The film is based on Dan Brown's best selling novel of the same name. A murder takes place at the Louvre. Protagonist Robert Landon (Hanks) uses clues from the painting of Leonardo da Vinci with the help of Sophie Neveu (Tautou) to find the killer. The clues lead the duo onto the heels of a 2,000-year-old secret society, and in the process, question the foundations of Christianity. Read a review in Monday's paper.
"Over the Hedge"
Paramount Pictures
Directed by: Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick
Voices: Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell and William Shatner
Rated: PG
Running time: 96 minutes
An all-star cast lends its set of voices to an animated comedy about a troublesome raccoon (Willis) and the rest of his animal friends. Suburbia has taken over the forest that the creatures inhabited, so the animals must adjust their lifestyles. Ben Folds has six songs on the soundtrack, including a remake of his song, "Rockin' The Suburbs," featuring William Shatner.
"See No Evil"
Lions Gate Films
Directed by: Gregory Dark
Starring: Colton D. Cotton, Craig Horner and Tiffany Lamb
Rated: R
Running time: 100 minutes
A gruesome horror film about eight badly behaved teenagers sent to a spooky hotel to clean it for a weekend. Turns out that there is a hermitic killer, living in the hotel, who begins to terrorize the gang of delinquents.
THEATER/ART:
"A Wilde Time"
A Riverwalk Theatre Black Box at the Creole Gallery production
1218 Turner St., Lansing
Tickets: $10 at the door; advance reservations available at (517)482-5700 or http://riverwalktheatre.com
Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.
Story-theater treatment of the life, times and work of author Oscar Wilde
"If the Shoe Fits"
BoarsHead Theatre
425 S. Grand Ave., Lansing
Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m.
Tickets: $10 adult/seniors, $7 students; call (517)484-7805
A cobbler's apprentice meets an up-and-coming playwright who goes by the name of William Shakespeare and soon finds himself cast in what would become one of the Bard's most revered tragedies.
"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
Wharton Center
Corner of Bogue Street and Wilson Road
Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 1 and 6:30 p.m.
Tickets: $25-57.50; available at the box office or whartoncenter.com
Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's colorful, biblical and musical extravaganza comes to the Wharton Center. The musical features Patrick Cassidy as Joseph and "American Idol" finalist Amy Adams as the narrator.
"The Urban Show"
(SCENE) Metrospace
303 Abbott Road
Friday and Saturday from 6- 9 p.m., Sunday 1- 4 p.m.
FREE
The latest exhibit from East Lansing's alternative art space, "The Urban Show" showcases artists exploring the urban environment, from those leaving their mark with graffiti and stencils, to photographic and other visual representations of urban decay.
"Cat Chow: Second Skin"
Kresge Art Museum
Friday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday noon to 5 p.m.
Featuring almost 20 of contemporary artist Catherine (Cat) Chow's garment's crafted "from the stuff of daily life."
"Picasso: Original Graphics and Ceramics"
Saper Galleries
433 Albert Ave.
Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
FREE
A major exhibition of original graphics and ceramics by the father of cubism.
"Heart's Soul"
Mackerel Sky Gallery
217 Ann St.
Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday noon to 5 p.m.
An exhibit of abstract hand-carved sculptures from Michigan artist Maureen Bergquist Gray.
