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Happenings

What's going on in your world this weekend

FRIDAY

Picasso: Original Graphics and Ceramics. Saper Galleries. 433 Albert Ave. (517) 351-0815. Continues Saturday and Sunday.

Turner-Dodge House Visitor Hours 100 E. North St. in Lansing. (517) 483-4220. 1-4 p.m. Continues Saturday.

Weavings of War: Fabrics of Memory MSU Museum, Main Gallery. (517) 355-7474. Free. Continues Saturday and Sunday.

Siyazama: Traditional Arts, Education and AIDS in South Africa. MSU Museum, Heritage Gallery. (517) 355-7474. Free. Continues Saturday and Sunday.

Cat Chow: Second Skin Ingenuity Transforms Fashion Into Art. Kresge Art Museum. (517) 355-7631. Continues Saturday and Sunday.

"Service" By Jodi Patterson Acrylic paintings and snapshots. $1-2.50. Michigan Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame, 213 W. Main St. in Lansing. (517) 484-1880. Continues Saturday and Sunday.

Scripted II: "A Number" by Caryl Churchill. Free. (SCENE) Metrospace, 303 Abbott Road; (517) 319-6832.

Escanaba In Da Moonlight By Jeff Daniels $12-15, 8 p.m. Continues Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m. Ledges Playhouse, 137 Fitzgerald Park Drive in Grand Ledge. www.ledgesplayhouse.com.

Magdalena's Drum Circle and Open Mic 7:30 p.m. $5 cover. Magdalena's Tea House, 2006 E. Michigan Ave. in Lansing. (517) 487-1822.

Downtown Brown, Woodward and Eclyptic Blue. Doors open at 9 p.m. $5 for 21 and older, $8 for 18 and older. Mac's Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. in Lansing. (517) 484-6795.

Westrin and Mowry and Uptown DJs 9 p.m. $5 cover. Harper's Restaurant & Brewpub. 131 Albert Ave. (517) 333-4040. 21 and older.

DJ JC 9 p.m. $10 cover ($5 with student I.D.). Club 131. 131 Albert Ave. (517) 333-4040. 21 and older.

Messing with the Kidz 9:30 p.m. $3 cover. Rendezvous On The Grand. 226 E. Grand River Ave. in Lansing. (517) 853-0300. 21 and older.

Showdown 9:30 p.m. The Green Door Blues Bar & Grill. 2005 E. Michigan Ave. in Lansing. (517) 482-6376. Appearing through Saturday.

SATURDAY

Covert Operations and The Fruit Flies Doors open at 7 p.m., show at 10:30 p.m. $4 cover. Rick's American Cafe, 224 Abbott Road. (517) 351-2288. 21 and older.

The Plurals, The Break Ups, A Story Told, Grey Vincent and Josh Hanger. 7:30 p.m. $4 cover. Magdalena's Tea House, 2006 E. Michigan Ave. in Lansing. (517) 487-1822.

Hukster 9 p.m. $5 cover. Harper's Restaurant & Brewpub. 131 Albert Ave. (517) 333-4040. 21 and older.

DJ Dav 9 p.m. $10 cover ($5 with student I.D.). Club 131. 131 Albert Ave. (517) 333-4040. 21 and older.

The Peddlers, Stitches, The Round and Odds Against You. Doors open at 9 p.m. $6 for 21 and older, $8 for 18 and older. Mac's Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. in Lansing. (517) 484-6795.

Slintherom with HillBilly Nightmare and Sedated Monkey. Doors open at 9 p.m. $6 for 21 and older, $8 for 18 and older. The Temple Club (main room), 500 E. Grand River Ave. in Lansing. (517) 316-0400.

The Third Kind, Ill Fusion and DJ Ghostpattern, Mattfact and Nameless. Doors open at 9 p.m. $6 for 21 and older, $8 for 18 and older. The Temple Club (Red Light Lounge), 500 E. Grand River Ave. in Lansing. (517) 316-0400.

Cash O'Riley and the DownRight Daddies. 9:30 p.m. $3 cover. Rendezvous On The Grand, 226 E. Grand River Ave. in Lansing. (517) 853-0300. 21 and older.

SUNDAY

Boomin System, Icy Demons, Polaroid Abstract and Rattling Wall Collective. Doors open at 8 p.m. $6 for 21 and older, $8 for 18 and older. Mac's Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. in Lansing. (517) 484-6795.

Open Blues Jam with Bad Gravy 9:30 p.m. The Green Door Blues Bar & Grill. 2005 E. Michigan Ave. in Lansing. (517) 482-6376.

Suellen Hozman: Facial Vision Black and white portraits. Opening Reception, 1-5 p.m. Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St. Old Town in Lansing. (517) 487-9549.

COMING

Monday, July 10 through Sunday, July 16

Common Ground Music Festival featuring Steve Miller Band, Bonnie Raitt, Poison, Dwight Yoakam, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Styx, Cheap Trick, The Bangles, Etta James, Ted Nugent, and more. Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing. Tickets: $29.00 (one day), $89.00 (all days), available at All Star Tickets Plus outlets, by phone (1-800-585-3737), at the festival office inside Lansing City Market, and the festival box office. For more information, visit http://www.commongroundfest.com, or call (517) 267-1502.

Thursday, July 13

Moonlight Film Festival with Fever Pitch. 9:30 p.m. Free. Valley Court Park. For more information, visit http://www.cityofeastlansing.com or call (517) 319-6823.

Tuesday, July 18

Any World 7 p.m. Free. Eastwood Towne Center, Lake Lansing Road and US-127 in Lansing. For more information, call (517) 316-9209.

Thursday, July 20

Moonlight Film Festival with Duma 9:30 p.m. Free. Valley Court Park. For more information, visit http://www.cityofeastlansing.com, or call (517) 319-6823.

Tuesday, July 25

Living Soul 7 p.m. Free. Eastwood Towne Center, Lake Lansing Road and US-127 in Lansing. (517) 316-9209.

Thursday, July 27

Moonlight Film Festival with Robots 9:30 p.m. Free. Valley Court Park. For more information, visit http://www.cityofeastlansing.com, or call (517) 319-6823.

Friday, Aug. 11 through Sunday, Aug. 13

The Great Lakes Folk Festival featuring Aditya Verma, Beyond the Pale, Samite, The Lovell Sisters, Lil' Nathan & the Zydeco Big-Timers and more. Downtown East Lansing. Friday: 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Saturday: noon to 10:30 p.m., Sunday: noon to 6 p.m. Free. For more information, visit http://greatlakesfolkfest.net.

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