This weekend will bring another taste of spring, with warm weather and some great events to remind you what it’s like to get out and hang out! So stop hibernating–it’s going to be a beautiful weekend! Here’s a list of what to do:

Mad Science presents: Star Trek Live! (Special Event)
Friday @ 10:30 & 7 pm
Tickets Range from $14 to $35
@ the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts in Virginia Beach

Once upon a time Hannah went to Star Wars Live and said it was a “life changing event”. Upon hearing about Star Trek Live she loudly gasped and proclaimed, “I wanna go!” So for everyone out there who’s waiting for something BIG to happen, here it is. With special on-screen appearances by Captain Kirk and Spock themselves, only a Klingon dum-dum would miss this.

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Mike Epps & Friends
Friday @ the Ted Constant Center
Tickets are $37.50-$45.50

It’s Day-Day Jones from Next Friday here to make you laugh IRL. Mike Epps & Friends is sure to cure any remaining winter-time blues you may have.

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Samoa Soiree (Food)
Friday from 7-9 @ the Westin in Town Center, Virginia Beach
$60 for singles, $100 for couples

It’s that time of year again, when cute little girls start showing up in front of Wal-Marts, Targets, and your local markets, selling cookies. Who can resist those little boxes of delight? For the Samoa lover, this event will take your love to new heights. Talented chefs from the area will be create appetizers and desserts using Samoas as the secret ingredient. Free champagne will be served along side all the delicious one of a kind creations you will get to try.

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Still Ill! Mandatory Morrissey at Midnight (Nightlife)
Friday @ 10pm @ 37th and H.A.M.
21+

Oh!Boy, Ehrlmatic aka Mr. E., and Hessian aka Ronnie will be giving you all the postpunk, new wave, dark hearts, indie, and electro bangerz you can take. “Once circle, 3 fingerz” is the theme for this event and you can expect nothing short of a good time. Who doesn’t love a good Morrissey/Smiths set at midnight? I know I do.

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GRIME TIME (Nightlife)
Friday, 10pm – 2am
@ Shaka’s in Virginia Beach
21& up FREE & Under 21 $10

If you like your “beats real fast and your bass down low” head to Grime Time where Dubstep reigns supreme and there is plenty of lasers and booze to help you think the kid with the glow stick is actually pretty cool. DJs Ategy and El Capone will be holding it down.

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Magic Dirt
Friday and Saturday from 11 to 5
@ The Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries in Norfolk
FREE

Final weekend to see these contemporary sculptures and functional forms on display.

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The Southside Stomp (Nightlife/Special Event)
Saturday @ 8:30 – Midnight
Mambo Room Latin Dance Studio in Norfolk
$12 Intermediate/Beginner Lesson and Dance or $7 for Dance only – Discounts for military/students

The 1940s are alive and kicking during this “swinging lindy hop dance”. Come early for a dance lesson to brush up on your skills and then show them off. Vintage swing dancers from up and down the East Coast made their appearance last month, so come make yours.

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Winter Session (Nightlife)
Saturday from 9 til 2
@ The Granby Theater in Norfolk
Free before 10, $10 after 10

If house music is your thang, then this is your party. Steve Jackson, DJ Swivvle, and DJ JT King will play all the house music your little heart can take. Aerial performers and bongo performances will be added to the mix.

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Broadway Across America: Burn the Floor (Broadway)
Friday 2 & 8 pm, Saturday 1 & 6:30, Sunday 6:30
@ Chrysler Hall in Norfolk
Tickets $35-$62.15

For all the “So You Think You Can Dance” lovers catch Anya Garnis and Pasha Kovalev in real life! Burn the Floor is a Latin Ballroom dance spectacular! It says audiences members will be able to “feel the fire and passion” during this live performance. Try not to get burned.

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Misery (Play)
Friday, & Saturday @ 8pm & Sunday @ 2:30
@ the Generic Theater in Norfolk
Tickets are $12 for Students, Military, and Seniors

I remember seeing the movie Misery and not being able to shake the feelings of uneasiness from my body. This suspenseful and somewhat traumatizing tale has been taken from the big screen and presented in live action right in front of you. This is the last weekend to see what all the talk is about. Stephen King’s Misery will have you holding on tightly to the arm of your chair.  I’m nervous just writing about it. Definitely worth checking out!

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Making A Mark and SMART ART
Friday-Sunday from 9 to 5
@ the Courthouse Galleries in Portsmouth
Admission is $5 per person or $6 per person to get into all four Portsmouth Museums

Making a Mark is an annual exhibit from the Texas Children’s Hospital, where children and adults, ages 3-22, whose lives have been touched by cancer and other blood disorders, will display their works. The Smart Art exhibit features the work of forty 5th and 6th graders from Brighton and John Tyler Elementary schools in Portsmouth.

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Reptiles! Bizarre and Beautiful at the Virginia Living Museum (Special Event)
Saturday thru Monday from 9 am to 5 / Sunday 12 to 5
Admission is $17 for adults and $13 for children

It’s a cold-blooded weekend in Newport News. Exotic reptiles are taking over! See Reticulated Pythons, Burmese Pythons, King Snakes, Iguanas, Bearded Dragons, American Alligators, and venomous snakes. There will also be a special planetarium show, “A Sky Full of Scales” you can catch on all five days. I haven’t been this excited to see snakes since Britney Spear’s VMA performance of “I’m a Slave for You”.

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