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1) Hot 107.9 hosts its annual Birthday Bash at Philips Arena, with headliners T.I. and Lil Wayne.

2) Syrens of the South performs Cabaret Noir at the Highland Inn Ballroom & Lounge.

3) CityDance Ensemble presents Earthly Paradise Saturday, featuring the Lady Swings, Graduation Ball and contemporary modern dance.

4) Virginia Willis signs Bon Appetit, Y’all: Recipes and Stories from Three Generations of Southern Cooking at Eagle Eye Book Shop.

5) Mamma Mia! continues at the Fox Theatre.

(Photo by Patrick Hoelck)

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1) Nick Longo Band plays at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center’s Jazz on the Lawn series.

2) Monster Mayhem opens at the Gallery at East Atlanta Tattoo, with more than 50 artists paying homage to their favorite monsters.

3) Local cool-kid outfitter Wish launches its own clothing line with Block Party, featuring entertainment by Just Blaze, DJ Don Cannon and more.

4) Comedian Henry Cho performs at the Punchline.

5) Wordsmiths Books celebrates its one-year anniversary with a weekend of poets, music, authors, food and festivities.

(Photo courtesy Nick Longo)

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1) Unwed Sailor plays the Earl with Sybris.

2) Managing editor Hank Klibanoff of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution discusses and signs The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation with Doris Derby and Brett Gadsden at the High Museum of Art.

3) Zappa Plays Zappa performs at Variety Playhouse.

4) Zombie Romance, comic-inspired paintings by Rod Whigham, continues at Rabbit Hole Gallery.

5) Star Bar hosts Freakout!!! with Derek Lyn Plastic, Mammals and the Shining Path.

(Photo by Jaret Ferratusco)

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1) Mudhoney performs at the Earl with Birds of Avalon and Anna Kramer & the Lost Cause.

2) S. David Freeman discusses his new book, Winning Our Energy Independence: An Energy Insider Shows How, at Jimmy Carter Library & Museum.

3) Dilated Peoples perform with Aceyalone at the Loft.

4) As You Like It, William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy set in the 1960s “Summer of Love,” opens at Georgia Shakespeare.

5) Wednesday Wind Down, Atlanta’s longest running free outdoor concert series, features the Infinity Show Band at Centennial Olympic Park.

(Photo courtesy Mudhoney)

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1) Ingrid Michaelson plays Variety Playhouse.

2) Masaru Emoto, author of Hidden Messages in Water, discusses his photographic process at Georgia World Congress Center.

3) Comedian Dale Jones begins his three-day stop at the Punchline.

4) Stevie Nicks performs at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.

5) Whole World Theatre hosts Improv Comedy.

(Photo courtesy Variety Playhouse)

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1) Ben Goldman’s exhibit, Fun and Games, continues at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center.

2) Rick Fowler performs at Smith’s Olde Bar with Mighty Orq, Brian Wright & the Waco Tragedies, and Quadrosonic.

3) Full Radius Dance presents Sideshow dance performance at 7 Stages.

4) Steven Raichlen signs and discusses The Barbecue! Bible at Wordsmiths Books.

5) Eyedrum Music & Art Gallery screens Bomb It!, a feature documentary about graffiti and street culture.

(Image by Ben Goldman)

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1) Don Dixon performs at Eddie’s Attic.

2) Virginia-Highland Summerfest wraps up its final day on Virginia Avenue.

3) Jim Breuer finishes his four-day stop at the Funny Farm.

4) Apache Café hosts FFX: Free Forum Exchange spoken-word open mic.

5) Atlanta Stage Write Productions presents the second annual 9 x 9 ‘08: Nine Plays by Nine Playwrights at Norcross Cultural Arts and Community Center.

(Photo courtesy Don Dixon)

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1) Comedian Margaret Cho performs at the Tabernacle for one night only.

2) Indie Craft Experience hosts “Lucky No. 7” at Centennial Olympic Park.

3) Little Five Points’ Five Spot hosts a solid bill including Feeding Fingers, Slow Motion Crash, Cinetrope and more.

4) A (new) Genre Landscape opens at Cyclorama in Grant Park.

5) ZZ Top performs at Chastain Park Amphitheatre with the Zac Brown Band.

(Photo by Austin Young)

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Billed as a traveling one-hour salute to politics in what is sure to be a year filled with them, Twinhead Theatre’s DONKEY PUNCH! challenges a deeply ingrained aversion to heading to the polls by heading to the bars Fri., JUNE 6. The 13-member Twinhead ensemble, directed by Diana Brown, takes a less conventional approach to battling voter apathy by tackling politics – and Uncle Sam – with a comically informative twist. The constantly morphing yearlong show jumps from bar to bar, mixing a political variety hour involving film, theater, puppetry and music with your favorite booze for good measure. $7. 9 p.m. Lenny’s Bar, 486 Decatur St. 404-577-7721. www.twinheadtheatre.org.

(Photo by James Yates)

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1) The Dixie Bee-Liners play Eddie’s Attic with openers the Chapmans.

2) “Last Comic Standing” alum Gabriel Iglesias performs at the Punchline.

3) Theatre Decatur presents opening weekend of A … My Name Is Alice.

4) Battlestar Galactica goes down at Java Lords.

5) Django hosts Party with a Purpose, featuring art, music, and drink and dinner specials, to benefit the Artists for Charity Home in Ethiopia.

(Courtesy the Dixie Bee-Liners)

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