US – Monday, March 15
Updated 22:12, April the 29th, 2009
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SPRINGER IS IN THE AIR London is a most discerning theater town. But they aren’t above high camp, apparently. “Jerry Springer: The Opera,” which earned major awards (including the Olivier) and major raves (our U.K. sister paper called it “one of the most arresting, hilarious and original pieces of modern musical theatre”), sets down at the Boston Center for the Arts (539 Tremont St., Boston. MBTA: Orange Line to Back Bay) Friday, 8 p.m., and runs through May 30. Tickets $25-$54; call 617-933-8600 or go to www.bostontheatrescene.com for details. SPRINGER IS IN THE AIR

London is a most discerning theater town. But they aren’t above high camp, apparently. “Jerry Springer: The Opera,” which earned major awards (including the Olivier) and major raves (our U.K. sister paper called it “one of the most arresting, hilarious and original pieces of modern musical theatre”), sets down at the Boston Center for the Arts (539 Tremont St., Boston. MBTA: Orange Line to Back Bay) Friday, 8 p.m., and runs through May 30. Tickets $25-$54; call 617-933-8600 or go to www.bostontheatrescene.com for details.
Photo: Seághan McKay
 

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Suffolk Downs Opening Day/Kentucky Derby Celebration
Saturday, 10 a.m.
Suffolk Downs
111 Waldemar Ave., E. Boston
MBTA: Blue Line to Suffolk Downs
$2 entry, $5 seat, $24 with buffet
617-568-3258
www.suffolkdowns.com
Break out the white gloves and gaudy hat and give Revere something to talk about (other than clam strip rolls and bodybuilding contests). Suffolk Downs’ opening day coincides with the 135th Run for the Roses — odds are on I Want Revenge but we’re going to take Musket Man on the outside. Mint Juleps on us if he wins.

Chuck Palahniuk signs/reads from “Pygmy”
Tuesday, 4:15/6 p.m.
Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle St., Cambridge
MBTA: Red Line to Harvard
$27/$5, 617-661-1515
www.harvard.com
Some kids tackle cancer-fighting agents, wind energy and acid-mine water contamination for their science fair entry. Pygmy, a 13-year-old exchange student of the terrorist kind, is determined to blow up D.C. Palahniuk signs his new tome (4:15 p.m., $27 includes book) and then discusses its racist overtones (6 p.m., $5).

Music
Manchester Orchestra
Tonight, 8:30 p.m.
Middle East Downstairs
480 Mass. Ave., Cambridge
MBTA: Red Line to Central
$12-$14, 18+, 617-864-EAST
www.mideastclub.com
How can a band channel, at once, Foo Fighters, Say Anything and Modest Mouse? You’re about to find out. Atlanta’s Manchester Orchestra is an indie band with a major sound as evidenced on the juggernaut, “Mean Everything to Nothing.” Fun, Audrye Sessions and Winston Audio kick off the night.

Local
Phantom Gourmet Food and Wine Festival
Saturday, 2-8 p.m.
Bayside Expo Center
200 Mt. Vernon St., Boston
MBTA: Red Line to JFK/UMASS
$30-$40, 21+
wine.phantomgourmet.com
Leave it to the Phantom Gourmet to pour a vino called Wine That Loves Pizza and another dubbed Wine That Loves Grilled Steak. Their cousin sippers — Wine That Loves Loaded Nachos, Wine That Loves Bacon Cheeseburgers and Wine That Loves Brownie Sundaes — will not be attending.

Walk for Hunger
Sunday, 7 a.m.
Boston Common
Enter at the corner of Charles and Beacon streets
MBTA: Green or Red Line to Park Street
617-723-5000
www.projectbread.org
At press time, one Mary Walling was leading the fundraising pack for this year’s Walk for Hunger — $4,363 not including couch change. Are you gonna let Walling show you up like that?! If walking to feed the hungry doesn’t motivate you, competition might. Registration takes place 7 to 9 a.m. and the walk — which stretches 20 miles from the Common to Newton and back — benefits Project Bread and in turn more than 400 hunger agencies and pantries that help feed more than 500,000 struggling Massachusetts folks.  

 MOTHER MAY I?Harvard Square’s Mayfair kicks the al fresco season into high gear with live performances by former Crimson boys Chester French and Rumble winners the Luxury, a dance stage featuring every rump move from hip-hop to rockabilly, hot air balloon rides, a hair-cut-a-thon and a grilling showdown. That’s Sunday, noon-6 p.m., in and around Harvard Square (MBTA: Red Line to Harvard). For info go to www.harvardsquare.com  MOTHER MAY I?

Harvard Square’s Mayfair kicks the al fresco season into high gear with live performances by former Crimson boys Chester French and Rumble winners the Luxury, a dance stage featuring every rump move from hip-hop to rockabilly, hot air balloon rides, a hair-cut-a-thon and a grilling showdown. That’s Sunday, noon-6 p.m., in and around Harvard Square (MBTA: Red Line to Harvard). For info go to www.harvardsquare.com
 
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