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Weekend Events Everyone seems be showing their spring fever in different ways. Some play experimental music on the cello -- accompanied by beatboxing. Others pay cheeky homage to a video game, or just bare it all (well, almost) in a risqué burlesque exhibit. Avocados become artillery in a culinary battle, while the gloves just go on in the legendary Chicago Golden Gloves championship. And in Washington, they wash it all back with some cask beer...read more

 US President Barack Obama and his family visit Corcovado to see the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 Balwant Singh, a "Nihang" or Sikh warrior, wearing an 800-metre-long turban, brandishes a "talwar" or sword as he takes part in the Holla Mohalla festival in Anandpur Sahib, in Punjab. Hola Mohalla, or the festival of Nihangs, is celebrated during the Hindu religious festival of Holi, marking the congregation of Sikh devotees from all over the country.

 Fireworks are seen above a mountain draped with the Kurdish flag for a celebration of Nowruz in Akra, Iraq. Nowruz, the Farsi-language word for "new year", is an ancient Persian festival, celebrated on the first day of spring.

 A hot air balloon floats past people who are watching the sunrise at the Pyramid of the Sun of Teotihuacan in Mexico during a festival as part of the spring equinox

 A bottlenose dolphin leaps for the first time in many months, welcoming spring to Tobermory Bay on the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland

 US first lady Michelle Obama and local school children plant vegetables at the White House Kitchen Garden in Washington, DC

Lost + Found Freedom in Postgraffism

Some may mistake it for graffiti, but those who know better understand the art behind the graphics. Leading the postgraffism art movement are three of Miami's most well known visual artists: Alex Yanes, Daniel Fila (Krave) and Raymond Adrian (Gems), collectively known as Surface Merchants.......read more

Super Mario Brothers Burlesque

If playing Super Mario Brothers hasn’t been quite as fun since your tweens, this weekend your adult senses will be beguiled when local burlesque artists dress, or more accurately undress the iconic characters of Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach in honor of the game’s 25th anniversary.

Scrabble for Cheaters

The rules are simple: Lie, cheat and steal to win. The fourth annual Scrabble for Cheaters tournament is being held this weekend at 826NYC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids develop writing skills, with free tutoring and workshops. Author and 826NYC founder Dave Eggers will be on hand at the event, but this is not a spectator sport -- sorry gawkers

Washington Cask Beer Festival

Beer festivals are a dime a dozen as the weather warms, particularly in microbrew-loving Seattle, but Saturday's Washington Cask Beer Festival should be a destination for anyone who loves some good, small-batch suds. The event will feature more than 70 innovative, cask-conditioned beers from some of the state's most creative breweries

Cello Madness Congress

Liberating the cello from the confines of the symphony, Cello Madness Congress reconvenes for the first time in years to bring you wicked beatboxing mixed with kinetic theatrics.

Chicago Golden Gloves

It may be an amateur boxing competition, but the Chicago Golden Gloves tournament has been a major stepping stone for such legendary fighters as Cassius Clay, Sonny Liston and Joe Louis. Since the 1920s, contenders have been stepping into the ring to gain the attention of sportswriters and managers in order to launch their careers

CicLAvia

Walking in LA? Insanity. Biking in LA? Often dangerous. For one Sunday every few months, streets from Melrose Avenue through downtown and over to Hollenbeck Park are shut down for people-powered transportation, with bikers and walkers reclaiming the streets.

Scarborough Renaissance Festival

The Rangers are playing in Baltimore this weekend. Instead of Arlington, go to Rockwall. There you’ll trade-in bats and pretzels for lances and turkey legs during the opening weekend of the Scarborough Renaissance Festival. Comely maidens and valiant knights in custom duds mill about with serfs who’ve rented costumes at a booth near the front gate. Jousting contestants and fools will predominate,

The Nudie Fest: Burlesque Revived

Peek into the sexy world of burlesque at the new exhibit The Nudie Artist: Burlesque Revived at the Museum of Sex on Fifth Avenue. The show traces the sassy burlesque timeline – from its 1930s golden age to today – via sequined costumes, rare historical footage and superb contemporary photos by New York artist Leland Bobbé, like this one of dancer Dottie Lux.

Avocado Takedown

There are chili cook-offs and there are clam chowder cook-offs, but neither of those seem very “LA.” Avocados? Now we're talking.

Introducing the Avocado Takedown, this Saturday at the Bootleg Theater. Sure, there will be guacamole, but what else can be done with the “alligator pear?” Twenty locals will bring their best avocado-based recipes to battle, and you'll judge who walks away with top honors.

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