Weekend Best Bets

All Weekend
•The Rhode Island Independent Press Expo returns for an annual celebration of zines, small press books and independent comics. Writers doing it for themselves come from all over the US to discuss and exhibit their work. More Info...

•From Sesame Street to Wetbosset Street, Big Bird and friends land at the PPAC thsi weekend for Sesame Street Live. More info... 

•If you haven’t made it to Newport Restaurant Week you’ve still got time. Participating restaurants will be offering special prix fixe lunch and dinner menus. More info...

•Experience the fantastic vision of Dreamscapes, a multimedia landscape exhibition featuring the work of local, female artists at Hera Gallery. More info...

•4000 Miles, in its final weekend at 2nd Story Theatre, sees two unlikely roommates–a 21 year old man and his 91 year old grandmother–coming together in the West Village. More info...

Friday
•Wyatt Cenac, best known for his work on the Daily Show, will be performing stand up at the Comedy Connection. More info...

•Neighborhood art space 186 Carpenter will be hosting the opening of its newest exhibition, World Wildlife Fashion Art Show. More info...

•Newport Storm invites the public to have a beer (or three) on them. Each Friday at the brewery’s Fridays@6 event visitors can sample several craft beers. Space is limited; sign-up begins at noon every Friday. More info...

•Ah yes, the power of the dance. Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca light up the PPAC stage with an evening of passion and music straightf rom Madrid. More info...

•Grab a fancy pretzel and a craft brew at the Malted Barley while the Greg Sherrod Band kick out the blues rock jams. More info... 

Saturday
•Diamond Rugs (featuring members of Providence’s own Deer Tick and Six Finger Satellite) will be kicking out the jams at The Met. More info...Need to stretch those legs after the long winter? Head to URI for the Pound the Pavement, Pound a Nail 5K supporting Habitat For Humanity. More info...  

•The Rhode Island Riveters and the Killah Bees lay the smack down in a Roller Derby double header against Roc City. More info... 

•Symposium Books on Westminster St in Providence will be hosting a Rhode Island Author’s Roundtable focusing on H.P. Lovecraft and Providence-based horror and fantasy. More info...

•Newport Art Museum will be hosting the Marley Bridges Theatre Company for "Forgeries and Frauds," a ninety-minute, interactive murder mystery where guests have to solve the whodunit. More info...

Sunday
•The rocking puppets of the Rock-a-Baby band will be performing at Roger Williams Zoo for this months kid-friendly Rock & Roar concert. More info...

•Catch the final performance of Your Theatre Inc.'s production of Other Desert Cities, a new play by the creator of the hit ABC series Brothers & Sisters. More info...

•Julians is teaming up with Stone Brewing Co to host it’s first Beer Dinner of 2015. Reservations are required, but the $75 gets you a six-course meal designed for pairing with Stone brews. More info...