Making plans? Short on ideas? No worries. See Nicole Cammorata and June Wulff's picks for the top things to do around the Hub this weekend. Now get out and go to it!
THURSDAY
MINTED: Catch DJ Spinderella (of Salt-N-Pepa fame) spinning alongside DJ Frank White at Julep Bar. It also happens to be local man about town and 6one7 Productions co-founder Frank Stavrianopoulos's birthday party. Happy Birthday, Frankie. Jan. 26, 10 p.m. Tickets: $16.50. 21+ Julep Bar. 617-858-4841, www.julepbar.com
GET REAL: Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing" is a good play about a bad play. The Tony winner includes elements of romantic idealism, worthy causes, and an acting career are all thrown in for laughs. Presented by the Salem Theatre Company. Jan. 26 at 7:30 (Through Feb. 18). $22, $18 seniors, $12 students (name-your-own-price tickets for Jan. 26 and 27 previews). Salem Theatre Company Theater, 90 Lafayette St., Salem. 978-790-8546. www.salemtheatre.com
FRIDAY
THE HOOD INTERNET: Chicago-based DJ/producer duo The Hood Internet returns to Boston for a night of dance-inducing rhythms and clever mash-ups at the Middle East. Glowkids (of Glow Boston fame) will open. Jan. 27, 8 p.m. Tickets: $15. 18+ The Middle East Downstairs. 617-864-3278, www.mideastclub.com
WINTER WONDERLAND LIGHTS OUT DJ SKATE: Who says you can't dance in skates? Glide along the ice (rhythmically, of course) to the tunes of a rinkside deejay. Jan. 27, 8 p.m. Tickets: $5, $4 for skate rentals. Jim Roche Community Ice Arena. West Roxbury. 617-323-9512, www.fmcicesports.com
PAULA DEAN, ARE YOU LISTENING? Emerson College professor, Robbie McCauley, wrote and performs in her one-woman show, "Sugar" presented by ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage. The theater artist takes you on her life's journey from Southern comfort foods to New York's 60s and 70s avant-garde theater, and explores the pains and triumphs of living with diabetes. Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. (Through Jan. 29). $25-$49. The Jackie Liebergott Black Box at the Paramount Center, 559 Washington St., Boston. 617-824-8400. www.artsemerson.org
COME TOGETHER: When it rains it pours, and it pours Friday at RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles when the tribute band performs the Beatles' discography including complex songs the Fab Four recorded in the studio but never performed for an audience. 8 p.m. $33-$63. Providence Performing Arts Center, 220 Weybosset St., Providence, R.I. 401-421-2787. www.ppacri.org
SATURDAY
HEROES: Saturday nights at T.T. the Bear's means DJ Chris Ewen will be weaving together a sonic tapestry of retro, electro, '80s new wave, and punk alongside some old school goth. Jan. 28, 10 p.m. $7, 18+ T.T. The Bears Place. 617-492-0082. www.ttthebears.com
