For this third edition of Gambit and WWL-TV’s 3-Day Weekend, my foster morning family threw me for a loop: the surprise return of eccentric uncle Eric Paulsen. At first I wasn’t sure what to make of his untethered references (how does one retort Blues Traveler?), but then I realized he was just messing with me. Paulsen, you got me with the oldest morning-show hand grenade in the book! Blues Traveler. What a nut.

MUSIC

Park the Van five-year anniversary
9 p.m. Friday, Marigny Theatre
(Gambit feature)

Quintron and Miss Pussycat
10 p.m. Saturday, One Eyed Jacks
(Gambit pick)

Hot Chip
11 p.m. Saturday, Republic
(Gambit pick)

FILM

Friday the 13th
Midnight Friday-Saturday, Prytania Theatre

Vertigo
Noon Saturday-Sunday, Prytania Theatre

STAGE

A Raisin In the Sun
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. Sunday, Anthony Bean Community Theater

EVENTS

Angus Lind signs Prime Angus
7 p.m. Friday, Rock ‘n’ Bowl; 3 p.m. Sunday, Barnes & Noble
(Gambit feature)

Diana Grove signs Dot.Conned
Noon Saturday, Maple Street Book Shop
(Gambit review)

Sugar skull demonstration
12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Southern Food and Beverage Museum

ART

“Metamorphoses,” paintings by Saskia Ozols Eubanks
Closes Saturday, Soren Christensen Gallery
(Gambit review)

“En Plein Air,” inaugural group invitational exhibition feat. Auseklis Ozols
Closes Saturday, Garden District Gallery