After a brief respite last week (a guy’s gotta eat turkey), the blogged summaries of my misadventures in TV land continue. Stumbling into the WWL studio every Thursday morning feels like the continuation of a dream — and not just because I’m bleary-eyed and usually still half asleep. There’s something comically nightmarish about a morning news set. First off, the glaring lights and broad grins are straight out of Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” video. Then there’s the gaggle of oddly costumed performers that are always warming up for a spot. I’ll never forget wandering into a group of uniformed baseball players gathered in a corner reciting lines — the cast of Damn Yankees, it turned out, but just another predawn hallucination as far as I was concerned. This week, the trancelike sounds of Rachel Van Voorhies’ harp were a pleasantly new-age background soundtrack to Cajun chef Emile Stieffel’s turkey-gumbo tips. And then my alarm went off.

MUSIC

New Orleans Songwriters Festival
Friday-Saturday, various venues
Gambit preview

Antenna Inn with Micah McKee
10 p.m. Saturday, One Eyed Jacks
Gambit pick

FILM

Bicycle Film Festival
Friday-Saturday, Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center
Gambit preview

Global Lens triple feature
1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, NOCCA|Riverfront

STAGE

Silent Night of the Lambs
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday, Le Chat Noir
Gambit feature

The SantaLand Diaries
9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Actor’s Theatre of New Orleans
Gambit pick

EVENTS

Holiday on the Boulevard
Noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, 1:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Ashé Cultural Arts Center

PhotoNOLA kickoff signing and lecture
Saturday-Sunday, New Orleans Photo Alliance

ART

“Warriors of the Apocalypse,” works by Minka Stoyanova
Closes Saturday, Barrister’s Gallery

“Signs of the City,” works by Shirley Rabe Masinter
Opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, LeMieux Galleries