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Get Out: Rock Out, See a New Performance, Paint With Watercolors and Learn About Lincoln

It's Thursday, and you've got no idea what you'll do for the weekend.

Patch is coming to the rescue. We’ve got the best bets for your done-work-outta-here time. Check our picks for the activities to hit and places to go.

Where/When: Upstairs at Port Jazz starting at 10 p.m.

Why Go: Enjoy the music of Completely Unchained, a Van Halen tribute band plus club music by DJ Cleveland.

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Pricing: Call 631-476-7600 or visit the website for details. http://www.portjazz.com/

Where/When: At on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.

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Why Go: Revisit to the summer of 1969 with music of Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, The Band, Blood Sweat and Tears, Sly and the Family Stone, Arlo Guthrie and others.

Pricing: $21 to $28 per ticket.

Where/When: at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 19.

Why Go: See a screening of a new production of composer John Adams's Nixon in China, from the Metropolitan Opera. Performances will be projected in HD (high definition) with Dolby Digital surround sound on the big screen in Staller Center's Main Stage Theatre.

Pricing: $22 general admission; $20 senior citizens (ID required); $15 students and children

Where/When: from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 19.

Why Go: Art Historian Louise Cella Caruso will be presenting a slide and lecture program examining the national monument, and history and background of the Lincoln Memorial.

Pricing: Free

Where/When: from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 19.

Why Go: Mary Jane Stevens will demonstrate drawing, composition skills and watercolor techniques. Individual painting and instruction time will be allotted.

Pricing: Free

And still you want more? Check out our family-friendly Grab & Go Kids Planner refreshed every Wednesday.

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