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THEATER: Breedingground Theater Company continues their three week Spring Fever Festival of work by self-producing artists. (We suggest perusing the full lineup on the company’s website, though we caution that it's quite an eyesore.) Nevertheless, one that happily caught our eye is Chess’d, about a ninja and a man in a white tux playing a game of life-sized chess. The game escalates into a no-holds-barred life-or-death struggle, which reviewer Daniel Kelly declares “hilarious from start to finish.” Another possibility is the heady Simulacra: a modern myth, which concerns “an amnesiac TV junky running a freakish temperature and channel surfing a crumbling reality on a quest to recover her identity.” (We’ve been there!) According to reviewer Mark DeFrancis, the show “takes everything from MySpace to the Greek gods and somehow manages to fuse them into a sleek, frenetic production about self-identity, materialism, and mass media.” - John Del Signore

All Weekend & Next // CSV Cultural Center [107 Suffolk Street] // Tickets cost $10 (Or two shows for $16!)

MUSIC: Daniel Bell ("Chicago-House influenced minimalist beats and acid feel") , Le Castle Vania (" grinding disco-punk sets") and Crystal Castles ("lo-fi electro duo") will entertain you tonight at the One Step Beyond, Flavorpill-curated party at the American Museum of Natural History. This is the kick-off party, and promises to be a good time (we hear there may even be a space show)!

Friday // 9pm to 1am // AMNH [Rose Center for Earth & Space, W 81st St entrance]

EVENT: Bike month is coming to an end, send it off with Bicycle Fetish Day at the City Reliquary. BBQ, bikes, bands and prizes are all promised! You can also take the opportunity to shine up and decorate your 2-wheeler.

Saturday // Noon to 6pm // The City Reliquary [370 Metropolitan Ave] // Free

Continue the bike fest on Sunday with a beer blitz. NYC tour guides will take you on guided history of Bushwick's brewing community. You'll head down "14 blocks that once hosted over 20 Breweries throughout the 19th century" and end up at Brooklyn Brewery for some beer yourself.

Sunday // 2pm // The City Reliquary [370 Metropolitan Ave] // $25

THEATER: Here’s a sweet deal: For $15 you can get pizza, beer and the 1986 dark comedy Pizza Man. (Myspace) Directed by theatrical institution Austin Pendleton, it’s about two young female roommates who, frustrated by the men in their life, attempt to rape their local pizza man. Ha? Yes, ha – at least according to reviewer John Jordan: “I found myself nearly choking with laughter throughout this dangerously first-rate, politically incorrect, dark comedy about an attempted rape. What what what, you ask??!!?? Rape and comedy??? I know. But seriously… it works on many different levels—hysterical, worrisome, and even humane.” [Closes Sunday.] - John Del Signore

Saturday and Sunday (Friday is sold out) // 8pm // The Bridge Theater [244 W 54th St] // Tickets cost $15, cash at the door

PARTY: It wouldn't be a holiday weekend without a Motherf*cker party, so come celebrate Memorial Day and seven years of MF parties. This years musical guest is The Faint and tickets still on sale!

Sunday // 10pm // Webster Hall // $25

And for you Miranda July fans, don't forget she's at the NYPL tonight with David Byrne (Friday, 7pm).