Get Out!: Your Weekend Guide to Shakespeare, Doowop and Film

It’s Thursday, and you’ve begun to think about the long weekend stretched out before you. Don't let the rain put a damper on your plans. Let us help. We’ve got the best bets for you whether you want to stay close to home or find something to do a little farther afield. Check our picks for the places to see and things to do.

This week we feature a cultural celebration, a not-so-serious take on one of the world's most famous writers and a . 

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• Where/when: Carvers, Rancho Bernardo, 8 p.m., Feb. 18-19

• Why Go: For the live music, featuring veteran bands, including locals Laguna, which plays a vast list of '60s, 70s and 80s covers.

• Price: Free.

• Where/when: Poway Center for the Performing Arts, Poway, 6:30 p.m., Feb. 20

• Why Go: To join in the celebration of the Year of the Rabbit, by the American Chinese Culture and Education Foundation. 

• Price: $20-100

• Where/when: Various theaters, including San Marcos and San Diego, Feb. 17-20.

• Why Go: The San Diego Jewish Film Festival concludes this weekend with screenings at five venues, including Edwards San Marcos and Clairemont Reading Town Square. For full venue/movie listings, see the festival website.

• Price: $11.25-$13.25.

• Where/when: The Patio Playhouse, Escondido, 8 p.m., Feb. 18

• Why Go: OK, so it's not Hamlet's famous question, but this one that's posed by the spoof "The Beard of Avon:" Does Shakespeare deserve credit for all of his numerous classic plays? It's unlikely you'll get any answers, but you'll probably have a few laughs as the players try to figure it out.

• Price: $7-15.

• Where/when: California Center for the Arts, Escondido, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19

• Why Go: To remember the good old days and hum along with doowop performers like the Tokens and Bobby Hendricks Drifters as they sing classic pop songs of the '50s and '60s. 

• Price: $25-60.