EVENTS: What’s Happening This Weekend? 4/5-7

FOOD: It’s Newport Restaurant Week starting this week. Dozens of Newport’s best restaurants have signed up to offer prix fixe menus at fantastic prices. Restaurant weeks are a great way to try delicious dishes at new places and old favorites, all while keeping your wallet as full as your belly. Click here for details and list of participating restaurants. 

THEATER: “Social Creatures” continues its run at Trinity Rep. The “bloody funny” play centers on a group of people attempting to survive the zombie apocalypse of lore. “The Real Thing” at the Gamm Theatre in Pawtucket also continues this weekend. The Tom Stoppard gem examines love in its various forms.

HOME SHOW: The 63^rd Annual Rhode Island Builders Association Home Show continues this weekend at the Rhode Island Convention Center. The show runs tonight from 3 to 9 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors; children under 15 are free. In addition to the exhibits, there will be live cooking demonstrations, seminars and giveaways. For more information click here.

FOR THE FAMILY: Elmo’s in town! Bring the kids to “Elmo’s Super Heroes” at the Providence Performing Arts Center this weekend. Shows are tonight at 7 p.m., Saturday at 10:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., and Sunday at 1 and 4:30 p.m. The show featured Elmo, Grover, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird and all their friends singing and dancing their way through fun lessons and healthy habits. Click here for tickets and information. 

GLOBE TROTTERS: The Harlem Globetrotters basketball team swing into town tonight for games at the Dunkin Donuts Center. The Globe Trotters will show off their signature moves Friday and Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $20 to $115. Click here to purchase.