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Empty Bowls: There are numerous reasons to attend this annual Tarrant Area Food Bank event, such as browsing through more than 3,000 handcrafted or hand-painted bowls made by area artisans (some signed by celebrities and sports stars), and sampling grub from local chefs. But this year's big attraction: a Julia Child look-alike (live, not cutout), with whom you can have your photo snapped. It all benefits the food bank. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday. Amon Carter Exhibits Hall, Will Rogers Memorial Center, 3401 W. Lancaster Ave., Fort Worth. $45. 817-332-9177, ext. 110; www.tafb.org.
Leonardo Live: Will this be like Geraldo Rivera uncovering Al Capone's vault? Yes, only infinitely more interesting and substantive. It's a filmed tour of the sold-out British National Gallery exhibit "Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan." There are several area showings, but Amphibian Stage Productions hosts the one at the Modern. 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell St., Fort Worth. $15-$25. 817-923-3012; www.amphibianproductions.org. Also shows 7 p.m. Thursday at area movie theaters; see www.fathomevents.com. And 2 p.m. Saturday, 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday at the Angelika Film Center locations in Dallas and Plano.
Ailey II: This is the younger company of acclaimed Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, but of course it's still one of the world's most acclaimed dance groups. It will make its Bass Hall debut, performing Reference Point by newly appointed artistic director-designate Troy Powell, Mina Yoo's Boulevard and other works. 7:30 p.m. Monday. Bass Hall, Fort Worth. $22-$33. 817-212-4280; www.basshall.com.
Monster Energy AMA Supercross: There's still a couple months before the Dallas Opera simulcasts its production of The Magic Flute at Cowboys Stadium, but until then, there are plenty of events that the stadium was designed for. Well, besides football. For instance the AMA Supercross. You know, dirt bikes and more high-flying dirt bikes. 7 p.m. Saturday. Cowboys Stadium, Arlington. $40-$55. 800-745-3000; www.ticketmaster.com.
Ghetto Klown : Actor John Leguizamo is best known for his films, but the guy is also acclaimed as a solo theater artist, writing and performing his works. Three have been on Broadway, and the latest to have graced New York stages, Ghetto Klown, does three nights in Big D. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. Majestic Theatre, 1925 Elm St., Dallas. $29.50-$75. 800-745-3000; www.ticketmaster.com.
Lady Antebellum: It's amazing what one massive hit can do for a new music act. In the case of Lady A, Need You Now set them up for life. The group is still making catchy country-pop, too. It makes its local stadium concert debut this week. Darius Rucker, formerly known as Hootie, and Thompson Square ( not a country version of Thompson Twins) open. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. American Airlines Center, Dallas. $25-$69.50. 800-745-3000; www.ticketmaster.com.
Steve Murphy: This artist, who makes sleek, angular sculptures that might be seen in a minimalist house in an architecture magazine, gets a show starting Saturday at William Campbell Contemporary Art, 4935 Byers Ave., Fort Worth. Through March 17. Free. 817-737-9566; www.williamcampbellcontemporaryart.com.
Time in Kafka : New York experimental playwright Len Jenkin has built a strong relationship with Dallas' most prominent underground (literally!) theater, Undermain. The group's next world premiere by Jenkin is this fantastical work in which an assistant professor at a small American college dreams that Kafka left the manuscript of an unknown novel at an Italian sanatorium. The professor follows the mad dream and, yeah, it's probably going to get weird. Saturday through March 17. Undermain Theatre, 3200 Main St., Dallas. $15-25. 214-747-5515; www.undermain.org.
Lenny Kravitz: OK, Lenny, are you done with being a sex symbol and back to making the great rock music that made us fall in love with you back in the early 1990s (and late '80s)? Oh, wait, those don't have to be mutually exclusive. Carry on. 8 p.m. Wednesday. Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie. $39.75-$59.75. 800-745-3000; www.ticketmaster.com.
Thin Line Film Fest: More than 80 documentaries are showing in this 11-day Denton festival, running through Monday. Campus Theatre, 214 W. Hickory St.; Square Donut Theater, 208 W. Oak St.; and other locations in Denton. Single tickets $6-$15, festival passes $20-$150. 888-893-4560; www.2012.thinlinefilmfest.com.
Wicked Divas: Actresses who have played Elphaba and Glinda in the hit show Wicked on Broadway and in the tour come together for a Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Pops event. Not sure if there'll be any flying, unless it's the vocal high-note kind. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Bass Hall, Fort Worth. $27-$79. 817-665-6000; www.fwsymphony.org.
Sci-Fi and Love: Local film outfit Endeavor Cinema Group starts the year with a screening of two works. Dirge is about a man and his best friend, a computer, in a post-apocalyptic landscape, and Proxy deals with a man who discovers why his health is deteriorating rapidly. 6:30-10 p.m. Sunday. Four Day Weekend Theater, 312 Houston St., Fort Worth. $5, free for ECG members. 817-336-1009; www.endeavorcinema.org.
