MOVIES OPENING (Friday; subject to change)
Black Swan
The Fighter (left)
How Do You Know
Tron: Legacy
Yogi Bear
NOTABLE TV
Minute to Win It Holiday Special (8 p.m. Tuesday, NBC)
Throwdown With Bobby Flay (season premiere, 9 p.m. Wednesday, Food)
Howe and Howe Tech (series premiere, 10 p.m. Wednesday, Discovery)
The Peacemaker: L.A. Gang Wars (series premiere, 10 p.m. Thursday, A&E)
DVDS RELEASED (Tuesday unless otherwise noted)
The A-Team
Cyrus
Despicable Me
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (Friday)
The Other Guys
The Town (Friday)
24: The Complete Eighth Season
24: The Complete Series
Nanny McPhee Returns
The IT Crowd: Complete Fourth Season
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Micmacs
Mother and Child
ALBUMS DROPPING (Tuesday)
9th Wonder, "9th's Opus: It's a Wonderful World Music Group"
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, "III/IV"
Crystal Bowersox, "Farmer's Daughter"
Ciara, "Basic Instinct" (right)
The Damned Things, "Ironiclast"
Diddy and Dirty Money, "The Last Train to Paris"
Kandi, "Kandi Koated"
Michael Jackson, "Michael"
Phish, "Alpine Valley 2010"
R. Kelly, "Love Letter"
LOCAL SHOWS
RAMS HEAD LIVE: Sean Kingston (Tuesday); Alter Bridge (Thursday); Frontiers — Journey Tribute (Friday); KIX-Mas (Saturday)
SONAR: Stray from the Path (Wednesday); 2 Pistols (Thursday); Wu-Tang Clan (Sunday)
RECHER: Rocking the 80s party with the Real Geniuses (Friday); Sandbar/Network reunion (Saturday)
OTTOBAR: Plague the Stage Festival (Sunday)
BOURBON STREET: Attack Attack! (Tuesday)
930 CLUB: Mike Green fundraiser feat. G Love and Special Sauce (Monday); Liz Phair (Friday); Ghostland Observatory (Saturday); Justin Townes Earle (Sunday)
VERIZON CENTER: Usher (Friday)
BIRCHMERE: A John Waters Christmas (Thursday)
LOCAL EVENTS
Ravens at Texans (8:30 p.m. Monday, WJZ; ESPN, 98 Rock)
Last week for MICA exhibit "The New York Years Versus the Maryland Years" (closes Sunday, MICA)
BSO Holiday Spectacular continues (Wednesday through Sunday, Meyerhoff)
New Art Dialogue Series: Deborah Kass — An Exploration of Pop Culture in Postwar America (Thursday, Walters Art Museum)
December Commencement Exhibition (Thursday-Sunday, MICA)
Stoop Storytelling's O Little Town of Baltimore continues (Thursday through Sunday)
Baltimore Choral Arts Society's Sing-Along Messiah (Friday, Kraushaar Auditorium, Towson)
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, Capitol Quartet: Holiday Pops (Friday, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis)
Holiday Spectac-u-thon (Friday-Saturday, Creative Alliance)
Baltimore Blast vs. Omaha Vipers (Saturday, 1st Mariner Arena)
Zombie Ugly Xmas Sweater Dance Party (Saturday, Ottobar)
Last day of Baltimore Farmers' Market & Bazaar (Sunday, Saratoga Street between Holliday and Green streets) (left)
David DeBoy and the Hons in "Crabs for Christmas" (Sunday, Germano's Trattoria, Little Italy)
Baltimore Sun/b's game day party (Sunday, Hightopps, Timonium)
Saints at Ravens (1 p.m. Sunday, M&T, WBFF, 98 Rock)
Photo credits: "The Fighter" (Paramount): Ciara (AP): Farmers Market (The Baltimore Sun
