Best week ever: Plan your week with our list of what's new this week in local events, music, movies and more

MOVIES OPENING (Friday, unless otherwise noted)
Larry Crowne
Monte Carlo
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Wednesday; left)

NOTABLE TV
Gone (special, 8 p.m. Monday, Lifetime)
Hot Coffee (special, 9 p.m. Monday, HBO)
Law & Order: Los Angeles (series finale, 10 p.m. Monday, NBC)
Weeds (season premiere, 10 p.m. Monday, Showtime)
James May's Road Trip (season finale, 10:20 p.m. Monday, BBC America)
The Big C (season premiere, 10:30 p.m. Monday, Showtime)
My First Place (season finale, 8 p.m. Tuesday, HGTV)
Kitchen Impossible (season finale, 9 p.m. Tuesday, DIY)
Real Estate Invention (season premiere, 9 p.m. Tuesday, HGTV)
The Voice (season finale, 8 p.m. Wednesday, NBC)
Melissa & Joey (mid-season premiere, 8 p.m. Wednesday, ABC Family)
Money Hunters (season finale, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, DIY)
State of Georgia (series debut, 8;30 p.m. Wednesday, ABC Family)
Income Property (season finale, 9 p.m. Wednesday, HGTV)
Royal Pains (season premiere, 9 p.m. Wednesday, USA)
Tough Love (season premiere, 9 p.m. Wednesday, VH1)
Love in the Wild (series debut, 10 p.m. Wednesday, NBC)
Behind the Music (season premiere, 10 p.m. Wednesday, VH1)
Necessary Roughness (series debut, 10 p.m. Wednesday, USA)
Wicked Attraction (season premiere, 9 p.m. Thursday, ID)
Extreme Chef (series debut, 10 p.m. Thursday, Food)
Ugly Americans (season premiere, 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Comedy Central)
Treme (season finale, 10 p.m. Sunday, HBO)

DVDS RELEASED (Tuesday)

Ancient Aliens: Season Two

Beastly

Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Season 6

The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (extended edition)

Rizzoli & Isles: The Complete First Season

Season of the Witch

Sucker Punch

Warehouse 13: Season 2

Warrior’s Way

ALBUMS DROPPING (Tuesday)

Beyonce, “4”

Big Sean, “Finally Famous”

“Catch Me If You Can” Broadway cast recording

David Cook, “This Loud Morning”

Curren$y, “Weekend at Burnies”

Marianne Faithfull, “Horses and High Heels”

Selena Gomez and the Scene, “When the Sun Goes Down”

Ellen Jewell, “Queen of the Minor Key”

Alicia Keys, “Songs In A Minor — 10th Anniversary Edition”

Limp Bizkit, “Gold Cobra”

Dolly Parton, “Better Day”

Queensryche, “Dedicated To Chaos”

Redlight King, “Something for the Pain”

Riverside, “Memories in My Head”

Taking Back Sunday, “Talking Back Sunday”

Thievery Corporation, “Culture of Fear”

Various artists, “Rave On Buddy Holly”

Gillian Welch, “The Harrow & the Harvest”

Mark Willis, “Looking for America”

Wu-Tang, “Legendary Weapons”

NOTABLE AREA SHOWS

RAMS HEAD LIVE:

Red (Wednesday)

1ST MARINER:

R. Kelly/Keyshia Cole/Marsha Ambrosius (Friday; right)

MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION:

Kid Cudi/Chip Tha Ripper (Saturday)

PIER SIX PAVILION:

Trace Adkins (Friday)

TALKING HEAD:

Jarrod Gorbel (Friday)

OTTOBAR:

Talking Action (Wednesday); Monteclair (Thursday); Sound of Pride tour (Sunday)

BOURBON STREET:

A Crimson Atlantic (Friday); Summer Massive: Meltdown (Saturday)

RECHER:

Indeadnation (Friday); Storm the Beaches (Saturday)

9:30 CLUB:

Matt and Kim (Tuesday; sold out); The Slickee Boys (Sunday)

VERIZON CENTER: R. Kelly (Saturday)

BLACK CAT:

J*DaVeY (Monday); The Gift (Wednesday); Poor But Sexy (Thursday); Skysaw (Friday); Freshlyground (Saturday)

NOTABLE AREA EVENTS:

O’s v. Cardinals (Tuesday-Thursday; Camden Yards)

“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” extended edition (Tuesday; AMC theaters)

“Beautiful, Delicious, Nutritious” chefs’ summer demo and tastings series No. 1 (Tuesday; Maryland Science Center)

“Young Blood” work by recent MFA graduates exhibit (opens Wednesday, runs through Aug. 27; Maryland Art Place)

Little Italy Open Air Film Festival kicks off, “Moonstruck” (Friday; Stiles and High streets)

Red, White and Rainbow: Queer comedy (Friday; Creative Alliance)

“The Social Network” at Columbia Lakefront Film Festival (Friday; Columbia Town Center Lakefront)

Jazz in the Sculpture Garden series kicks off (Saturday, runs through Aug. 20; BMA)

Trixie Little and the Evil Hate Monkey’s All American Burlesque Circus (Saturday; Ottobar)

Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower open studio day (Saturday)

Baltimore Improv Group’s Independenceprov (Saturday; Creative Alliance)

African American Festival (Saturday and Sunday; M&T Bank Stadium parking lots)

“The Art of the Writing Instrument from Paris to Persia” exhibit opens (Saturday, runs through Sept. 25; Walters Art Museum)

Photos: Paramount/DreamWorks ("Transformers"); AFP/Getty (R. Kelly); The Baltimore Sun (African American Festival)