what's neXt 2/2/12

Friday

* New movies:

"Big Miracle," rated PG @Cape West 14 Cine

"Chronicle," rated PG-13 @Cape West 14 Cine

"Iron Lady," rated PG-13 @Cape West 14 Cine

"The Woman in Black," rated PG-13 @Cape West 14 Cine

* Nature Center Art Gallery: Botanical Illustrations @Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

* Faculty choice: Emily Booth art exhibit @River Campus Art Gallery, Seminary Building room 106, 1 to 5 p.m.

* Cape's Original Gun Show @Arena Building, 3 to 9 p.m.

* 12th annual Children's Arts Festival @Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, 4 to 8 p.m.

* Live music @Ms. Muffin Cafe, Jackson, 5 to 8 p.m.

* ValenTeen Dance @Shawnee Park Center, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

* Nature Center Art Gallery: Botanical Illustrations @Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

* Mardi Gras 5K, 10K Run and 5K Walk @St. Vincent de Paul Center, 9 a.m.

* 12th annual Children's Arts Festival @Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

* Chili dinner @Cape Girardeau VFW Post 3838, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

* Southeast Area Polar Plunge 2012 @Trail of Tears State Park, Jackson, 12 to 4 p.m.

* Open mic Singspiration @Southside Baptist Church, 6 p.m.

* Staged reading: "Royal Gambit" @Wendy Kurka Rust Flexible Theatre, River Campus, 7 p.m.

* Winter Benefit Concert @Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School auditorium, 7 p.m.

Sunday

* Oliver House Museum Tours @Oliver House, Jackson, 1 to 4 p.m.

NEXT WEEK

* Games

"Resident Evil: Revelations" 3DS

"The Darkness II" PC, X360, PS3

* DVDs

"The Sunset Limited" UR

"A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas" R

* CDs

Paul McCartney, "Kisses on the Bottom"

The Fray, "Scars & Stories"