With any luck, the snow will melt, no more snow will come, temperatures will seem moderately realistic, and we will be able to get out and about this weekend. There are many great things happening this weekend, but if you do nothing else, please visit our local stores and restaurants.

This weather has been very hard on them, causing unexpected closings and low numbers of shoppers. Support the 757 by supporting our local businesses!

Friday

9am-5pm: Opening this weekend at the Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News, see the exhibit “Coffee: The World in Your Cup”. This exhibition focuses on the complex history of this popular beverage and runs through September. For more, click here.

7-10pm: Warm up with the Museum of Contemporary Art in Virginia Beach for Wine by Design: Havana Nights. This fundraiser supports the MOCA and offers fare from some of the best regional chefs, award-winning wines, a silent auction, and dancing. Prizes are offered for the best Cuban-inspired attire. The latest update on their Facebook page assures that this even is STILL ON! For more, click here.

7pm-12am: Enjoy a pre-show cocktail with performances by Karacell before the 8pm curtain of “The Taming of the Shrew” at the Virginia Stage Company. For more, click here.

8pm: If you love Dvořák, or even if you just like to say that name, you may enjoy Amit Peled’s Cello Concerto at 8pm on Friday at the Ferguson Center for the Arts. For more, click here. The concerto is also offered on Saturday at 8pm at Chrysler Hall. For more, click here.

8:30pm: Running with the local school themes this week, Push Comedy Theater will offer “Class Dismissed: The Improv 301 Graduation Show.” Tickets are only $5 and this class dismissal won’t make parents cry. For more, click here.

10pm-1am: Hear LRKR + Trust Fall + Dieseleater at the Norfolk Taphouse. For more, click here.

Saturday

8am-10pm: Celebrate with Cure Coffeehouse and Brasserie as they party for their 4th Birthday. Enjoy drink and dinner specials, prizes, and free cake! Live music will start at 7pm along with a tap takeover by Evolution Craft Brewing Company. For more, click here.

11am-4pm: Perhaps you’ll be headed to the beach to remind yourself why you moved to this area (while cursing each snow puddle). If so, grab your eats at Croc’s 19th Street Bistro during their Champagne Brunch with DJ Rays. For more, click here.

11am-2am: Celebrate the Grand Re-Opening of Plaza del Sol on Colonial Avenue in Norfolk. There will be menu and drink specials, a visit from Rip Tide, and karaoke on the patio.

12-9pm: If you warm your soul with beer after a cold winter, you’ll definitely want to check out O’Connor Brewing Company’s bottle release: Steel Battalion Series Chocolate Chipotle Belgian Stout (say that five times in a row). Karnage Asada will be onsite to marry that chipotle flavor for a meal. For more, click here.

4-9pm: Find your best movie monster costume and join the 2015 Ghent Winter Bar Tour. This charitable pub crawl supports EDMARC Hospice for Children. Creep around in your ghoulish best through 21st Street, Colley Avenue, and surrounding neighborhoods, and then party at the closing ceremony. For more, click here.

4:30-8:30pm: For you ladies who like to hit things, find out about the CAMOGIE team here in Hampton Roads at their silent auction and fundraiser. Enjoy drinks at Murphy’s Virginia Beach, learn about the women’s version of Hurling, perhaps sign up, and help the team get some safety helmets. This sport is for real if you have to wear a helmet. As a bonus, Glasgow Kiss will play until 7:30pm. For more, click here.

7:30pm: Spend your evening with Mavis Staples at the Attucks Theatre in Norfolk. For more, click here.

9:30pm: Prepare to fight! Prepare for glory! Prepare for IMPROVAGEDDON: The Ultimate Improv Competition at Push Comedy Theater. For more, click here.

Sunday

2pm: Head to the Jewish Museum & Cultural Center in Portsmouth as they present Dr. Adam Medelsohn’s “The Rag Race”. This lecture focuses on the needle trades which played a prominent role in the assimilation and acculturation of Jewish immigrants to this country in the early 1900s and beyond. The center is at 607 Effingham Street, and you can call 757-391-9266 for more information.

7pm: Round the weekend off with the Ferguson Center for the Arts while listening to Creedence Clearwater Revisited. For more, click here.

If you would like your event included in the Reasons, e-mail the information with the date of the event in the subject line to mermaidcitygal@gmail.com.