Plan your weekend

By Sharon Kennedy Wynne, tbt* staff writer
In print: Thursday, May 1, 2008

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ADVERTISEMENT [Getty Images] Seriously, don’t let the kids watch Lisa Lampanelli’s act.

Plan your weekend

Take the kids

AirFest MacDill Air Force Base's open house draws hundreds of thousands of visitors to get an eyeful of the military exhibitions in the air and on the ground. It's from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and the Canadian Forces Snowbirds are this year's headliners. You can also see parachute teams, demos and fly-overs from some of the coolest jets ever built. Free.

Date night

13 Ugly Men's White Party The beautiful people always show up for Ugly Men parties, and this one is in its 10th year. Wear white or get the boot from bouncers. It runs from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, 5223 N Orient Road, Tampa. Tickets are $39 in advance or $59 at the door for women, and $59 in advance or $79 at the door for men. Go to 13uglymen.com for details.

Comedy >>

Lisa Lampanelli She may look like the lunch lady, but the insult queen has a mouth like a drunken sailor. Catch her at 7 p.m. Saturday at Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 N McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater. Tickets are $34.50. (727) 791-7400 or rutheckerdhall.com.

Cinco de Mayo

Dia de los Muertos Get a jump on Monday (the actual cinco day) and join the Deadite Empire, an Ybor zombie social club that is putting on a Cinco de Mayo zombie pub crawl with lots of gunslinger zombie costumes that recall Clint Eastwood in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly at The Dirty Shame, 1929 Seventh Ave. in Ybor City. Doors open at 5 p.m. Saturday, and the crawl starts at 10; $6. See myspace.com/the_deadite_empire.

Derby Day

Derby Doo Dah Watch the 134th Kentucky Derby with a Tampa twist at a party awash in mint juleps, a hat contest and cigar paddock. Proceeds benefit a historical foundation and the winner of the hat contest will get a pair of Manolo Blahnik (people) shoes. It runs from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Michael Murphy Gallery M, 2701 S MacDill Ave., Tampa. Tickets are $50 for women at the door or $75 for men. Discounts are available online at derbydoodah.org.

— Sharon Kennedy Wynne wynne@tampabay.com