Weekend Picks: Your 2008 Memorial Day Weekend Cup Runneth Over

Who cares if it's still sweatshirt weather? It is soooo summer. Your picks for Memorial Day weekend for Friday, May 23 through Monday, May 26, 2008 are here.

• May 2008 - Top Picks Weekend Events (International Mr. Leather, May Fest, Bike the Drive)
• Windy City Rhythms National Tap Dance Day Celebration at Vittum Theatre on Thursday at 7:30pm and on Friday and Saturday at 8pm.
• Rev Run After Party at Enclave on Friday at 11pm
• Lawn Nation: The Art and Science of the American Lawn opens at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum on Friday
• Kid Rock at the Sears Centre on Friday at 8pm
• New, all organic Cafe at Wild Things opens at the Lincoln Park Zoo on Friday
• Kanye West at United Center on Friday and Saturday at 7pm
• Summer Camp Music Festival at Chillicothe, IL on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
• Chicago's Memorial Day Parade on Saturday at noon.
• Fireworks at Navy Pier begin on Saturday and launch this weekend on Sunday, too.
• Indie Designer Market, Chicago Antique Market at the Randolph Street Market on Saturday from 10am to 5pm and Sunday from 9am to 4pm.
• Phoenix spaceship arrives at Mars this weekend. Really. Like the planet. Watch it happen on NASA-TV at Adler Planetarium on Sunday from 5pm to 8pm, circumstances permitting.