- Rapper-of-the-moment T.I. plays the E. Center, 3200 S. Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City, tonight. The bill includes Jadakiss, Nina Sky, DJ Unk and Chino 4 Real. Show starts at 7:30. Tickets, ranging from $33 to $68, are available at TicketMaster. (Read my colleague David Burger's interview with T.I.)

- Oh! Oh! Oh-oh-HO! '80s boy-band sensation New Kids on the Block brings its reunion tour Saturday to the E Center, 3200 S. Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City. Natasha Bedingfield and Lady Gaga are the opening acts. The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets, from $20 to $79.50, available at TicketMaster.

- Real Salt Lake faces the New York Red Bulls in MLS' Western Conference Final (though what the hell a New York team is doing in the Western Conference is beyond me), Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Rio Tinto Stadium, off State Street between 9000 and 9400 South, Sandy. Tickets, from $20 to $150, are available at the stadium web site.

- Comedian-actor Jamie Kennedy ("Scream," "The Ghost Whisperer") delivers his stand-up act, Saturday at 8 and 10 p.m., at Wiseguys Comedy Club, 269 Historic 25th St., Ogden. Tickets are $20, at SmithsTix. (Read Burger's interview with Kennedy.)

- The Italian singer Elisa will perform Saturday at 9 p.m. at Bar Deluxe, 666 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 on the day of show, at SmithsTix. (Read Burger's interview with Elisa.)

- CNN anchor Anderson Cooper will deliver the third annual McCarthey Family Lecture Series, on the topic "Reflctions on World Events and the Role of the Journalist," Sunday at 7 p.m. at Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School, 720 S. Guardsman Way, Salt Lake City. Free.

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