By PAM HARBAUGH
Here’s what’s popping this weeekend.
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Theater
DISNEY’S

“Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” at Melbourne Civic Theatre
FEARLESS IMPROV BRIGADE presents “It’s Our Time to Shine” 8 p.m. Saturday at Surfside Players, 301 Ramp Road, Cocoa Beach. Tickets are $7 or FREE for 2016-2017 Season Pass Holders. Call 321-783-3127, visit SurfsidePlayers.com or click onto their ad.
PLAYREAD SERIES presents “The Birds” 2 p.m. Saturday at Melbourne Civic Theatre, 817 E. Strawbridge Ave. Free, but donations accepted. Call 321-723-6935, visit MyMCT.org or click onto their ad
Concerts
CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE will perform “Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run” 8 p.m. Saturday at the King Center for the Performing Arts, 3865 N. Wickham Rd., Melbourne. Tickets are $29.75 to $34.75. Call 321-242-2219, visit KingCenter.com or click onto their ad.
Exhibits

A detail from Harak Rubio’s “Gold and the Winning Color Symbol” from 2016, with gold pigment on canvas.
OLD & IMPROVED 2 continues its run at Derek Gores Gallery, 587 W. Eau Gallie Blvd., Melbourne. The show invites artists to put new spins on old stuff. Visit DerekGores.com.
RADICAL ELEMENTS and A VIEW WITHIN: The Collaboration of Two Fiber Artists runs through Aug. 27 at the Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts. “Radical Elements” comes from the Studio Art Quilt Associates and is sponsored in the memory of Judy Roach. “A View Within” is a collaborative project by Paula Chung and Karen Rips, two artists fascinated by the human body. The Ruth Funk Center, is on the campus of Florida Tech, 150 W. University Blvd., Melbourne. Admission is free. Call 321-674-8313, click here or click onto their ad.
MENU VENUE exhibit runs through Aug. 27 at the Fifth Avenue Art Gallery. It features original covered cookbooks. Tonight’s reception runs 5:30 to 8:30 and features two drawings for kitchen related gift baskets. The Fifth Avenue Art Gallery is at 1470 Highland Avenue, Melbourne. Call 321-259-8261 or click here.