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You have eight chances to see "When Elmo Grows Up" at the Salem Civic Center this weekend, but tonight's show is the cheapest -- $12 for all seats. Details, Page 3 For more kid-friendly fun, follow the

super saturday

FOLK David Doucet (of BeauSoleil), above, kicks off the Taubman Museum of Art's first-Saturday-of-the-month music series with Scott Fore.

POP-ROCK The Noises 10, of Charlotte, N.C., play Kirk Avenue Music -- and there's a noteworthy marketing plan that could score you free tickets.

BLUES Peter Karp brings a blend of jump blues, stone country and Americana to Blue 5 in downtown Roanoke. Best part? It's free.

More must-see concerts on Page 10.

ON A ROLL

Sushi Matsumoto in Lexington serves fresh, tasty Japanese dishes. It impressed our dining critic -- and visitors from Tokyo. Review, Page 8

ham (and turkey) it up

Look who raced the Drumstick Dash -- and walked the red carpet -- on Thanksgiving Day. Photos, Page 5

openING friday

'Punisher: War Zone' (R) ACTION The third attempt to turn this gun-toting comic-book vigilante (Ray Stevenson, of "Rome") into a movie star.

'Cadillac Records' (R) PERIOD DRAMA Chronicles the rise and fall of Chess Records, which launched the careers of R&B legends Etta James (Beyonce Knowles) and Chuck Berry (Mos Def).

'Nobel Son' (R) COMEDY/DRAMA A venomous tale of family dysfunction centered around a Nobel Prize winner (Alan Rickman).

NEW ON DVD

'Wanted' (R) HHH ½ 'The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian' (PG) HHH 'The X-Files: I Want to Believe' (PG-13) HHH 'The Longshots' (PG) HH 'Step Brothers' (R) H ½ More movies, pages 6 and 7