Six things to do for a ‘Dyn-o-mite’ weekend

Jimmie Walker

Pioneer Playhouse closes its season with a visit from comedian Jimmie Walker. The star of the 1970s CBS sitcom “Good Times” will perform at 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the playhouse, 840 Stanford Road, Danville. Dinner is at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $32 for dinner and the show, $18 for the show only. Ages 12 and younger: $17 for dinner and the show, $10 for the show only. 859-236 -2747. Pioneerplayhouse.com.

Steve Lemme and Kevin Heffernan

The members of the Broken Lizard comedy group, creator of the films “Super Troopers” and “Beerfest,” perform at Comedy Off Broadway at 7:15 and 9:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $20 and $25. 859-271-5653. Comedyoffbroadway.com.

Versailles Twilight Festival

From 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday, visitors can enjoy food, crafts, children’s activities, shopping and exhibits in downtown Versailles. Facebook.com/woodfordchamber2.

Chamber Music Festival of Lexington

The 2017 event gets underway this weekend with ensemble-in-residence Windsync performing at the Henry Clay Estate, 120 Sycamore Road, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday; in the Hunt Morgan House, 210 North Broadway, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday; and short performance, art exhibit and auction at 4 p.m. Sunday starting at ArtsPlace, 161 North Mill Street, and continuing to Petit Place, 316 West Second Street at 5 p.m. Visit Chambermusiclex.org for more information. Check out LexGo.com and Sunday’s Herald-Leader for a preview of this year’s artist-in-residence, Lexington native Zach Brock.

Jewish Food Festival

Corned beef, challah, blintzes and other Jewish food specialties will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Temple Adath Israel, 124 North Ashland Avenue. Tickets are $20, which gets you 16 samples. Ages 12 and younger may share in a ticket purchased by an adult. Items in the bake shop are sold separately for $3 to $6. Bit.ly/2viZalO.

‘True To Their Nature: The Lives of Sweet Evening Breeze and Henry Faulkner’

Jonathan Coleman, co-founder of the Faulkner-Morgan Archive, will discuss two of Lexington’s gay icons from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Lexington Public Library Farish Theater, 140 East Main Street. Tickets are $14. Proceeds benefit Moveable Feast of Lexington. Feastlex.org/events.

This story was originally published August 23, 2017 at 5:25 PM with the headline "Six things to do for a ‘Dyn-o-mite’ weekend."