[UPDATED] The big news locally is IMCfest 2007, a three-day festival at the Independent Media Center that will feature art exhibits, independent films, food, activist speakers, fire spinners, belly dancers, and live music. Also this weekend, you can watch six films from Southeast Asia for free at the Asian Film Festival at Boardman's Art Theatre. Lots of other good things are coming our way this week, and the Gargoyle crew of Erin Hayes, Kumars Salehi, and Gordon Ruan offer their picks.

The CU Bandstand at Market Place Mall is the place to be Saturday if you like '60s music. Performers from local high schools will be onstage from 6 to 8 p.m. in an event promoting the Nov. 29 production of the Broadway musical "Hairspray" at Assembly Hall.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shared the Nobel Peace Prize this year with Al Gore in recognition of the group's efforts to spread knowledge about global warming. But the IPCC's persistent lowballing of the problem leads Sindha Agha to suspect the group is not a reliable source of information on what could be the greatest crisis facing humankind.

StudProd is an annual Uni tradition featuring plays written and directed by students themselves. Auditions start today, and you should audition. Junior Lauren Piester, one of the playwright-directors, tells you why.

The 2007 World Series marked the second time in four years the Boston Red Sox swept the National Leaugue champions to claim the title. Maritza Mestre recalls living in the middle of the Red Sox Nation when the team won in 2004 for the first time in 86 years.