Friday:
 • Mika Rottenberg's video Dough follows "an extremely corpulent woman whose allergic reaction to daisies helps a viscous outpouring of dough to rise." Fine, but some people have been wise to the leavened bread thing for a few thousand years now. [flavorpill]
• Lisa Loeb and the Nine Stories play tonight at the Canal Room. Upside? You're guaranteed a Cody Franchetti-free evening. Downside? The glasses. [Upcoming]
Saturday:
 • The Idiotarod '06 involves five-person teams navigating a shopping-cart from Brooklyn to Manhattan in whatever manner — bridge, tunnel, drunk, or sober — they please. Aside from the free after-party at Tonic, it's just another Saturday. [flavorpill]
• Field Music plays at the Mercury Lounge. Elevator music plays in the lobby. [Upcoming]
Sunday:
 • Bernard-Henri L vy invades the 92nd Street Y to discuss how Europeans view Americans. You already know the answer, though: from a long way away, with a scowl. [Upcoming]