Weekend fun:

Big chocolate bite

The ALS Association invites you to "Hot Chocolate: Take a Bigger Bite out of Chocolate!" from 6:30 to 9:30 tonight at the Adventure Aquarium, 1 Aquarium Drive, Camden, N.J. The chocolate tasting, with chocolate martini bar, chocolate fountains and hot chocolate, will take place in the ballroom and Shark Realm. Cost is $75, $150 including the VIP reception. Visit www.alsphiladelphia.org.

Spine-tingling

LA Theatre Works presents "War of the Worlds" and "The Lost World" at 8 p.m. Friday at the Zoellner Arts Center, 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem. Both are presented as radio plays. The 1938 Orson Welles adaptation of "War of the Worlds" set the events in the United States and caused a nationwide panic in 1938 when listeners thought they were hearing a news broadcast of a Martian invasion. In Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World," Professor Challenger leads an expedition through a remote jungle to discover a place where dinosaurs live with ape-men, and the fate of the human race hangs in the balance. Tickets are $17 and $20. Call (610) 758-2787.

Jazzed up

At 8 p.m. Saturday, the Zoellner Arts Center presents the Led Zeppelin Big Band, featuring New York Jazz Repertory musicians and Lehigh University students. Tickets are $15. Call (610) 758-2787.



On stage

- Touchstone Theatre, 321 E. Fourth St., Bethlehem, presents "The Mammy Project" at 8 p.m. tonight through Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Using music, storytelling and historical speeches by Frederick Douglas and Halle Q. Brown, a stereotype is turned into a celebration of empowerment. Tickets are $15 (free tonight), $13 for students and seniors. Call (610) 867-1689 or visit www.touchstone.org.

- The Mozart Festival Opera performs "The Marriage of Figaro" at 8 tonight at the State Theatre, 453 Northampton St., Easton. Tickets are $32 and $37.

"Stomp" bangs out rhythm on everyday objects such as matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters and hubcaps at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the State Theatre. Tickets are $50 and $55.

Call (800) 999-STATE or visit www.statetheatre.org.

- DeSales University's Act 3 presents "The Adventures of Aladdin" on March 17-May 2 at the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts, 2755 Station Ave., Center Valley. Tickets are $8. For show times, call (610) 282-3192.

- Civic Theatre of Allentown's production of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues," part of the V-Day worldwide series of events, will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday. The performance will be in Civic's 19th Street Theatre, 527 N. 19th St., Allentown. Tickets are $17. Call (610) 433-8903.

Guitar hero

Classical guitarist Nemanja Ostojic performs a concert program that might feel like a Mediterranean cruise, with musical pieces from Spain, France and Italy. Hear it at 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Allentown Symphony Hall, 23 N. Sixth St., Allentown. Tickets range from $25-$45. Call (610) 432-6715.

Don't forget brakes

Blue Mountain Ski Area presents its Cardboard Box Derby on Sunday. Build a float using cardboard, duct tape, string, glue and paper to slide down Vista Trail to the finish line. Registration is at 9 a.m. with the race at 1. View the rules at www.skibluemt.com. Blue Mountain is at 1660 Blue Mountain Drive, Palmerton. Call (610) 826-7700.