This week's cup-runneth-over list lands on top of the half-dozen annual festivals (Bucktown Arts Fest, Viva Music Fest) also running this weekend. You can find those featured in our monthly calendar of annual events. Now, here's a little more to top off your cup.

• Cafe Finjan, a Jewish-Muslim cultural celebration and interfaith exchange including performances, music, and art at Mercury Cafe on Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
• The Planets by Gustav Holst performed by the Chicago Sinfonietta with accompanying video by Adler Planetarium astronomer Dr. Jose Francisco Salgado. On Friday at Millennium Park's Pritzker Pavilion. FREE.
• Quimby's Printers Ball at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Friday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. (21+ only) FREE.
• The Windy City Rodeo opens Friday in Crete, IL and runs through Sunday. It is an Illinois Gay Rodeo Association event.
• "40 Years After: Filming the '68 Revolution" Film Festival opens at Facets Multimedia on Friday and runs through August 28.
• French Music Party with DJ Madrid at the Alliance Française de Chicago on Friday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. BYOI-pod w/ your three favorite Francophone tunes to add to the mix.
• Soul Asylum at the Lincoln Park Zoo on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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There was that time, many years ago, that I went scuba diving off of Belmont Harbor during the Air & Water show. I'm lucky my head wasn't propellered off. What was I thinking?

The lakefront will be jammed this weekend with the arrival of the show and loads of spectators and boaters trying to get a piece of it. You may want to plan accordingly. Enjoy.

• Croatian Fest (Velika Gospa) This festival, which celebrates the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, has been held in Bridgeport for more than 100 years. It takes place on Friday.
• Air and Water Show The uber-popular airplane and watercraft extravaganza expands to three days this year, so you can catch it on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
• Chicago Turkish World Festival A rich exploration and celebration of the Turkish, Balkan, and East Asian cultures takes place at Navy Pier on Saturday and Sunday. (Hope they know about the planes that will be zooming overhead.)
• Barrio Arts Fest Celebration of Puerto Rican and arts and culture at Humboldt Park Field House (1440 N. Sacramento) in Chicago. On Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Dress-up and Costume Sale at Emerald City Theater, a children's theater company. Cash and carry and build your toy box of costumes. 2933 N. Southport. On Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.
• Chicago Fire at Home vs. DC United at Toyota Park on Saturday at 7 p.m.

(Oh, what did I see while I was scuba diving under Lake Michigan? One fish and two shipwrecks. One wreck was a steel-hulled ship and the other a wooden-hulled one. Both sunk during storms. The guys in the steel-hulled ship crashed on the ice, but walked to shore safely. I can't remember the fate of the other boat's passengers.)

Photo of the Air and Water Show by Tim Boyle/Getty Images

Yesterday, my colleague, Prescott Carlson, confirmed that the popular musical "Wicked" will be leaving Chicago at the end of January 2009. Get 'cher tickets now if you want to see it again (and again and again) before it goes.