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The well-groomed Ben Franklin Parkway's going to see some great outdoor spring action this weekend, with a giant carnival presented by the Philadelphia Book and Science Festivals, plus Fairmount Park Art Association's Public Art Pathway made of giant balloons. (Photo by M. Edlow for GPTMC)

It’s going to be a stunner this weekend, both weather-wise and events-wise.

From the Science and Book Festival Carnival on the Ben Franklin Parkway to the opening of one of the spring’s most anticipated art exhibitions, Offering Of The Angels: Treasures From The Uffizi, plus foodie events and theater productions, it’s going to be a doozie. Don’t miss a minute of it.

And, of course, Go Flyers!

Our top picks for your best weekend, below:

Friday, April 20

The 2012 Philadelphia Science Festival Kicks Off! (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Mix It! Science Fest Opening Night Party

Offering Of The Angels: Treasures From The Uffizi at the Michener Art Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun) — Opening Day!

Federal Donuts’ Art in the Age-inspired donuts available! (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Taller Puertorriqueño’s “Cafe Under the Stars”

The Opera Company Of Philadelphia Presents Puccini’s Manon Lescaut (Fri, Sat, Sun)

BYO event at PhilaMOCA

Philadelphia Book Festival (Fri, Sat)

Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal at the Annenberg Center (Fri, Sat)

Dogfish Head Barroom Blitz at Johnny Brenda’s

Philadelphia vs. Detroit StorySlam at the Philadelphia Book Festival

Simon Fashion Now® at King of Prussia (Fri, Sat)

Philly Tech Week 2012 (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Philadanco: The Philadelphia Connection (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Flyers NHL Playoffs Round 1, Game 5 at 7:30 p.m. – LET’S GO FLYERS!!

Lemon Society Speakeasy

Saturday, April 21

Philadelphia Book Festival Street Fair and Philadelphia Science Festival Carnival

Reading Terminal’s La Festa Italiana

TreePhilly Tree Giveaway

Family Interrupted Mural Arts Paint Day

City Tap House Spring Festival Beer-B-Q

2-for-1 admission to the Academy of Natural Sciences

Memphis Taproom 4th Anniversary and Beer Garden Reopening Party

Oyster House Shucking Contest

“Run! The Super-Athletes of the Sierra Madre” at the Penn Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)

From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen at the National Constitution Center (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Scribner’s Magazine: The Early Years In Illustration at the Brandywine River Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)

More Weekend Picks, below.

Square Peg brunch debuts

Hej! Scandinavia Film Series at International House (Sat, Sun)

Second Chance Toys at The Market & Shops at Comcast Center

Morris Arboretum’s Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival — Closing Day!

Science Festival Film Fest (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Site Seeing: Public Art Pathway

“Titanic: The 100th Anniversary” at Laurel Hill

Sunday, April 22

Top Picks For Celebrating Earth Day 2012

BalletX Spring Series at the Wilma Theater (Fri, Sat, Sun) — Closing Day!

ON THE TOWN! A Tribute to Bars, Speaks, and Legendary Saloons at Farmers’ Cabinet

Mr. & Miss Philadelphia Black Gay Pride Pageant

Independence Seaport Museum’s Titanic Philadelphians (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Clark Park: Picnic for the Planet

Mauckingbird Theatre Company’s The Temperamentals (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Rittenhouse Fair & Square Pop-Up Shop (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Force of Nature at Woodmere Art Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun) — Closing Day!

Philadelphia Theatre Company’s The Outgoing Tide (Fri, Sat, Sun) — Closing Day!

Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow: Living with the Atomic Bomb, 1945-1965 at the Mercer Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Flashpoint Theatre Company’s Slip/Shot (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Zoe Strauss: Ten Years at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Fri, Sat, Sun) — Closing Day!

Defending The Caveman at the Prince Music Theater (Fri, Sat, Sun)

The Walnut Street Theatre’s God Of Carnage (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Van Gogh Up Close at The Philadelphia Museum Of Art (Fri, Sat, Sun)

The Happy Show by Stefan Sagmeister at the Institute for Contemporary Art (Fri, Sat, Sun)