It’s the weekend! Time to kick back, eat some jellybeans, and get yourself some culture. To help make sure your time is well-spent, we asked Allison Williams, Associate Features Editor of Time Out New York, to create a list of must-see, must-listen items for your weekend to do list. What's on the list this week?

• Lonely Island's new release hits stores featuring Andy Samberg of Saturday Night Live fame perfect for your inner thirteen-year old
• Oliver Stone's President Bush biopic W is released on DVD
• Bruce Springsteen has a new release, Working on a Dream
• The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln airs on PBS

And, of course, opening this weekend is Coraline:

The busiest travel day of the year has come again. Whether you're paying $125 to check your bag, or traveling in the high speed family lane, according to Scott McCartney, this year you’re traveling in a way you’ve never traveled before. The author of The Middle Seat column in the Wall Street Journal, he speaks with The Takeaway about why you might be able to bring your mouthwash in your carry-on sooner than you think, and how incoming president Barack Obama might address the airline industry.

What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but one thing that isn't staying in Sin City is tourists. The economic downturn is keeping visitors — and their dollars — away from Nevada casinos. And from taxi drivers to waiters it seems that all of Las Vegas is feeling the pinch.

"Both in China and here the fall off in tourism is so drastic they weren't making the revenue to pay back those bonds. They've halted their building program in China and fired 11,000 construction workers."
--Ian Mylchreest speaking about the problems of the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas and abroad

Kurt Andersen, writer and host of Studio 360, recently made his first trip to Beijing — and he was amazed by how familiar he felt. It wasn’t the language or the cuisine that brought to his mind the comforts of home — it was the buildings that said New York to him.