What’s Hot in the City this weekend?

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum hosts its monthly Third Thursdays tonight with the theme of “Wanderlust”.

Come and explore the Gardner’s global adventures featuring the ZilZALA Middle Eastern Ensemble with the Pletenitsa Balkan Choir and DJ Kareem Johnson spinning world music beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets: $15 adults; $12 seniors; $5 students; www.gardnermuseum.org.

Tonight, Athene Wilson & Friends perform at Scullers Jazz Club at 8 p.m. Show: $35; Dinner & Show: $75: www.scullersjazz.com

Saturday Night Live’s Michael Che headlines Laugh Boston on Friday at 8 p.m. and 10: 15 p.m. Tickets: $30 and $25; www.laughboston.com.

The Lyric Stage Company of Boston presents Lynn Nottage’s play Intimate Apparel this Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets: $25-$62; www.lyricstage.com.

It’s the final week for Pulitzer Prize-winner Suzan-Lori Park’s Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) playing at the American Repertory Theater. For tickets and show times, visit www.americanrepertorytheater.org.

On Monday, February 23, fashion photographer and host of Oxygen’s The Face, Nigel Barker will present his new book, Models of Influence: 50 Models Who Reset the Course of Fashion at Brookline Booksmith at 7 p.m.