Coming Friday Plan your weekend

Check out Friday’s 7 section for what’s happening on the local entertainment scene. A sampler:

•Cover story: Explore the acts making this summer’s music festivals hot.

•Food and Drink: Taste the amped-up syrup of alcoholic energy drinks.

•Movies: Catch “Madagascar,” touted as the best children’s film since “Finding Nemo,” and “The Longest Yard” this weekend.

•Music: Take lessons on outdoor concert manners from Isamu Jordan and listen to local band The Midnight Society.

•Lifestyle: Read All We Never Knew’s new blog and Hard 7’s take that Time magazine jumped the gun in naming the nation’s worst mayors.

•At Home: Watch “Aviator,” which is out this week on rentals, and don’t miss highlights from the Electronic Entertainment Expo.