Eight Days: Your one-stop guide to the week ahead: March 18-25

Today MAR 18

FILM The Melbourne Queer Film Festival is under way, showcasing the world's finest contemporary queer cinema. Highlights of today's program include After Louie, which follows Sam (Alan Cumming) grieving the death of his partner and subsequent experience entering an intergenerational relationship. Until Mar 26, various times, locations and prices, 96624147, mqff.com.au

FAMILY Marvel's interactive exhibition Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N is in Australia for a limited time only. On show are a range of items including Captain America's uniform, eight Iron Man suits, Hulkbuster armour and never-before-seen exhibits on Black Panther, Thanos and The Wasp. 10am-6pm, Federation Square, Flinders Street, city, $28-$42, avengersstation. marvel.com.au

ART Group exhibition Elevating the Everyday is all about making the ordinary extraordinary. The show features the work of five Australian artists who have reimagined everyday items and moments in forms such as ceramics, embroidery, installation and photography. Until May 6, today, 11am-4pm, Town Hall Gallery, 360 Burwood Road, Hawthorn, free, 92784770, boroondara.vic.gov.au

STAGE Destroy, She Said, written by Marguerite Duras and adapted by Laurence Strangio, is now playing in Carlton. The play features four guests at an isolated hotel who experience a series of mysterious and destructive events. Until Mar 25, today, 6pm, La Mama Theatre, 205 Faraday Street, Carlton, $20-$30, 93476948, lamama.com.au

COMEDY Off-Broadway hit My First Time concludes its Melbourne run this evening. This documentary-style comedy show is based on 60,000 anonymous online confessions detailing respondents' first sexual encounters, revealing stories ranging from the silly to the sweet, absurd and heart-breaking. 7pm, The Butterfly Club, 5 Carson Place, city, $28-32, 96638107, thebutterflyclub.com

Mon MAR 19

STAGE The Australian debut of One Hundred and Four – a 60-minute dance performance about the worship of a shoulder – is performed as part of the Festival of Live Art and is presented by Nana Bilus-Abaffy. Until Mar 20, Mon, 6pm and 9pm, Temperance Hall, 199 Napier Street, South Melbourne, $15-$20, 93223720, fola.com.au

Tue MAR 20

TALK Beloved Melbourne personality Zoe Foster Blake joins musician Clare Bowditch and author Jamila Rizvi for the inaugural Tea with Jam and Clare event. The evening will feature an honest conversation and songs celebrating themes of creativity and courage. 7pm-8.30pm, Melbourne Town Hall, corner of Swanston and Collins Street, city, $35-$45, trybooking.com

Wed MAR 21

FILM Friends, Foes and Fireworks is an ambitious Australian production, which follows a New Year's Eve reunion between friends whose relationships are tested after old tensions resurface. The film premieres with a post-show Q&A with the cast and crew. 7pm-10pm, Classic Cinema, 9 Gordon Street, Elsternwick, $13-21, 95247900, classiccinemas.com.au

Overheard by Oslo Davis, Collins Street, Melbourne, Monday 11am.
‘‘I realise that, Mum. I’ll pick up my biscuits in the morning.’’ — Overheard by Oslo Davis, Collins Street, Melbourne, Monday 11am. ‘‘I realise that, Mum. I’ll pick up my biscuits in the morning.’’

Thu MAR 22

ART Meg Cowell's Night Bloom features large-scale photographic works depicting costumes and plant life in water. Cowell aims to create a sense of each garment being inhabited by their absent wearer, moods and emotions. Until Apr 7, Thurs, 11am-6pm, Flinders Lane Gallery, 137 Flinders Lane, city, free, 96543332, flg.com.au

Fri MAR 23

MUSIC Iconic Australian band You Am I pay tribute to one of the world's most famous rock groups, parody band Spinal Tap, in a show that covers their most classic tracks. Fans are invited to dress up. 8.30pm, The Corner Hotel, 57 Swan Street, Richmond, $40, 94277300, cornerhotel.com

Sat-Sun MAR 24-25

MUSIC Synth pop trio Heaps Good Friends are touring recently released EP Hug Me. They'll be playing tracks such as disco banger I Could Eat a Full Packet of Yo Yo's and singles Let's Hug Longer and Olympic Sneakers. Sat, 8.30pm, The Workers Club, corner of Brunswick and Gertrude streets, Fitzroy, $12, 94156558, theworkersclub.com.au

FESTIVAL The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show is expected to welcome 100,000 people through the gates across the five-day event, which focuses on emerging lifestyle trends through floral displays, sculpture, architecture, landscape design and more. Sat and Sun, 9am-5pm, Royal Exhibition Building, 9 Nicholson Street, Carlton, $26-$30, 98641111, melbflowershow.com.au

MUSIC Promoting their newly released album, Wrong Creatures, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club will be playing new tracks and crowd favourites from the band's 19-year back catalogue. Sat, 7.30pm, Forum Melbourne, corner of Flinders and Russell streets, city, $89, 1300111 011, forummelbourne.com.au

STAGE Bare the Musical is a provocative pop opera which tells the story of a same-sex couple struggling with their religion, sexuality and identity while attending a Catholic boarding school in the early 2000s. Until Apr 15, Sat, 7.30pm, Sun, 4pm, Chapel Off Chapel, 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran, 82907000, chapeloffchapel.com.au