Get up and out of the house post-Thanksgiving and participate in one of these events with your crew! In the DSM metro, the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden will kick off the first ‘Dome after Dark’ event of the season on Friday night. Be sure to shop local this Small Business Saturday! Mainframe Studios is making it easy to support artists, specifically, with their Open Studios event from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Top pick for the long weekend? Piñata Protest, an accordion powered Tex-Mex punk rock band from San Antonio will be playing at Lefty’s on Sunday night.