Friday, March 12: Say what you will about today’s stars (and we say we want to sleep with George Clooney), but three generations ago, there was no one hotter or cooler than Montgomery Clift. A contemporary of Brando and Jimmy Dean, Clift would’ve eclipsed all of them were it not for a disfiguring car accident and death at age 45 (that’ll do it!). Anyway, BAM’s doing the full retrospective treatment.

Saturday, March 13: Some strange accident must have happened to blues prodigy Blind Boy Paxton, like getting hit by lightening while holding the whole Blue Note catalogue. Or maybe he’s just the past reincarnated again, like a Tibetan lama, because not only does Blind Boy seemingly know everything about the blues, but he’s still a kid (in blues terms, of course)! This show is a must.

Sunday, March 14: If you were too normal to attend the Westminster Kennel Club dog show at the Garden last month, here’s the dog show for you: The Brooklyn Lyceum will present a parade of mutts, a show that finally puts the purebreds out to pasture and gives real dogs their day. Judging will include such categories as “sloppiest kisser” and “dog that looks least like a dog.”

Tuesday, March 16: Finally, a chance to get drunk on St. Patrick’s Day without the guilt. Tonight, join plenty of nerdy museum lovers at the second City Reliquary benefit in as many months. Without your intense drinking — and $20 contribution at the door — this great institution devoted to preserving little bits of New York history may be lost forever. So grab a drink and save a piece of terra cotta.

Tuesday, March 16: Orgies are nice, but a literary orgy is even better, so book lovers will be flocking to Word Bookstore’s third anniversary celebration. The evening kicks off with booze guru Zane Lamprey (pictured), host of the program “Three Sheets,” and follows with cheap beers until 8 pm.