Vanilla Ice will be performing, for FREE, Saturday, at the EpiCentre, in a 21-and-over event. Doors open at 6PM.

Another blast from the past, in this case, much further in the past, is a silent movie being show, with live piano accompaniment, at ImaginOn’s Wachovia Playhouse. Watch “The Lodger,” by Alfred Hitchcock, on Saturday, at 2PM. Also free.

Pura Vida Worldly Arts, in the Plaza Midwood neighborhood, is the place to find the perfect, unique gift, from tableware to jewelry. But on Saturdays it also features free live music. This Saturday at 5PM, enjoy folk singer Marcie Hernandez.

Jody Mace is a Cheap and Free contributor on WCNC.com. To read more of Jody’s blog posts, check out her web site Charlotte on the Cheap.