Thursday, May 2

“Trash Talk: Recycling Household Items in the Garden,” garden talk and brown bag lunch, with Jim Childs, editor of Garden Gate Magazine, at Reiman Gardens Mahlstede Learning Center, noon (scented geraniums and impatiens baskets will be sold beginning at 11 a.m., geraniums $2.50 per 4 1/2-inch pot and hanging baskets $10)

Gallery Walk, tour of current Brunnier Art Museum exhibitions, with assistant curator of education, Allison Sheridan, at Brunnier, 7 p.m., free

“A Piece of My Heart,” student-produced ISU Theatre piece about nurses in Vietnam, at Fisher Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $3

“Brain Candy,” SUB film, in the Pioneer Room, Memorial Union, 8 p.m., $2

Anti-Pop Consortium, at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, 5:30 p.m., $8

Paul Westerberg, Virgin Megastore, Chicago, time unavailable

Friday, May 3

“A Piece of My Heart,” student-produced ISU Theatre piece about nurses in Vietnam, at Fisher Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $1

“Brain Candy,” SUB film, in the Pioneer Room, MU, 8 p.m., $2

Cinco de Mayo celebration, sponsored by Sigma Lambda Beta, featuring the history of Cinco de Mayo and Latino dance instruction (Great Hall will have English music and South Ballroom will have Latino music), begins at 8:30 p.m., dancing goes from 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Harry Connick, Jr., concert, at Stephens Auditorium, 8 p.m., $46, $38.50, $29.50

Grandma Mojo’s, comedic performance by ISU’s student comedy-improv troupe, last show of the semester, at the Maintenance Shop, MU, 9 p.m., $1

Saturday, May 4

“A Piece of My Heart,” student-produced ISU Theatre piece about nurses in Vietnam, at Fisher Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $1

“Brain Candy,” SUB film, in the Pioneer Room, MU, 8 p.m., $2

Weezer, concert, at Hilton Coliseum, 7:30 p.m., $26.50

EchoBrain and Helio Sequence at Double Door, Chicago, 10 p.m., $15

Sunday, May 5

Spring Celebration Family Day at Farm House Museum, featuring crafts, games and food, at Farm House Museum, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m., free

“A Piece of My Heart,” student-produced ISU Theatre piece about nurses in Vietnam, at Fisher Theatre, 2 p.m., $1

“Public Sculpture and Building: A Dialect of Meaning,” lecture about the interconnectedness and symbolism of a few of ISU’s campus art pieces, with Joe Kupfer, professor of philosophy who has researched the Art on Campus sculptures “Angel,” “Carom” and “Janus,” at Brunnier, 2 p.m., free

Monday, May 6

Kittie and Skinlab at House of Blues, Chicago, 6:30 p.m., $15

Tuesday, May 7

Jack Johnson at Metro/ Smart Bar, Chicago, $18

Wednesday, May 8

“Students with Families,” tour focusing on the sculptures on campus that center around parenting and families, begins at “Marriage Room” south of MacKay Hall, noon, free

Bike auction, with bikes available for viewing from 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m., all sales cash or check only, at the grassy area south of the Purchasing Warehouse

Guided By Voices, at Metro/ Smart Bar, Chicago, 9 p.m., $16

– Information gathered by Bethany Kohoutek