Thursday, April 25

Luau, sponsored by the Freshman Council, featuring food, music and limbo contest, on Central Campus, 5 p.m.

Life drawing studio, at Brunnier Art Museum, 7 p.m., free (drawing boards provided, participants should provide all other materials; dry media only)

Book signing with author Mary Pipher, author of “Hunger Pains,” “Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls,” “The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families” and “The Middle of Everywhere: The World’s Refugees Come to Our Town,” at University Book Store, 7 p.m.

Faculty recital concert, featuring pianists Paul Pisano and Paula Forrest, at Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m., free

Friday, April 26

Music, speaker and refreshments, sponsored by The Rock, at Towers Courtyard, 3:30 p.m.

“A Beautiful Mind,” part of Free Friday Flicks, 6:30 p.m. in Carver 101; 7:45 p.m. in Carver 001; 9 p.m. in Carver 101; free

Dance, speaker, dinner, graduation ceremony, sponsored by the Caribbean Students Organization, in the Great Hall, Memorial Union, 7 p.m.

Song of Zarathustra with opening act Hawaii Show, rock concert, at the Maintenance Shop, MU, 7 p.m., ISU students: $4, others: $5

ISU Wind Ensemble concert with director Michael Golemo, at Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m., ISU students: $3, others: $5

“Harold & Maude,” SUB film featuring the classic 1972 soundtrack by Cat Stevens, in the Pioneer Room, MU, 8 p.m., $2

DJ and free merengue, salsa and swing dance lessons, with the ISU Ballroom Dance Club, in the Sun Room, MU, 8 p.m.

Latin dance party, featuring Des Moines D.J. Sergio Correa and his Latin Rhythmz, in the Sun Room, MU, 9 p.m., $3

Saturday, April 27

May basket workshop and garden talk, at Hunziker House, Reiman Gardens, 1 p.m., $3-$4, preregistration required

Rocket launch, with Iowa State Space Society, at the cross country course across from Towers Residence Halls, 1:30 p.m.

Dinner and band performance, sponsored by the Indonesian Student Association, in the Campanile Room, MU, 6 p.m., $8

Spring Choral Festival, featuring four ISU choirs, at Stephens Auditorium, 7:30 p.m., ISU students: $5, non-students: $9

“Starry Night,” dance performance with Orchesis I, sponsored by the FOCUS Arts Committee, south of the Campanile, 7:30 p.m., free

Pieta Brown with Bo Ramsey, folk concert, at the M-Shop, MU, 8 p.m., ISU students: $6, non-students: $9

“Harold & Maude,” SUB film featuring the classic 1972 soundtrack by Cat Stevens, in the Pioneer Room, MU, 8 p.m., $2

Sunday, April 28

ISU Symphonic Band concert with director Martin Province and ISU Concert Band with director Gary Kleptach, at Stephens Auditorium, ISU students: $3, non-students: $5

ISU Symphony Orchestra concert with director Mark Laycock, at the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, 5 p.m., free

Tuesday, April 30

Dave Matthews Band, at Hilton Coliseum, 7 p.m., tickets: $45.50, available at Iowa State Center Ticket Office or Ticketmaster locations

– Information gathered by Bethany Kohoutek