Daily Staff Writer

Today

Leo Kottke, 8 p.m. at the Maintenance Shop; $12.

Echo Farm, 9 p.m. at Boheme; $4.

Argentine Tango Salon lessons, 7 p.m. at Boheme; $5.

Argentine Tango Salon dance, 8 p.m. at Boheme.

Tina & the B-Sides, 9:30 p.m. at Stebs in Cedar Falls; $10.

“Showboat,” 8 p.m. at Ingersoll Dinner Theater in Des Moines; $28.50.

Friday

Sliver with The Follow, 9 p.m. at the Maintenance Shop; $3 for students, $4 general admission.

Tangletown, 9:30 p.m. at People’s Bar & Grill.

Samba Diallo African dance workshop, 7 p.m. at the Forker Building; $5.

Iowa State Jazz Combo, 5 p.m. at Boheme.

Sauce Monkeys (FAC) at People’s Bar and Grill.

Salsa lessons, 8:30 p.m. at Boheme.

World beat dance night (international music), 9:30 p.m. at Boheme; $1.

ISU Jazz Ensemble, 7:30 p.m. at Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall.

“Showboat,” 8 p.m. at Ingersoll Dinner Theater in Des Moines; $28.50.

Inch Timer, 10 p.m. at Hairy Mary’s in Des Moines.

Abi Tapia, 9:30 p.m. at Java Joes in Des Moines.

Diamond Rio, 8 p.m. at Super Toad Entertainment Center in Des Moines; $20.

Collective Soul with Marvelous 3, 7:30 p.m. at Five Flags Center in Dubuque; $15 in advance, $18 at the door.

Kenny Rogers, 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. at Surf Ballroom in Clear lake, $125 for early show, $50 for late show.

Saturday

Watsonville Patio, 9 p.m. at the Maintenance Shop, $4 for students, $5 general admission.

Samba Diallo African dance workshop, 9 a.m. at the Forker Building; $5.

Irshad Khan (sitar music), 7:30 p.m. at Fisher Theater.

Asian Film Festival, 7 p.m. at Gilman Hall.

The Nadas with Plum, 10 p.m. at People’s Bar and Grill.

World beat dance night (international music), 9:30 p.m. at Boheme; $1.

House of Large Sizes, 9:30 p.m. at Connie’s Lounge in Des Moines; $6.

Swinging Teens, 10 p.m. at Hairy Mary’s in Des Moines.

“Showboat,” 8 p.m. at Ingersoll Dinner Theater in Des Moines; $28.50.

Sunday

An Afternoon with the Authors featuring the Inkspots, 2 p.m. at the Farwell T. Brown Auditorium in the Ames Public Library.

“The Settlement of Iowa” lecture, 2 p.m. at Brunnier Art Museum.

ISU Chamber Singers and Oratorio choir, 3 p.m. at Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall.

David Wilcox, 8 p.m. at Val Air Ballroom in West Des Moines; $13.50/$8.50 in advance, $17.50/$12.50 at the door.

“Showboat,” 5 p.m. at Ingersoll Dinner Theater in Des Moines; $28.50.

“Maya Lin: Topologies” gallery talk by Jeff Fleming, 2 p.m. at The Des Moines Art Center.

Art Exhibits

FOCUS juried competition at the Memorial Union Gallery (through Apr. 29).

FOCUS exhibition of funded projects at the Memorial Union Pioneer Room (through April 29).

31st Annual Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass and Wood Exhibition at the Octagon Center for the Arts (through April 11).

“Maya Lin: Topologies” at The Des Moines Art Center (through May 23).

Mixed Media painting, collages and prints by Helene J. Kaplan at the Gallery in the Round at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames (through May 15).

“Wings and Waves,” by Jean Harkin at the Civil and Construction Engineering Room of the Town Engineering building (through May).

Upcoming and Noteworthy

Digital Underground at the Maintenance Shop (April 12).

Steve Miller Band at Vets Auditorium in Des Moines (April 13).

Dave Chappelle at the Lied Recreation Center (April 17).

Lorie Line and her pop chamber orchestra at Neumann Auditorium in Waverly (April 14).

Ultimate Fakebook at Hairy Mary’s (April 15).

“Anything Goes” (Stars over Veishea) at Stephens Auditorium (April 15 to 18).

Goo Goo Dolls with The New Radicals and Dovetail Joint at Hilton Coliseum (April 16).

Petra with Temple Yard and Broomtree, 8 p.m. in Rowenhorst Student Center at Northwestern College in Orange City; $10.

Dave Chappelle at the Lied Recreation Center (April 17).

Wynton Marsalis with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra at Stephens Auditorium (April 19).

The George Strait Country Music Festival with Tim McGraw, the Dixie Chicks, Kenny Chesney, Jo Dee Messina, Mark Wills and Asleep at the Wheel at Jack Trice Stadium (April 24).

The Newsboys with the Supertones at Stephens Auditorium (May 2).

‘N Sync with Tatyana Ali and Blaque, 7:30 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines; $27.75.