PEDAL yourself to the Community Bike Happening and Bike-In Movie on Friday, May 12 and help celebrate National Bike Month. Meet at the Mission Plaza at 7 p.m. Bikers will head to Meadow Park and will watch “The Triplets of Belleville” and be greeted with refreshments at 8:30 p.m. Don’t forget your helmets and bike lights.
LEARN to dance the swing, hustle and fox trot on Thursday, May 11 from 8 to 9:15 p.m. The event is held in the Chumash Auditorium and is the second installment of a three-week series. No experience or partner is needed. For more information visit www.cpdancesport.org.
ATTEND the Cal Poly Theater and Dance Department’s presentation of “What the Butler Saw” on Thursday, May 11 to Saturday, May 13 at Alex and Faye Spanos Theatre. Tickets are $10 for Cal Poly faculty and staff and $12 for general admission. For more information visit www.pacslo.org/events.
SUPPORT students and local artists by attending the annual spring and Craft Sale hosted by ASI. It will be held in the University Union Plaza from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 10 t o May 12. For more information contact the ASI Craft Center at 756-1266 or visit the Web site at www.asi.calpoly.edu/uu/craftcenter.
LISTEN to the Blues and Boogie Band also known as Cal Poly’s University Jazz Band No. 1 perform the blues and boogie-woogie music of Louis Jordan and other R&B songs of the 1940s and 1950s. The event kicks off at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 13 in Harman Hall in the Christopher Cohan Center. Tickets are $6 to $15 and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Ticket Office or by phone at 756-2787.
WATCH “Anna’s Children” on Thursday, May 10 in Philips Hall in the Performing Arts Center. The showing is one of many events that are part of Palestinian Awareness Week. The documentary examines the lives of children living in Palestine.
CATCH the San Luis Obispo County Youth Symphony’s season finale on Friday, May 12 at 7 p.m. in the Christopher Cohan Center. For more information visit www.pacslo.org/events.
ROCK out to acclaimed reggae band “The Wailing Souls” on Monday, May 8 at 7:30 at Downtown Brew. You must be 21 or older to attend the concert.
BECOME inspired by art created on the spot by several Thai and American artists on Thursday, May 11 to June 2 in the University Art Gallery from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The public is invited to the artist’s lecture on May 11 in Room 228 in the Dexter building and an opening reception in the gallery from 5 to 7 p.m.
GO to Cal Poly’s “Take it SLO’s” first solo concert on Friday May 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 218 of the Davidson Music Center at Cal Poly. This unique group will perform a cappella tunes that include “Don’t Lie” by the Black Eyed Peas and Kelly Clarkson’s “Because of You.” Tickets are $3 and can be bought at the door on the night of the concert.