BUTTERFLY FORUM   with Butterflies of Northeastern Mexico authors Kim Garwood and Richard Lehman. Zilker Park Botanical Gardens, 2220 Barton Springs Rd., 444-3471.

CALL FOR DONATIONS: REBUILDING NEW ORLEANS RADIO   Austin Airwaves Inc. aims to rebuild New Orleans "from the sound up," a mission requiring anything from turntables to DVD players to microphones. E-mail for full list of needed items; send donations to Austin Airwaves Inc., PO Box 49492, Austin, TX 78765. jimedia@grandecom.net www.commongroundrelief.org

CALLING ALL MEDICAL SAMARITANS   One of the Chronicle’s own, former intern Jeff Tonn, has fallen seriously ill and despite extensive medical evaluation remains undiagnosed. Jeff’s condition – which has left him unable to work or even stand – continues to deteriorate, and we need the aid of anyone in the medical community willing to look at his symptoms and offer advice. Any help from gentle souls out there would be repaid tenfold come the Judgment. Visit Jeff’s Web site for his medical history. www.jefftonn.com

DIAZ GALLERY : FROZEN SPRINGTIME   New works by Stephanie Friedman, Christopher Fitzgerald, Sabrina Laurmer, and Andru Joseph. Through April 30. Diaz Gallery, 3507 S. First, 444-0013.

FAWTEL ART   showcases photo and graphic impressionism by A.J. Montrose. Fawtel Art, 447-2790.

GENAUSTIN (GIRLS EMPOWERMENT NETWORK OF AUSTIN)   is looking for volunteers to help facilitate its new oriGENal voice program, where mentors help girl activists fight Big Tobacco through peer-to-peer media campaigns. 414-0473. www.genaustin.org

HOST A CREEK CLEANUP   Is the creek you love filled with beer cans and six-pack rings? All you have to do is gather some friends to clean it up, and Keep Austin Beautiful and Watershed Protection and Development Review will give you all the guidance and materials you need. 391-0617. Free. www.keepaustinbeautiful.org

HOT BEARS SAY RRRRROOOOW!   Happy eighth anniversary hairy bears! The cuddliest, hairiest, most barrel-chested bigboys celebrate eight as the Heart of Texas Bears, a social service group dedicated to all things "grrrrr." They host monthly coffees, movie nights, beer busts, etc. Get on their list for more info and details about this weekend's b'day party! info@heartoftexasbears.org www.heartoftexasbears.org

SMOKING BANANA   The "Official Spam of the Austin Outpost of the Guerrilla Queer Bar." Oh, yes, we have some bananas. www.smokingbanana.com

STEAK NIGHT & STRIP OFF   Come out early for a $5 steak (or chicken) with all the fixins. If it's anything like their tremendous holiday feasts, it is more than worth the Abe Lincoln. Torch diva and ivory tinkler Margaret Wright provides the atmos. Then stay late for Jamé Perry's original amateur strip-off. Mmmm, nothing like peeling outta yer trousers after a big plate o' beef! Tuesdays, 6pm & midnight. Charlie's, 1301 Lavaca, 474-6481. www.charliesaustin.com

STORYCORPS MOBILE RECORDING BOOTH   will be in Austin till April 30. With more than 2,000 stories already collected, this joint project between the Library of Congress and NPR provides a venue for ordinary people to share their stories in interviews with relatives and friends. Reserve your interview slot online or by phone. Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, 1800 Congress, 800/850-4406. $10 donation. www.storycorps.net

TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION SERVICES FOR HURRICANE VICTIMS   The TEC is still providing help – be it job-searching, career counseling/assessment, resume prep, or guidance with unemployment insurance – for victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. See their Web site for details. 463-8942. www.texasworkforce.org

THE SIGNERS OF THE TEXAS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE   This exhibit tells the story of the founders of the Republic of Texas. Through May 20. Capitol Visitors Center, 112 E. 11th, 305-8400.

Friday the 13th Part 3/Honky
Alamo Drafthouse South, Monday, Apr 24

Classic campground camp in 3-D, with Honky pitching tents.

Josh Rouse, Strays Don't Sleep
Cactus Cafe, Monday, Apr 24/Tuesday, Apr 25

What happens when an unabashed romantic picks up his acoustic and moves to Barcelona for amor? Subtítulo, for one, Josh Rouse’s breezy, English-only follow-up to catalog peak Nashville and its breakthrough predecessor, 1972. The firelight nostalgia of AM radio was never so cozy as in Rouse’s sanguine croon, and paired with veteran introspectives Matthew Ryan and Neilson Hubbard, aka Strays Don’t Sleep, two nights steeped in ruminations of romance will surely bring both fire and rain. – Raoul Hernandez

TV on the Radio
Emo's, Monday, Apr 24

Chameleons, the lot of them. Brooklyn’s TV on the Radio were addictive from beat one of their 2003 debut EP, Young Liars (Touch & Go). With sophomore LP Return to Cookie Mountain landsliding this summer on Interscope, Tunde Adebimpe, Kyp Malone, David Sitek, and company are poised to become the supergroup they deserve to be, throbbing and shredding all trends and expectations. Celebration’s Katrina Ford isn’t about to fold under Adebimpe’s smooth croon. Her guttural drawl lends the Baltimore trio a ferocity that both seduces and frightens. Local pop savants the Cocker Spaniels open. – Darcie Stevens