The GRAMMY Museum opens Tower of Song on May 28 in downtown LA, showcasing artifacts from Nirvana, Prince, Miles Davis and film interviews with songwriting legends. The exhibit pairs Songwriters Hall of Fame items with Grammy Hall of Fame recordings.

Sarah Lucas’s VENUS VICTORIA perches on a giant washing machine outside the New Museum, inaugurating the museum’s new plaza commissions. The playful monumental work will be on view for roughly two years.

The 55th Northwest Folklife runs May 22–25 at Seattle Center, themed UBUNTU with Smithsonian programming, dozens of stages and free family events.

The Museum of Illusions plans a 14,300‑sq‑ft Market Street outpost near Union Square, bringing selfie-ready optical rooms to downtown San Francisco’s retail core.

Milwaukee’s Polish Fest returns June 12–14 to the Summerfest grounds with polka, pierogi, vodka tastings and a full cultural lineup. New bag rules will be enforced.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame opens a major new show on May 15 that collects rare McCartney and Wings artifacts and stages a ticketed opening party the night of May 16.

Cindependent is stewarding the Mariemont Theatre, raising funds and ordering new projection gear to reopen the historic neighborhood cinema by mid‑summer.

The Marin Irish Festival is set to return, inviting those around the Bay to join in on some good craic — or fun — this coming weekend (May 16-17).

City council unanimously approved an amended permit that gives Centro CHA three years to run the Latino Cultural Center at Jenny Oropeza while upgrades move forward. Roughly $4.5M is earmarked for park and site work.

The Ohio Black Expo's Riverfront CultureFest returns to Genoa Park over Memorial Day weekend with concerts, a parade and 100+ vendors.

TEFAF New York returns May 15–19 at the Park Avenue Armory with 88 dealers from 14 countries, pairing ancient antiquities with contemporary highlights.

A ceremonial topping‑out at The Broad will place the final steel beam Wednesday, marking structural completion of the expansion. The project adds roughly 50,000 square feet and aims to open in 2028.

UT Libraries in Knoxville has accepted the bulk of Cormac McCarthy’s personal library — thousands of volumes and hundreds of annotated books that will be cataloged for research. The gift is already reshaping McCarthy scholarship at the university.