Events for a Small Planet
Habana Outpost is not yet open for the season, but you can gain early admittance this weekend for its first annual Earth Day Expo, two days of workshops on beekeeping, kid’s crafts, electronic waste recycling, and a how-to on turning your cheap, street umbrella into a reusable tote. The full schedule is here>>.

Nearby at BB’s favorite pan-Latin restaurant, Luz, owner Pedro Munoz will serve a $55, 5-course Earth Day dinner April 22 and 23 using not one watt of electricity. Instead, fresh organic food will be refrigerated by dry ice, cooked on a charcoal grill, and served by candlelight to the sound of a live band. To RSVP, email info@luzrestaurant.com or call 718-246-4000. luzrestaurant.com

At St. Francis College’s Callahan Center in Brooklyn Heights, National Geographic photographer Meredith Davenport is showing a series of photos that document the plight of Banana plantation workers in Costa Rica, where pesticide use is rampant. The day it closes, Mon., April 21, from 1:30-3, she’ll be participating in a panel about Environmental Justice. stfranciscollege.edu

Prospect Park begins its Earth Day celebrations April 21, including a week of special programming for kids at the Audubon Center. prospectpark.org/calendar

Tickets
American Tunes, the final segment of Paul Simon’s BAM residency, is sold out, but there are still tickets left to Beckett’s Endgame, starring John Turturro, and opening April 25. bam.org

Variety Shows
Michael Showalter — the funnyman from Wet Hot American Summer and The Baxter — is appearing as part of Baltimore impresario Ed Schrader’s live talk show this Thursday in a venue we’ve never heard of — The Ridgewood Temple — with electro-dance musician Dan Deacon. $8 tickets available at the door. 8 pm, 1054 Bushwick Ave. at Gates Ave. J, Z to Gates; L, M to Myrtle/Wyckoff.

This Sunday, Showalter also performs his regular comedy show with Eugene Mirman at Union Hall, where the eclectic Cloud Cult appears Thursday (download a single here from their new green album) and soul sisters The Sweet Divines play on Friday. unionhallny.com

Verses
Former NY State Poet Laureate, and (we kid you not) current Poet Laureate of MTV John Ashbery — who once taught at Brooklyn College — reads with local poet Marcella Durand this Saturday, 4 pm, at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Dweck Center. brooklynpubliclibrary.org