FOUR-DAY MUSIC, ARTS FEST RETURNS TO OKEECHOBEE

Fun things to see and experience around town

1. PARTY BY THE LAKE 3rd annual Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival, Sunshine Grove

This four-day multi-genre music, arts and camping festival will feature dozens of musical acts including Pearl & The Oysters, Slightly Stoopid, Foster the People, Chet Porter, the Allah-Las, Lil Dicky, Arcade Fire and many more.

Gates open at noon on Thursday and close at noon Monday. 12517 NE 91st Ave., Okeechobee. See website for ticket prices. Information: www.okeechobeefest.com

2. FIND OUT

Michele Rigby Assad, Palm Beach Atlantic University, Warren Library

The university hosts an evening with former CIA undercover officer Michele Rigby Assad, who will be speaking about her new book “Breaking Cover.”

The lecture is 6 p.m. Thursday. 300 Pembroke Place, West Palm Beach. Free. Information: https://michelerigbyassad.com/; www.pba.edu/lemieux-assad

3. CHILLAX

Clematis by Night,

West Palm Beach Waterfront

Life really is too short not to occasionally start the weekend one day early. So don’t miss another chance to enjoy ambiance, good times and great reggae by The Holidazed. Seize the weekend!

The event is 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Information: www.wpb. org/events

4. CRUCIFEROUS WARRIORS Broccoli Samurai, Guanabanas

This electronicjam-funk band is straight out of hard-rocking Cleveland and ready to give Floridians a blast of super coolness. 21 and older.

The show is 9 p.m. Wednesday. 960 N. A1A, Jupiter. Free. Information: www.guanabanas.com

5. IN THE JUNGLE

Hope in Madagascar - Lecture Series,

Palm Beach Zoo

This Conservation Leadership Lecture event will take attendees on a trip into the rainforest of Madagascar with the world’s leading lemur expert, Dr. Patricia Wright. Cocktails and passed hors d’oeuvres included.

The event is 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday 1301 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach. $40. Information: www.palmbeachzoo.org

KARL WALTER/GETTY IMAGES Slightly Stoopid is just one of dozens of bands slated to perform at the third annual Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival at Sunshine Grove in Okeechobee Thursday through Monday. 1.

ALEK KOMARNITSKY/NATURAL HABITAT ADVENTURES/TNS ABOVE: Learn about the island of Madagascar during the Hope in Madagascar - Lecture Series Thursday at the Palm Beach Zoo in West Palm Beach. There will also be cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. 5.

CONTRIBUTED LEFT: Despite a name semi-based on an ordinary vegetable, Cleveland’s Broccoli Samurai makes extraordinary music that will be on display Wednesday at Guanabanas in Jupiter. 4.