PICK OF THE DAY Eye-catching It’s been almost 40 years since four friends with a collection of thrift-shop instruments held jam sessions where musicians were allowed to use only instruments they did not know how to play. ‘‘Randy’s Ghost Stories’’ is the latest release by the Residents, who usually perform their avant-garde multimedia pieces in tuxedos, top hats, and giant eyeball masks. March 30 at 7:30 p.m. $30. Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square, Somerville. 617-876-4275. www.worldmusic.org TODAY Three, four, five Duncan Cumming, Hilary Walther Cumming, and Sölen Dikener of the Capital Trio play with Violet Son Walther and David Walther at today’s chamber music concert, which includes a trio (Matt Malsky’s “The Archipelago of Regrets’’), quartet (Beethoven’s Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 16), and quintet (Dvorak’s Piano Quintet, Op. 81). 6-8 p.m. Free (reservations required). The
Here’s the dirt Artists who work with wood often use found objects, scavenged or reclaimed wood, and inventory from the lumber yard. The Higgins Art Gallery “Wood’’ exhibit by six contemporary sculptors includes chainsaw-carved works by Clark Derbes, who creates aged patinas by burying his pieces in dirt. Today from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (through April 8). Free. Higgins Art Gallery, Tilden Arts Center, Cape Cod Community College, 2240 Lyannough Road, West Barnstable. 508-362-2131, ext. 4484. www.capecod.edu/web/higgins
Putting it together Instead of a drive-thru food purchase, how about assembling healthy meals with a little of this and a little of that at Girl’s Night Out. Healthy Habits Kitchens provides the ingredients, and all you do is put them together to take home and cook — plus enjoy an evening out with dinner. 7-8:30 p.m. $68-$120 for about a week’s worth of meals (event dinner is free). Reservations required. Healthy Habits Kitchen, 36 Washington St., Suite 2, Wellesley. 781-235-6325. www.healthyhabitskitchen.com
Fools rush in When these four Los Angeles ladies get together, you get an indie girl group with hypnotic harmonies, funky drumming, and a swirl of guitars. “The Fool’’ is the new release by Warpaint. 8 p.m. $15. 18+. Paradise Rock Club, 967 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. 800-745-3000. www.livenation.com
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Can you see it? Anne Whiston Spirn has been called an urban visionary, and is an award-winning author, photographer, and professor of landscape architecture and planning at MIT. At “Restoring an Urban Watershed: Ecology, Equity, and Design,’’ Spirn will talk about the restoration of Philadelphia’s economically depressed, racially segregated Mill Creek neighborhood. March 30 at 6 p.m. Free. Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge. 617-495-3045. www.hmnh.harvard.edu
Dress-ing up Sorry guys, you’ll have to pay the cover because only ladies get free admission if they come attired as the event title indicates. The Little Black Dress Party stars Australia DJ Havana Brown, who was with Britney Spears on her “Circus’’ tour. Gentlemen should wear creative upscale black attire including a sport coat. March 30 10 p.m. (doors). $10 cover (no cover for women wearing a little black dress). 21+. The Estate, 1 Boylston Place, Boston. 617-351-7000. www.theestateboston.com 
