Here’s a preview of some of the crimes you’ll find in this week’s blotter.

At around 3 p.m. on June 11, a burglar stole more than $2,000 worth of electronics from a house in the 100 block of North Hampton Road.

After 7:30 p.m. on June 11, a thief stole a couple of potted plants valued at $30 apiece from a front porch in the 1000 block of North Edgefield Avenue.

After 8:30 p.m. on June 11, a burglar stole two $5,000 bikes, $5,000 worth of tools, and a couple hundred dollars worth of meat and food from a shed in the 300 block of North Rosemont Avenue.

Between 9:45 and 10 a.m. on June 13, a thief stole a $500 Toro lawn mower from a backyard in the 600 block of North Clinton Avenue.

At 5:30 p.m. on June 13, a thief stole a purse containing $100 cash from an unlocked Jeep in the 1400 block of West Davis Street.

The backdrop at Zoe Muth’s performance tonight won’t be quite as striking, but it should still be a good time. 

Father’s Day is on Sunday, and if you don’t have plans for dad yet, we’ve got plenty of options. Man of Steel just happens to open this weekend, so why not take the Superman in your life to a viewing?

The Dallas County Community College District is pairing with DISD schools to provide a high-school programs showcase from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this morning at El Centro West. It’s never too early to start thinking about college, and DCCCD provides many ways for high-school students to get a head start and begin getting college credit before they’ve even graduated.

The latest superhero installment, Man of Steel, has finally arrived, and Texas Theatre is giving you plenty of times to see it this weekend. It’s showing at 7 and 10  p.m. tonight.

Madison King performs at 8 p.m. tonight at Bar Belmont.

Try saying “Dave Alvin and the Guilty Ones” and “Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers” five times fast. Actually don’t. Anyway, both long-and-curiously named groups will perform at the Kessler Theater at 8 p.m. tonight, and if their music is anything like their names, you should be in for an entertaining evening.

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Here’s your weekly preview of some of the shenanigans going on in your neighborhood.

Between 1 and 6:30 p.m. on June 3, a burglar broke into a black 2010 Ford pickup in the 400 block of South Zang Boulevard and stole a $200 Garmin GPS.

Between 12:45 and 1:30 p.m. on June 6, a thief stole a $100 charcoal grill from outside of an apartment in the 200 block of Melba Street.

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Here’s a look at some of the crimes that didn’t make it into the paper this week.

At around 10 p.m. on May 27, police seized a Beretta pistol from a miscreant in the 600 block of North Lancaster Avenue.

At around 5:15 a.m. on May 28, a resident of the 600 block of Blaylock Drive was woken by her house alarm sounding, and when she looked out the window she saw a man running from her house. When she went to investigate the area he fled from, she noticed that he had kicked her garage doorjamb, causing $50 worth of damage.

At 2:02 a.m. on May 29, a resident of the 500 block of North Marsalis Avenue got up to use the bathroom. When she returned to her bedroom, she noticed that a would-be burglar had moved a piece from her window, but she believes he was scared away when she turned her light on.

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Kristy Krüger (Photo: Kristy Krüger)

Here’s a look at some options to help you get the new weekend (and new month!) started right.

The Charming Gardeners, who bill themselves as “Big grooves, big guitars, and a beautiful girl with a big voice,” will take the stage at Bar Belmont tonight at 8 p.m.

Paul Thorn, hailed the “Mark Twain of Americana,” is bringing his unique mix of blues and rock and roll to the Kessler Theater at 8 p.m. tonight. Bonnie Bishop opens.

Up-and-coming director Conor Allyn teamed up with his father, Rob Allyn to write the screenplay for Java Heat, a thriller about a Muslim detective team who pairs up with an American to find out the criminals behind a string of terrorist acts in Indonesia. If that sounds interesting to you, it opens at the Texas Theatre tonight at 7, followed by a showing of Animal House at 9:15 p.m. You’ll probably want to arrive in costume and stick around after Animal House ends — the toga party begins at 11 p.m.

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At 3:56 p.m. on May 20, a gunman threatened a woman at Wynnewood Village before fleeing in a 2005 Chevy pickup.

At 1:30 a.m. on May 23, a vandal threw rocks into nine windows on a house in the 700 block of Sabine Street, causing $900 worth of damage.

After 11 p.m. on May 23, a burglar stole a brown 1997 Chevrolet Suburban valued at at least $2,500 from the 800 block of Blaylock Drive. The truck was later recovered, but a $30 Maglite flashlight, $30 ASP baton, and $20 cash were nowhere to be found.

At around 11 a.m. on May 24, a vandal keyed a white 2012 Nissan sedan in the 900 block of North Marsalis Avenue, causing $500 worth of damage to the hood.

At 4:30 p.m. on May 27, a trio of miscreants entered T-Mobile in Wynnewood Village. While one of the miscreants inquired about upgrading his phone, another pulled out a knife and slashed the cord on three iPhones valued at $630 apiece.

Guy Forsyth at The Saxon Pub in Austin last November (Photo: Brian Drake)

Here’s a look at what’s going on in your ‘hood this weekend.

If you still haven’t seen Star Trek Into Darkness, the Texas Theatre is showing the film  at 6:15 and 8:45 p.m. tonight.

Johnathan Hess will take the stage at Bar Belmont at 8 p.m. tonight.

Also at 8 p.m., Guy Forsyth will take the stage at the Kessler Theater. Josh Halverson and Brandon Bolin open.

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