Launching its Carbon 13 show, Ballroom Marfa starts a 3-day symposium on climate change and sustainability Aug. 31 with author Michael Pollan, critic Rebecca Solnit, and theater artist Cynthia Hopkins (who brings a climate-themed work to the Walker in March).

Archivist Jill Vuchetich offers a sampling of Walker events, from the premier of David Byrne’s The Knee Plays to a 1988 exhibition by Tim Rollins and K.O.S.

A court has found members of the punk band Pussy Riot guilty of “hooliganism” for an anti-Putin performance in a Moscow church. Their two-year prison sentence has sparked protests worldwide.

While Devo says its new single, “Don’t Roof Rack Me, Bro,” isn’t partisan, its story— of Mitt Romney strapping Seamus the dog on the top of the family car—reveals a “deal-breaker” “character flaw” in the 2012 contender, says the band’s Jerry Casale.

Minnesota may be the land of 10,000 bands, but it seems none could be better suited than Brute Heart to create a score for the classic horror film, Dr. Caligari. Known for conjuring haunting soundscapes from bass, drums, and viola—along with vocals that earned a “best female vocalist” nod this year, the band’s influences range from art rock to orchestral music to Middle Eastern traditions.

Filed in a Manhattan court this week, the will of the late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch (aka MCA) reveals a no-sellout clause: It states that his image, art, or music can’t be posthumously used in advertising.