30 THINGS TO DO IN June

1 HAIL McQueen. The Essence of Cool, a documentary on Hollywood rebel Steve McQueen, airs tonight on Turner Classic Movies.

2 GET there. Don't miss sculptor Martha Posner's exhibition Mm "Memory and Desire" at the Heidi Cho Gallery, in N.Y.C. It closes in two days.

3 SURVEY photographs by Jillian Edelstein at her solo exhibition "Intimate and Unseen," which displays a selection of her portraits from the last two decades, at the Tom Blau Gallery, in London.

4 TAKE to the streets of West Hollywood. The Avenues of Art & Design hosts the eighth annual Art & Design Walk, displaying the latest trends in art, fashion, and design.

5 RELIVE a big life. For its 50th anniversary, the Clark Art Institute, in the Berkshires, showcases Jacques-Louis David's paintings of Napoleon.

6 TUNE in. TheA/ Franken Show, a televised version of the political humorist's Air America Radio program, returns to the Sundance Channel.

7 CHANGE colors. It's not all yellow anymore. Coldplay releases its long-awaited third album, X&Y.

8 RECOGNIZE the healing power of the arts and support Free Arts NYC's Annual Art Auction Benefit this evening at Phillips, de Pury & Company.

9 END your evening at Grant Park. The annual four-day-long Chicago Blues Festival kicks off tonight.

10 SADDLE up on your sofa. Into the West, the TNT mini-series from executive producer and Hollywood gunslinger Steven Spielberg, premieres tonight.

11 ROCK out to Canada's hottest bands at the North by Northeast Music and Film Festival, in Toronto. Who says that all Canadians are restrained?

12 DISPLAY your flower power. The Haight Ashbury Street Fair takes place today at San Francisco's famous intersection.

13 SING "Happy Birthday" twice. Multimillionaire twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen turn 19 today.

14 RE-UNITE with an old friend this summer. David Schwimmer makes his West End debut in Neil LaBute's Some Girl(s), at the Gielgud Theatre, in London.

IMAGINE you're in the British countryside as you check out the 15 exhibition of landscape paintings, photographs, and sculptures opening today at the Tate Britain, in London.

16 REMEMBER Rudolf Nureyev tonight as ABT performs Petrouchka, a piece about Russian hardship. Nureyev defected from the Soviet Union on this day in 1961.

17 PARTY like an animal. The Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association holds its 35th annual Beastly Ball fund-raiser tomorrow.

18 CHOW down and rev up. Devour chef Jeffrey Vigilla's grill grub while gawking at Mercedes-Benz's newest cars at the RitzCarlton's BBQ & Benz Bash, in Key Biscayne, Florida.

19 GIVE thanks to Dad. Today is Father's Day.

20 SUPPORT the arts. Hundreds of New York City schoolchildren from the National Dance Institute perform It's All Relative at LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts.

21 PLAY your favorite Beach Boys tunes and go on a Surfin' Safari with those lovely California Girls. It's the first day of summer.

22 EAT well on a budget. It's Restaurant Week in Manhattan.

23 RECOGNIZE an American revolutionary. The Whitney's retrospective of artist Robert Smithson, featuring more than 150 of his works, opens today in N.Y.C.

24 BASK in the glow of music at twilight at the 2005 opening night of the Hollywood Bowl, with Trisha Yearwood, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, and a special tribute to Frank Sinatra.

25 HOP into your Batmobile and buckle up. Batman Begins is now in movie theaters.

26 ERECT a skyscraper. Or just celebrate the final day of London's Architecture Week 2005, a series of events, including one to raise money for the homeless.

27 SWING from one of Dale Chihuly's monumental chandeliers into a retrospective of the glass-meister's work, at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.

28 PIECE it together. Melanie Pullen's controversial photographs, which depict crime scenes re-staged in haute couture, are on display at the Ace Gallery, in Los Angeles.

29 PACK a cooler for your next beach trip. Brazil's favorite beer, Brahma, has come to the States. Cheers!

30 MAKE an offer they can't refuse. Christie's auctions off 250 lots of Marlon Brando's personal belongings today, including his copy of the script of The Godfather.