Six things to do this weekend

A closer look at six things that are happening this weekend that you can take advantage of in Eastern Iowa.

Buckcherry

Friday, June 18

Cross your fingers for the rain to stop as the five-man rock band Buckcherry rolls into Waterloo Friday night. They're putting on an outdoor concert as part of their “All Night Long” tour. Fans will certainly hear hits like “Talk to Me” off their latest CD “Live and Loud,” which was released in 2009. If you can't make it to the concert, be sure to visit the band's website where they are doing their part to bring awareness to the oil spill disaster in the Gulf. They're offering free downloads of their hit single “Our World”

(The BP Disaster Song). Sounds good to us!

Buckcherry

5:30 p.m. Friday (06/18), Ticket Crusher Amphitheater, 175 Elk Run Rd. Waterloo,

www.buckcherry.com

Charlaine Harris

Thursday and Friday, June 17 and 18

If you are one of the millions of fans of HBO's hit, bloodsucking series “True Blood,” make plans to hear Charlaine Harris, the author of the series that “True Blood” is based on. She will be at the Englert Theatre on Thursday with the Jace Everett Duo, who sings the show's theme song. Friday, Harris will talk about her writing process at Theatre Cedar Rapids.

Charlaine Harris

7 p.m. Thursday (06/17) Englert Theatre, 221 E. Washington St., Iowa City, $15 to $30, www.englert.org

7 p.m. Friday (06/18) Theatre Cedar Rapids, 102 Third St. SE, Cedar Rapids, Free, www.metrolibrarynetwork.org

Romeo and Juliet

Friday to Sunday and Wednesday,

June 18 to 20 and 23

Where for art thou Romeo? Iowa City, of course. See one of the world's most enduring love stories, “Romeo and Juliet,” this weekend at Iowa City's own Riverside Theatre Festival Stage - a Globe Theatre replica. The production features star-crossed lovers Andrew Truschinski as Romeo and Cristina Panfilio as Juliet. The festival also features “Love's Labour's Lost.”

Romeo and Juliet

Lower City Park, Iowa City, $15 to $37, (319) 338-7672,

www.riversidetheatre.org

Three other things

“Penniless at the End of My Life - What Great Timing” presented by SPT Theatre

7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday (6/18,19)

Cedar Rapids Museum of Art,

410 3rd Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, $20, (319) 361-5297, www.spttheatre.org

The Grant Wood Window: Better Than Ever

1 p.m. Sunday (6/20)

Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 410 3rd Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, Free, (319) 366-7503, www.crma.org

Summer Solstice Stroll

7 p.m. Monday (6/21)

Indian Creek Nature Center, 6665 Otis Rd. SE, Cedar Rapids, $5, (319) 362-0664, www.indiancreeknaturecenter.org

Calendar of events

For more things to do, check out our local events section.