Kelpie

Like the treacherous river spirit known as a Kelpie in Celtic mythology, the Lawrence band delights in luring its audience with beauty only to shock it by changing shape. Drawing on influences ranging from The Beatles, Hum, Beach Boys, Converge and Elvis Costello, Lawrence’s Kelpie has been described as lounge-rock, a mathy singer-songwriter project, progressive pop, “fancylad meandermusik” and everything in-between. Kelpie joins Vida and Piglet at 10 p.m. Saturday at The Jackpot Saloon, 943 Mass.

Laurel Fisher

“Start Small, Hope Big” is both the name of the album by singer/songwriter Laurel Fisher and her personal credo. The 24-year-old Topeka musician lists “music and missions” as her two passions, and proceeds from each CD sale go to help fund the Home of Hope, a children’s home in Bangladesh. Fisher performs a free show at 8 p.m. today at Signs of Life, 722 Mass.

Vibralux

Heavy makeup, androgyny and fire-breathing phalluses are just a few of the tricks turned by Vibralux. The Lawrence-based rock band and love child of front “person” Mercury II draws inspiration from the glam-glitter era of the early 1970s. It’s one of the rare times audiences can groove to heavy rock riffs while simultaneously enjoying an interactive drag show. Vibralux joins Mercury Mad and the Plastic Bitches at 10 p.m. Sunday at The Pyro Room, 18th and Grand streets, Kansas City, Mo.

Laurie Culling and Linda Baranski

Lawrence artists Laurie Culling and Linda Baranski collaborate for the next exhibition at CornerBank. Each utilizes multiple forms of media — monoprints, mixed media, mosaic, oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, gypsum — to create pieces that range from realistic to abstract. “Complementary Visions” opens with a reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. April 1 at the bank, 4621 W. Sixth St. The show remains on view through May 27.

Designer Martin Venezky

Martin Venezky is not your typical point-and-click designer. While adept at operating a mouse, he is just as comfortable cutting and pasting type from old books, collaging found signs or making his own photographs. With his unique eye and his design firm, Appetite Engineers, Venezky has created beautiful and influential work for Speak and Open magazines, the Sundance Film Festival, Reebok and numerous publishers and institutions. Venezky’s book, “It Is Beautiful…Then Gone” (left), presents his commercial design work as well as new graphic work created for the book. Venezky will speak at 6 p.m. Monday at the Spencer Museum of Art auditorium as part of the Hallmark Symposium.