May brings with it a new batch of cultural standouts. Cannes you dig?

May 6: The first rule of Chuck Palahniuk appearances is, you don’t talk about Chuck Palahniuk appearances. But just try convincing the Fight Club author of that, when he promotes his new novel Tell-All at Cooper Union in New York. May 7: Iron Man 2 invades theaters today. Terrence Howard sobs softly to himself.

May 9: Happy accident, indeed! Worship the womb that bore you on the 96th annual Mother's Day. May 11: Revisit the crushing depression of your teenage years as Massive Attack trips and hops all over the stage at Terminal 5. May 12: Blue skies, white beaches and purple shades: Tim Burton braves the sunshine as head of the Cannes Film Festival jury. May 15: What do you get when you mix Jenny McCarthy with Cheryl Hines? Chuy Bravo. His boss, Chelsea Handler, performs tonight at Radio City Music Hall. May 16: The Veggie Pride Parade takes over Manhattan—a fruitless endeavor, if you ask us. May 20: Revisit the crushing depression of your teenage years as Eddie Vedder howls and growls into the rafters when Pearl Jam takes Madison Square Garden. May 23: Lost. That’s exactly how you’ll feel when ABC abandons the island after six seasons. May 25: Revisit the crushing depression of your teenage years (last time, we promise) when the reunited Stone Temple Pilots drop their first album in a decade. May 27: The ladies do Abu Dhabi—the city, not the cabbie—when Sex and the City 2 is released. May 28: The cast of Glee performs live at Radio City Music Hall. It’s like watching a performance of The New York City Gay Men’s Chorus, only gayer. May 30: You can fi nally stop pretending to get it. The 75th Whitney Biennial ends today.