Zinta Lundborg

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is back. Dan Brown’s latest thriller, the Dante-inspired “Inferno,” puts Langdon in a hospital bed with no memory of how he wound up there. Still, the clever professor is the only one who can figure out the doomsday puzzle, the first macabre piece of which is sewn into his bloody tweed jacket.

The Frieze New York fair, the Downtown Music Festival and PS1’s ecological Expo are among the Muse highlights for this weekend.

Rihanna’s “Diamonds” tour, celebrating Cinco de Mayo and a new native garden are among the highlights of the weekend.

When you see the headline “Courageous Senators Stand Up to American People” or “Facebook Unveils New Waste of Time,” you know you’re reading Andy Borowitz.

Soprano Renee Fleming presents the world premiere of a song cycle, Vampire Weekend sings new tunes and potty-mouth Sarah Silverman does stand-up.

Fiona Shaw plays the mother of God, the Tribeca Film Festival is under way and flash Brit band Muse brings “The 2nd Law” to our area.

Louis C.K. is back on HBO with new comedy material, Eric Clapton brings some great guitarists to Madison Square Garden and the “Disappearing Act V” film festival gives you the chance to see the work of European directors.

“Mad Men” is back, Bette Midler’s on Broadway and Rodriguez sings in New York -- all are among Muse recommendations for this weekend.

Alec Baldwin gets tough as a Chicago mobster, Tilda Swinton sleeps in a glass box and for Easter, show off your extravagant chapeau, listen to Bach and have holiday dinner and drinks.

Dave Barry’s latest novel, “Insane City,” features mad hookers, an orangutan named Trevor, Russian gangsters, billionaires dressed as flamingoes and a guru from New Jersey who discovered “how much easier it was to get laid if you were a holy man.”

Nathan Lane plays gay burlesque in “The Nance,” Pink rocks Madison Square Garden and Stockhausen’s other-worldly “Oktophonie” takes over the Park Avenue Armory this weekend.

Even for opera, Francesco Cavalli’s 1667 “Eliogabalo” is way out there: it’s based on a Roman emperor who dressed in drag, had sex with anything that moved and was killed by his own guards.