Show: Serena Henry at the Vegas Room

Have you ever gone to a concert and been blown away by the backup singers? Serena Henry has been supporting performances (and stealing the spotlight) from headliners like Gladys Knight, Smokey Robinson and Donny & Marie for years on the Strip and on national tours, and she has recently performed with Vegas acts like Clint Holmes and David Perrico’s Pop Strings Orchestra. Henry takes over the Vegas Room January 28-30, singing some of her personal favorites from a range of artists like The Beatles, Roberta Flack and Justin Timberlake. 6:30 p.m., $85, thevegasroom.com. –Brock Radke

Book: The Great Gatsby

This month, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel entered the public domain, which means you can read it for free … or do most anything you want with it, really. In celebration of the occasion, NPR’s Planet Money podcast team read the entire book aloud for your auditory enjoyment. Listen to the compelling tale of wealth, love, mystery and death at NPR.org, or download a free e-book from a variety of sources, including Gutenberg.org. –C. Moon Reed

TV: Halt and Catch Fire

Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul, Mad Men and The Walking Dead might be the pillars of AMC’s prestige programming, but overshadowed by their splendor could be the network’s show with the most heart and relatability. Halt and Catch Fire, which aired from 2014 to 2017, is ostensibly about the growth of the personal computer industry in the 1980s and early ’90s, but that more-thrilling-than-it-sounds narrative serves largely as a backdrop for such characters as engineer couple Donna (Kerry Bishé) and Gordon Clark (Scoot McNairy), coding wiz Cameron Howe (Mackenzie Davis) and slick salesman Joe MacMillan (Lee Pace) to develop and evolve more than would seem possible over four, 10-episode seasons. Netflix. –Spencer Patterson

Music: Jean-Michael Jarre

There’s a chance you’re unfamiliar with French electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre, even though he released his first proper album in 1976, has played to crowds as large as 3.5 million people (including Coachella 2018) and directly influenced M83, Pet Shop Boys and many others. He’s equally adept at dreamy ambient, dancefloor stompers and soundtrack-like dramatic tracks—sometimes dropping them all on the same album. For a quick Jarre primer, stream 1976’s Oxygène, a blueprint for nearly all electronic music that followed; 1984’s Zoolook, a funky marvel featuring Laurie Anderson and King Crimson’s Adrian Belew; and 2018’s cinematic Equinoxe Infinity. –Geoff Carter

Podcast: Bill Gates and Rashida Jones Ask the Big Questions

Podcasts are as much about the subject as the host(s). Microsoft founder Bill Gates and actress Rashida Jones are an odd pair to host one, for sure, but their six-episode show actually tackles some timely head scratchers, like “What will the world look like after COVID-19?” and “Is it too late to stop climate change?” Gates, a man of immense intelligence, has a gift for breaking down complex topics, and Jones more than holds her own. They chat like old friends who really care about the state of the world. Apple Podcasts. –Genevie Durano