Calendar: Zapp’s International Beer Festival at Rural Life Museum … Red Stick Spice cooking classes

Zapp your cravings: The annual Zapp’s International Beer Festival happens Saturday, March 26, at the Rural Life Museum. Sample from over 200 foreign and domestic varieties of beer and ale between courses of jambalaya and, of course, potato chips. Tickets are $30 per person. Visit zappsbeerfest.com for more information. Cooking with ‘Gass’: Chef Randal Gass will teach guests how to spice up Lenten menus at his cooking class at the Red Stick Spice Company on Saturday, April 2. Chef Michael Meade will also teach a Lenten cooking class. You can also sweeten your skills with a desserts class taught by Meredith Beck Wiggins. Find out more at redstickspice.com.