Our five faves of the moment: Spam Museum, LSD Honey Ale, Schoolboy Q, more

1 You don't have to like Spam to like the Spam Museum. In fact, any proud Minnesotan will downright love this temple to canned pork. Located in Austin, Minn., the museum essentially tells the story of the blue-collar 20th century through meat. Created in 1937, Spam fed our soldiers during World War II, gave kiddos something easy to munch on in the postwar era and then spread across the world (it's big in Japan). To explain the history, the museum uses interactive games, movies, costumes, and, of course, Spam samples. It's cheeky, informative and, most of all, fun. www.spam.com

2 After trying a glass of Indeed Brewing's LSD Honey Ale on its Art-a-Whirl debut day, we thought about it all week and returned the next weekend for an encore at the northeast Minneapolis taproom. The seasonal brew comes in a 12-ounce pour ($5) that is guaranteed to put a smile on your kisser. Its name refers to ingredients — lavender, sunflower honey and dates — that sound more like a cookie at the co-op, but those ingredients are just notes atop a gorgeous-looking, highly agreeable amber ale that is 7.2 percent alcohol by volume. www.indeedbrewing.com

3 Elinor Lipman's books are a nice mixture of readable, fun, complicated and wise—a perfect combination for summer. Her latest novel, "The View From Penthouse B," traces the lives of two sisters, one of whom is mourning the death of her beloved husband, and the other, who is mourning the collapse of her marriage and the loss of her wealth to Bernie Madoff. Yes, it's another New York book, but not an annoying one. These characters are fully formed, likable and exasperating — and entertaining. In this book, as in life, there are no easy answers.

4 You might have heard Schoolboy Q's intense new party anthem "Hell of a Night" during TNT's telecasts of the NBA playoffs or at last weekend's Soundset festival, where the young Los Angeles rapper (who's a Kendrick Lamar cohort) proved he's worthy of his buzz. The single has more of a Top 40-ready sound than his previous druggier tracks, but his rapid, gritty delivery and biting lyrics are still prevalent (and potent). Sample line: "Girl let me see you stop and pause it / [Mess] around, and I might pay your mortgage."

5 "Stories We Tell" is a probing, poignant, technically dazzling documentary journey into actress/writer/director Sarah Polley's own family history, and the repercussions of her late mother's affairs. It's a relationship drama spanning 30 years, a detective mystery, an essay on the nature of memory, and a critique of our need to process messy human life into streamlined narrative arcs even at the cost of oversimplifying.