From the Marketplace Datebook, here’s a look at what’s coming up Thursday, June 5:

In Washington, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee discusses developments in Ukraine.

Did consumers hit the malls over Memorial Day weekend? Chain-stores are scheduled to release sales figures for May.

Performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson turns 67.

The Great American Brass Band Festival, a 25 year tradition, gets underway in Danville, Kentucky.

And the United Nations marks World Environment Day with the theme “Raise Your Voice, Not the Sea Level.”