184 Things to Do in Philly This Week and Weekend

Parks on Tap continues at Azalea Garden this week. / Photograph courtesy of FCM Hospitality

FESTIVALS, FOOD, OTHER FUN STUFF

PUPPETS/POLITICS
Bread & Puppet
The famous practitioners of “cardboard radicality,” are taking their activist puppets on the road for The Obligation to Live, director Peter Schumann. Followed by sourdough bread and cheap postcards, books, banners and more.
$20, April 18th at 8 p.m. and April 19th at 4 & 8 p.m., First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut Street.

OUTDOORS/DRINKS
Parks On Tap: The Azalea Garden
Once again the nomadic beer garden roams the city, setting up taps and tables all summer long. This time you can find Parks on Tap in the Azalea Garden behind the Art Museum, a lush lawn sometimes claimed by loafing groundhogs and not far from an enclave of secretive beavers and a society of geese who seek revenge at the slightest slight. It’s a lovely spot. Here’s where to find out where Parks on Tap will land next.
Free to enter, April 16th-20th, Azalea Garden, between the Art Museum and the Lloyd Recreation Center.

FOOD/SHOPPING
The Southeast Asian Market
Enjoy stuffed chicken wings, skewers, frosty drinks and more at this popular outdoor shopping op in FDR Park. Here’s the list of vendors from area Lao, Khmer, Thai, Vietnamese and Indonesian communities. In addition to the many cuisine options, you can pick up produce, clothing, jewelry, etc.
Pay as you go, continues Saturdays & Sundays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., through October, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park, 1500 Pattison Avenue.

FLOWERS
Spring Blooms
Longwood Gardens cranks its flowers up to maximum splendor for their annual Spring Blooms displays featuring tulips, trees, and geophytes out the wing wang.
$22-$25, through May 4th, Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square.

HISTORY
History Hang Out
Hang out by the Liberty Bell and engage in casual conversation and hands-on activities with park rangers.
Free, through May 31st, Liberty Bell Center, 526 Market Street.

TOUR
The Stand Up and Drink Trolley Tours
Standup comics lead tours of the city while you drink and laugh on “country’s only roving comedy show.”
$45, Fridays and Saturdays, through May 17th, Punch Line Philly, 33 East Laurel Street.

BEER/FLOWERS
PHS Pop-Up Gardens
Is it beer garden season already? Yes! Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s pretty, hardy Pop-Up Gardens are back on South Street and in Manayunk.
Pay as you go, ongoing through late fall; PHS Pop Up Garden at Manayunk, 106 Jamestown Avenue; PHS Pop Up Garden at South Street, 1438 South Street.

TOUR/SHOPPING
A Deeply Rooted Trolley Tour
StarFire hosts this “highly curated, deeply immersive tour of Philadelphia’s food, art, music and culture scene” sponsored by Harriett’s Bookshop. The twice-on-Saturdays tour visits highlights local women and women-owned businesses, and pays tribute to legendary poet Sonia Sanchez.
$50, Saturdays through May 31st, 11 a.m. & 3 p.m., starting and ending at Harriett’s Bookshop, 258 East Girard Avenue.

KIDS/FISH/BUBBLES
Bubble Bash
Every half hour, bubbles come pouring into Adventure Aquarium’s rotunda for kids to go nuts in. Plus: music, lights, Dippin’ Dots and science demonstrations about bubbles.
$31-$50, through May 4th, Adventure Aquarium, 1 Riverside Drive, Camden.

See Also: Spring Break Breakdown: Everything to Do With Kids in Philly When School’s Out

SCIENCE
Body Worlds: Vital
Body Worlds returns to the Franklin Institute with its grisly/fascinating menagerie of human remains displayed in interesting poses in the name of science. What makes “Vital” different? “It will also showcase the remarkable capability and vitality of the human body and the influence of the emotional phenomenon of happiness on our minds and entire bodies.” More info in our preview.
$20, through September 1st, Franklin Institute, 222 North 20th Street.

See Also: Inside the Franklin Institute’s Stunning New “Body Worlds” Exhibit

KIDS
Bluey x Camp
Take the kids to a 50-minute immersive adventure with misshapen canine icons Bluey and Bingo; run wild and play games in their famous house.
$54, through May 1st, King of Prussia Mall, 160 North Gulph Road, level 3, King of Prussia.

ON STAGE

MUSIC
The Dead Milkmen
The Philly punk legends play two nights at Underground Arts. Both shows are sold out, but there’s always the secondary market. Meanwhile, how crazy was it that Chris Pratt wore a Dead Milkmen t-shirt throughout Netflix blockbuster The Electric State.
Sold Out, April 18th and 19th, 9 p.m., Underground Arts, 200 Callowhill Street.

THEATER
Archduke
The Wilma Theater presents the regional premiere of this new play by Rajiv Joseph about the conspiracy to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Directed by Blanka Zizka. Stars Suli Holum, Sarah Gliko and Brandon J. Pierce.
$35-$72, April 15th-May 4th, Wilma Theater, 265 South Broad Street.

DANCE
Riverdance
The international Irish song and dance sensation is on celebrating its 30th anniversary with a “rejuvenated” version of its original show — featuring a cast performers “all of whom were not born when show began 30 years ago.”
$49-$179, April 18th-20th, Miller Theater, 250 South Broad Street.

COMEDY
Nicole Byer
The comedian and actress is known for Nailed It, the baking competition show on Netflix, plus Tuca & Bertie, Star Trek: Lower Decks and lots more. Nicole Byer is also the host of Why Won’t You Date Me? and several other podcasts.
$30-$42, April 17th-19th, Helium, 2031 Sansom Street.

MUSIC
Roscoe Mitchell and Tyshawn Sorey
Veteran jazz composer and saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell teams up with composer and drummer Tyshawn Sorey (who won a Pulitzer prize last year) for a pair of shows at Solar Myth this weekend. Expect exciting improvisation at this cross-generational meeting of the minds.
$49.44, April 18th & 19th, 8 p.m., Solar Myth, 1131 South Broad Street.

COMEDY/MUSIC
Morgan Jay
The NJ-born/L.A.-based comedian-musician-actor plays a pair of shows at the Fillmore this weekend. They’re already sold out, so maybe you know this already.
Sold out, April 19th & 20th, Fillmore Philly, 29 East Allen Street.

THEATER/MUSIC
Jeremy Stolle
A night of songs and stories from Broadway entitled “No More Talk of Darkness” by the actor who for 15 years played the title role in The Phantom of the Opera.
$55, April 19th and 20th, 1:30 p.m., Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope.

MUSIC
Dave Hollister
The veteran R&B singer from Chicago — known for his solo records, as well as for his work with Blackstreet, United Tenors and The Chi — plays a pair of shows at City Winery this weekend. Hollister’s sultry, velvety smooth delivery shines on hits like “One Woman Man,” “Baby Do Those Things” and “My Favorite Girl.”
$50-$85, April 18th at 7:30 p.m. & April 19th, 8:30 p.m., City Winery, 990 Filbert Street.

THEATER
Stompin’ at the Savoy
Delaware Theatre Company presents this new Broadway-style musical inspired by the true story of dancer-choreographer Norma Miller. Book by Phaedra Michelle Scott and Alan Govenar. Featuring music by Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb, Benny Goodman and more.
$32-$82, April 16th-May 4th, Delaware Theatre Company, 200 Water Street, Wilmington.

COMEDY
Liz Miele
You may recognize the NYC standup from Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, After Midnight and more. Her most recent special Murder Sheets is on YouTube. She plays four shows at Punch Line this week. This concludes Three Facts about Liz Miele.
$32-$46, April 17th-19th, Punch Line Philly, 33 East Laurel Street.

MUSIC
Sunset Evening with Kim Burrell
The gospel, jazz and R&B singer plays a pair of shows at City Winery this weekend. Burrell has worked with Frank Ocean, Pharrell Williams, George Clinton and more.
$35-$55, April 20th at 5 p.m. & April 21st, 6 p.m., City Winery, 990 Filbert Street.

MUSIC
Electron
This jam band supergroup — featuring members of The Disco Biscuits, Lotu and Joe Russo’s Almost Dead — plays a pair of shows in Ardmore this weekend. Night one they’re joined by Muskrat Flats; night two they’re joined by Solar Circuit.
$35 per night ($65 for both nights), April 18th & 19th, 7:30 p.m., Ardmore Music Hall, 23 East Lancaster Avenue.

THEATER
Turds in Hell
The always daring EgoPo theatre company presents this “masterpiece of the Theater of the Ridiculous movement” set in an underground gay club. “Turds in Hell follows outcast Orgone as he traverses an amoral world of angels and devils to confront his mother for abandoning him at birth.”
$38, through April 20th, EgoPo, Theatre Exile, 1340-48 South 13th Street.

THEATER
Rabbit Hole
Stagecrafters presents David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. “Five characters, each affected by a tragic accident, do their best to heal, each following their own path with humor, sensitivity and finally, grace.” Directed by Suki. Stars Olivia Gendron, Janine Silano, Brian Scott Campbell, Bobbi Block and Peyton Carson.
$27.50, through April 27th, Stagecrafters Theater, 8130 Germantown Avenue.

THEATER
January 6: A Celebration
Subtitled “A Bodega Princess Remembers Tradition, Not Insurrection,” this workshop production written and performed by Iraisa Ann Reilly, is billed as “an interactive one-woman show that invites the audience to celebrate and reclaim the date, January 6th.” Directed by Estefanía Fadul.
Pay what you decide, through April 27th, Louis Bluver Theatre at The Drake, 302 South Hicks Street.

THEATER/KIDS
The Hobbit
The Arden’s Children’s Theatre presents J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic adventure, adapted for the stage by Greg Banks. Directed by Rebecca Wright. Stars Eliana Fabiy, Ciera Gardner, Nathan Alford-Tate, Kelly McCaughan and Sean Lally.
$25-$46, through May 25th, Arden Theatre, 40 North 2nd Street.

THEATER
Rift, or White Lies
InterAct Theatre Company presents Gabriel Jason Dean “bold, visceral” play about estranged brothers, “one a progressive novelist, the other a convicted murderer and high-ranking member of a white supremacist prison gang.” Directed by Seth Rozin. Actors Jered McLenigan and Matteo Scammell will alternate roles with every performance; InterAct is offering $12 return tickets.
$38, through April 27th, InterAct Theatre Company, 302 South Hicks Street.

THEATER
Birthday Candles
People’s Light’s presents Noah Haidle’s “poignant and humorous exploration of life’s highlights and heartbreaks” following a woman’s life from 17 to 101. Directed by Abigail Adams. Stars Teri Lamm.
$35-$59, through May 1st, People’s Light, 39 Conestoga Road, Malvern.

THEATER
Dreamgirls
Walnut Street Theatre presents the hit Broadway musical about the rise of a Supremes-like girl group. Music by Henry Krieger. Book and lyrics by Tom Eyen. Directed and choreographed by Gerry Mcintyre.
$49-$217, through May 4th, Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut Street.

THEATER
A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Antony & Cleopatra
Quintessence Theater presents “The Reckless Romance” — two Shakespeare classics in rotation for two months straight. Directed by Alex Burns.
$30-$40, through April 26th, Sedgwick Theatre, 7137 Germantown Avenue.

THEATER
In the Heights
Bristol Riverside Theatre presents Lin-Manuel Miranda’s other beloved Tony-winning musical. Music by LMM, book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. Directed by Carlos Armesto.
$62, through April 27th, Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe Street, Bristol.

THEATER
Spiritual Experience
This “uniquely intimate encounter” is only performed for two audience members at a time. Let’s put your mind at ease now: Spiritual Experience is not frightening and it does not involve audience participation. Directed by Rebecca Wright. Written by Adriano Shaplin. Performed by Severin Blake, Bailey Roper and Adriano Shaplin.
$150-$200 per performance, through May 11th, the Private Theater, 3408 Brandywine Street.

MOVIES

Neil Young: Coastal
Daryl Hannah directed this new documentary on living rock legend (and her husband) Neil Young. Coastal includes concert footage along with scenes backstage and on the bus during Young’s 2023 tour. Rolling Stone interviewed the director/actress about the hows and whys of shooting the film here.
$18, April 17th at 7 p.m. and April 20th at 6:30 p.m., Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge Street, Phoenixville; April 17th at Ritz Five, 214 Walnut Street.

James and the Giant Peach
The Ritz Five is offering two late-night screenings of Henry Selick’s 1996 adventure-fantasy based on the Roald Dahl classic. Stars Paul Terry, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon and more. Tagline: “Climb aboard for the adventure of your life!”
$18.25, April 18th & 19th, 11:30 p.m., Ritz Five, 214 Walnut Street.

Long Live the New Flesh: David Cronenberg
This series at Film Society celebrates the work of independent Canadian director David Cronenberg, known for making an impact on audiences with stories about body horror and tech run amok. Long Live the New Flesh finishes up with a pair of films featuring Cronenberg the actor.

• Scanners (David Cronenberg,1981) April 16th
• Videodrome (David Cronenberg, 1983) April 26th & 30th
• Nightbreed (Clive Barker, 1990) April 11th

$15.50, Film Society Center, 1412 Chestnut Street.

Keeping the Score
Bryn Mawr Film Institute’s new series focuses on some of the most iconic scores in movie history.

• The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1962) — April 16th, 7 p.m.
• Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton, 1990) — May 1st, 7 p.m.
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966) — May 8th, 7 p.m.
• Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer, 1998) — May 14th, 7 p.m.
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Curtiz, 1938) — May 15th, 7 p.m.

$13.50, Ambler Theater, 108 East Butler Avenue, Ambler.

Confluence: Film Festival
The Academy of Natural Sciences’s annual environmental film festival presents works by regional filmmakers. This year’s theme is “Regeneration” and includes works that “are rooted in neighborhoods, cities and regions, illuminating how communities have been imagining and enacting alternatives to the climate crisis and stewarding ecosystems for future generations.”
$10, Thursdays through April 17th, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

In Dreams: David Lynch
The Philly Film Society presents this curated series of films “that had an effect, sometimes profound, on Lynch and encourage a new lens of viewing for these wildly different films.”

• The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973) May 1st & 6th
• Peyton Place (Mark Robson, 1957) May 10th
• One-Eyed Jacks (Marlon Brando, 1961) June 1st, 3rd & 7th
• Experiment in Terror (Blake Edwards, 1962) June 10th & 27th

$15.50, Film Society East, 125 South 2nd Street.

ART & MUSEUMS

The Doan Gang: Outlaws of the Revolution
This major exhibition at the Mercer Museum explores the history of the Doan Gang, a group of Revolutionary War British loyalists who “plotted, schemed, and plundered their way through a divided world in the earliest days of a budding American nation.” Through December 31st.
$20 admission, Mercer Museum, 84 South Pine Street, Doylestown.

Philadelphia, The Revolutionary City
Old City’s important and mysterious Philosophical Society hosts this long-running exhibition uses historic documents, diaries, newspapers, political cartoons and more to “illuminate the lived experiences of Philadelphians leading up to, during, and after the fight for independence.” Through December 28th.
Free, American Philosophical Society Library & Museum, 104 South 5th Street.

Banners of Liberty: An Exhibition of Original Revolutionary War Flags
This summer exhibition marks the 250th anniversary of the start of the War for Independence and the creation of the U.S. Armed forces, and features “the largest gathering of rare and significant Revolutionary War flags in more than two centuries.”
$23, April 19th-August 10th, Museum of the American Revolution, 101 South 3rd Street.

In Tune
This group exhibition at James Oliver Gallery includes paintings and prints by Jim Houser, Martin Mazorra, Timothy Prettyman and Josh Stover. “Viewers step into each artist’s shoes, finding personalized artifacts of daily rituals and mantras, home settings, memories of the past, and everyday encounters.” Through May 24th.
Free, James Oliver Gallery, 723 Chestnut Street.

Two’s A Crowd
Artists team up for this group show at Tiger Strikes Asteroid. Participating artists include Nicolo Gentile, Melissa Simpson, Sunny Hsu, Duwenavue Santé Johnson, Cecilia McKinnon and more.
Through May 24th, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, 1400 North American Street.

Small Favors
This annual group show at the Clay Studio features some 400 small artworks, each displayed in four-inch cubes. In addition to clay, Small Favors 2025 includes works in wood, metal, glass, fiber, paper, and paint. Through June 29th.
Free, Clay Studio, 1425 North American Street.

Now Showing @ African American Museum in Philadelphia

• Demond Melancon: As Any Means Are Necessary — The New Orleans artists sews glass beads on to campus via Black Masking Culture, creating elaborate and intricate works by inspired by Caribbean and African folk art. Through June 27th.
• Shaheed Rucker: (re)Covering the Iconic — Designer/artist Rucker creates Jet magazine covers “ adorning them with prominent figures throughout Pennsylvania’s history” including Cecil B. Moore, August Wilson, Patti LaBelle DJ Jazzy Jeff and more. Through June 27th.
• The Pearl Bailey Showcase — This online exhibition includes scrapbooks, archival photographs, and letters related to the famous Broadway and nightclub singer. Through September 13th.

$14 admission, African American Museum in Philadelphia, 701 Arch Street.

Spring Break: Sports & Recreation
This new program at Fairmount’s stately and imposing Eastern State Penitentiary, explores the “profound impact of sports and recreation on prison life through engaging talks, family-friendly activities, and interactive experiences.” We’re talking chess, boxing, baseball and more. Through April 20th.
$21 admission, Eastern State Penitentiary, 2027 Fairmount Avenue.

Now Showing @ Woodmere Art Museum

• In the Eye of the Beholder — an exhibition of works recently donated by a pair of collectors (painter Bill Scott and activist Bob Schoenberg) which “reveal aspects of goodness and/or beauty that the artists have found in the human body, the city, the natural world, and in abstract forms.” Opens March 22nd, continues through May 28th.
• Geographies of Freedom: The Art of Jim Bloom — The Philadelphia artist creates “fictional geographies… where reality shifts and familiar boundaries fade, capturing experiences that are as hopeful as they are unsettling.” Through July 13th.
• Strange Narratives | Resilient Bodies — pieces from the Woodmere’s permanent collection which reflect “the strange state of the world in perpetual time.” Through May 11th.

$10, Woodmere Art Museum, 9201 Germantown Avenue.

Travel Buddy
This “companion show” to the Jawn 8 exhibition at the Philadelphia International Airport features works by comics artists Amze Emmons, Lale Westwind, Steve Teare, Anuj Shrestha and Olivia Frericks. Opening reception April 18th, 6-9 p.m. On view through May 25th.
Free, Partners and Son, 618 South 6th Street.

Now Showing at the Michener

• Judith Schaechter: Super/Natural
  An exhibition of the “newest, monumental work” by renowned glass artist Judith Schaechter, “an immersive stained glass dome, also titled Super/Natural, that explores the idea of biophilia, the human tendency to connect with nature. Through September 14th.
• Yesterday’s Dreams Are Real: Collecting Black Art and the Legacy of Lewis Tanner Moore This long-running exhibition “celebrates the legacy of Lewis Tanner Moore (1953-2024), who championed the work of Black artists throughout his life, challenging institutions like the Michener Art Museum to prioritize diversity in their collecting and exhibition practices.” Includes works by Selma Burke, Louis B. Sloan, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Ellen Powell Tiberino and more. Through July 27th.
• Mark Sfirri: The Flower Show A exhibition of wood-turned flowers the artist initially made for his son’s wedding, using exotic woods. “Sfirri’s flowers dance on twisting brass stems and emerge in lively arrangements from custom-carved and turned bases.” Through May 4th.

$15 museum admission, Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street, Doylestown.

Of Black Wombhood
This exhibition by curator/cultural producer, Tanya Latortue includes of “auditory and visual renderings of 10 personal narratives” exploring “interiority of Black womb-bearing people through stories about culture, health, sexuality, identity, and the politicization of the Black body from the past to the present.” Featuring works by Kara Mshinda and JL Simonson.
Through May 31st, TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image, 1400 North American Street.

In the Soft Light
Photographers T.W. Moore, German Ayala Vazquez and Robert Carter, and sculptor Michael Biello examine the “physical and emotional closeness between men, finding softness and lightness while challenging traditional conceptions of masculinity” in this group show at InLiquid. Opening reception April 10th, 6-9 p.m. Continues through May 31st.
InLiquid Gallery, Crane Arts Building, 1400 North American Street.

Mary Corse
Since 1968, California-based artist Mary Corse has been creating White Light paintings, which are “made of glass microspheres, an industrial material which refracts light and shifts in appearance according to the viewer’s position and environment.” The effect is ethereal, geometric and quietly enthralling. This new exhibition collects recent works in the series. Through May 17th.
Free, Locks Gallery, 600 Washington Square South.

Crescendo: How Art Makes Movements (1981-1999)
The Asian Arts Initiative’s Spring exhibition uses audio and visual components to explore the intersection of music and Asian American social movements. Through June 28th.
Free, Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine Street.

Into the Blue: The Pursuit of a Color
This long-running exhibition curated by UPenn undergrads explores the color blue uses 20 objects from across the Penn Museum’s collections, “including select artifacts from the Middle East, China, Africa, ancient Egypt, and Central America.” Continues through Spring 2026.
$18 museum admission, Penn Museum, 3260 South Street.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. as a Visual Artist
Rarely seen marker drawings (and large-scale reproductions) by the great satirical author of Slaughterhouse Five, Cat’s Crade, Breakfast of Champions, etc. Through July 19th.
Free, Drexel University Paul Peck Center Gallery, 3142 Market Street, and on the second floor at Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street.

Trusted Messengers: Community, Confidence, and COVID-19
The Mütter Museum — whose Spit Spreads Death exhibition about the 1918 influenza pandemic rang eerily prescient in 2019 — now examines the way information is spread in the modern era. “Marking five years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, visitors can expect to learn about the importance of trusted messengers and community-specific public health initiatives in making messages more accessible, acceptable, and memorable, particularly for historically underserved communities.” Includes photos by Kyle Cassidy, materials used in the development of the mRNA technology at UPenn, and more. Through February 2nd.
$20, Mütter Museum, 19 South 22nd Street.

Heaven Above, The Lake Below
A solo exhibition of drawing and wall sculptures by Alfred Rosenbluth. “Deeply influenced by cosmic perspectives, Japanese dance theater, and avant-garde theatrical concepts, his works reflect an ongoing dialogue between sculptural environments and the figures that inhabit them.” Through May 3rd.
Free, Pentimenti Art Gallery, 145 North Second Street.

I Belonged to the Blank Generation
This new exhibition the Space Art Gallery collects “the evocative and raw silver gelatin photography of Jay Schwartz, chronicling the electric punk and new wave scene in Philadelphia from 1977 to 1980.” He’s is also a DJ and the founder of The Secret Cinema film series. (Related: On April 25th, Schwartz and Lightbox Film Center are joining forces to host I Belonged to the Blank Generation: Philly’s Punk/New Wave Scene on Screen, which includes several archival screenings include “a previously unseen 25-minute documentary shot at Philly’s Artemis nightclub.”) Through May 31st.
Free, the Space Art Gallery, 749 South 8th Street.

Talking Heads at Plastic Fantastic record shop, Bryn Mawr, 1977. / Silver Gelatin Print by Jay Schwartz

Shifting Realities: 12 Artists Finding Place in Uncertain Times at Taller Puertorriqueño
Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s belief that “reality exists at the intersection of the external world and our perception of it,” 12 Philadelphia-based artists — including Kukuli Velarde, Henry Bermudez, Silvana Cardel, Hagudeza Rullán-Fantauzzi and more — explore “what defines shared reality in an era of shifting historical narratives, eroding facts, and silenced identities.” Through May 17th.
Free, Taller Puertorriqueño, 2600 North 5th Street.

Now Showing @ the Art Museum

• Christina Ramberg: A Retrospective, “Typically associated with the Chicago Imagists, Ramberg is best known for her stylized paintings of fragmented and fetishized female body parts and their erotic trappings–hands, hair, torsos, stockings, and shoes–drawing on pop culture influences from comic books to store-front displays.” Runs through June 1st.
• Boom: Art and Design in the 1940s, Includes prints, drawing, photography, painting, and sculpture from the Museum’s permanent collection. Through September 1st.
• Naoto Fukasawa: Things in Themselves, The Tokyo-based product designer focuses on “functional design that prioritizes ease of use.” Through April 20th.
• Framed! European Picture Frames from the Johnson Collection. Through Spring 2025.
• Mythical, Divine, Demonic: Animal Imagery in South Asian Art. Ongoing.
• Wanda Gág: Art for Life’s Sake, works by the illustrator of socialist magazines and children’s books. Ongoing.
• Staged: Studio Photographs from the Collection, a group show of studio portraits from the 19th century to the present. Includes works by Mickalene Thomas, Samuel Fosso, Berenice Abbott, Rachel Stern, Irving Penn, Cindy Sherman and more. Runs through June 29th.
• Firing the Imagination: Japanese Influence on French Ceramics, 1860-1910. Through May 26.
• Zoe Leonard: Strange Fruit, “empty fruit skins that have been sutured together and sprawled across the gallery floor by the artist.” Ongoing.
• Expanded Painting in the 1960s and 1970s — radical innovations in painting by Alma Thomas, Sam Gilliam and more. Ongoing.
• Collecting Japanese Art in Philadelphia — Drawn from the works highlighted in the new publication Art of Japan: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Ongoing.
• Mythical Creatures: China and the World, explores diversity by comparing mythical creatures in different cultures. Through June 1st.

$14-$23 admission, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Greet the Light
The James Turrell’s serene Skyspace installation at Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting House invites visitors to sit in its dreamy, open air space as the “slow pace of the light sequence inspires meditative reflection.”
$10, Reserve your spot ahead of time, Sundays in fair weather, Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting House, 20 East Mermaid Lane.

The Intermission: Part 2
The Colored Girls Museum in Germantown celebrates its 10th anniversary with this group exhibition featuring “new and inaugural” artists. Through May 29th.
$10-$20, Saturdays and Sunday, the Colored Girls Museum, 4613 Newhall Street.

Now Showing @ Vox Populi

• Infinity Mirror — Chicago-based “multidisciplinary performance makers and experimental drag artists” Odette Stout and Ále Campos exhibit video works. Exhibition closes on April 11th with Sire, a live performance and “an augmented reality ritual performance” featuring live sound by Spacey Lacey.
• My Heart Makes My Head Swim — “Citing Frantz Fanon’s Black Skins White Masks,” this installation by Jonathan González and Karyn Olivier “is a site of absented presences seeking to entwine material and dematerial gestures that intimately animate the afterlives of devastation and loss.” Curated by Mai Eltahir.
• Fuego / Fuga — by Emmanuela Soria Ruiz, a “Philadelphia-based multidisciplinary artist and educator whose practice spans sculpture, video, installation, and performance.”
• Last of It — West Philly artist/filmmaker Melissa Langer “uses original recordings and a web of CCTV cameras to interrogate what it means to document waste in a landscape where objects and images are discarded as quickly as they’re created.”

Free, through April 13th, Vox Populi, 319 North 11th Street.

Cardboard Genius: The Architectural Marvels of Kambel Smith
This exhibition collects 11 works by Germantown-based artist Kambel Smith, who calls autism his superpower and uses found materials to recreate of architectural landmarks. Through June 29th.
Free, noon-4 p.m., Thursdays-Saturdays, Historic Germantown, 5501 Germantown Avenue.

Cecily Brown: Themes and Variations
This exhibition celebrates three decades of work by the contemporary (living) British painter “that showcase Brown’s subversion of gendered tropes in art history and popular culture.” There are several events related to the show, including tours and talks. Through May 25th.
Included in $30 museum admission, Barnes Foundation, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Secretary to the People: Sheryl Oring Uses a Typewriter to Activate Democracy with Art on the Streets of Philly and Beyond
The artist famously dressed in 1960s secretary attire and toured the country, conducting interviews and “typing up people’s hopes, fears, and expectations of the nation’s future.” Oring will display “two decades of messages collected across 30 states, offering visitors a poignant reflection on the evolving hopes, fears, and expectations of the nation.” Through April 30th.
Free, Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street.

MONDAY, APRIL 14th

MOVIES
Maxx Bloodd: Vampire Spy
Director and star Rock Savage will be on hand for Blood Sick Underground Cinema’s screening of this vampire/spy/action movie which was “Shot on Super8 film and edited on VHS in 1993.” Plus short works by local filmmakers.
$12, 7:30 p.m., PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street.

BOOKS
Malcolm Harris
The journalist and author will read from and discuss his new nonfiction book: What’s Left: Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis, which is billed as a “vital guide for collective political action against the climate apocalypse.”
$5, 6:30 p.m., Head House Books, 619 South 2nd Street.

More Monday Stuff

• TRIVIA: Twilight Trivia, hosted by, Kirsten Michelle Cills and Kaitlin Pagliaro. Free, 7:30 p.m., City Winery, 990 Filbert Street.
• MUSIC: Babyjake, with Noah Richardson and Gooseberry. $20, 8 p.m., Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 North Frankford Avenue.
• MUSIC: Lil Skies, with Lil Gnar. $5, 8 p.m., Fillmore Philly, 29 East Allen Street.
• MUSIC: Drook, with Stella Stella and Null. $14.28, 7:30 p.m., Ortlieb’s Lounge, 47 North 3rd Street.

TUESDAY, APRIL 15th

MUSIC
Ani DiFranco
You know Ani DiFranco. She’s the badass, outspoken folk maverick who’s been blazing her own path and releasing her own records since 1990. But there’s no way you know everything. Let’s Play Two Truths and Then Suddenly A Lie!

• Ani DiFranco’s most recent record is 2024’s Unprecedented Sh!t, her 23rd studio album.
• Ani DiFranco has released 28 live records as part of her Official Bootleg series.
• Ani DiFranco has no opinion on Donald Trump.

$40-$45, 7:30 p.m., Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden Street.

MUSIC
Max Weinberg’s Jukebox
The Bruce Springsteen/Conan O’Brien drummer takes center stages in this interactive show that lets the audience pick the songs the band plays.
$45-$225, 7:30 p.m., City Winery, 990 Filbert Street.

POETRY
Voices in Power: The Poet’s Pit
This edition of World Cafe Live’s monthly series welcomes beloved Philadelphia singer and poet Ursula Rucker. There’s an open mic too, but be warned: The flier says “OGs only.”
$20-$25, 6-10 p.m., World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street.

BOOKS
Jennifer Haigh
The author of 2022’s award-winning Mercy Street will discuss her new novel Rabbit Moon with Philly author Elise Juska.
$5, 7 p.m., Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street.

MUSIC
Ty Segall / Mikal Cronin
Two of Laguna Beach’s top blue-collar guitar heroes are will play solo sets at the Ukie Club on Tuesday night. An intimate, stripped-down show sounds like a great opportunity to appreciate their singing and songwriting.
$35.69, 7:30 p.m., Ukie Club, 847 North Franklin Street.

COMEDY
Jeff Dye
Jeff Dye is a Last Comic Standing alum and was the host of a distinctly weird “reality-travel” show on NBC you may recall called Better Late Than Never (starring William Shatner, Henry Winkler, George Foreman and Terry Bradshaw). P.S. Dye is into Bigfoot.
$27-$37, 7 p.m., Helium, 2031 Sansom Street.

MUSIC
What The World Needs Now
Philly-born rocker Todd Rundgren and a nine-piece band perform the Burt Bacharach Songbook. Featuring Bacharach’s music arranger Rob Shirakbari, singer Wendy Moten (from The Voice), and more.
$50-$149, 8 p.m., Keswick Theatre, 291 North Keswick Avenue, Glenside.

MOVIES
Thank You Very Much
Alex Braverman’s award-winning documentary about outsider comedian Andy Kaufman gets an encore screening at PhilaMOCA on Tuesday. Featuring Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner, Steve Martin, Bob Zmuda and lots of archival footage.
$12, 7:30 p.m., PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street.

BOOKS
Adrienne Brodeur
A reading and conversation with the author of 2019’s Wild Game, 2023’s Little Monsters and more. Hosted by Piyali Bhattacharya.
Free, 6 p.m., Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk.

More Tuesday Stuff

• MUSIC: Everyone Asked About You, with Birthday Girl D.C. $22, 8 p.m., First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut Street.
• MUSIC: Valerie June, with Jon Muq. $40-$65, 8 p.m., World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street.
• MUSIC: Buckethead. $45, 7:30 p.m., Ardmore Music Hall, 23 East Lancaster Avenue.
• MUSIC: L.S. Dunes, with From Indian Lakes and Night Sins. $37.50, 7:30 p.m., Underground Arts, 200 Callowhill Street.
• MUSIC: Remember Sports, with Anna Mcclellan. $20, 8 p.m., Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 North Frankford Avenue.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16th

MUSIC
Lucy Dacus
The ex-Philadelphia indie singer-songwriter is touring behind her fourth full-length, Forever Is a Feeling, a record full of pretty, thoughtful songs that showcase her gorgeous voice and evocative lyrics. With Katie Gavin and jasmine.4.t.
$57-$231, 7:15 p.m., The Met, 858 North Broad Street.

POETRY
Blackout Poetry Night
Philly-based Poet’s Row and Athenaeum Young Friends host an evening at “black out poetry activity” featuring readings by Jimin Seo and Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo, followed by an open mic. Hosted by Alejandro Santana.
$5-$10, 5:30 p.m., The Athenæum of Philadelphia, 219 South 6th Street.

MUSIC
Ana Tijoux
French-Chilean rapper-singer-songwriter returned from a long hiatus last year with her fifth record, the jazzy, groovy Vida. Ana Tijoux plays with DJ Oluwafemi at WCL on Wednesday.
$30-$42, 8 p.m., World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street.

MUSIC
A Flock Of Seagulls
The British new wave band is famous for soaring choruses and earworm synth riffs on “I Ran (So Far Away)” and “Space Age Love Song” both of with charted in 1982. If you like that, check out more recent songs like “Him” and “Some Dreams.” With Stereo League.
$35, 8 p.m., Ardmore Music Hall, 23 East Lancaster Avenue.

MUSIC
Mercury Rev
Okay — best bands from Buffalo? Cannibal Corpse? Goo Goo Dolls, Gym Class Heroes, Green Jellö? What if it’s Mercury Rev? Frontman Jonathan Donahue and guitarist-clarinetist-“sound generator operator” Grasshopper have been cooking up dramatic, oddly emotional psychedelic rock and roll since 1989. Their 10th record — Born Horses, which took some inspiration from progressive jazz — dropped in September.
$30, with Sandy Bell, 8 p.m., Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 North Frankford Avenue.

COMEDY
Uncle Hank & Nephew Big Lowdown
Also known as Chicago comedians Darrin Brown and Jermaine Banks. Watch this. It’s NSFW.
$10-$37, 7 p.m., Helium, 2031 Sansom Street.

More Wednesday Stuff

• NATURE: Birding at the Morris: Wetland Wednesdays, led by Sharon Meeker. $30, 8-10:30 p.m., Morris Arboretum, 100 East Northwestern Avenue.
• MUSIC: Tamino, with Plus +.+. $28-$32, 8 p.m., Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden Street.
• BOOKS/MUSIC: Jason Lipshutz , author of It Starts With One: The Legend and Legacy of Linkin Park, in conversation with Tye Comer, creative director at Spotify. $11.90, 7 p.m., 48 Record Bar, 48 South 2nd Street.
• MOVIES: Banel & Adama (Ramata-Toulaye Sy, 2023), starring Khady Mane and Mamadou Diallo. IMDB summary: “A young couple in Senegal must contend with the disapproval of their remote village.” $16.25, 7 p.m., Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr.
• MUSIC: MIKE, with Sideshow, Niontay and semiratruth. $26, 8 p.m., First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut Street.

• MUSIC: Corridor, with Robber Robber. $20, 8 p.m., PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street.
• MUSIC: El Mató a un Policía Motorizado. $25, 8 p.m., Underground Arts, 200 Callowhill Street.
• MUSIC: Principal Brothers, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents this concert Demarre McGill (flute), Titus Underwood (oboe), Anthony McGill (clarinet) and Bryan Young (bassoon). Sold out, 7:30 p.m., Kimmel Center, 300 South Broad Street.

THURSDAY, APRIL 17th

MUSIC
Mary J. Blige
The R&B queen is playing a monster setlist of hits on this tour: “Family Fair,” “Be Without You,” “Just Fine,” “Not Gone Cry” and tons more. Mary J. Blige has lots of hits. With Ne-Yo and Mario.
$49-$248, 7 p.m., Wells Fargo Center, 3601 South Broad Street.

MOVIES
Secret Cinema
Philadelphia’s finders of lost films present “Maritime Movies” — an evening of short films with nautical themes at the Seaport Museum. These include comedies, docs and cartoons you probably won’t see anywhere else.
$10, 6:30 p.m., Independence Seaport Museum, 211 South Columbus Boulevard.

BOOKS
Jennifer Weiner
“An evening with” the bestselling Philly author of In Her Shoes, Good in Bed, etc. Weiner’s latest novel is The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits.
$36-$42,7 p.m., Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge Street, Phoenixville.

MOVIES/TALK
Love & Friendship with Whit Stillman
Director Whit Stillman will be on hand for conversation following a screening of his “uproarious” 2016 Jane Austen adaptation starring Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny.
$16.25, 7 p.m., Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr.

BOOKS
Denne Michele Norris
Denne Michele Norris, editor-in-chief of Electric Literature, will read from her new novel When the Harvest Comes, and discuss it with fellow author Emma Copley Eisenberg.
$45, 7 p.m., Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street.

MOVIES
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
Encore screening of the brand new, feature-length, star-studded documentary about the life and legend of actress Catherine E. Coulson, who played the Log Lady on Twin Peaks.
$12, 7:30 p.m., PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street.

More Thursday Stuff

• FOOD/WORKSHOP: Blooms & Buttercream: A Floral Cake Decorating Workshop with Party Girl. $140, 6-8 p.m., Creations by Coppala, 1724 East Passyunk Avenue.
• MUSIC: Kendal Conrad. Free, 6-8 p.m., King of Prussia Town Center, 155 Village Drive , King of Prussia.
• BOOKS: Pride and Prejudice Marathon Reading. Free, 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk.
• MUSIC: The Mystery Lights, with Levitation Room. $20, 8 p.m., Underground Arts, 200 Callowhill Street.

• MUSIC: Lexa Gates. $47-$76, 8 p.m., Fillmore Philly, 29 East Allen Street.
• MUSIC: Lizzie No, with Eva Rubin. $18-$28, 8 p.m., World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street.
• MUSIC: EXTC — XTC’s Terry Chambers & Friends, with John Faye. $29.50-$59.50, 8 p.m., Sellersville Theater, 24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville.
• MUSIC: Alejandro Escovedo, with Calder Allen. $30-$50, 7:30 p.m., City Winery, 990 Filbert Street.

• MUSIC: The Temptations & The Four Tops. $69-$99, 7:30 p.m., American Music Theatre, 2425 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster.
• MUSIC: Penny and Sparrow, with Field Guide. $28-$33, 8 p.m., Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden Street.
• MUSIC: The Bright Light Social Hour, with Air Is Human. $20, 8 p.m., Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 North Frankford Avenue.
• MUSIC: Whisper States, with Devin Ocampo and False Tracks. $12, 7:30 p.m., Kung Fu Necktie, 1248 North Front Street.
• MOVIES: Sunshine (Danny Boyle, 2007). Tagline: “Dark days are coming.” $15.50, 7:30 p.m., Film Society Center, 1412 Chestnut Street.

FRIDAY, APRIL 18th

MUSIC
Korine
Dark but danceable, Philly post-punk band Korine will win pull you in with catchy vocal hooks, thumping electronic beats and soaring synths and guitars. Definitely check out A Flame In The Dark, released in March. With Johnny Dynamite and The Bloodsuckers, Catherine Moan and DJ Baby Berlin.
$20, 8 p.m., Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 North Frankford Avenue.

ART/TALK/VIDEO SALON
Claiming the Body
Video Artist John Killacky will discuss “embodiment, disability, chronic pain, grief, and activism in his work” with curator Megan Voeller. Includes a screening of three of Killacky’s works.
Free ($5 donation welcome), 6-7:30 p.m., Fabric Workshop and Museum, 1214 Arch Street.

MUSIC
Denzel Curry
The gritty Miami rapper is known for his rapid delivery and vivid, hard-posturing lyrics. With Kenny Mason, 454 and CLIP.
$39.50, 8 p.m., Franklin Music Hall, 421 North 7th Street.

MUSIC
The Rascals
The Jersey-born Rock & Roll Hall of Famers are known for “People Got to Be Free,” “Good Lovin’,” “How Can I Be Sure?,” “A Girl Like You” and lots more. With Aiden Adams.
$35-$149, 8 p.m., Keswick Theatre, 291 North Keswick Avenue, Glenside.

COMEDY
Marlon Wayans
The actor and comedian is on his Wild Child tour. P.S.: How great is it that the guy from the Scary Movie movies is going to star in a serious Jordan Peele-produced horror film?
$49-$70, 7 p.m., Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia, 900 Packer Avenue.

More Friday Stuff

• MOVIES: After Hours Shorts: The Shrieks, “gaming quests, witchy rebellion, underground oddities and hilarious horrors. $19, 9:15 p.m., Film Society East, 125 South 2nd Street.
• MUSIC: Cicada Killer, with ER, Robby Rooster and Rudderless. $12, 8 p.m., The Fire, 412 West Girard Avenue.
• MUSIC/TRIBUTE: The Land Of Ozz — The Ultimate Ozzy Osbourne Experience. $29.50-$50, 8 p.m., Sellersville Theater, 24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville.
• MUSIC: Pardyalone, with Austin George and Jon Wiilde. $55, 8 p.m., Fillmore Philly, 29 East Allen Street.
• MUSIC: Free Throw, with Ben Quad and Harrison Gordon. $27.50-$33, 8 p.m., Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden Street.

• MUSIC: Zelzeleh (of Faraway Ghost x Sunken Cages), with Ishtar Sr. Pay what you wish, 8 p.m., The Rotunda 4014 Walnut Street.
• MOVIES: Jesus Christ Superstar (Norman Jewison, 1973). $12, 7 p.m., Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge Street, Phoenixville.
• DANCE PARTY: Tigerbeats/Space Jams. $10, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., The Barbary, 951 Frankford Avenue.
• MUSIC: Capstan, with Colorblind, True North and Not Enough Space. $31-$97, 7:30 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl Philly, 1009 Canal Street.
• MOVIES: Night of the Lepus (William F. Claxton, 1972). Tagline: “They were born that tragic moment when science made its great mistake… now from behind the shroud of night they come, a scuttling, shambling horde of creatures destroying all in their path.” It’s rabbits. Killer rabbits. $12, 9:45 p.m., Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge Street, Phoenixville.

• MUSIC: Home with Rich Medina. $10-$15, 10 p.m., Silk City, 435 Spring Garden Street.
• MUSIC: Euphoria Again, with Whitehall and Dogwood Tales. $17.85, 7:30 p.m., Foto Club, 3743 Frankford Avenue.
• MUSIC: High Leaf, with Boozewa and Venture Out. $12-$15, 7-11:30 p.m., Ortlieb’s Lounge, 47 North 3rd Street.
• MUSIC: Bonnie Raitt. $99-$149, 7:30 p.m., American Music Theatre, 2425 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster.
• BOOKS/TALK: Femme Rage in Fantasy Panel, and book signing, with Victoria Mier, Christina Rosso-Schneider, Katie Jamila and Sheila Masterson. $5.40, 6 p.m., A Novel Idea, 1726 East Passyunk Avenue.

SATURDAY, APRIL 19th

MUSIC
Bright Eyes / Cursive
Omaha rock legends Bright Eyes and Cursive — both alums of revered indie label Saddle Creek — recently teamed up to make “Recluse I Don’t Have to Love,” a mashup of songs by both bands from the early 2000s. And now they’re on tour together.
$53-$151, 7:15 p.m., The Met, 858 North Broad Street.

HISTORY/TOUR
Liberty or Death: Revolutionary War Patriots
Tour the historic Laurel Hill East Cemetery while hearing stories about the Founding Fathers and the Revolutionary War.
$17, 1-3 p.m., Laurel Hill East Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue.

OUTDOORS
Franklin Square Season Opening Day
Enjoy a water and light show at the fountain, mini golf, the carousel, and Earth Day activities like crafts and relay races. There’s also the Hop-A-Long Trail egg hunt; register early for that.
Pay as you go, 11 a.m., Franklin Square, 200 North 6th Street.

MUSIC
OHYUNG
OHYUNG (a.k.a. Brooklyn composer/musician/artist Lia Ouyang Rusli) released their fourth record You Are Always On My Mind in March, and performs at the Asian Arts Initiative as a tie-in with the Crescendo: How Art Makes Movements exhibition. “As a conversation between her trans self and her former self, the unstructured performance pushes boundaries, turning AAI’s theater into a spectacle of excessive emotion that drives audiences to derangement.” Openers: Anne Ishii x Clint Takeda and Asphalt Savannahs.
$10-$20, 7-9 p.m., Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine Street.

MUSIC
Mount Eerie
Phil Elverum, who also releases music as The Microphones and under his own name, has been one of most alluring voices in indie rock for a quarter century, his lyrics simultaneously confounding and intimate, his music simple but atmospheric. Songs like “Broom of the Wind,” on Mount Eerie’s recent Night Palace, express a universality to their meaning while the details remain blurry and obscured. Lovely stuff.
$25-$29, 8 p.m., with Hana Stretton and Precious Bane, Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden Street.

DANCE
Jungwoong Kim
Studio 34’s artist-in-residence Jungwoong leads a series of performances by dancers/movers, vocalists, instrumentalists, designers and visual artists “in spontaneous and continuous improvisations.” This edition features David Brick, Germaine Ingram, Kendra Portier, Luther Bangert, Justin Jain and Mel Hsu.
$10-$30, 7 p.m., Studio 34, 4522 Baltimore Avenue.

More Saturday Stuff

• MOVIES: Philly Stories Shorts Program, “Three Philly stories of an unforgettable sports legacy, the power of second chances, and the healing strength of community.” $19, noon, Film Society East, 125 South 2nd Street.
• CIRCUS: World Circus Day, with performances and workshops. Free, 6452 Greene Street.
• DRAG/BRUNCH: Big Wig Brunch: The Ultimate Drag Experience. $25-$31, noon, Punch Line Philly, 33 East Laurel Street.
• MUSIC: Actual/Actual (featuring Rent Romus), with Laurent Estoppey & Daniel Levin duo, and PurePly. $10-20, 8 p.m., The Perch 2321 Emerald Street.
• MUSIC: Static Dress. $23.79, 7:30 p.m., Ukie Club, 847 North Franklin Street.
• MOVIES: Heathers (Michael Lehmann, 1988), starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater and Shannen Doherty. Tagline: “Best friends, social trends and occasional murder.” $16.25, 7 p.m., Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr.

• MUSIC: Evening Elephants, with The Reality Check Experiment. $15, 7:30 p.m., Silk City, 435 Spring Garden Street.
• BOOKS/COMICS: Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life, Dan Nadel will discuss his new graphic novel about R. Crumb with Sally Madden. Free, Partners and Son, 618 South 6th Street.
• MUSIC: Evil Sword, with Immaterial Possession and Cartoon. $15, 8 p.m., PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street.
• COMEDY: OnlyLaughs with TaTa Sherise, featuring: Ellie Summerling, Granville Bazemore, Brendan Donegan and Connor King. $20-$28, 4 p.m., Helium, 2031 Sansom Street.
• BEER: Northeast Philly Beer Festival. $5-$225, noon-6 p.m., Cannstatter Volksfest Verein, 9130 Academy Road.
• MUSIC: The Number Ones, with Fan Club, Dark Thoughts and Mopar Stars. $15, 8 p.m., Foto Club, 3743 Frankford Avenue.
• MUSIC/TRIBUTE: Lez Zeppelin, with Jon Smith’s Voyages. $18-$20-$64.50, 8 p.m., World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street.

• DRAG/BURLESQUE: Buzz Gworls Cowboy Carter Drag & Burlesque. $20-$25, noon, City Winery, 990 Filbert Street.
• MUSIC: Heading East Festival, featuring bands on Fred Mascherino’s (Say Anything) label: The Color Fred, Amora, My Cousins Girlfriends House, Sleep Cycles, Lilito, Mighty Tortuga, Winterforever and Challenger. $31, 6 p.m., Fillmore Philly, 29 East Allen Street.
• COMEDY: Judy Gold, with Kirsten Michelle Cills. $29.50-$45.50, 8 p.m., Sellersville Theater, 24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville.
• MUSIC: Husbands, with Jaguar Sun. $17, 8 p.m., Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 North Frankford Avenue.
• MUSIC: Baby’s First Rodeo featuring Sweet Megg, Travis J & The Rinestones. $20, 7-10:30 p.m., Ortlieb’s Lounge, 47 North 3rd Street.
• ANIMALS: The Psychology of Dogs, with canine behavior specialist Alexander Lopez. $24-$54, 7:30 p.m., American Music Theatre, 2425 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster.
  
• OUTDOORS/FESTIVAL: Bartram’s Garden Spring Fest. Free, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 5400 Lindbergh Boulevard.

SUNDAY, APRIL 20th

MUSIC
Circuit des Yeux
The music of Chicago’s Circuit des Yeux is deep, difficult and oddly gorgeous. It buzzes. It thumps. It haunts. Have you heard of Haley Fohr’s four-octave voice? Wonderful and strange. Circuit des Yeux makes me want to dance like steampunk cyborg 80 stories tall.
$18, 8 p.m., with Leya and Manna, Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 North Frankford Avenue.

COMEDY
Weeding out the Stone
Host Alex Grubard reignites a time-tested classic, wherein he attempts to identify which of the comedians onstage with him are not high by administering a series of funny sobriety tests.
$22-$30, 7 p.m., Helium, 2031 Sansom Street.

EASTER
South Street Easter Promenade
This free, family-friendly Easter shindig includes free candy and bunny ears, a best-dressed contest, and more.
Free, kicks off at 12:30 p.m. at 5th & South streets, continues to Headhouse Plaza.

OUTDOORS
Open Streets: West Walnut
Several blocks in the neighborhood of 18th and Walnut streets are keeping it car-free (a.k.a. “temporarily pedestrianized”) on Sundays in April. Some restaurants will offer expanded outdoor seating, and the Center City District promises family-friendly activities, entertainment and strolling. And this week, the Easter Bunny comes to Walnut Garden!
Free till you spend money, Sundays in April, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 18th Street from Locust to Chestnut streets and Walnut Street from 15th to 19th streets.

MOVIES
Philly Stories Shorts Program
Shoshannah Stern directed this new documentary on actress Marlee Matlin, the first deaf person to win an Academy Award.
$19, 2 p.m., Film Society East, 125 South 2nd Street.

More Sunday Stuff

• THEATER/MOVIES: Dr. Strangelove, Steve Coogan stars in this stage adaptation of the Stanley Kubrick movie. $19, 12:30 p.m., Ambler Theater, 108 East Butler Avenue, Ambler.
• MUSIC: Circa Waves, with Friday Pilots Club and Maddy Davis. $8, 8 p.m., Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden Street.
• MUSIC: Hey Nothing. $31.50, 8 p.m., Fillmore Philly, 29 East Allen Street.
• MUSIC: Howling Giant, with Seismic. $15, 8 p.m., Kung Fu Necktie, 1248 North Front Street.
• COMEDY/BRUNCH: Brunch So Funny, starring JJ Williamson hosted by TuRae. $35-$55, April 20th at 5 p.m. & April 21st, 6 p.m., City Winery, 990 Filbert Street.
• MUSIC: Jah of the Dead, featuring Jawn of the Dead and Jah People. $18, 7 p.m., Ardmore Music Hall, 23 East Lancaster Avenue.
• MOVIES: Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944). Tagline: “It’s love and murder at first sight!” $11.50, 11 a.m., Hiway Theater, 212 Old York Road, Jenkintown.

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