44 Things To Do This Weekend

Limon Dance Company plays the Prince Theater through March 13.
[Photo by Boosei & Hawkes, Inc.]

• Koresh Dance Co. @ Suzanne Roberts Theatre   Roni Koresh’s famed company celebrates 25 years of dance. Grace Maiorano interviewed him earlier this week.
• Le Butcherettes @ Underground Arts   Le Butcherettes are a loud, fighty garage rock from Guadalajara.
• Chewing the Scenery @ Icebox Project Space   This group show at the Crane Arts Building is curated by Jonathan Santoro and Meredith Sellers. Through March 19
• Tracy Morgan @ Playhouse on Rodney Square, Wilmington, DE   The comedian continues his “Picking up the Pieces” tour.
• Young Voices Monologue Festival @ InterAct This edition of the annual festival features 18 monologues by students from 17 different area schools. For a taste the funny, poignant, inventive pieces, check out InterAct’s #AMonologueADay posts. Through March 19.
• Robert Randolph and The Family Band @ Ardmore Music Hall With Nik Greeley & The Operators. A night of funk/rock/soul/blues.
• Witchfinder General @ Colonial Theatre   Phoenixville’s beloved theater dusts off a low-budget Vincent Price classic from 1968.
• Foxing @ Union Transfer If, like me, you’re a sucker for singers singing their heads off, you might want to give this St. Louis band a moment of your time.
• The Women @ Egopo   Theater critic David Fox didn’t love EgoPo’s production of Clare Boothe Luce’s The Women, but it gave him a lot to think about: “Back to that first image — without revealing too much, I can say that what we see is a child, seemingly sleeping or floating in a sea of white satin. Or is it a casket? Is the image happy dreaming… or a nightmare… or death?” Through March 20.
• Cy Twombly: Sculpture @ The Art Museum   You’ve had since 2013 to check this one out. Now you only have a few weeks. Through March 27.
• Monster Mania Con @ Crowne Plaza Cherry Hill Lots of kinda celebs from the horror world will be on hand, including: Matthew Lillard, Danny Trejo, four lesser Lost Boys, two different women who killed zombies (and kissed Rick) on The Walking Dead and Yorkies. March 11-13
• Rob Crow’s Gloomy Place @ Boot & Saddle The Pinback frontman’s new group.
• Japanese Breakfast/Painted Zeros @ Pharmacy All-ages show in a coffee shop, also featuring Real Life Buildings, Izzy True, and The Dove & The Wolf.
• Ronnie Vega & Khalil Ali/Nina Ryser @ Lava Space Hip-hop/indie rock show. Also featuring STAPLES, Sad Hana, and Amalia Wilson. Listen to Ronnie Vega right now.
• Star & Micey/Chipbreakers @ Milkboy Philly Rootsy rock and folk.
• Up the Chain/Purples/Hezekiah Jones @ Johnny Brenda’s Solid lineup of thoughtful rock ‘n’ roll.
• John Byrne Band @ World Café Live Also on the bill: No Irish Need Apply. Despite the name, a very Irish bill.

Saturday, March 12

• Soft Targets: Vulnerability and Violence in the New Post-Apocalypse @ Free Library Metropolarity, APIARY Magazine, and the Library team up for “an afternoon of writers’ workshops and readings.” We’re talking smart, conscious sci-fi by people who feel passionate about it.
• MC Lars @ Milkboy Philly Witty, popculty hip-hop from California.
• Karaoke Gung Show @ Trocadero Hosted by Skeletor. Nice to list the regulars once in a while.
• Snails @ TLA There’s more than one act called Snails out there. This is the Montreal producer/DJ (not the Future Islands side project).
• Eldar Djangirov @ Chris’ Jazz Café Jazz piano, 8 & 10 p.m. sets.
• Oneohtrix Point Never @ Union Transfer Experimental electronic music. An Ars Nova show, in case you didn’t know.
• Hell Under the El @ The El Bar Loud rock show featuring Workhorse III, Pigment, Anthrophobia, and Prone to Violence.
• Thin Lips @ Everybody Hits Also on the bill: The Max Levine Ensemble, Worriers, and Bellows. I’m liking what I’ve heard from Thin Lips so far. Fun, smart indie rock with a video to match (see below).
• Mount Moriah @ Boot & Saddle   The alt-country darlings bring the Boot back to its roots.
• Alice @ The Mutter Museum Eat cookies, drink lemonade and watch “Czech master animator Jan Svankmajer’s Alice (1988), a unique adaption of Alice in Wonderland.”
• Limon Dance Company @ Prince Theater For its 70th anniversary tour, the LDC performs three piece by founding choreographer José Limón.
• You & I Forever @ Tattooed Mom   This event celebrates the second issue of You & I Forever, a photozine featuring images inspired by “music, beauty, & a love for life.” Lorelei Narvaja took the photos; Foxx Boogie provides the music at the party. The zine is free.
• Spring Clothing & Book Swap @ Independence Charter School   Drop off and/or pick up books and clothes, then make a donation.
• Black Hound Clay Studio Fundraiser / Pop Up Closing Party @ Art Star Raffle/Fundraiser in the name of art.
• She is… Portraits in Watercolor Workshop with Bernard Collins Jr. @ The African American Museum A free workshop, with free supplies provided, and a live model. Museum admission is also free on Saturday because it’s Museum Day Live!, celebrating women and girls of color. Register for tickets.
• South Philly Comics 4 Year Anniversary Party @ South Philly Comics Wine and comics and other fun things at this East Passyunk shop.
• The Science Behind Pixar @ Franklin Institute Interactive exhibits and stuff to make kids scream their dumb little heads off. Opening night is the big ol’ Family Party. Through September 5.
• Tony Miceli @ Chris’ Jazz Café With bassist Justin Sekewleski. Late night jam session starting at 11 p.m.
• Enter the Haggis @ World Café Live Upbeat Celtic folk rock.
• Candlelit @ Dreaming Tree Music Featuring I Try, You Try, Chelsea Mitchell of Dirty Dollhouse, and Snagwing, in a candlelit room. Sounds like a blissful night of music.
• Kneedelus @ Johnny Brenda’s “A Live Collaboration between Kneebody + Daedelus.” Ape School is also on the bill. Expect weirdness.

Sunday, March 13

• Greg Dulli @ First Unitarian Church Sanctuary   The Afghan Whigs/Twilight Singers frontman returns with an “an evening with” solo tour. The opening act is “literary stylist” (aka funny poet) Derrick Brown.
• Kino Polska: Polish Film Marathon @ Associated Polish Home   Screenings of Bogowie and Ogród Luizy.
• Black and Cuba @ The African American Museum   Screening and discussion with filmmaker Dr. Robin Hayes. This is in conjunction with AAMP’s current exhibit, Drapetomanía: Grupo Antillano and the Art of Afro-Cuba, on display through March 20.
• Hawthorne Heights/Mest /The Ataris @ TLA Emo/punk all night.
• Writers at Work Conference @ Whitpain Farm A conference on “Managing the Business of Being An Author” in Blue Bell, PA.
• Kickstand Boyfriend/Katana Girl/A Virgin @ the Fire Also on the bill: A band called F#*@. I think because Fuck is already taken. Anyway when you go to buy tickets, that band is replaced by RP Perkins and/or RR Perkins. So, I dunno. Fuck it.