95 Things to Do in Philly This Weekend

The Kensington Derby & Arts Festival returns Saturday.

Multiple Days

On Stage

THEATER
Philly Grit: A Pirate, A School Girl, and A Good Person
Theatre Exile stages three “funny and irreverent” solo theater shows: Johnny Depp: a retrospective on late stage capitalism by Jenna Kuerzi & Val Dunn, Catholic Guilt by Kelly McCaughan, and Good Person by Brett Ashley Robinson.
$30 per show, May 8th-19th, Theatre Exile, 1340 South 13th Street.

THEATER
Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story
Curio Theatre Company presents the Philadelphia premiere of Hannah Moscovitch’s “hilarious and edgy love story interwoven with a high-energy Klezmer concert.” Featuring songs by Ben Caplan & Christian Barry. Directed by Rachel Gluck. Musical direction and sound design by Damien Figueras.
$27, through May 11th, Curio Theatre Company, 4740 Baltimore Avenue.

THEATER
Hurricane Diane
Malvern-based theater company People’s Light presents the regional premiere of Madeleine George’s “comedic romp with a mythological twist.” Directed by Molly Rosa Houlahan.
$47, through May 19th, People’s Light, 39 Conestoga Road, Malvern.

THEATER
Pinocchio
Rebecca Wright direct Arden Children’s Theatre’s production of the famous story about a marionette who wants to be a real boy. And also his nose grows when he lies, which seems like an entirely different story. Stars Anthony Martinez-Briggs, Izzy Sazak, Nathan Alford-Tate and Reese Castaldi.
$20-$45, through June 2nd, Arden Theatre, 40 North 2nd Street.

THEATER
South Asian Artistic Initiative Playwrighting Festival
Bucks County Playhouse crosses the river to NJ for this fest featuring free public readings of three new works, including Muslim in the Midst by Anand Rao (May 10th, 7 p.m.), American Hunger by Nikhil Mahapatra (May 11th, 2 p.m.) and Tea for Toofi by Ravi Kapoor (May 11th, 7 p.m.).
Free, May 10th & 11th, Bucks County Playhouse’s Lambertville Hall, 57 Bridge Street, Lambertville.

THEATER/VIRTUAL
The Good Person of Setzuan
Watch a livestream of the Wilma Theater’s recent run of Bertolt Brecht’s “classic parable” — translated by Wendy Arons, adapted by Tony Kushner — about three gods who arrive in town looking for one good person. Directed by Justin Jain.
$29, through May 19th.

COMEDY
Kevin Nealon
The comedian/actor/SNL alum does five shows at Helium. YouTube knows me and gets me, so it’s always recommending videos of Kevin Nealon’s hike-and-talk show.
$35-$45, March 9th-11th, Helium, 2031 Sansom Street.

DANCE
Philadelphia Ballet
The city’s esteemed ballet company dances into the Academy of Music to present The Dream: Adapted from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, preceded by a performance of George Balanchine’s Prodigal Son.
$25-$228, May 9th-12th, Academy of Music, 240 South Broad Street.

MUSIC
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the orchestra in performing a program that includes Sibelius, Stucky and his own work, Kínēma, for clarinet and string orchestra. Featuring clarinetist Ricardo Morales.
$25-$166, May 9th-11th, Kimmel Center, 300 South Broad Street.

MUSIC
Tarbaby
Daredevil jazz trio Tarbaby — pianist Orrin Evans, bassist Eric Revis, drummer Nasheet Waits — plays a two-night stint at Solar Myth, with different opening acts each night. Friday’s show features Urusula Rucker; Saturday has Kai Davis.
$37.08 per show, May 10th & 11th, Solar Myth, 1131 South Broad Street.

MUSIC/TRIBUTE
Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles
The long running tribute act uses costumes, “psychedelic visuals” and “note-for-note precision” to recreate the Fab Four circa Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour. Rain plays four shows in three days at the Miller.
$41-$101, May 9th-11th, Miller Theater, 250 South Broad Street.

Food & Drink

MARKET
The Southeast Asian Market
The weather’s getting warmer and that means the Southeast Asian Market is back at FDR Park, featuring 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; Saturdays & Sundays through October, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park, 1500 Pattison Avenue.

BEER GARDEN
Parks on Tap
Parks & Rec’s traveling beer garden returns, hauling its taps, tables and grills to a new park each week. This weekend: Schuylkill Banks, May 8th-12th. See the whole schedule and more details here.
Pay as you go, continues through September 29th, Matthias Baldwin Park.

Parks on Tap  / Photograph by Albert Yee

Shopping

Rittenhouse Square Fine Craft Show
This outdoor craft show surrounds Philly’s main quad with works of jewelry, ceramics, clothes, glass, leather and more this weekend. For a full list of the 150+ participating artists and artisans, click this.
Free till you buy something, May 10th-12th, Rittenhouse Square, 18th & Walnut streets.

Spring Art Star Craft Bazaar
As per annual tradition, Art Star takes over Cherry Street Pier for its big spring sale featuring 80 curated craft vendors, plus food, drink, free tote bags, “make + takes” (by Nimble Craft and Project Joy) and more.
Free to enter, May 11th & 12th, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Cherry Street Pier, 121 North Columbus Boulevard.

Philadelphia Marketplace
Area makers, crafters and vendors sell their wares in Dilworth Park every weekend.
Free to enter, Fridays and Saturdays, noon-6 p.m., through June 29th, Dilworth Park, West side of City Hall.

Art

Dream House: Inside Music + Video
This group installation at Asian Arts Initiative sounds like a lot of fun. Dream House “highlights shifting roles of music video as a hybrid form of creative expression beyond their musical and cinematic quality as promotional tools of the music industry.” On monitors and TV screens, watch works by Alex Da Corte, Jordan Deal, Elle Hong, Maegan Houang, and more. Also, check out Zain Alam’s audio/video installation Meter & Light: Day. Plus Dance Dance Revolution and karaoke in the lounge.
Through August 3rd, Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine Street.

Small Favors 2024
This annual group exhibition at the Clay Studio includes around 500 works displayed in four-inch cubes. Check out some of these cool, weird, compact pieces here.
Free, through June 2nd, Clay Studio, 1425 North American Street.

The Historic Crafts & Trades Fair
The Carpenters’ Company of the City and County of Philadelphia hosts this “showcase of historic crafts and trades” that were important in colonial city life, including demonstrations of blacksmithing, carpentry, masonry, basket-weaving and more, depending on when you go.
Pay as you go, Saturdays through May 18th, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Carpenters’ Court, in front of Carpenters’ Hall, 320 Chestnut Street.

Kameelah Janan Rasheed
The artist “grapples with the poetics-pleasures-politics of Black knowledge production, information technologies, and modes of [un]learning” in their new exhibition at Ulises and Ray (or Ulises at Ray or maybe it’s just Ray Philly), the No Libs art space/bookshop. Kameelah Janan Rasheed’s show i— titled the soft technology of your poems split — s My body into 18: secreting,100 Stanzas ——— That Bow TOWARD no moons.
Free, through August 25th, Ulises at Ray, Studio 105, 1525 North American Street.

Artists as Cultivators
Includes drawings, paintings, prints, sculpture and more from PAFA’s permanent collection, that “reveal how American artists have cultivated discourse, care, critique, and change by way of engagement with nature.” Includes a special focus on Ruth Fine. Through July 7th.
$18 museum admission, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 128 North Broad Street.

In Pursuit: Artists’ Perspectives on a Nation
The National Liberty Museum examines “the power of art as civic dialogue” in its latest multi-media group exhibition featuring sculptures and large-scale installations by Anila Quayyum Agha, Angel Cabrales, Nicholas Galanin, Arghavan Khosravi, Aram Han Sifuentes, Artur Silva, and Marisa Williamson. Opens May 10th, continues through October 28th.
$12 museum admission, National Liberty Museum, 321 Chestnut Street.

Now Showing @ the Art Museum

• Jesse Krimes: Rikers Quilt — The Philly artist presents his work which combines “painting, textiles, sculpture, installation, and advocacy.” Through July 15th.
• In the Right Place: Photographs by Barbara Crane, Melissa Shook, and Carol Taback. Through July 7th.
• Transformations: American Photographs from the 1970s — Includes works by William Eggleston, Joel Meyerowitz, Mikki Ferrill, Susan Meiselas, Martha Rosler and more. Through July 7th.
• El Origen de la Noche (The Origin of Night) — “an immersive sound installation by 4Direcciones Audiovisual (directed by Diana Rico and Richard Decaillet) working in collaboration with a group of traditional authorities from indigenous communities of the north-west Amazon, as well as anthropologists, musicians and linguists.” Through May 12th.
• Mythical Creatures: China and the World, through June 1st.
• Seeing with Empathy: The Female Gaze in American Modernism, ongoing.
• Of God and Country: American Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection. Works that “deal with shared themes of US history, the American landscape, religion, and mortality.” Through July 7th.
• Zoe Leonard: Strange Fruit — “Empty fruit skins that have been sutured together and sprawled across the gallery floor by the artist.” Through May 13th.

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

Now Showing @ Fabric Workshop

• John Jarboe: The Rose Garden — The trans artist presents “a multi-room domestic environment reimagining John’s gender journey.” The Rose Garden is an “immersive maze of memories and provocations” full of video sculptures, music, objects and more. Opens May 11th, continues through September 29th.
• Risa Puno: Group Hug — This interactive installation by Brooklyn sculptor and installation artist uses the “language of games” to explore “the complex social relationships inherent in receiving and providing care.” Through July 21st.

Free (suggested donation $5), Fabric Workshop and Museum, 1214 Arch Street.

George R. Anthonisen: Meditations on the Human Condition
The Michener hosts a career-spanning exhibition of works by the accomplished sculptor, including 40 bronze sculptures, maquettes, and frescoes, inside and outside the museum. Through October 14th.
$15 museum admission, Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street, Doylestown.

Betsy Z. Casañas: Call & Response
The Fairhill-based artist with more that 70 murals around the world to her name presents this two-part exhibition at Taller Puertorriqueño. One part focuses on her murals in the surrounding area, and the second focuses on her current work which “explores themes of familial and personal relationships, trauma, violence, anxiety, isolation, and the stages of healing.”
Free, through May 25th, Taller Puertorriqueño, 2600 North 5th Street.

Now Happening @ the Museum for Art in Wood

• The Poetry Gumball Machine Project — Poet and “multiform artist” LindoYes, the project is more or less what it sounds like, a mechanized sculpture that dispenses poetry stuffed inside little walnut shell capsules. The PGMP will be on display at the Museum for Art in Wood through the rest of the year. The exhibition continues through December 31st.
• Gina Siepel: To Understand a Tree — A new exhibition by designer/woodworker Gina Siepel. “A multi-disciplinary project that focuses on the dignity of a living tree, its network of eco-systemic relationships, and the ubiquity of the material of wood in design and daily life.” Through July 21st.
• Experiencing Form: Phil Brown and the Museum’s Residency Artist Alumni, group show. Through September 15th.
  

Free admission, Museum for Art in Wood, 141 North 3rd Street.

Imprint: Dox Thrash
Subtitled “Black Life, and American Culture,” this new exhibition at the African American Museum in Philadelphia invites visitors to “explore the life and artistic legacy” of Dox Thrash, who was a Buffalo Soldier and Black Vaudeville performer before he became a trailblazing Philly printmaker.
$10-$14, through August 4th, African American Museum in Philadelphia, 701 Arch Street.

Best of the Nest: Birdhouse Competition & Display
Forget the peeps. It’s birdhouse time now. Peddler’s Village is lousy with birdhouses — funny ones, cute ones, weird ones, ones no god-fearing bird would set foot in. Through May 19th.
Free till you buy something, Peddler’s Village, 2400 Street Road, New Hope.

Now Happening @ the Barnes

• Alexey Brodovitch: Astonish Me — This new exhibition centers the work of “influential but often overlooked” Russian-born designer, photographer, and instructor Alexey Brodovitch, who was the art director of Harper’s Bazaar in the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s. Through May 19th.
• Education & Empowerment: Scholarship Recipients at the Barnes Foundation, 1927-1949. — Includes archival materials by Paul B. Moses, Ablyne Lockhart, Dr. DeHaven Hinkson and Aaron Douglas. Through August 15th.

Museum admission is $23-$30, Barnes Foundation, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Now Showing @ the ICA

• Dominique White and Alberta Whittle: Sargasso Sea — This major exhibition at the ICA “takes its name from the only body of water that is defined solely by oceanic currents rather than shorelines” and includes works by two artists which “invoke futures that upend this world with counter images of shipwreck, salvage, reciprocity and Black feminist led-revolution.” Through June 2nd.
• Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe — This solo exhibition collects the artist’s works “moving paintings,” and presents examples of “videos in dialogue with paintings and sculpture, and articulates how Jackson’s approach to color and conceptual layering translates across these mediums.” Through June 2nd.
• Entryways: Nontsikelelo Mutiti — The Zimbabwean-born visual artist and educator was invited to reimagine the windows on the ICA’s facade. Through December 31st.

Free, Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 South 36th Street.

Ritual of Self: Isaiah Zagar’s Self-Portraits in Paper
The city’s favorite public mosaicist takes center stage at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens (again) with this exhibition of previously unseen mixed-media artworks. “Treated as a diary, the pieces incorporate found objects, photography, handwritten text, folk art, stamps, textiles, and painting materials.”
$12-$15 museum admission, through May 12th, Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, 1020 South Street.

Henry Bermudez in Philadelphia
Woodmere Art Museum presents this exhibition of works by Philadelphia-based, Venezuela-born multimedia artist Henry Bermudez, who “incorporates painting with cut paper in large-scale works that display a density of intertwined, three-dimensional forms, rainbow-like color, patterning, and sparkling textures.”
$10 museum admission, through May 19th, Woodmere Art Museum, 9201 Germantown Avenue.

Now Showing @ the Brandywine Museum

• Every Leaf & Twig: Andrew Wyeth’s Botanical Imagination — The Brandywine Museum hosts this Andrew Wyeth exhibition focusing on “the fragile rhythms and intimate dramas of plant life,” and includes 40 watercolors and drawings, many of which have never been exhibited before. Through September 15th.
• Jamie Wyeth: Unsettled — And now for a completely different Wyeth. This exhibition focuses on Jamie Wyeth’s “darker and more troubling imagery,” a departure from his better-known paintings of people and landscapes. Through June 9th.

$18-$20, Brandywine Museum of Art, 1 Hoffman’s Mill Road, Chadds Ford.

Museums

Now Happening @ the Museum of the American Revolution

• Celebrate Revolutionary Women Past and Present — For Mother’s Day Weekend, see a theatrical re-enactor portraying Elizabeth Freeman (a Massachusetts woman who sued for her freedom from enslavement and won), a “10-Minute Talk” about a newly discovered eyewitness sketch by a Swiss artist and collector who lived in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War, and more. May 11th and 12th.
• Witness to Revolution: The Unlikely Travels of Washington’s Tent — This exhibition will “bring to life the stories of individuals from all walks of life who saved Washington’s tent from being lost over the generations and who ultimately fashioned this relic into a symbol of the fragile American republic.” Includes art, artifacts, rare documents and the tent itself. Through January 5th.

Included in museum admission of $13-$22, Museum of the American Revolution, 101 South 3rd Street.

All View It As an Object of High Importance
This exhibition at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania tells the stories of important documents related to banking in the early republic.
Free, through May 31st, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania Library, 1300 Locust Street.

Unhoused: Personal Stories and Public Health
This new long-term exhibition at the Mütter Museum features black and white photos by Toronto-based photographer Leah den Bok, and art by Dallas-based artist Willie Baronet, “whose installation is composed of hundreds of cardboard signs the artist has purchased over the past thirty years from unhoused and unsheltered people in cities around the nation.”
$15-$20, through August 5th, Mütter Museum, 19 South 22nd Street.

Now Happening @ the Academy of Natural Sciences

• Under the Canopy: Animals of the Rainforest — This new special exhibit includes “interactive discovery stations, dynamic displays and engaging programming” surrounding the importance of rainforests and the plants and animals that live there. Through September 2nd.
• Life Onto Land: The Devonian — An exhibition on the life and ecosystems of the Devonian period, the geological era during which creatures wriggled up on dry land, which everybody agrees was a solid move with a lot of potential. Through September 29th.

Included with museum admission of $21-$25, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

The Doan Gang: Outlaws of the Revolution
The Mercer Museum’s immersive exhibition tells the story of Revolutionary War-era loyalists. “Learn how these local outlaws plotted, schemed, and plundered their way through a divided world in the earliest days of a budding American nation, and why their deep loyalty to British rule in the colonies made them enemies of the Founding Fathers.”
$15, through December 31st, Mercer Museum, 84 South Pine Street, Doylestown. 

The Art of the Brick
The Franklin Institute presents this new long-running exhibition featuring a collection of “inspiring artwork” — bricked-up versions of Starry Night, Mona Lisa, etc. — made by LEGO master Nathan Sawaya. Plus a 9,000-square-foot brick play space. Through September 2nd.
Included in museum admission of $21-$25, Franklin Institute, 222 North 20th Street.

Now Showing @ Science History Institute
BOLD: Color from Test Tube to Textile — This new exhibition at Old City’s Science History Institute explores the complicated history and science of natural and synthetic dye-making “drawing on dye sample books, vivid clothing, and scientific instruments.” Through August.
Free admission, Science History Institute, 315 Chestnut Street.

Movies

This Weekend @ Lightbox Film Center

• Time of the Heathen (1961) A drifter stumbles onto a murder in progress and escapes into the woods with the victim’s young deaf mute son. “The pair forge a complex bond that culminates in one of cinema’s most memorable, psychedelic, and unclassifiable endings.” Directed by Peter Kass, Time of the Heathen was once a “lost marvel” of independent filmmaking. Before the film, enjoy an “in-depth illustrated lecture” by film restorationist Ross Lipman. May 10th.
• West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty (1979) Watch a new 4K restoration of Mauritanian French director Med Hondo’s important film —“the continent’s first musical as well as a sui generis amalgam of historical epic, Broadway revue, Brechtian theater, and joyous agitprop.” May 11th.

$10, 7 p.m., Lightbox Film Center, 401 South Broad Street.

MOVIES
Now Showing at Philly Film Society
Here’s what’s playing on Film Society screens in addition to the usual first-run fare.

• The Vanishing (1988) “In this bone-chilling and unsettling Dutch thriller, a woman’s mysterious disappearance from a gas station ignites a three-year battle of wits and determination between her desperate boyfriend and elusive captor.” Directed by George Sluizer. Stars Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets and Johanna ter Steege. May 10th @ 7 p.m.; May 12th @ 3:30 p.m.
• Oldboy (2003) A 4K restoration of Park Chan-Woo’s stylish, violent thriller. Stars Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae and Kang Hye-jeong. Tagline: “15 years of imprisonment, five days of vengeance.” May 10th, 9:30 p.m.
• Mamma Mia! (2008) The ABBA jukebox musical turned big screen rom com stars Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård, Colin Firth and Christine Baranski. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Tagline: “A mother. A daughter. Three possible fathers. Take a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget.” May 10th, 7:30 p.m.
• The Piano Teacher (2001) “Chaos ensues when the repressed fantasies of a piano instructor and the tumultuous dependence of her own mother spawns a heated relationship with her much younger student.” Directed by Michael Haneke. Stars Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot and Benoît Magimel. Tagline: “Perversion at its wicked best!” Lotta exclamation points in these taglines. May 11th, 3:30 p.m.
• Lenny (1974) Bob Fosse directed this biopic of controversial comedian Lenny Bruce. Stars Dustin Hoffman. Tagline: “Lenny’s Time Has Finally Come!” May 11th, 4 p.m.
• Terminal USA (1993) & Mod Fuck Explosion (1994) A double feature of films by Jon Moritsugu, “the greatest unsung punk rock filmmaker of our time.” May 11th, 6:15 p.m.
• All That Jazz (1979) Another Bob Fosse favorite. A “revelatory, auteur-driven reflection on Fosse’s life and hardships as the director grapples with his struggling film, staging a new play, and the multitude of women that he finds fleeting comfort in. It’s showtime, folks!” Stars Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking and Leland Palmer. May 11th @ 6:30 p.m. & May 12th @ 6 p.m.
• Dead or Alive (1999) “A yakuza of Chinese descent and a Japanese cop each wage their own war against the Japanese mafia. But they are destined to meet. Their encounter will change the world.” Directed by Takashi Miike. Stars Shô Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi and Renji Ishibashi. May 11th, 9 p.m.
• Star 80 (1993) Eric Roberts and Mariel Hemingway star in Bob Fosse’s tense biopic about a real-life conman Paul Snider obsessed with a rising Hollywood star. Tagline: “She was every man’s dream — and one man’s obsession.” May 11th, 9:15 p.m.
• Cabaret (1972) Liza Minnelli stars in Bob Fosse’s musical masterpiece. Life is a cabaret, old chum. Tagline: “The Award-Winning Smash Hit Musical.” May 12th, 3 p.m.
• Ema (2019) “In Pablo Larraín’s striking Venice award-winning film, a young dancer’s household falls apart, leading her to blow up societal expectations and embark on an unconventional mission of personal liberation and redemption.” Stars Mariana Di Girólamo, Gael García Bernal and Santiago Cabrera. May 12th, 6:15 p.m.

$14 per screening, Philadelphia Film Center, 1412 Chestnut Street.

Outdoors

SPORTS
Dad Vail Regatta
The Schuykill’s being dredged right now, so this annual competition among college crew teams will instead drop its sculls in the lovely and mysterious Cooper River. The Dad Vail is the largest regatta of its kind in the U.S. For a list of competitors, a map of the course, and other vital info, go here.
Free, May 10th & 11th, Cooper River in Pennsauken.

PARKS
Love Your Park Week
This annual event encourages Philadelphians to celebrate (and clean up) the many grassy knolls of our “greene country towne.” Put on your least formal sweatpants and pick up rubbish with your friends and neighbors. Gloves and bags are provided. Pick a project here. Love Your Park Week also includes hikes, tours, movies and more.
Free, May 11th-19th, multiple locations.

The Festival of Fountains continues at Longwood Gardens through September 24th. (Mathias Becca)

FLOWERS/WATER
Festival of Fountains
Flowers and greenery are usually the focus of a trip to Longwood Gardens, but this annual summer show is all about the waterworks. And the lights. And there’s some mood music, too. Timed admission tickets are required, so plan your visit ahead of time — especially over Mother’s Day weekend.
$32, opens May 9th, continues through October 27th, Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square.

SKATING
Rothman Orthopaedics Roller Rink
Lace up your skates or blades on the west side of City Hall and enjoy this “colorful, retro-inspired” outdoor roller rink. Reservations recommended.
$8-$10 (plus $6 for skate rental), continues through June 30th, Dilworth Park, 1 South 15th Street.

Tours

Battleship New Jersey — Dry Docked
The historic Battleship New Jersey, used in WWII and the Vietnam War, recently made the journey from the Camden Waterfront back to Philly’s Navy Yard where it was built. The ship is 85 years old and needs to have a little work done. It’s a rare treat having the battleship on this side of the river, but also not in the river at all. During this 60-day vacation across state lines, visitors are invited to take guided tours around the exterior hull while learning about the restoration and history of the ship. It’s not cheap, but it’s also not something that will happen again for a long time.
$225 donation per person, Battleship New Jersey, Philadelphia Navy Yard, 5195 South 19th Street.

Andalusia Historic House, Gardens & Arboretum
The 50-acre historic estate along the Delaware River is open for self-guided tours of its formal gardens and native woodlands. Picnics encouraged.
$15, through November 8th, Andalusia Historic House & Gardens, 1237 State Road, Andalusia.

Philly Tech Week

The annual celebration of tech, innovation and socializing continues, with more in-person and virtual programming, including workshops, panel discussions, happy hours, robotics competitions, jobs fairs and more. Here’s the full Tech Week schedule.
Prices vary by event, through May 11th, multiple locations.

FRIDAY, MAY 10th

MUSIC
Sheer Mag
The fiery Philly punks released their third record Playing Favorites on Third Man Records in March to much acclaim, but the official hometown release show is this Friday at the Church. With Mopar Stars and Gen Gap.
$18, 8 p.m., First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut Street.

BOOKS/POLITICS
Jen Psaki
Biden’s former White House press secretary discusses her new book Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World. In conversation with fellow author Annie Duke.
$17.50-$38, 7:30 p.m., Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street.

MUSIC
Sweet Pill
The hard-touring emo band from Philly headlines a packed bill at Union Transfer, including Catbite, Equipment, Broke Body and Have a Good Season. Sweet Pill’s most recent release is the Starchild EP, and the packaging is sweet.
$20-$23, 6:30 p.m., Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden Street.

MUSIC
Sean Paul
The Kingston-born dancehall DJ has been in the game for a quarter century now, if you can believe that. Since then he’s been making scorchas all over: movies, TV, MTV Awards, a Grammy, an appearance at United Nations Climate Change conference, and hit after hit, and not just on the reggae charts.
$70.99, 8 p.m., Fillmore Philly, 29 East Allen Street.

MUSIC
Heaven Man
The Philly psych rock band celebrates the release of their second record, As One. With support from Brother JT and Mt. Mostly.
$15, 9 p.m., Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 North Frankford Avenue.

MUSIC/TRIBUTE
Sounds of Philly Tribute to Frankie Beverly
Led by singer Paul Bumbry, the Frankie Beverly Tribute Band pays tribute to soul/funk legend Frankie Beverly and his band Maze.
$40-$45, 8 p.m., World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street.

MUSIC
Chee-Yun and Mak Grgić,
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents this concert — “ranging from tango and folk-influenced dance compositions to Korean art song and contemporary works” — by violinist Chee-Yun and guitarist Mak Grgić.
$30, 7:30 p.m., Kimmel Center, 300 South Broad Street.

MUSIC
Al DiMeola
The Jersey-born jazz guitarist is turning heads for his latest record Twentyfour and its lead single “Fandango,” which The Grateful Web calls “electrifying” and which Guitar World describes as a “fusion-meets-flamenco masterclass.”
$39.50, 8 p.m., Keswick Theatre, 291 North Keswick Avenue, Glenside.

MUSIC
Polky
Fire Museum Presents presents a lively live show by Toronto Polish folk group Polky. With support from Medukha, a Philly-based band inspired by Slavic and Polish traditional sounds.
Free, 8 p.m., The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street.

SATURDAY, MAY 11th

FESTIVAL/ART/SHOPPING
Kensington Derby and Arts Festival
Few Philly traditions are as photogenic as Kensington’s famously whimsical and chaotic “kinetic” derby, in which local daredevils race through a three-mile obstacle course (a.k.a. regular old city streets) in homemade pedal-powered vehicles of dubious design and construction, before coming to an end at the muddy finish line. Philly Mag’s Laura Swartz is a judge; they give her a white lab coat and goggles, and it’s all very official. Plus: food, drinks, live music and lots of artists and craftspeople selling their stuff.
Free unless you spend money, then it costs that much, noon-6 p.m., Frankford Avenue from York Street to Huntingdon Street.

MUSIC
Morgan Wallen
The Sneedville Tennessee-born country bro rose to prominence on The Voice in 2015, and in the ensuing years has released chart-topping singles with words like “hometown,” “whiskey,” “boots” and “girls” in their titles. Along the way he’s become, according to his flaming roller coaster of a Wikipedia page, “an unwitting sex symbol.” Unwitting? Please. You don’t cut the sleeves off a flannel button down unless you wanna make some people thirsty.
$250-$350, 4 p.m., Citizens Bank Park, 1 Citizens Bank Way.

DANCE PARTY
Eurovision Watch Party
An all-day event at the German Society and its “fabulous retro” Ratskeller space. First watch a livestream of the beloved Euro song-and-dance show, then throw down at the ABBA-inspired dance party. Plus food, drink, “glam and glitter.”
$20, 3 p.m.-2 a.m., German Society of Pennsylvania, 611 Spring Garden Street.

MUSIC
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
Slick, fun psych rock from Australia. Here, watch this gross/engrossing sci-fi claymation music video. Spoon Benders open the show.
$25, 8:30 p.m., Underground Arts, 200 Callowhill Street.

MUSIC
Asian American Pie
WXPN presents this evening of indie rock featuring Asian-fronted bands and Asian artists Beau Frères, Alyssa Garcia, John Faye, Judah Kim and Moonroof. FYI: It’s AAPI Heritage Month.
$20-$25, 7:30 p.m., World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street.

SPORTS
Philadelphia Union vs. Orlando SC
While the fans are focused on the match, an uncanny creature walks among them. What could it be? It is Phang! A hideous snake-human chimera whose design is befuddling to science, abhorrent to nature and offensive to God. What is it this horrible thing seeks? Cheers. High fives. Photo ops. Give the monster what it wants.
$37-$81, 7:30 p.m., Subaru Park, 1 Stadium Drive, Chester.

COMEDY
Oral Presentation
Chris Wood hosts this “low pressure” show at Helium in which “comedians each explain a topic of their choosing using prepared slides.” Sounds like fun.
$10-$28, 3:30 p.m., Helium, 2031 Sansom Street.

MOM/FASHION
Fairy Fantasy Fashion Show and Bazaar
Six independent designers present “the magic of fashion and mothers.” I mean maybe? You know your mom better than I do.
$10-$20, 6-10 p.m., Bok, 1901 South 9th Street.

COMEDY
Tracy Morgan
It was recently announced that Tracy Morgan will star in a spinoff of Cedric the Entertainer’s show The Neighborhood for Paramount+. The beloved SNL alum, comedian and actor does a one-off stand-up show at Parx on Saturday.
$45-$75, 8 p.m., Xcite Center at Parx Casino, 2999 Street Road, Bensalem.

MUSIC
Cheekface
Okay, yes, the name. Band names are tricky. But what if I told you they call their YouTube channel Cheekface Factory? Kind of changes things, maybe? Inspired by Stephen Malkmus and Jonathan Richman, the LA band talk-sings clever/absurd lyrical non sequiturs over catchy rock riffs. Listen to their latest, It’s Sorted. Are you bobbing your head or shaking it? Are you smiling? Yungatita opens.
$20, 8 p.m., First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut Street.

DRINKS/FESTIVAL
Main Line Outdoor Beer & Wine Festival
Enjoy unlimited samples of craft brews at this outdoor fest in the neighborhood of Ardmore Music Hall. Includes beers, ciders and wines by Workhorse, Iron Hill, Mural City Cellars Wine, Downeast and more, plus live music by York Street Hustle.
$50, 12:30 p.m., Schauffele Plaza across from the Ardmore Music Hall, 23 East Lancaster Avenue.

TALK
TEDxDilworthPark
Philly Mag’s Ernest Owens co-hosts (with Jordan O’Neill) this local iteration of the popular idea-sharing/storytelling lecture series. Speakers include Nicole Bailey-Williams, Maybe Burke, Adaeze Iloeje-Udeogalanya, Lyndsey Getty, David Sylvester and more. Here’s the whole list.
$60, noon-3 p.m., City Winery, 990 Filbert Street.

GAMES/LGBTQ+
GayBINGO
AIDS Fund’s popular, campy GayBINGO promises music, prizes and “drag queen antics” while raising emergency funds for people living with HIV in the Greater Philadelphia Region. Hosted by the Bingo Verifying Divas (BVDs). This Saturday’s theme is Divas and Dragons.
$40, 6 p.m., Rodeph Shalom, 615 North Broad Street.

FESTIVAL
Mt. Airy Day
An annual tradition, Mt. Airy Day promises the usual attractions we look for in a street festival — music, food, rides, vendors, kid stuff, etc. — and then throws in one more: “innocent fun.” That’s nice. Includes live performances by Expressions of Soul, Jenks Diamonds Step Team, Gorgeous Porch and more, and hosted by Boogieman Dela.
Free till you spend money, noon-5 p.m., Germantown Avenue from Mt. Pleasant Avenue to East Gorgas Lane.

FESTIVAL/FAMILY
Second Saturdays in Historic Germantown
Germantown’s many history sites and gather places are going to be super busy on Saturday:

• Spotlight Tour The Architecture of Service Spaces with Willie Graham, 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Cliveden, 6401 Germantown Avenue.
• Intro to Botanical Illustration Workshop, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Wyck, 6026 Germantown Avenue.
• Family Fun Saturdays, noon-3 p.m., Historic Fair Hill, 2901 Germantown Avenue.
• Second Saturday, noon-4 p.m., Black Writers Museum, 5800 Germantown Avenue.
• Second Saturday, noon-4 p.m., Germantown Historical Society, 5501 Germantown Avenue.
• Second Saturday, noon-4 p.m., Lest We Forget Museum Of Slavery, 5501 Germantown Avenue.
• Remember the Children Memorial Workshop, noon-4 p.m., Concord School House And Upper Burying Ground, 6309 Germantown Avenue.
• Foraging Walk, noon-1:30 p.m., Stenton, 4601 North 18th Street.

Free, multiple locations in Germantown.

BEER
Philly Beerathon
Drink unlimited samples of beer (and mead and seltzer and wine) on the lawn at the Navy Yard. There’s also a 5K running component, if you’re into that sort of thing.
$35-$45.20, noon-3 p.m., Marine Parade Grounds, Navy Yard, 4747 South Broad Street.

CULTURE/MUSEUMS
AAPI Heritage Month Celebration at the Franklin Institute
Kids and other humans can learn about chromatography, try their hand at block printing, lantern-making and calligraphy-writing, and enjoy performances by Ballet SunMi.
Included in museum admission of $21-$25, noon-4 p.m., Franklin Institute, 222 North 20th Street.

SUNDAY, MAY 12th

MUSIC
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Few things set rock dudes hearts aflutter like the announcement last fall that Neil Young was going to hit the road with Crazy Horse. You already know what those guys think. I decided to ask a local pop culture expert — and kinda casual Neil fan — for her take:

$76-$288, 7:30 p.m., Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, 1 Harbour Boulevard, Camden.

MOM/COMEDY
Ur Mom Is Funny
Comedians and their moms team up and compete to get laughs. Hosted by Hannah Trav and Pete Steele. A classic from the Good Good era.
$10-$28, 3 p.m., Helium, 2031 Sansom Street.

MUSIC
Todd Rundgren
The Philly-born guitar hero returns for hometown show, more or less. Let’s play two truths and a lie!
1. Todd Rundgren recorded an alternate version of “Bang the Drum All Day” called “Bang on the Ukulele Daily.”
2. Todd Rundgren once wrote a diss track about John Lennon called “Rock N Roll [redacted].” Except he didn’t say redacted, he said a bad word.
3. Todd Rundgren invented Runts, the chalky fruit-flavored candy. Banana is the best one.
$50-$100, 7:30 p.m., Keswick Theatre, 291 North Keswick Avenue, Glenside.

MUSIC
Chicano Batman
The LA-based psych band released Notebook Fantasy in March. It’s really super groovy and easy on the ears. The Guardian called it an “irresistible swell of chillwave synth and psychedelic funk.” Lido Pimienta opens the show.
$29.50-$33, 8 p.m., Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden Street.

MUSIC/KIDS
Raffi
Raffi’s still out there making music for kids, and trying to get adults to be excellent to each other. Here he is on Twitter, encouraging hockey fans to stop insulting each other and just have fun. They said no, but it was a nice try by Raffi.
$48-$98, 4:30 p.m., The Met, 858 North Broad Street.

MUSIC/KIDS
Taylor Swift for Kids
Rock and Roll Playhouse family concert series presents the music of Taylor Swift and more at this midday family-friendly concert. To sweeten the deal, $1 from every ticket benefits the nonprofit Femme House, which helps create opportunities for women and gender-expansive individuals in technical fields of music like DJ’ing and production.
$16, 11 a.m., Ardmore Music Hall, 23 East Lancaster Avenue.

COMEDY
Celeste Barber: Backup Dancer
The Australian comedian (and actress, podcaster, author, and dancer, apparently) stars in Netflix’s Wellmania and sometimes goes viral making fun of celebrities on Instagram.
$29-$60, 8 p.m., Miller Theater, 250 South Broad Street.

MOM/MUSIC
Mother’s Day Gospel Celebration
Comedian Jay Lamont hosts an afternoon of smooth, powerful gospel music performed by Donnie McClurkin, Ricky Dillard, The Clark Sisters, Jason Nelson and more.
$50-$95, 4 p.m., The Liacouras Center, 1776 North Broad Street.

MUSIC
Vibe-A-Delphia
Vibraphonist Harvey Price and his band plays a free Jazz on the Parkway show at Cret Park.
Free, 4-6 p.m., Cret Park, 110 North 16th Street.

MUSIC
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die
Damn. Used almost my whole word count on the band name. With Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean and Burr.
$20, 7 p.m., Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 North Frankford Avenue.

MUSIC
Madeleine Peyroux
The street musician turned jazz singer-songwriter has a new record called Let’s Walk due out in June. The first single, “Please Come On Inside” is available wherever fine music is streamed.
$29-$59, 7 p.m., World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street.

MOM/HISTORY
A Crafternoon with Wilson & Claypoole
No, the Betsy Ross House isn’t hosting a Wilson Phillips/Primus collab. This is a hands-on sewing workshop led by Betsy Claypoole (née Ross) and her daughter/business partner Clarissa Wilson. Make a lavender sachet and take it home with you.
$20, 3-4:30 p.m., Betsy Ross House, 239 Arch Street.

MOM/COMEDY
Yo Momma’s So Gay: A Queer Comedy Show
A mother’s day brunch hosted by, pasting this directly from the source, “a gay bee.” With appearances by comedians Jim Gillespie, Jay Simpson, Che Guerrero and Rachel Peters.
$25-$36, 7 p.m., Punch Line Philly, 33 East Laurel Street.

MUSIC
Brentano Quartet
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents this concert by the “passionate, uninhibited and spellbinding” quartet featuring Joseph Conyers on double bass and Jonathan Biss and piano. The program includes works by Beethoven and Schubert
Waitlist, 3 p.m., Kimmel Center, 300 South Broad Street.

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