Fri. 05/04
Vieux Farka Touré

The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents the world-music singer 7:30 p.m. at Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-898-3900.

Russell Brand

The comedian performs 8 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.

Marilyn Manson

The rock band performs 8 p.m. at House of Blues, 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-343-4000.

Get the Led Out

The Led Zeppelin tribute group performs 8:30 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.

The Vampire Circus

The 1972 horror film is screened 9:45 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-0223.

Sat. 05/05
George Lopez

The comedian performs 8 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.

Highway 41: Celebrating the Music of the Allman Brothers Band

The New Jersey-based tribute band performs 9 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.

The Legwarmers

The 1980s tribute band performs 9 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888.

Russell Brand

The comedian performs 8 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.

Sun. 05/06
Goodbye Mr. Chips

The 1939 drama is screened 2 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-0223.

Mike Doughty (of Soul Coughing)

The musician and bandleader performs 7:30 p.m. at Sellersville Theater 1894, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215-257-5808.

Mon. 05/07
Groove Night

Local musicians join forces to bring the R&B, soul, jazz and funk, 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.

8

The Wilma Theater hosts a one-night-only reading of the play chronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8, written by AFER founding board member and Academy Award-winning writer Dustin Lance Black, 7:30 p.m., 265 S. Broad St.; 215-546-7824.

Help! The film starring The Beatles is screened 7:30 p.m. at Sellersville Theater 1894, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215-257-5808.

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

The comedy film is screened 8 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888.

Lipstick Mondays

A weekly drag show featuring a changing roster of queens takes the stage 9 p.m. at The Raven, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 215-862-2081.

Tue. 05/08
Unlabeled: The Acoustic/Electric Open Mic for Up and Comers

Sign up and play, 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.

Lacuna Coil

The gothic hard-rock band from Italy performs 8 p.m. at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011.

TuesGAY Nights

Lyrics Lounge and DJ June Rodrigues host a weekly night of music and performers for the LGBT community, 8 p.m., 6527 Roosevelt Blvd.; 215-533-5888.

Wed. 05/09
4W5 Blues Jam

Local musicians get down 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.

Thu. 05/10
Anna Quindlen

The author of “Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake” hosts a reading 12:30 p.m. at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215-567-4341.

Hanne Blank

The author of “Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality” hosts a reading 5:30 p.m. at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; 215-923-2960.

EVE: A Night of Women’s Voices featuring IVA, Little Invisibles and Felix Hunger

The pop, rock and dance artists perform 7:30 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.

Fear Factory

The industrial metal band performs 8 p.m. at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011.

Mary Gauthier

The out singer-songwriter performs 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.

Bob and Barbara’s Drag Show

The outrageousness begins 11 p.m. at Bob and Barbara’s, 1509 South St.; 215-545-4511.

Fri. 05/11
Michael Graves and David Pratt

The two out authors host a reading 5:30 p.m. at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; 215-923-2960.

Queer-Friendly Cabaret

Michael Richard Kelly performs 7:30 p.m. at the Mt. Airy Art Garage, 11 W. Mt. Airy Ave.; 267-241-0844.

Dar Williams

The singer-songwriter performs 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

The alt-rock band performs 8 p.m. at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215-389-9543.

Opening
The Lure of Paris

The Philadelphia Orchestra performs May 4-5 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800.

Elektra

The Philadelphia Orchestra performs May 10 and 12 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800.

Rent

Bristol Riverside Theater presents the Tony Award-winning musical about a generation coming of age in New York City during the AIDS era, May 8-June 3, 120 Radcliffe St., Bristol; 215-785-6664.

Continuing
Collab: Four Decades of Giving Modern and Contemporary Design

Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition that includes some of the finest examples of European, American and Japanese design, through fall 2012, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen

The National Constitution Center presents an exhibition giving a comprehensive look at The Boss’ entire career, with numerous items never before seen by the public, through Sept. 3, 525 Arch St., Independence Mall; 215-409-6895.

Girls Night: The Musical

The popular musical returns through May 13 at Kimmel’s Innovation Studio, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800.

Peter Pan

The Pennsylvania Ballet performs the classic children’s story through May 13 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800.

Secret Garden

Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition uniting works in fiber by Ted Hallman, Sheila Hicks and Jim Hodges, through July, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

Spring Awakening

Nineteenth-century German students explore their lives and loves, through May 20 at Media Theatre, 104 E. State St.; 610-891-0100.

Titus Andronicus

The Philadelphia Shakespeare Company presents Shakespeare’s violent and rarely performed masterpiece, through May 19, 2111 Sansom St.; 215-496-9722.

Twelfth Night

The Philadelphia Shakespeare Company presents the bard’s meditation on romantic delusion involving a woman disguised as a man, through May 20, 2111 Sansom St.; 215-496-9722.

A Wrinkle in Time

People’s Light and Theatre Company presents an adaptation of the beloved novel by Madeleine L’Engle, an adventure through space and time with three children, each with a special gift, through May 20, 39 Conestoga Road, Malvern; 610-644-3500.

Closing
Paul Mooney

The comedian performs through May 5 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-496-9001.

Space Panorama

The Annenberg Center’s Children’s Festival presents a re-creation of the Apollo 11 moon landing, performed by British actor Andrew Dawson in a one-man journey from Houston to the moon and back, through May 5 at Bruce Montgomery Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-898-3900.

The Twentieth-Century Way

The story set in L.A. in 1914, where two actors are hired by police to entrap homosexuals in public restrooms for social vagrancy, through May 5 at Plays and Players Theater, 1714 Delancey St.; 215-985-0420.

Van Gogh Up Close

Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of works by Vincent van Gogh through May 6, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.