Fri. 01/11
Kris Allen The singer and “American Idol” winner performs 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.
British Isles of Wonder featuring The Band of the Scots Guards and The Black Watch 3rd Battalion Scottish music is performed 8 p.m. at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5847.
Dessa The singer and rapper performs 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.
Paula Cole The singer-songwriter performs 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.
Jim Bruer The comedian performs 9 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.
Sat. 01/12
The Secret Garden The 1993 film is screened 2 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-0223.
Morrissey The out alt-rock singer performs 8 p.m. at House of Blues, 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-343-4000.
The Legwarmers The 80s tribute band performs 9 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888.
Sun. 01/13
The Big Sleep The 1946 film is screened 2 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-0223.
WXPN Welcomes Higher Ground — A Red Cross Benefit for Hurricane Sandy Relief A number of bands perform a benefit show 3 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.
Call Me Kuchu The documentary about Uganda’s institutionalized homophobia is screened 4:30 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-0223.
Marion D. Ingram The out poet hosts a reading and reception 5 p.m. at Union Hall, 1319 Locust St.; 215-735-7655.
Mon. 01/14
Free Quizzo & Board Game Night Roll the dice, 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.
First Person StorySlam Spoken-word artists perform 8:30 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.
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. 01/15
Open Mic: The Best of What’s Next Sign up and play, 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.
Wed. 01/16
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.
Book Club The William Way LGBT Community Center hosts a discussion of “Affinity” by Sarah Waters, 7 p.m., 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220.
Tony Auth The artist featured in “The Art of Tony Auth: To Stir, Inform and Inflame” hosts a book event 7:30 p.m. at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215-567-4341.
Thu. 01/17
Julie Otsuka The author of “The Buddha in the Attic” hosts a reading 7:30 p.m. at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215-567-4341.
David Johansen of New York Dolls The rock singer 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. 01/18
The Darkness The rock band performs 8 p.m. at House of Blues, 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-343-4000.
Wyatt Cenac The comedian from “The Daily Show” performs 8 p.m. Jan. 18 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888.
Rob Thomas The singer performs 9 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.
They Live The cult sci-fi film is screened 9:45 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-0223.
22 Artists Twenty-Two Gallery presents an exhibition of 22 local artists Jan. 11-Feb. 3, 236 S. 22nd St.; 215-772-1515.
Opening
Ravel and Shostakovich The Philadelphia Orchestra performs Jan. 16-19 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800.
Louis CK The comedian performs Jan. 16-17 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800.
The Mountaintop Philadelphia Theatre Company presents a re-imagining of the events taking place the night before the assassination of civil-rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 18-Feb. 17 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St.; 215-985-0420.
Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband Walnut Street Theatre presents the story of romance and scandal Jan. 15-March 3, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550.
Paul Mooney The comedian performs Jan. 16-19 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-496-9001.
Pilobolus Dance Theatre The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents the acclaimed dance company Jan. 17-20 at Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-898-3900.
Continuing
Cinderella Arden Children’s Theatre presents a new version of the classic tale through Feb 3, 40 N. Second St.; 215-922-1122.
Cy Twombly: Sculptures Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of works from the Swiss sculptor through March, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.
Double Portrait Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of works from designer Paula Scher and illustrator Seymour Chwast through April 14, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.
Dr. Doolittle Media Theater presents the story of a veterinarian who can talk to animals, through Jan. 27, 104 E. State St., Media; 610-891-0100.
The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts presents more than 150 works from the Linda Lee Alter Collection of Art by Women, through April 7, 128 N. Broad St.; www.pafa.org.
Live Cinema/Manon de Boer: Resonating Surfaces — A Trilogy Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of a series of three cinematic portraits defined by narratives of time and memory, and structured around the relation between images and sounds, through Feb. 10, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.
Ronaldus Shamask: Form, Fashion, Reflection Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of drawings and sketches by the fashion designer through March 10, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.
Closing
Big Jay Oakerson The comedian performs through Jan. 12 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-496-9001.
Cooking With the Calamari Sisters The all-singing, all-dancing, all-cooking hit musical comedy, through Jan. 13 at Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. Eighth St.; 215-923-0210.
Les Misérables The 25th-anniversary production of the classic musical through Jan. 13 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5847.
Mozart in His Time The Philadelphia Orchestra performs through Jan. 12 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5847.