Fri. 03/01
Beyond the Score: Shostakovich 5 The Philadelphia Orchestra performs 7 p.m. at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800.
Brandy The R&B singer performs 9 p.m. at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011.
The Mist The horror film is screened 9:45 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-0223.
Sat. 03/02
ABBA The Concert The ABBA tribute band performs 8 p.m. at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave.; 215-572-7650.
The Eels The rock band performs 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.
Erykah Badu The R&B singer performs 8:30 p.m. at Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800-745-3000.
Gryphons Party The rugby club hosts its monthly social 9 p.m. at U Bar, 1220 Locust St.; 215-546-6660.
Mimi’s Birthday With the Bad Girls Celebrate Mimi Imfurst’s birthday with Shangela, Raven, Morgan, Delta, Phi Phi, Tatianna, Mystique and Jiggly, 10 p.m. at Voyeur, 1221 St. James St.; 215-735-5772.
Sun. 03/03
Gay & Lesbian Wedding Expo Rainbow Wedding Network’s fifth annual Bucks County Gay & Lesbian Wedding Expo runs 12:30-3:30 p.m. at Homewood Suites by Hilton-Newtown, 110 Pheasant Run; www.SameLove SameRights.com.
Charley Varrick The 1973 crime caper film is screened 2 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-0223.
The House I Live In The documentary about the war on drugs is screened 4:30 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-0223.
Ed Kowalczyk The rock singer and frontman for Live performs 7:30 p.m. at Sellersville Theatre 1894, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215-257-5858.
Mon. 03/04
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.
Pitch Perfect 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. 03/05
It’s A Family Affair R&B Jaguar Wright performs with other R&B artists 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.
Wed. 03/06
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. 03/07
Lillian Faderman The critically acclaimed scholar of lesbian literature and history hosts a reading at 7:30 p.m. at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215-686-5322.
Machine Gun Kelly The rapper performs 8 p.m. at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011.
Bob and Barbara’s Drag Show The outrageousness begins 11 p.m. at Bob and Barbara’s, 1509 South St.; 215-545-4511.
Fri. 03/08
Black 47 The Irish rock band performs 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.
Deftones The hard-rock band performs 8 p.m. at House of Blues, 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-343-4000.
Opening
Beethoven’s “Eroica” The Philadelphia Orchestra performs March 8-10 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5847.
Blue Man Group The performance art troupe hits town March 5-10 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800.
Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them Theatre Confetti presents a timely play about adolescence, homosexuality and abandonment, March 7-24 at The Old City Power Plant Basement, 233 N. Bread St.; 215-592-8775.
Great and Mighty Things Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of outsider art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection, March 3-June 9, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.
John Oliver The comedian seen on ”The Daily Show” performs March 8-9 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-496-9001.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Pennsylvania Ballet performs Shakespeare’s comedy classic March 7-17 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5847.
ReEntry The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents a docudrama about the lives of Marines getting ready for and returning from deployment, March 8-9 at Harold Prince Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-898-3900.
Continuing
Cooking with the Calamari Sisters The all-singing, all-dancing, all-cooking hit musical comedy, through May 19 at Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. Eighth St.; 215-923-0210.
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.
Everyone and I Azuka Theatre presents the story about a man and his love for the music of Billie Holiday, through April 7, 1636 Sansom St.; 215-563-1100.
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.
Forever Plaid Media Theater presents the story of The Plaids, a classic 1950s all-male singing group that returns from the Great Beyond to perform the show they never got to when they were alive, through March 31, 104 E. State St., Media; 610-891-0100.
Journeys to New Worlds Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of Spanish and Portuguese colonial art from the Roberta and Richard Huber Collection, through May 19, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.
The Mind’s Eye: 50 Years of Photography by Jerry Uelsmann The James A. Michener Art Museum hosts an exhibition of iconic photographs from the famed photographer, through April 28, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215-340-9800.
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
Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband Walnut Street Theatre presents the story of romance and scandal, through March 3, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550.
Parsons Dance The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents the celebrated dance company through March 2 at Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-898-3900.
Priscilla Queen of the Desert The story of drag queens journeying through the desert in a bus through March 3 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5847.
To Fool the Eye 1812 Productions presents a romantic comedy about a poor hatmaker drawn into the world of an eccentric duchess, through March 3 at Drexel’s Mandell Theater, 33rd and Chestnut streets; 215-895-2787.
Todd Glass The out comedian performs through March 2 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-496-9001.