Regional arts and entertainment events
Sunday Art populi When putting together their collection, Barbara and Lee Maimon concentrated on the social realist and naturalist American Scene paintings of the early 20th century - works that rejected abstract modernism to focus on depictions of agrarian and
Sunday
Art populi When putting together their collection, Barbara and Lee Maimon concentrated on the social realist and naturalist American Scene paintings of the early 20th century - works that rejected abstract modernism to focus on depictions of agrarian and urban settings. The exhibition Painting the People presents selections from the Maimon collection, including works by Philip Evergood, Simka Simkhovitch, Francis Luis Mora and James Turnbull, and is at the Michener Art Museum, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown, until Oct. 18. Admission is $6.50; seniors, $6; students and ages 6 to 18, $4; ages under 6, free. Call 215-340-9800.
Monday
Country girl Besides having a really cool name, Buick Audra is a dynamite singer-songwriter with a bushel full of Americana pop gems. She teams up with Loved Ones guitarist Dave Walsh on a three-band bill at 7 p.m. at the North Star, 2639 Poplar St. Tickets are $8. Call 215-787-0488.
Tuesday
Sailor man He's strong to the "finich," cause he eats his spinach. Why didn't anyone "thinsks" of this oylier? If there's any film that's a natural for the Rocky Horror audience-participation treatment, it's Robert Altman's 1980 live-action version of Popeye starring Robin Williams as the squinky-eyed seaman and Shelley Duval as his true love Olive. So put away those fishnets, grab a corncob pipe, and repeat: "I yam wot I yam!" The film screens, with activities, trivia contests, and props such as confetti spinach and kazoos, at 7 p.m. at the Independence Seaport Museum, 211 S. Columbus Blvd. and Walnut Street, Tickets are $5. Call 215-413-8655.
New school Ohio college buds O.A.R. put a serious spin on frat-rock and found fame. They get the good vibes going at 7 p.m at the Festival Pier, Columbus Boulevard and Spring Garden Street. Tickets are $35. Call 877-598-8696.
Wednesday
Road romance Let us now praise Frank Capra - we could sure use someone like him now. The director's distinctive film vision was derided by some as corny, but his movies about people struggling to find some decency and good humor amid far tougher times than those we face could offer a palliative to the current rancor. Though he had been making films for nearly a decade, the director's career really took off with the 1934 comedy It Happened One Night about a runaway heiress who falls in with an unemployed journalist while trying to evade her disapproving father and rendezvous with her new husband. The film was the first to win all five major awards at the Oscars: best picture, best director for Capra, best actor (Clark Gable), best actress (Claudette Colbert), and best screenplay (Robert Riskin). The film screens at 7 p.m. at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr. Tickets are $9.50; $6.75 for seniors and students. Call 610-527-4008.
Thursday
Welcome back South Jersey's Kate Shindle, a former Miss America, went on to star on Broad-
way in a revival of Cabaret and the musical version of Legally Blonde. She performs the standards at 7:30 p.m. at the Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center, 130 Tomlinson Mill Rd., Marlton. Tickets are $40. Call 856-983-3366.
Blues man Chicago blues master Nick Moss is a deft guitarist keeping the tradition alive and well. He plays with his band the Flip Tops (featuring fellow guitar whiz Lurrie Bell) at Sellersville Theater 1894, Main and Temple Streets, Sellersville, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $17.50 and $27.50. Call 215-257-5808.
Friday & Saturday
Jazz time Guitarist Matt Marshak and saxophonist Steve Cole combine for a smooth-jazz summit at the Penn's Landing Great Plaza, Columbus Boulevard and Chestnut Street, at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Admission is free. Call 215-922-2386. . . . Singer Sachal Vasandani has a velvet tone and an ability to swing without sacrificing his laid-back approach. He performs at Chris' Jazz Cafe, 1421 Sansom St., at 8 and 10 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $15. Call 215-568-3131.
Man at work He comes from the land down under, but these days Colin Hay works out of the West Coast, resetting his 1980s New Wave hits as acoustic wonders and adding some fine new stuff. He plays at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St., at 8 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $35 and $45. Call 215-222-1400
She's divine The fantastic Shemekia Copeland performs her solid blues at Longwood Gardens, Route 1, Kennett Square, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $35 (includes garden admission). Call 1-800-745-3000.