Regional arts and entertainment events
Sunday A requiem In August Wilson's 1995 drama Seven Guitars, a 1940s jazz musician just released from jail finds stardom beckoning when he is offered a recording contract, but also discovers that fate won't be denied. The show goes on at 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday at People's Light & Theatre Company, 39 Conestoga Rd., Malvern, and continues on a Wednesday-through- Sunday schedule (added show Oct. 2) to Oct. 7. Tickets are $25 to $45. Call 610-644-3500.
Sunday
A requiem In August Wilson's 1995 drama Seven Guitars, a 1940s jazz musician just released from jail finds stardom beckoning when he is offered a recording contract, but also discovers that fate won't be denied. The show goes on at 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday at People's Light & Theatre Company, 39 Conestoga Rd., Malvern, and continues on a Wednesday-through- Sunday schedule (added show Oct. 2) to Oct. 7. Tickets are $25 to $45. Call 610-644-3500.
Fringe dance A trio of terpsichorean treats from the Philly Fringe (call 215-413-1318): Lesya Popil and Eleanor Goudie-Averill perform at 3 and 7 p.m. at Mascher Space Co-op, 2B 155 Cecil B. Moore Ave. Tickets are $12. . . . The Leah Stein Dance Company performs a site-specific work in a former trolley repair shop at 4 and 6:30 p.m. at the Maas Building, 1325 Randolph St. Tickets are $20. . . . The Infatuation Dance Company performs at 6 p.m. at the Prince Music Theater's Independence Black Box Theater, 1412 Chestnut St. Tickets are $20.
Fringe onstage As the Philly Fringe ends its run, last chance to catch these shows (call 215-413-1318): In Gerald van Wilgen's 3 Wishes, a prudish woman executive finds her world opened up when she accedes to the desires of a plumber. The B. Someday Productions show goes on at 7 p.m. at Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Ave. Tickets are $10. . . . The Philadelphia Artists' Collective presents Strindberg's Creditors, a searing drama about a young artist caught between his older wife and her scheming ex-husband. The show goes on at 7 p.m. at the Franklin Inn Club, 205 S. Camac St. Tickets are $20. . . . The intriguing Found Theater Company's latest creation is Electric Jungle, an immersive physical work in which sound, from spoken word to pots and pans to distorted microphones, takes the starring role. The show goes on at the Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St., at 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Tickets are $15.
Monday
How it looks The large-scale paintings of Daniel Kornrumpf and the carefully composed still-life photographs of Kimberly Witham are paired in the exhibition the Universal Pattern Underlying Everything at the Center for Emerging Visual Artists, the Barclay, third floor, 237 S. 18th St., to Oct. 19. Call 215-546-7775.
Antic Bard In the riotous Twelfth Night, Shakespeare was at the height of his comedic powers, with the main story of lovers in disguise (of course) augmented by the subplot of a servant tricked by a practical joke to create a general theory of the derangement of experience. The American Shakespeare Center performs the play at 7:30 p.m. at Ursinus College, Main Street, Collegeville. Admission is free. Call 610-409-3300.
Tuesday
New old Neo-New Wave Irish rockers Bell X1 plays an acoustic set at 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. Tickets are $22. Call 215-222-1400.
Wednesday
He's back In connection with the fun and fascinating exhibition "Maya 2012: Lords of Time," which looks at the end-of-the-world theories associated with the Mayan calendar, the University of Pennsylvania Museum presents another dystopian vision in James Cameron's Terminator 2: Judgment Day. In the 1991 sequel, the original murderous machine turns good guy to protect humanity from a new model. The film screens at 7:30 p.m. at the museum, 3260 South St. Admission is pay-what-you-will. Call 215-898-2680.
Roots music The sensational Canadian fiddler April Verch is as good a stepper and singer as she is with the bow. The bluegrass great plays at 8 p.m. at Steel City Coffee House, 203 Bridge St., Phoenixville. Tickets are $18 and $22. call 610-933-4043.
Thursday
Victorian girl The theatrical singer-violinist Emilie Autumn brings a steampunk look and punk-metal sound to her cabaret tunes. She performs at 5 p.m. at Theatre of Living Arts, 334 South St. Tickets are $18. Call 215-922-1011.
Friday & Saturday
The beast within A science lecture raising funds to find the titular creature takes a lunatic turn in
The Giant Squid
, presented in a new version by
the Berserker Residents
and
Swim Pony Performing Arts
at the Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $20 to $30. Call 215-898-3900.
Jazz time Avant-garde populists the Bad Plus add a synth sound to their cerebral piano trio sound on their dynamite new CD Made Possible. They play at Chris' Jazz Cafe, 1421 Sansom St., at 8 and 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $25 and $30. Call 215-568-3131.