7Days: Regional arts and entertainment, by Michael Harrington
Sunday Down by the river A four-panel painting by Pamela Tudor, Lost Ice: What the Birds Saw gives an avian-eyed view of snow and ice melt, at the Fairmount Water Works, Kelly and Waterworks Drives, through March 31. Admission is free. Call 215-685-0723.
Sunday
Down by the river A four-panel painting by Pamela Tudor, Lost Ice: What the Birds Saw gives an avian-eyed view of snow and ice melt, at the Fairmount Water Works, Kelly and Waterworks Drives, through March 31. Admission is free. Call 215-685-0723.
Family matter In Michael Hollinger's drama Under the Skin, a man dying of kidney failure turns to his estranged daughter for an organ donation. The show goes on at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Arden Theatre, 40 N. Second St., and continues with shows at 7 p.m. Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2 and 7 p.m. next Sunday. Tickets are $36 to $50. Call 215-922-1122.
Monday
World beat Israeli combo Moshav rocks the tradition at 8 p.m. at World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St. Tickets are $15. Call 215-222-1400.
Tuesday
Bad man Way before he turned to playing bumbling profs and low-key wise dads, Fred MacMurray turned in an indelible performance as a flinty, amoral insurance agent involved in a murderous scheme with femme fatale Barbara Stanwyck in the 1944 noir classic Double Indemnity. The film screens at 7:30 p.m. at the Woodmere Art Museum, 9201 Germantown Ave. Admission is free. Call 215-247-0476.
Jazz time Singer Corinne Mammana may be classically trained, but she knows how to swing, as she'll show at 7 p.m. at Chris' Jazz Café, 1421 Sansom St. Tickets are $10. Call 215-568-3131.
Wednesday
Kitchen confidential Restaurateur Jeff Benjamin has been the managing partner of celebrated chef Marc Vetri's various venues for 15 years. In his book Front of the House: Restaurant Manners, Misbehaviors & Secrets, he gives an inside look at the food business (including tips on reserving tables and what it takes to get kicked out of a swank joint). He discusses his work at 7:30 p.m. at the Free Library, 1901 Vine St. Admission is free. Call 215-567-4341.
Thursday
Good woman In Roberto Rossellini's 1952 parable Europe '51, a self-absorbed socialite (Ingrid Bergman), racked with guilt after her son's death, turns to helping Rome's downtrodden and criminal, only to have her wealthy circle question her sanity and status. The film screens at 7 p.m. at International House, 3701 Chestnut St. Tickets are $9; $7 students. Call 215-387-5125.
Flying high The all-female aerial dance company Tangle performs a mix of theater and acrobatics in the show Tell It Slant at Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 N. American St., at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $15 to $20. Call 215-266-6215.
Friday & Saturday
The standards Conductor Michael Krajewski and the Philly Pops are joined by singer and pianist Tony DeSare to perform pop selections from Frank Sinatra to Jerry Lee Lewis to Bob Dylan to Marvin Gaye in the program American Songbook: Then and Now at the Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall, Broad and Spruce Streets, at 8 p.m. Friday, and 3 p.m. Saturday and next Sunday. Tickets are $28 to $129. Call 215-893-1999.