YELLOW SPRINGS ART SHOW TOPS WEEKEND EVENTS
The following events are planned for this weekend: • The 48th Yellow Springs Art Show is running through May 23 at Historic Yellow Springs, 1685Art School Road, Chester Springs. A hybrid event with in-person and online elements, the show will be running two weeks longer than usual to offer plenty of time to visit, shop and enjoy. This year’s show includes 187juried artists featuring 2-D and 3-D works from a wide range of media and pricing. New this year is “Art Around the Village,” being held Sunday from 10a.m. to 2p.m. The outdoor event offers the opportunity to explore the grounds and see some of the artists in action painting en plein air. There will also be a live pottery demonstration and a pottery sale from the Chester Springs Studio. Bring a blanket and a picnic lunch and enjoy live music from Chris Lebresco, and then visit the art show. In addition, a Mother’s Day Basket Silent Auction runs from 10a.m. Sunday through 1 p.m. May 8. The galleries in the Lincoln building will be open from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Reservations are not required, and admission is free. Occupancy is limited to 75 people, including staff and volunteers. Mask wearing, social distancing and other safety guidelines must be followed. Visit the show online at www.yellowsprings. org.
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Dave Mattock and Funktap
will perform at 7p.m. Friday as part of the Kennett Flash’s Rooftop Concert Series being held atop the Kennett Square Parking Garage, 100 E. Linden St. After a long hiatus from the recording studio, Mattock returned in 2020with the new album, “Funktap,” featuring all original material. The group’s sound has evolved from its traditional 1960s jazz organtrio roots into a unique style that incorporates the ’90s jazz, hip-hop and rock that Mattock was raised in. Funktap is a direct descendent of other bass-less jazz groups of the past 20years, reminiscent of Joshua Redman’s Elastic Band, Chris Potter’s Underground and Soulive. The concerts are bring-yourown-chair, with socially distanced pod seating for groups. No food or drink and no coolers. Masks required for entry. Tickets are $20, and doors open at 6p.m. For more, see kennettflash.org.
• 1812 Productions, Philadelphia, presents “The Way I Walk,” a premiere work from the company’s newly implemented Artistic Core, composed of company cofounder and Producing Artistic Director Jennifer Childs and Philadelphia theater artists Melanie Cotton, Tanaquil Márquez and Bi Jean Ngo. The first in a series of related projects premiering over the coming years, “The Way I Walk” will be performed live nightly for a streaming audience from Thursday through May 23. Tickets range from $28to $50and are available at www.1812productions. org or by calling 215-5929560. “The Way I Walk” is a wild comedy fantasia that navigates the lives of four women in an American workplace. Who are they? What do they want? Where do they come from? It is by turns absurd, surreal, wickedly funny and deadly serious, as the four women at the center of this journey find themselves caught in a board game where the rules change on a whim and winning is all a matter of perspective.
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Some Kind of Jam 15, a music and camping festival,
runs today through Sunday at the Schuylkill County Fairgrounds, Schuylkill Haven. Twenty-four musical acts will perform on two stages,
headlined by Magic Beans and Lespecial. In addition, there will be workshops, food and craft vendors, a kids area and activities, late-night indoor jams, light shows, fire performances, parades, yoga and more. Tickets are $80 to $100($15extra for Thursday arrival) and can be reserved at jibberjazz.com.
• presents the world premiere of “Fat Ham,” streaming Thursday through May 23. This site-specific production,
The Wilma Theater
filmed in Virginia, features an all-Black cast in a modern, queer take on “Hamlet.” The play is written by award-winning playwright James Ijames, a Philadelphia resident. “I love ‘Hamlet.’ I have a fraught relationship with Shakespeare, but I love ‘Hamlet,’” notes Ijames about his new work. In creating the play, he asked himself, “What does the ‘Hamlet’ narrative look like if it’s queered, and if it’s infiltrated and taken over by people of color?” The end result is “Fat Ham,” a contemporary adaptation of “Hamlet” set in the American South. It explores big issues, such as toxic masculinity and cycles of violence, with a light touch. Tickets are $37per household and available at wilmatheater. org. Discounts are available for seniors, students, and WilmaPass holders.
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The Reading-Berks Guild of Craftsmen
presents its Mega Spring Juried Craft Show on Saturday from 9a.m. to 3p.m. under a pavilion at Renninger’s Farmer’s Market, 740 Noble St., Kutztown. Admission is free. The show is outside in socially distanced exhibitor booths with everyone required to wear masks. More than 30juried artists, craftsmen and makers will offer photography, fiber art, stoneware pottery, wheat weaving, country and primitive furniture, wood turnings, handwoven clothing/fiber, wood spoons and bowls, calligraphy, fine jewelry, baskets, woodworking, Pennsylvania redware pottery, polymer clay jewelry, beaded
work, fabric accessories, folk art wood carvings, fraktur, folk art, handwoven rugs, hooked rugs, star craft, chalk ware figures, brooms, glass, granola, soaps and lotions. For more information, see rbcrafts.org.
• Food Truck Craze: Phoenixville Spring Edition will be held Saturday from 11a.m. to 5p.m. at the Shoppes at Valley Forge, 260 Schuylkill Road, Phoenixville. Food and drinks will be offered by local vendors, and the Reading Occasional Cocktail Club will serve adult beverages. Masks are required when not eating or drinking. Admission and parking are free.
• Renninger’s Adamstown Market will host an Oddities Market on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4p.m., featuring more than 70oddities vendors, food trucks and the local hearse car club displaying vehicles. This event is free to attend, with free parking. Donation will be accepted to support a local animal rescue.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church,
355 St. John’s Circle, Phoenixville, presents organist Mark Mummert in concert at 4p.m. Sunday. The live concert will be socially distanced with mandatory masks and will also be available for streaming on St. John’s YouTube channel. Selections include Clavierubung, Part III, Johann Sebastian; Three Chorale Preludes from Opus 122, Johannes Brahms; and Introduction and Variations on Engelberg, Moonyeen Albrecht and Elegy, William Grant Still. Mummert is cantor at Trinity Lutheran Church, Worcester, Mass.; artistic director of the Music at Trinity fine arts series; and assistant director/accompanist of The Worcester Chorus, the symphonic chorus of Music Worcester. There is no admission charge, but a $10 donation is suggested.