MOVIESMega-Bad Movie Night: ‘The Fly’Thursday, 5:30 p.m.Academy of Natural Sciences1900 Ben Franklin Pkwy.$15-$20, 18+, 215-299-1060www.ansp.orgThe Academy of Natural Sciences continues Mega-Bad Movie Night, a live version of the “Mystery Science Theater 3000” format, with snarky comedians mocking their way through a cheesy movie. This round, it’s the 1986 film “The Fly,” directed by David Cronenberg. As usual, science gone wrong (andinaccurately portrayed) equals comedy gold. The evening features an all-female panel for the first time.‘Beyond the Lights’Thursday, 7:30 p.m.Roxy Theater2023 Sansom St.$9-$10, 267-239-2941www.filmadelphia.orgThis 2014 drama tells the story of popstar Noni Jean, whose success has troubled her to the point of attempting suicide, only to end up falling in love with the cop who rescues her from the brink. Their hard-and-fast romance challenges the priority of Noni Jean’s career — but it also may be the one thing that can save it.‘Stations of the Elevated’Friday, 7 p.m.International House3701 Chestnut St.$7-$9, 215-387-5125www.ihousephilly.orgThis 1980 documentary by Manfred Kirchheimer was the first to focus on graffiti as an art form, and he picked a good place for it: New York City. Not convinced a talking head analysis would enhance things, it simply shows the art and its context, backed only by the music of Charles Mingus and the sounds of the street.DANCEAnne-Marie Mulgrew andDancers Company: From the VaultThursday through SundayChrist Church Neighborhood House20 North American St.$20, 800-838-3006www.brownpapertickets.comThe dance troupe performs its home season concert, featuring three premiering works by director Anne-Marie Mulgrew: “The Next Chapter,” “The Red Riding Hood Project” and “From the Vault.” The themes for each provide a well-rounded mix of philosophical, whimsical and mythological elements. The show also includes solo performances by Ashley Searles.THEATER‘I Promised Myself to Live Faster’Friday through May 31FringeArts140 N. Columbus Blvd.$15-$36, 215-413-1318www.fringearts.comPig Iron Theater Company brings us this eccentric sci-fi allegory for the state of contemporary LGBT life. Our hero, Tim, falls into a wormhole, arriving in a solar system with one all-gay planet, where everyone is born virginally from nuns, and one all-straight planet. Tim is enlisted to protect the Flame, which, if it goes out, spells the end of all homosexuals.MAGICMatt Cadabra: Magic and DreamsThrough June 14Society Hill Playhouse507 S. Eighth St.$25-$40, 215-923-0210matt-cadabra.ticketleap.comThis 27-year-old magician from New Jersey has a degree in architecture from Drexel, but by night he’s an illusionist, and a very classicist one. He performs close-up magic as well as large- scale illusions, ventriloquism and other arcane skills, and he’s done everything from Houdini-esque publicity stunts to birthday parties.MUSICSpectralSaturday, 8 p.m.Philadelphia Art Alliance251 S. 18th St.$15, www.ticketfly.comThis avant-garde jazz group isChicago alto sax player Dave Rempis, San Francisco trumpeter Darren Johnston and tenor/soprano saxophonist Larry Ochs of the Rova Saxophone Quartet — just three horns, no other instruments, and it’s all improvised, but with such lightning-fast forethought that it seems composed. Three distinct voices diverge and converge, creating the sonic equivalent of an abstract painting.FOODGuac Off 2015Thursday, 6 to 9 p.m.Morgan’s Pier221 N. Columbus Blvd.$30, 215-496-2662www.mannapa.org/guacoff2015People seem to put avocado on everything nowadays, but it used to be experienced by most Americans only in guacamole form. If you’re nostalgic for those days you’ll love this event, where you can sample guacamoles from local restaurants and vote on your favorite. And there’ll be margaritas, of course. Proceeds benefit MANNA, an organization providing meals to the sick.ARTAstrologer’s GardenThrough June 27Locks Gallery, 600 Washington Square South, 215-629-1000Free, www.locksgallery.comLocks Gallery presents work by this late painter, often associated with Op Art, which took advantage of the optical illusions to tickle the eyes and brain. Andrade was also influenced profoundly by the architecturally minded Bauhaus school, and she went deeper than performing mere mind tricks, exploring and exploiting the almost mystical human fascination with space, geometry and patterns.
