MUSICJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra May 15Kimmel Center,Broad & Spruce Sts.215-893-1999, Kimmelcenter.org.Wynton Marsalis leads his acclaimed ensemble in a tribute to Miles Davis in honor of the legendary trumpet master’s 90th birthday year.Hiromi April 1Annenberg Center,3680 Walnut St.,215-898-3900,Annenbergcenter.org. The stunning and virtuosic Japanese jazz pianist returns with her long-running trio.Pennsylvania Ballet May 12-15Academy of Music240 S. Broad St.215-893-1999, Paballet.org. The company presents “A Program of Firsts” featuring George Balanchine’s landmark “Serenade” alongside a world premiere by composer-in-residence and BalletX co-founder Matthew Neenan and a North American premiere by Liam Scarlett set to Poulenc’s two-piano pieces.“The Secret Garden” May 12-June 19Arden Theatre Co.40 N. 2nd St.215-922-1122Ardentheatre.orgPhilly stagecraft wizard Jorge Cousineau and Arden artistic director Terrence J. Nolen collaborate on the Tony-winning musical adapted from Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved children’s novel.Imani Winds April 24Philadelphia Museum of Art26th Street & Ben Franklin Pkwy.215-569-8080, Pcmsconcerts.orgThe Grammy-winning African-American wind quintet present a diverse program, including pieces by Russian composer Rimsky-Korsakov, tango pioneer Astor Piazzolla and Latin jazz clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera.ART Alyson ShotzApril 21-Aug. 7Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts118-128 N. Broad St.215-972-7600, pafa.org.PAFA presents an exhibition of Shotz’s abstract sculptures, which use concepts from science and math to craft immense structures from non-traditional materials.Creative Africa May 14-Sept. 25Philadelphia Museum of Art26th Street & Ben Franklin Pkwy.215-763-8100Philamuseum.org.The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents five exhibitions offering a wide-ranging survey of contemporary art and design from the African continent.The Poetry of Nature March 19-June 12Brandywine River Museum of ArtRoute 1 in Chadd’s Ford610-388-2700Brandywinemuseum.orgAmerican landscape painting is the focus of this stunning exhibition featuring more than 40 paintings by Hudson River School artists, including Thomas Cole, Asher Durand and Albert Bierstadt.Action Is Primary April 6-23Icebox Project Space1400 N. American St.Actionisprimary.comFor the past six months, choreographer Meg Foley and three collaborators have been improvising a dance every day at 3:15 in a variety of settings and circumstances. The results will be presented as a gallery installation and live performance series.THEATER “Sister Act”May 17-July 17Walnut Street Theatre825 Walnut St.215-574-3550Walnutstreettheatre.orgProof that Broadway is quickly running out of movies to adapt, this Broadway hit based on the Whoopi Goldberg comedy about a murder witness masquerading as a nun, features songs penned by Disney vet Alan Menken.The Nether March 25-April 17, InterAct Theatre Company1512 Spruce St., 215-568-8079,Interacttheatre.org.InterAct Theatre Company puts on Jennifer Haley’s provocative sci-fi thriller about a detective investigating crimes in a virtual universe, in its new home at The Drake.An OctoroonMarch 16-April 10Wilma Theater265 S. Broad St.215-546-7824Wilmatheater.org.The Wilma tackles the subject of race in typically inventive and audacious fashion with Branden-Jacobs Jenkins adaptation of Dion Boucicault’s 1859 melodrama about a slave owner’s love for a woman whose blood is one-eighth black.Macbeth/Twelfth NightApril 1-May 22Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre2111 Sansom St.215-496-8001Phillyshakespeare.orgPhiladelphia Shakespeare Theatre celebrates its 20th anniversary — and the 400th of William Shakespeare’s death — with a repertory-style production of two of the Bard’s masterworks, directed by artistic and executive director Carmen Khan.FILMDirectors in Focus: Seijun SuzukiApril 1-16,International House3701 Chestnut St.215-387-5125, Ihousephilly.org.I-House presents a career-spanning retrospective of the ground-breaking Japanese director, who began making stylish noir and thriller films, then exploded the genres completely in his masterpieces, “Branded To Kill” and “Tokyo Drifter.”Cinedelphia Film FestivalApril 7-23,PhilaMOCA,531 N. 12th St.,Cinedelphiafilmfestival.comThe festival’s fourth incarnation features the usual array of local discoveries and all-around oddities, including an evening with TV host and critic Joe Bob Briggs, a documentary on cult classic “The Room,” a Nigerian remake of “Purple Rain” and “Basket Case” director Frank Henenlotter’s new doc about a group of artists attempting to steal a Banksy work.eX-FestApril 30International House3701 Chestnut St.Exhumedfilms.comExhumed Films’ other annual festival is its less endurance-testing alternative to the 24-hour Horrorthon, offering twelve hours of films from non-horror cult genres: obscure action, martial arts, sci-fi and exploitation flicks.
