This weekend, 1/25-1/27:

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FRIDAY 1/25:

General Events:

• CLAY DATE at the Delaware Art Museum! "Participants will experiment with clay and complete a functional piece of pottery in a relaxed and social atmosphere. Clay Date fills up quickly; be sure to register in advance at delart.org. No experience necessary. Supplies, beer, wine, and light snacks provided."  7-9pm, $30-$35. Call 302.571.9590 or visit delart.org to register.
• Showings at Theatre N: Let Fury Have the Hour and The Big Picture. http://www.theatern.org/Films
• Showing of Mike Birbiglia's film Sleepwalk With Me (if you missed it at Theatre N last year) at the Kennett Flash. Doors at 7, show at 7:30, $5.  Light snacks available, BYOB.

Concerts:

• Riley Road, Phoenixville-based winners of WCL Philly's Beta Hi Fi Festival, and The Districts, Lititz-based winners of WCL at the Queen's first Beta Hi-Fi Festival, at the Queen Theatre, upstairs.  8pm, $10
• Show at Mojo Main for fans of bands like Taking Back Sunday and Coheed and Cambria.  It's not my scene, so I'll just post the facts:  Terrible Things, featuring Fred Mascherino of Taking Back Sunday, Breaking Pangaea, and The Color Fred (apparently its last line-up also included the drummer from Coheed and Cambria, but he has since rejoined that band.  He was replaced by the drummer from The Color Fred).  Opening are MNDS, I Am Lightning, and Our Wrecked Machine.  9pm, $7.
• Wave Radio at Logan House. $5-ish
• Rubix Kube - a NY 80's tribute band, downstairs at the Queen. $19-$21.
• There's a PA-based hardcore band calling themselves The Teeth at Mojo 13 - but it's not the nationally-known Philly band on the Park The Van label that broke up a few years ago.  Can you do that?  Can I form a new band and call it, say, The Elk-Tones? 

~In Philly~

• Ross Bellenoit Band and Auctioneer at Puck Live in Doylestown. $10.
• The Smiths tribute band "The Smites", with Dead Flowers, at Underground Arts, on Callowhill in the loft district just north of Center City but south of Temple's 'hood. $8
• Local singer / voice teacher IVA at WCL Philly with Tripod Trio. $10-$15
• Tommy Conwell and Jeffrey Gaines at The Blockley, near U. Penn. $15-$18
• Bryan Adams at the Merriam Theatre. $52+ (I don't know, I have young Canadian acquaintances who swear he's still relevant).

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SATURDAY: 1/26

General Events:

• Australian comedian / magician James Galea at the Baby Grand. $35.
• Showings at Theatre N: Let Fury Have the Hour and The Big Picture.  http://www.theatern.org/Films
• Monthly installment of the all-ages bluegrass / old-time acoustic jam at the Delaware Music School, just north of Wilmington on Washington Street.  3pm, free.  More info.
• Jazz jam session at The Nomad Bar at 9th & Orange. Every Saturday, 4-7:30pm, FREE.

Concerts:

• John Grecia Band, Wave Radio, and Drew Neilands at the Kennett Flash. $15
• "Favorite on the folk circuit" singer Tracy Grammer at the Queen Theatre.  8pm, $18.
• 4 band bill at Mojo Main.  This show is worthwhile at least for the 2nd band, alt-Americana Thumpbox, veterans of several good Newark bands of years past.   The full bill is: Hurt, Brain Candle, Thumpbox, and Scareho.  $7, show starts at 8.  In their bio - that thing potential fans read to determine whether it's worth it to get to the club early enough to see the first band's set - opening band Scareho advises the show goer that: 

"If you're not offended, you're probably drunk and not paying attention.  If you are offended, you're probably a hipster and should not be taken seriously".  Gotcha.

~In Philly~

• FREE festival - Winterjam 2013 at the Piazza at Schmidt's in Northern Liberties: Tegan and Sara, Matt & Kim DJ set, Walk the Moon, Twenty | One | Pilots, and June Divided. Noon-5pm, free.  http://www.radio1045.com/pages/events/winterjam2013/
• Nightlands, solo project of Dave Hartley from War On Drugs, has its CD release show at Kung Fu Necktie. The interchangeable backing band includes members of Dr. Dog, Buried Beds, and Ladies Auxilliary.  Nightlands will also be opening for School of Seven Bells at the Arden Gild Hall in N. Wilmington on February 2nd. Doors at 7:30, $10. See new video below.
• DE favorites Bullbuckers, with Steppin Razor, at Milkboy Philly. $8
• Hot Water Music at the Electric Factory. $20
• One More Time, a Daft Punk tribute, at the TLA. $15

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SUNDAY 1/27:

General Events:

• Silver Screen Sunday at the Delaware Art Museum, with a showing of Kenneth Branaugh's Hamlet, 1996.  Intro and discussion by a representative of the Delaware Shakespeare Festival.  Free, 1pm.
• Talk by Pulitzer-Prize-Winning photographer John Kaplan at Cokesbury Village in Hockessin, for a meeting of the Delaware Photographic Society.  Public is welcome. 1pm, free. More info.
• Showings at Theatre N: Let Fury Have the Hour and The Big Picture. http://www.theatern.org/Films

Concerts:

• Flamenco guitarist Jesse Cook at the Grand Opera House. 7pm, $37. Ticket link.
• Citizen Cope at the Queen. 8pm, $41-$54 (*whistles*). 
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo (who've played Wilmington a few times) at Musikfest Cafe in Bethlehem. $35+.

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Upcoming:
Sixpence None the Richer at the Kennett Flash on Wed. Cat Power at EF Wed. Matt Duke & Sean Hoots (of "Spark staffer favorite" Hoots & Hellmouth) at the Tin Angel Wed. The Lumineers at the Tower Thurs. 10,000 Maniacs in Sellersville Thurs. Flogging Molly at the EF Thurs. Freelance Whales at the Queen next Fri. Buke & Gase at JB's next Fri. Nightlands & School of Seven Bells at Gild Hall next Sat. Reel Big Fish at the TLA next Sat. John Waters at the Grand 2/9. Matisyahu at the Grand 2/20.