This weekend, 2/22-2/24:

~~~~~~~~~~~~
FRIDAY 2/22:

General Events:

• Theater: 1st of 2 nights for the annual "Festival of One-Act Plays" at the Wilmington Drama League.  The audience votes on which act to send to the DE state festival later in the year.   8pm, $10.
• Art: It's another 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." You can also call 302.571.9590 to register. 7-9pm, $30-$35.
• Film: Showings at Theatre N: Searching for Sugar Man and Just 45 Minutes from Broadway. http://www.theatern.org/Films

Concerts - whole lot of classic rock in Delaware and surrounds tonight:

• Universal Funk Order at Logan House. 9pm-ish, $5-ish.
• At the Kennett Flash: Tom Petty tribute band The Big Jangle. $12-$15.
• An Eagles tribute show at the Grand. 
• The Nighthawks (D.C. based blues band, formed in 1972) at the Queen. $15-$18.

~In Philly and further afield~

• DE bands Bullbuckers and Spokey Speaky at Hard Rock Cafe. $8-$10
• Interesting local line-up at Johnny Brenda's: Adam and David's Bloodline, St. James & the Apostles, Sleeping Bag, and Arrah & the Ferns. $10
• Mutlu at the Tin Angel. $15
• The Who at Boardwalk Hall in A.C.  $40-$130

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SATURDAY 2/23:

General Events:

• Theater: 2nd of 2 nights for the annual "Festival of One-Act Plays" at the Wilmington Drama League. The audience votes on which act to send to the DE state festival later in the year. 8pm, $10.
• Film: Showings at Theatre N: Searching for Sugar Man and Just 45 Minutes from Broadway. http://www.theatern.org/Films
• Music Theater: the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players are putting on H.M.S. Pinafore (probably the most well-known G&S operetta next to The Mikado) at the Grand Opera House. There's also a Sunday matinee showing. 7:30pm, $29-$57. 
• Bluegrass jam: monthly Americana / bluegrass jam session, for all ages and skill levels, at the Delaware Music School on Washington Street. 3pm, free.
• Jazz jam: at The Nomad Bar at 9th & Orange. Every Saturday, 4-7:30pm, FREE.

Concerts:

• Strong female line-up at 1984: Butterscotch Grim, The Pretty Greens (from Philadelphia, the reincarnation of Go Go's tribute band Lust2Love), and Lisa Doll & the Rock n roll Romance (Baltimore) at 1984 tonight. Show starts at 10.  $5.
• Shine a Light on the Queen, to benefit the World Cafe Live at the Queen.  This time it's going to be a night of the music of the Rolling Stones, performed by local well-known musicians.  Here's the thing - general admission tickets are sold out.  You can still get in with a VIP pass ($500 for a pair of tickets, if you have that kind of scratch.) Well, good for the Queen.  http://www.facebook.com/events/366116296802760/
• Upstairs at the Queen is regional singer-songwriter Zack DuPont. 
• At the Kennett Flash: Boston band Hallelujah the Hills, "incorporating elements of Guided by Voices' lo-fi power pop, the woozy marching band music of Neutral Milk Hotel, and the off-kilter warblings of David Byrne".  $15-$18.
• There is one serious metal show going on at Mojo Main.  This blog doesn't really deal in that, but if that interests you at all - check it out: http://www.mojomain.com/event/215623-black-anvil-sapremia-newark/

~In Philly and further afield~

• Freedy Johnston and Pete Donnelly at Steel City Coffeehouse, outside of Philly. $15-$18.
• And for the show I'm only mentioning because I like the names of all involved: Vektor, Iron Reagan, and Rumpelstiltskin Grinder at The Fire on Girard Ave. $10.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SUNDAY 2/24:

General Events:

• Music Theater: the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players are putting on H.M.S. Pinafore (true story - I once named a pet after a character in this operetta.  Like a nerd.) at the Grand Opera House. There's also a Sunday matinee showing. 2pm, $29-$57. 
• Film: Showings at Theatre N: Searching for Sugar Man and Just 45 Minutes from Broadway . http://www.theatern.org/Films
• Art: Lecture at the DCCA by artist Sonya Clark, whose chief medium is human hair.  3pm at the DCCA, no cost given on the site I'm looking at so I presume it's free. 
• Photography: 80th Wilmington International Exhibition of Photography.  At UD's Arsht Hall, on the Pennsylvania Avenue campus.  12:05pm, free. More info.

Concerts:

• John Corbett - yeah, that one, the actor - at the Sellersville Theater, $30-$45.
• Sophie B. Hawkins (wow - haven't seen that name in years and years) at the Tin Angel. $25.
• A celebration of the African-American Spiritual, presented by the Delaware Valley Chorale, at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew, on 8th & Shipley streets downtown. 7:30pm.  Free, but donations are encouraged.
• And on the opposite end of the musical spectrum, the Cradle of Filth concert at the TLA has been canceled.  I'm sure my readership is crushed...crushed!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Upcoming: Efterklang at JB's Wed. A showing of Argo at the Kennett Flash on Thurs. Lower Case Blues at Mojo Main next Fri. Juston Stens at JB's Fri. Murder By Death and Man Man at UT 3/2. Django Django (who will be at the Firefly festival) at UT 3/8.