Above: With its roots in gospel, doo wop, and the sophisticated jazz-influenced singing groups of mid-century America, the powerhouse a cappella vocal group Take 6 is both a throwback to an earlier, more genteel era of African American music and a precursor for a number of black male pop groups of the ‘90s. April 30 at the Zellerbach Theatre.

Left: Six-time Grammy® Award nominee Nnenna Freelon is hailed as the “international voice of jazz”, April 1 at the Zellerbach Theatre.

Above: Jack Golden: Water, Water Everywhere: A Splashy Look at Our Most Precious Resource; April 7-9.

Left: Known the world over for his astonishingly innovative puppet shows, master puppeteer Basil Twist makes his Philadelphia debut with Petrushka and breathes new magic into the legendary 1911 Ballets Russes production. April 6-16 at the Harold Prince Theatre.

Pan Xinglei, Chinese,1969–
Movement, 2005
Paint, plaster, and concrete dust on canvas;
Smith College Museum of Art. Gift of Ethan Cohen in memory of James Connolly, 2008.

Part of Post-Mao Dreaming: Chinese Contemporary Art at the Arthur Ross Gallery, January 22-April 3, 2011.

Sheena, 15, tries on clothes with Amber, in a department store dressing room, San Jose, California.

The Institute of Contemporary Art presents Sheila Hicks: 50 Years, the first major retrospective to honor the American fiber artist, featuring 90 of her most important works. The exhibit is on display March 24-August 7. See Exhibits. Above: La Clef, 1988, rubber bands, metal key; 9 1/2 x 6 inches. Private collection.

The Penn Abroad Photo Contest Exhibit will be on display at International House from March 16-June 3. Above: One of last year's entries by Nursing student Melissa Duva, who took this photo in London while studying abroad at Oxford Brookes University in England.

Photographs of America's National Parks.

Penn Law School

The Goat, Silverman Building

Through April

Secrets of the Silk Road explores the history of the vast desert landscape of the Tarim Basin, located in Western China, and the mystery of the peoples who lived there. Located at the crossroads between East and West, oasis towns within the Tarim Basin were key way stations for anyone traveling on the legendary Silk Road.

April 2-June 5: Interactive experience with pictorial depictions of objects—free with Museum admission

Righteous Dopefiend: An Anthropological Installation on Homelessness, Addiction and Poverty in Urban America, through May 2011 at the Penn Museum. © Jeff Schonberg 2009

Lenape Meesing Candle holder made of metal and paint. Each year, the Lenape of Pennsylvania honor Meesing, the protector of the woodlands, with a fall Meesing ceremony. At the ceremony, a member of the Medicine Society, a group of men responsible for organizing and performing the Meesing ceremony, represents Meesing as a dancer. The Meesing dancer prepares for his task during the year preceding the ceremony by meditating on Meesing and making objects with Meesing’s image, which are given to the Medicine Society.