Regional arts and entertainment events

Sunday

Prep work The

Winter nEW Festival

presented by

Melanie Stewart Dance Theatre

finishes with

DanceHouse

, an informal presentation of new work being prepared for the summer festival by choreographers

Charles O. Anderson

,

Eun Jung Choi-Gonzales

,

Nora Gibson

,

Jeffrey Gunshol

,

Jaamil Olawale Kosoko

,

Olive Prince

,

Gabrielle Revlock

,

Sarah Gladwin Camp

,

Jen McGinn

,

Abigail Zbikowski

,

Dina-Verley Sabb-Mills

, and

Guillermo Ortega Tanus.

The program starts at 3 p.m. at

the University of the Arts'

School of Dance, Terra Building, 4th floor, 211 S. Broad St. Admission is free. Call 215-359-7775.

All-star team They are folk stars in their own right, but Wendy Waldman, Cindy Bullens and Deborah Holland sometimes band together as the perfect-harmony trio

the Refugees

. They play at 7 p.m. at

the Tin Angel

, 20 S. Second St. Tickets are $15. Call 215-928-0770.

Monday

Women's work In Phillippe Faucon's delightful

Two Ladies (Dans la vie)

, a Muslim nurse caring for a caustic wheelchair-using Jewish widow in southern France brings in her mother to do the cleaning and cooking, and the two older women, both Algerians, learn to coexist and begin to form a strong bond. The film screens at 7 p.m. at

the Gershman Y

, 401 S. Broad St. Tickets are $10 for each film. Call 215-446-3019.

Tuesday

History in the making As a decorated bomber pilot in World War II, a member of the Kennedy administration,

a longtime U.S. senator from South Dakota, and the 1972 Democratic nominee for the presidency,

George McGovern

has not been one to sit on the sidelines of history. He brings his unique perspective to another great American much on the mind of the next president in his new book on Abraham Lincoln, which he'll discuss at 6:30 p.m. at

the National Constitution Center

, 525 Arch St. Tickets are $15; reservations are required. Call 215-409-6700.

Wednesday

Art in the streets The exhibition

Urban Organic

gathers eight artists from

the Mural Arts Program

and

the Center for Emerging Visual Artists

, both celebrating 25th anniversaries. The show is at

the Projects Gallery

, 629 N. Second St., Wednesdays through Saturdays to Jan. 31.

Call 215-546-7775.

Piano quartet The

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

presents a standout lineup -

Andres Cardenes

, violin;

Roberto Diaz

, viola;

Efe Baltacigil

, cello; and Jeremy Denk,

piano

- playing works by Mozart, Brahms and Dvorak at 8 p.m. at

the Kimmel Center's

Perelman Theater, Broad and Spruce Streets. Tickets are $23. Call 215-569-8080.

Thursday

Dress up In an acclaimed career, costume designer

Deborah Nadoolman Landis

created iconic looks ranging from Indiana Jones' fedora in

Raiders of the Lost Ark

to Bluto Blutarsky's COLLEGE sweatshirt in

Animal House

to Michael Jackson's red leather jacket in the "Thriller" video. She has also designed clothing for the Virginia Opera Theater and the American Conservatory Theatre, and her work is part of the collections at the Smithsonian and at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She'll discuss her art at 6 p.m. at

Drexel University's

Ruth Auditorium, Nesbitt Hall, 3215 Market St. Admission is free. Call 215-895-1029.

All creatures The remarkable

Temple Grandin

was diagnosed with autism as a child, and her parents were advised to institutionalize her. Instead, she was nurtured and found ways to use her condition to become

a scientist and an acknowledged expert

in the design of livestock-handling equipment. In her new book,

Animals Make Us Human

, she looks at animals' happiness and the ways human ignorance blunts a happier relationship between them and us. Grandin discusses her work at 7:30 p.m. at

the Free Library's

Montgomery Auditorium, 19th and Vine Streets. Admission is free. Call 215-567-4341.

All there is In the show

Fever! The Music of Miss Peggy Lee

, the husband-and-wife team of

Lezlie Anders

and

Buddy Greco

pay tribute to the swinging, sensual singer. The show goes on at

the Prince Music Theater

, 1412 Chestnut St., at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 3 p.m. next Sunday. Tickets are $45 to $85. Call 215-569-9700.

In clubland Dynamic duo

Shwayze

and

Cisco Adler

play their dreamy Malibu trailer-park hip-hop at 7:30 p.m. at

the Note

, 142 E. Market St., West Chester. Tickets are $22. Call 1-800-594-8499. . . . One-man band Dallas Green performs his plangent tunes as

City and Colour

(a play on his name). The Canadian troubadour plays at 8 p.m. at

the Trocadero

, 1003 Arch St. Tickets are $15. Call 215-922-5483. . . . Next-wave 1980s stylists

the Rosebuds

, lo-fi philosophers

the Love Language

, and local high-concept pop geniuses

National Eye

share a dazzling bill at 9 p.m. at

Johnny Brenda's

, 1201 N. Frankford Ave. Tickets are $10. Call 215-739-9684.

Friday & Saturday

On the edge The next installment of

the New Edge Residency Performance Series

features actress

Sarah McCarron

presenting her new work,

Owning Up to the Corn

, a tale, based on Appalachian folk ballads, of tradition threatened by greed. The show goes on at

the Community Education Center

, 3500 Lancaster Ave., at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. next Sunday. Tickets are $12; $10 for students. Call 215-387-1911.