7Days: Regional arts and entertainment

The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival performs Oscar Wilde's antic comedy The Importance of Being Earnest at 2 p.m. Sunday at DeSales University's Schubert Theater, 2755 Station Ave., Center Valley, Pa., and continues on a varied schedule to Aug. 4. Tickets are $47 to $52. Call 610-282-9455.

Quirky Australian singer-songwriter Lenka plays her pop lullabies (reflecting on her recent motherhood) at 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. Tickets are $14. Call 215-222-1400.

For many of us, our first introduction to classical music - and the Philadelphia Orchestra - was Walt Disney's 1940 animation masterpiece, Fantasia. Conductor Cristian Macelaru leads the ensemble in works by Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Ponchielli, and more, accompanying footage from the film, at 8 p.m. at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Avenue. Tickets are $15 to $49.50. Call 215-893-1999.

The Secret Cinema presents a collection of found nature films, including the 1926 British silent The Battle of Plants, using pioneering nature cinema photographer F. Percy Smith's time-lapse photography to detail a slow turf war; a late 1940s documentary on New Jersey's cranberry industry; a gardener's home movies; and a 1945 newsreel on farming. The films screen at 7 p.m. at the American Philosophical Society Museum, 104 S. Fifth St. Admission is free. Call 215-440-3442.

Orson Welles' genius is evident in every frame of his 1958 noir classic Touch of Evil, in which he plays a corrupt American police chief at odds with a Mexican narcotics detective (Charlton Heston). The film screens at 7 p.m. at the County Theater, 20 E. State St., Doylestown. Tickets are $9.75; $7.25 for seniors. Call 215-345-6789. The film also screens at the Ambler Theater, 108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler, at 7 p.m. Thursday. Tickets are $9.75; $7.25 for seniors and students. Call 215-345-7855.

The company Shakespeare in Clark Park presents The Tempest with a twist - Barrymore- award winner Catharine Slusar plays the wizard Prospero, and the magic effects are created in part with original music by Sean Hoots (of Hoots & Hellmouth). The show goes on at Clark Park, 43d Street and Baltimore Avenue, at 7 p.m. Wednesday through next Sunday. Admission is free. Call 215-764-5345.

The new show by the Bearded Ladies troupe is My Dinner With Dito: A How to Be Gay Cabaret, starring the estimable actor Dito Van Reigersberg (and his drag personality Martha Graham Cracker) in conversation with John Jarboe as they discuss icons and stereotypes and perform show tunes and power ballads, while munching on food from London Grill. The best part? Everything the actors eat is also served to the audience - and you don't have to sing. The show goes on in the Wilma Theater's lobby, 265 S. Broad St., at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $20 and $25. Call 215-546-7824.

In Neil Drumming's 2013 drama Big Words, a failed hip-hop trio has to come to grips with the differing paths their lives have taken when they reunite to celebrate President Obama's election. The film screens at 7 p.m. at International House, 3701 Chestnut St. tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for seniors and students. Call 215-387-5125.

Cultural critic Chuck Klosterman writes the "Ethicist" column for the New York Times Magazine, so he should know about right and wrong. In his new book, I Wear the Black Hat, he looks at the fascination of the antihero and the nature of villainy. He discusses his work at 7:30 p.m. at the Free Library, 1901 Vine St. Admission is free. Call 215-567-4341.

Chicago indie-rock perfectionists Smith Westerns play their dreamy retro gems at Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St., at 8 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $14. Call 215-232-2100.

Taken singly, Tom Gillam, Joseph Parsons, Scott Bricklin, Ben Arnold, and Matt Muir constitute a formidable pop pantheon. As US Rails, they're simply super. They play at Steel City Coffee House, 203 Bridge St., Phoenixville, at 7 and 10 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $20. Call 610-933-4043.