7Days: Regional arts and entertainment, by Michael Harrington

Sunday

Dancing in the street It was more than a record company - it was a cultural and cosmic phenomenon that gave us the Temptations, the Supremes, Smokey, and Wonder. Motown the Musical goes on at the Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Streets, at 1 and 6 p.m. Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 1 and 6 p.m. next Sunday. Tickets are $20 to $115.50. Call 215-731-3333.

Monday

Hot stuff Let's face it, folks: We live in a wet bubble of air on the cooled surface of a dollop of molten rock hurtling through space (everybody say wheee!). Every now and then (about 60 times a year, on average), that red-hot stuff breaks through and sometimes causes havoc - and Hawaii. In the latest edition of the Science on Tap drink-and-discuss series, Drexel geology professor Loÿc Vanderklysen presents the talk The Floor Is Lava (Literally): The Do's and Don'ts of Volcanology, about current eruptions, recent technological developments in volcano monitoring, and volcanic surveillance in the United States, at 6 p.m. at National Mechanics, 22 S. Third St. Admission is free. Call 215-299-1000.

Tuesday

Elemental passions The acclaimed Bulgarian performance artist Ivo Dimchev presents his provocative work Fest, in which his latest show pitch becomes a darkly funny - and nakedly explicit - exploration of ambition, lust, and control. The show goes on at FringeArts, 140 N. Columbus Blvd., at 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Tickets are $29, $15 students. Call 215-413-1318.

Wednesday

Jazz time The outstanding bassist and composer Tyrone Brown plays at 7:30 p.m. at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion, 2110 Chestnut St. Tickets are $10; $5 students. Call 215-517-8337.

Thursday

Dance dance The Miami-based Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre is known for its fusion of movement, drama, opera, music, performance art, and drag in narratives of South Beach subculture. It performs at the Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St., at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $20 to $50. Call 215-898-3900.

Rising star The intriguing violinist Catherine Cho steps in for an ailing Ida Levin to join cellist Peter Stumpf and pianist Cynthia Raim in a recital of works by Mozart, Strauss, and Mendelssohn at 8 p.m. at the Kimmel Center's Perelman Theater, Broad and Spruce Streets. Tickets are $24. Call 215-569-8080.

Rock on Scottish alt-rockers Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, who perform as the Vaselines, once toured with Nirvana, earning an enduring place in rock history as an influence on Kurt Cobain. They play at 9 p.m. at Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave. Tickets are $22. Call 215-739-9684.

A movie life They don't make film directors like Samuel Fuller anymore, because they can't. A former crime reporter and pulp novelist turned screenwriter, he became a WWII combat veteran in his 30s before he turned to directing after the war, creating art out of B-movie stock genres. The 2013 documentary A Fuller Life, directed by his daughter Samantha Fuller, tells the story of the filmmaker's life, with clips from his movies and excerpts from his autobiography, read by actors and fellow directors including James Franco, Mark Hamill, William Friedkin, and Wim Wenders. The film screens on a double bill with Fuller's 1963 drama Shock Corridor, about a reporter who has himself committed to a mental hospital to investigate a murder, at International House, 3701 Chestnut St., at 7 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $9; $7 students. Call 215-387-5125.

Sax man He's not only a great saxophonist: He's also in the lyrics of any number of James Brown's soul workouts. Maceo Parker plays at the Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St., at 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $30 to $50. Call 215-893-1999.