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Weekend picks: Get wet at PIFA

A trio of installation artists - ceramicist Matthew Courtney, paper sculptor Sun Young Kang, and painter Zahra Nazari - have created large-scale works for the show Transformations, ending this weekend at the Main Line Art Center, 746 Panmure Rd., Haverford. Times: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Admission is free. Information: 610-525-0272 or www.mainlineart.org.

Water works: French ensemble Aquacoustique perform "Concerto in Sea Major" in fountains across the city as part of the PIFA fest.
Water works: French ensemble Aquacoustique perform "Concerto in Sea Major" in fountains across the city as part of the PIFA fest.Read moreCourtesy Image

Friday-Sunday

Changing spaces

A trio of installation artists - ceramicist Matthew Courtney, paper sculptor Sun Young Kang, and painter Zahra Nazari - have created large-scale works for the show Transformations, ending this weekend at the Main Line Art Center, 746 Panmure Rd., Haverford.

Times: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Admission is free. Information: 610-525-0272 or www.mainlineart.org

Friday

Short subjects

The invaluable Secret Cinema presents Movies for Every Occasion: The Best and Worst of Castle and Official Films, a selection of nine-minute reels made to be sold to projector owners for home showings. The offerings include: The Chimp's Adventure from 1934, one of a series of comic shorts featuring a simian hero wandering around Manhattan making mischief; Atlantic City, a 1951 travelogue showing the seaside resort in its prime; and Survival Under Atomic Attack, a 1951 Civil Defense primer.

The films screen at the Maas Building, 1325 N. Randolph St. Time: 8 p.m.
Tickets: $9. Information: 267-239-2851 or www.thesecretcinema.com

Friday-Sunday

Something old

For the first time, the long-running Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show moves to the Navy Yard, 4747 S. Broad St.

Times: 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Friday and Saturday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets: $20. Information: 610-902-2109 or www.philadelphiaantiquesandartshow.com

Friday-Sunday

Great White Way

Conductor Michael Krajewski leads the Philly Pops in Broadway's Greatest Hits, with singers Christiane Noll, Doug LaBrecque, and Dee Roscioli, and selections from Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Andrew Lloyd Webber at the Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall, Broad and Spruce Streets.

Times: 8 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Tickets: $35 to $135. Information: 215-893-1999 or www.phillypops.org

Sunday

Get wet

The French ensemble Aquacoustique perform waist-deep in water, using found and recycled objects such as snorkels and watering cans to make music. As part of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, they perform their Concerto in Sea Major in local fountains.

Places, times: Magnolia Garden Fountain, Locust and Fourth Streets, 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 5:30 p.m. Friday; Rodin Museum Fountain, 21st and the Parkway, 10 a.m., noon, and 3 p.m. Saturday; Penn Museum's Stoner Courtyard Fountain, 3260 South St., 10 a.m., noon, and 3 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is free. Information: 215-893-1999 or www.kimmelcenter.org