FRIDAY

Han Bennink and Marshall Allen
Vox Populi Gallery, 319 N 11th
Dutch drum mage Bennink and current guiding hand of the Sun Ra Arkestra, saxophonist Allen, head to head in the creation of new black holes. 6pm, $10.

Eschenbach Returns to the Philadelphia Orchestra
Kimmel Center, Broad and Locust
Christoph Eschenbach is back. Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg plays Bruch’s First Concerto. There’s also a piece premiering by German composer Matthias Pintscher, and then Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony. 8pm, from $10; tickets at the link above.

Art After 5: Doc Gibbs
Art Museum, 26th and Ben Franklin Parkway
Anita Baker, Al Jarreau, Grover Washington Jr. and Erykah Badu’s touring drummer. He was also the head of the Emiril Live house band, if you remember those killer fills. 5pm-9pm, free after admission.

Sixers vs. Spurs Wachovia Spectrum 7pm, from $40.

SATURDAY

Department of Eagles, Bear Hands, Here We Go Magic
Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N Frankford
Department of Eagles is a Grizzly Bear side project. Sounds and hype at R5. 9pm, $12.

You Open So Late, You Close So Early
Through Saturday, January 17 Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, 1616 Washington
The gallery’s sixth annual invitational closes Saturday, with work by David Clayton, Jeremy Drummond, Steven Dufala and Billy Blaise Dufala, Charles Hobbs, Nicholas Lenker, Alex Lukas, C. Pazia Manella, Nick Paparone, Josh Rickards, Mark Stockton, and Shawn Thornton. Here’s the artblog post with
the full rundown. Noon-5pm, free.

SUNDAY

Spiral Q Puppet Theater at the Free Library
Central Library, 17th and Vine
Spiral Q’s winter celebration at the library features giant puppets, flags, noise-makers, and all kinds of bright wildness to celebrate the cold. 2pm, free.

The Emperor and the Kite: Asian New Year Celebration
Art Museum, 26th and Ben Franklin Parkway
The Philadelphia Dance Theatre performs a ballet about the little people making big changes at the art museum. The new year isn’t until the 26th, but man, the Year of the Rat was kind of a drag; I’m all for getting the Year of the Ox going asap. 11:30am and 1:30pm, from $10.