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You've got four more days to stop by the Kimmel Center for Eiffel Tower light shows, Parisian crepes, free lunchtime and happy hour concerts and more.
(Photo by E. Taylor courtesy Kimmel Center)

[This is our "PIFA Picks Du Jour" post series, a daily guide to assist you in selecting from the hundreds of events and activities going on during the month-long arts festival. Location, time and ticket information are included in each event link.]

• Decorative Arts From The Era at the National Liberty Museum: This electric exhibit showcases French-inspired jewelry and glass art sculptures celebrating the birth of Art Deco. Open until 5 p.m. $2-$7.

• A Celebration of Music at the Artists’ House Gallery: The gallery honors the 25th anniversary of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, as well as its own 20th anniversary, with an exhibition of 25 artists’ paintings and sculpture related to the theme of music. Open until 5 p.m. FREE.

• Philadelphia Ukulele Orchestra at the Kimmel Center: This twelve piece ensemble is comprised of bohemians, libertines and ukulele enthusiasts. An experience not to be missed! 5-7 p.m. FREE.

• The Barnes Foundation Presents a Lecture by Metropolitan Museum of Art Curator Gary Tinterow: New York’s Met has the second-largest collection of works by Picasso in the country. Tinterow, curator of the museum’s 2010 exhibition devoted to the artist, will explore Picasso’s early output including his first forays into the Parisian art scene. 6:30-7:30 p.m. $20.

• Greek Tragedy and Mythology by The Philadelphia Orchestra: Two of Stravinsky’s most searing mythological compositions were written back-to-back during the 1920s. Maestro Charles Dutoit and The Philadelphia Orchestra continue their contribution to PIFA with two masterworks from early-20th century Paris. 8 p.m. $20-$120.

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[This is our "PIFA Picks Du Jour" post series, a daily guide to assist you in selecting from the hundreds of events and activities going on during the month-long arts festival. Location, time and ticket information are included in each event link.]

• Demuth in the City of Lights at Woodmere Art Museum: Charles H. Demuth (1883-1935), one of America’s great artists of the twentieth century, was born and raised here in Lancaster, and attended local Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. This exhibition traces Demuth’s adventures in Paris, illuminating how this great American artist of Pennsylvania came to find his unique voice. Open until 5 p.m. $7-$10.

• The Insolent Eye — Jarry in Art at Locks Gallery: Locks Gallery pays tribute to French author Alfred Jarry’s continuing legacy in the visual art world, with this stunning exhibition that includes sculpture, film, painting, photography and more by contemporary artists Thomas Chimes, Rebecca Horn, and William Kentridge, including a prologue by Max Ernst, Pablo Picasso, and Man Ray. Open until 6 p.m. FREE.

• Pittsburgh’s Painter Takes Paris: Henry Ossawa Tanner and France, 1910-1920 at the African American Museum in Philadelphia: The son of a former slave and an African Methodist Episcopal (bishop, Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937) grew up in Philadelphia just after the Civil War and would go on to become one of the most renowned American artists living in France. For the first time in a generation, Tanner’s greatest works will come together in a retrospective presented by PAFA, where Tanner received his initial training by American icons like Thomas Eakins. Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit will be on view at PAFA from January 27 through April 15, 2012. This PIFA event features a special sneak peek talk from the exhibition curator. 6 p.m. FREE.

• EgoPo Classic Theater’s Hell: Written in 1908, Hell shocked the world and changed the face of modern literature. This world premiere theatrical adaptation of France’s most scandalous novel will be the first exposure for American audiences. The play tells the story of a man who looks through a hole in the wall of his boarding house room to uncover the secrets of life. 8 p.m. $15-$30.

• Eiffel Tower light show at the Kimmel Center: An 81-foot light-filled Eiffel Tower soars to the sky inside the Kimmel, with trains and planes zooming overhead. A twice nightly spectacle with 6,000 light bulbs brings the Tower and Plaza to life in a dazzling light and sound show. 7 and 10 p.m. FREE.

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[This is our "PIFA Picks Du Jour" post series, a daily guide to assist you in selecting from the hundreds of events and activities going on during the month-long arts festival. Location, time and ticket information are included in each event link.]

• Free to Be at the African American Museum in Philadelphia: Explore the unique experiences of African Americans who lived and created art abroad. You’ll learn the stories of African American cultural contributions in both The City of Light and The City of Brotherly Love during the era of Jim Crow and jazz. Open until 5 p.m. $8-$10.

• Tania Mouraud’s Part III: J’entends les trains depuis toujours at the Kimmel Center: Contemporary French artist Tania Mouraud’s video diary takes viewers from Paris to India, according to her peregrinations. A series of iPods are on display at the lower level of the Kimmel Center. Open until 10 p.m. FREE.

• Exile Among Expats: James Joyce in Paris at the Rosenbach Museum & Library: The Rosenbach explores the artistic energy and brashly innovative spirit of Paris in the early 20th century through this new exhibition which offers a rare look at the prolific Irish author. Highlights include pages from the manuscript to Ulysses, Man Ray’s iconic photographic portrait of Joyce and a false dust jacket in which a banned copy of Ulysses was smuggled into the U.S. for Dr. Rosenbach in 1922. Open until 5 p.m. $5-$10.

• Augmented Reality Check: Seeing the Future Now at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: In this panel presented in conjunction with the Philadelphia Science Festival, cutting-edge artists and software developers working at the intersection of art and science offer a tour through the potentials for an augmented future. 6 p.m. FREE, but tickets required.

• First Person Arts Slam Nation at the Kimmel Center: Part Reading Rainbow, part Comedy Central, Slam Nation features the top spoken word savants from around the country as they spin stories and awkward humor from the Perelman Theatre stage. 8 p.m. $25.

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[This is our "PIFA Picks Du Jour" post series, a daily guide to assist you in selecting from the hundreds of events and activities going on during the month-long arts festival. Location, time and ticket information are included in each event link.]

• City Hall: The French Connection at the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy: An introduction to City Hall’s French Second Empire architectural style and an exhibition of art inspired by it. Artifacts and historical images of City Hall and surrounding areas from the early 1910s will be highlighted, as well as other examples of French Second Empire architecture. Open until 4 p.m. FREE.

• French in Ten Minutes in the Kimmel Center lobby: Learn key French words and phrases in a group setting from an authentic instructor. Each lesson is themed around a topic (wine, the Tour de France, the Louvre). 5 p.m. FREE.

• The Perfect Flower: A Physical Meditation on Beauty and Solitude at the Academy of Natural Sciences: Science and art collide with a dazzling display of acrobatic suspensions around beautiful steel motion sculptures. This boundary-breaking contemporary dance piece literally brings botanical sciences to life. 7 p.m. FREE but tickets required.

• Paris 1911, A Festive Musical Year at the Kimmel Center: Keyboardist Jeffrey Siegel brings his enthusiastic narrative and passionate performance to a program featuring works written and performed in Paris a century ago. He introduces the most influential minds and music of early 20th century Paris in a fun, engaging way. 7:30 p.m. $30.

• Styling a Second Empire: A Light and Sound Experience along the Avenue of the Arts: City Hall and its Broad Street neighbors are transformed nightly by a special sound and lighting project featuring animated graphics, moving lights and color-changing effects. Dusk to midnight. FREE.