DANCE
ZEPHYR DANCE
The all-female company’s spring concert offers works by Michelle Kranicke and Emily Stein; Thursday through Saturday at the Dance Center of Columbia College, 1306 S. Michigan Ave.; $18; 773-989-8225.
— Richard Christiansen
ART
57TH STREET ART FAIR
The oldest juried outdoor art fair in the Midwest; final day; 11 a.m.- 6:30 p.m. Sunday; on 57th Street between Kenwood and Kimbark Avenues; free; 773-493-3247.
`THE IDEA OF LOUIS SULLIVAN’
Vintage photographic prints from John Szarkowski’s famous 1956 study of Sullivan buildings, plus fragments and drawings by the architect; opens Saturday, Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave.; free with suggested museum admission of $6-$10; 312-443-3600.
— Alan G. Artner
ROCK
MISSISSIPPI BLUES
Blues raunch from three northern Mississippi wild men, T-Model Ford, Paul “Wine” Jones and Cedell Davis; Thursday at Double Door, 1572 N. Milwaukee; $10; 773-489-3160.
WEBB BROTHERS
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Glorious orchestral-pop debut from the sons of songwriting great Jimmy Webb; Tuesday at Schubas, 3159 N. Southport; $8; 773-525-2508.
THE FIRE SHOW
Avant-rock doesn’t get much more visceral; Wednesday at Schubas; $7; 773-525-2508.
— Greg Kot
COMEDY
LEWIS BLACK
The on-the-edge comedy of Lewis Black, a fiery contributor to Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” helps to close out the fourth annual Chicago Comedy Festival; 7 p.m. Sunday at the Black Orchid in Piper’s Alley, 230 W. North Ave.; $20; 312-944-2200.
— Allan Johnson
JAZZ
TERENCE BLANCHARD
The lyrical New Orleans trumpeter has earned particular acclaim for his scores to several movies by Spike Lee; Tuesday through Sunday at the Jazz Showcase, 59 W. Grand Ave.; $20; 312-670-2473.
— Howard Reich
ARCHITECTURE
DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT
Is Chicago ready for zoning reform? Speakers will address that question at this week’s Friends of Downtown’s June Brown Bag Lunch. It’s at noon Thursday on the fifth floor of the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.; free; 312-744-8938.
— Blair Kamin
THEATER
`THE FATHER’
August Strindberg’s stinging drama of the war between the sexes, with Michael Canavan, as an immovable martinet, opposed by Shannon Cochran, as his irresistible wife, in a take-no-prisoners battle for domination; $30; Writers’ Theatre at Books on Vernon, 664 Vernon Ave., Glencoe; 847-835-5398.
`THE LAST FIVE YEARS’
On every level, composer Jason Robert Brown’s new two-person musical about the rise and fall of a love affair is a breakthrough triumph; through July 1 at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie; $32-$45; 847-673-6300.
–Richard Christiansen
TELEVISION
`THE IMPRESSIONISTS’
A new four-hour A&E channel documentary that explores the lives of the famous 19th Century artists; Part one, 8 p.m. Sunday; Part two, 7 p.m. Monday.
–Alan G. Artner
CLASSICAL
`REMEMBERING VIETNAM’
New Music DePaul and Columbia College’s ArtSynergy co-sponsor a concert of contemporary chamber music tied to the theme of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War; 8 p.m. Monday at the DePaul University Concert Hall, 800 W. Belden; free; 773-325-7664.
`ACIS AND GALATEA’
Handel’s delightful baroque masterpiece closes the Chicago Opera Theater season in an imaginative, highly acclaimed co-production by the Glimmerglass and New York City operas, with Mark Lamos directing and Handel expert Nicholas Cleobury conducting; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and running through June 16 at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport Ave.; $27-$56; 312-704-8414.
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PHILIP GLASS
DePaul Opera Theater presents the U.S. premiere (and the first English-language version) of the composer’s music theater work, “The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five,” with libretto by novelist Doris Lessing; 7:30 p.m. Thursday and running through next Sunday at the DePaul Merle Reskin Theatre, 60 E. Balbo; $10-$25; 312-922-1999.
BACH’S `ST. JOHN PASSION’
The final Chicago Symphony Orchestra subscription concerts of the season consist of four performances of the sacred masterpiece, with conductor and tenor Peter Schreier taking the role of the Evangelist; 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and 3 p.m. June 10 at Symphony Center; $24-$135; 312-294-3000.
— John von Rhein