ART
`THE INTERNATIONAL VINTAGE POSTER FAIR’
The final day of one of Chicago’s most unpretentious and manageable art trade fairs; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.; $12; 800-856-8069.
`MEXICAN INTERNATIONALISM AND THE ART OF GUNTHER GERZSO’
An overview of Mexico’s premier abstract painter; opens Friday at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, 1852 W. 19th St.; free; 312-738-1503.
`PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE NATURE CONSERVANCY’S LAST GREAT PLACES’
One-hundred-thirty images by a dozen photographers who responded to sites with which they had special affinity; final weeks at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.; free; 312-346-3278.
— Alan G. Artner
CLASSICAL
`EAST CURRENT’
The duo of Dozan Fujiwara, shakuhachi, and Mieko Miyazaki, koto, presents a program of Japanese folk music, classical selections and tangos; 2 p.m. Sunday at the Prairie Center for the Performing Arts, 201 Schaumburg Ct., Schaumburg; 847-593-1633 (the Mid-America Japanese Club); and 6 p.m. Monday at the Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.; 312-263-3049 (the Japan America Society of Chicago); Free, but RSVP is required.
ARS VIVA SYMPHONY
Music director Alan Heatherington brings the orchestra’s exemplary strings to the fore in a program consisting of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings, Vaughan Williams’ “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis” and Arensky’s “Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky”; 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie; $35; 847-673-6300.
TRIO TIMES TWO
The Jupiter Trio, an offshoot of the Chicago-based Callisto Ensemble, will present piano trios by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Bernstein; 7:30 p.m. Sunday at DePaul University Concert Hall, Belden Avenue and Halsted Street; and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Roosevelt University’s Ganz Hall, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Room 745; $6 and $15; 312-566-9318. Norway’s Grieg Trio plays contemporary works by Peter Maxwell Davies and others; 7:30 p.m. Friday at North Park University’s Anderson Chapel, 3225 W. Foster Ave.; $10 and $15; 773-244-5625.
CONCERTANTE DI CHICAGO
Music director Hilel Kagan leads the chamber orchestra in a colorful program of Mexican music by Angulo, Ponce, Revueltas and Rodolfo Halffter reflecting folkloric and European influences. The soloists are Angel Padilla Crespo, harp; Tatyana Stepanova, piano; and Michelle Areyzaga, soprano; 3 p.m. Sunday at the DePaul University Concert Hall, 800 W. Belden Ave.; $5-$30; 312-346-9006.
— John von Rhein
JAZZ
CYRUS CHESTNUT
The church-influenced jazz pianist leads a trio; Tuesday through Sunday at the Jazz Showcase, 59 W. Grand Ave.; $20-$25; 312-670-2473.
MALABY/SANCHEZ TRIO
Tenor saxophonist Tony Malaby, pianist Angelica Sanchez and drummer Tom Rainey appear on the innovative New Millennium/New Music series; 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.; free; 312-744-6630.
— Howard Reich
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ROCK
LYRICS BORN, DIVERSE
Two of the pre-eminent new voices in hip-hop team up; Monday at the Abbey Pub, 3420 W. Grace St.; $13-$15; 773-478-4408.
ANDREUS
His gritty hip-hop-era street tales are wrapped in lush soul orchestrations; Thursday at HotHouse, 31 E. Balbo Ave.; 312-362-9707.
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN
Stellar reunion of ’80s art-punk mavericks, with singer David Lowery doing double-duty in opening band Cracker; Thursday at the Vic, 3145 N. Sheffield Ave.; $26; 773-472-0449.
— Greg Kot
THEATER
`AMERICAN DEAD’
What outlet can grief find in a small town already grieving its own demise? That’s the question posed by playwright Brett Neveu in this quietly compelling drama. Years after the murder of his police officer sister, Lewie (James Leaming) has lost his bearings. At the local tavern he meets a mysterious man (David Parkes) harboring information about the unsolved murder. Neveu’s brand of nervous, indirect small talk sometimes feels like a tic, but you believe the hermetic world created by this play. The American Theater Company world premiere is excellent — eight fine, nuanced performances out of eight, a pretty rare percentage even in Chicago; through March 21 at 1909 W. Byron St.; $20-$30; 773-929-1031.
— Michael Phillips
`BURYING THE BONES’
Margaret Lewis’ intensely serious and ambitious new play takes place during and around the hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the noble effort set up in South Africa during the 1990s to deal with the grievances following the collapse of the apartheid system. Some dramaturgical contrivances aside, it’s literate, complex and provocative and the simply staged but uniformly well acted world premiere from director Kevin Heckman is one of the best productions to date at this low-budget theater; through April 3 at Stage Left Theatre, 3408 N. Sheffield Ave.; $10-22; 773-883-8830.
— Chris Jones