The Michener Art Museum welcomes one Pennsylvania collection with two profoundly different viewpoints. Michelle Nugent reviews.

An exhibition of photography by Spencer Finch at Arcadia University offers simple views with unexpectedly complex perspectives. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Ars Nova shatters the fabric of reality with a duet by Moor Mother and Roscoe Mitchell, part of its October Revolution of Jazz & Contemporary Music program. Aaron Pond reviews.

‘Anthropocene: The Human Epoch’ is a new documentary that asks whether we’re in a whole new age of the Earth, thanks to human activity. Lane Blackmer considers a screening and discussion at Philly’s Academy of Natural Sciences.

The northwest corner of Philadelphia known as Germantown far predates the city itself, and the real roots of its history are only just coming into public light. David W. Young’s ‘The Battles of Germantown’ reveals that work. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Theatre Horizon launched its landmark 15th season with a concert reading of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s fairy-tale musical, ‘Into the Woods.’ Alix Rosenfeld reviews.

Annenberg Center Live and NextMove Dance present Ballet Jazz de Montréal’s ‘Dance Me,’ an evening-length performance to the music of Leonard Cohen. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.

The Delaware Symphony Orchestra opened the season with a luscious concert featuring composer Missy Mazzoli, a Lansdale native. Gail Obenreder reviews.

John Adams led the first Philadelphia Orchestra performance of his ‘Scheherazade.2, Dramatic Symphony for Violin and Orchestra,’ a musical reimagining of ‘The Arabian Nights,’ plus works by Ravel and Stravinsky. Linda Holt reviews.

‘August: Osage County,’ now onstage with the Resident Ensemble Players at the University of Delaware, brilliantly dissects family dynamics. Gail Obenreder reviews.