ArtYard’s visionary founder Jill Kearney talks about her new exhibit that considers footwear as more than just a pair of shoes. Wendy Univer previews.

Hitting the stage with Theatre Exile, EgoPo, and Theater in the X, new exhibits from HOT BED and Grounds for Sculpture, and more this week. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

FringeArts presents the fifth annual Blue Heaven Comedy Festival celebrating the best and most exciting alternative comedy. Melissa Strong previews.

Along with familiar classics, Paul Taylor Dance Company hosts a world premiere from emerging choreographer Omar Román De Jesús with If You Could Swallow the Sun. Eileen B. Fisher previews.

Two new exhibits at Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia Film Society’s SpringFest, Philly Otaku Con, and a three-day festival celebrating World Circus Day highlight the week. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

The world premiere of The Greatest Personal Privation is a collaborative project written by Pulitzer Prize winner and former poet laureate Tracy K. Smith and composer Jasmine Barnes. Maria Corley previews.

Gail Obenreder previews the second half of April’s classical music offerings, including performances by Opera Philadelphia, Delaware Symphony, Variant Six, and more.

The weekly roundup features the School for Temporary Liveness, Leyendo a Fondo, and jazz at the Kimmel and the Rotunda. Kyle V. Hiller previews.

The Miniball Festival returns, pay no worship sees its world premiere with InterAct, Broadway sensation Into the Woods comes to Philly, and an exhibit celebrates 300 years of women in science. Kyle V. Hiller previews.

Gail Obenreder previews classical music happening in the first half of April in the Greater Philadelphia area.