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.

Stephen Silver previews film screenings and events for April in the Greater Philadelphia area, including a visit from Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly, a Toshiro Mifune retrospective, and more from Sight & Sound 500.

Mike Weilbacher details the amazing nature in and around the city in Wild Philly. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer previews.

Opera Delaware and Opera Baltimore team up to bring La traviata to the stage in North Wilmington, using a bit of crafty magic. Dara McBride previews.