Do This!

By Rob Watson

TONIGHT

Cheap, hot sax

Greg Osby has worked with jazz greats such as Herbie Hancock and Cassandra Wilson, not to mention some of hip-hop's finest, including Gang Starr rapper Guru. Visitors to the Art Museum's "Art After 5" series are in for a real treat as the critically acclaimed, progressive sax man toots his own horn tonight for two shows, at 5:45 and 7:15. The St. Louis native is on tour in support of his 16th Blue Note recording, Channel Three, out last summer. Concerts are free with admission ($12), at 26th Street and Ben Franklin Parkway. Information: 215-763-8100 or www.philamuseum.org.

TONIGHT

Discover together

The Garden State Discovery Museum (2040 Springdale Rd., Cherry Hill) offers a chance for children and their single mothers and fathers to play together tonight at 7. At "Single and Together," single parents can mingle while their kids do the same. Admission of $10 covers a parent and child ($5 for each additional child) and includes all of the touchy-feely exhibits the museum has to offer. A performance of the African folktale Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock begins at 7:15. Information: 856-424-1233 or www.discoverymuseum.com.

OPENS THURSDAY

Temple play teaches

Temple Theater brings the moving story A Lesson Before Dying to the stage with a cast of graduate and undergrad thespians. Written by Romulus Linney and directed by Temple grad student John Bellomo, Lesson is based on the Ernest J. Gaines book about a black man's wrongful murder conviction in the Jim Crow South, and the unlikely person who helps him find self-worth before his death sentence is carried out. This Philly premiere gave students in the cast and crew an opportunity to come to grips with racial demons of their own, Bellomo says. Lesson opens Thursday and runs to March 25 at Temple's Randall Theater, 2020 N. 13th St. Tickets: $18; $13 students. Information: 215-204-1122.

TONIGHT

Women of the bayou

Scribe Video Center (4212 Chestnut St.) debuts its "Storyville" screenings at 7 p.m. with Desire. The pre-Katrina documentary looks at a group of young New Orleans women - including teens from the Desire housing projects and students at a prestigious private school - and their thoughts on the opportunities they expect (or don't expect) to have as they approach adulthood. The film, 10 years in the making, won Best Documentary and Grand Jury Prize at last year's New Orleans Film Festival. Local filmmakers Amanda Whittenberger and Melissa Thompson, who worked on the project, will lead a post-screening discussion. Admission: $5. Information: 215-222-4201 or www.scribe.org.

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