Agenda

Mon.-Tue., March 5-6, 7 p.m., $8, Sykes Building, West Chester University, 110 W. Rosedale Ave., West Chester, Runs March 3-10, $10-$12, Action Arts Theater Company, Cheltenham Art Center, 439 Ashbourne Rd., Cheltenham

What's old school? Most MCs and DJs would name rap's legendary classicists, like Big Daddy Kane, Guru or Kool Herc. But ask the members of Newark, N.J.'s Dälek? They'd probably come up with Lee "Scratch" Perry, Faust (with whom they collaborated) and Cabaret Voltaire There's a dividing line that runs through the middle of Elvis Perkins' debut album, Ash Wednesday (Xl Recordings), and it's the same one that runs through his life: Sept. 11, 2001. The opening of Kile Smith's new work for solo horn and strings, Exsultet, is meant to capture the drama and emotion of a darkened church. When the whiskey wears off and you're no longer numb to the world, when sensation returns to your fingers, Philip Price is a good guide to have at your side.

Are you hard up for something handmade? For Space 1026's new "Handjob" exhibition, crafty locals got their hands on objects that are typically mass-produced, and replicated them sans machinery. Imani Uzuri claims a bevy of influences, including Grace Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Queen, Mary J. Blige and Karen Carpenter. Roderick Coover, a film and media arts professor at Temple University, uses his background in anthropology to deconstruct humanity's obsession with its own time-sequenced existence.