Best of the week: Pop singer Tori Kelly, Northern Invasion metal fest, EcoArts celebration and more

On her first trip through the Twin Cities, Tori Kelly captured the attention of Prince's 3rdEyeGirl, who invited her to Paisley Park. She later captured the attention of the Grammys' blue-ribbon committee, which nominated her for best new artist. (Meghan Trainor won.) Now the 23-year-old pop-soul star behind the hits "Nobody Love" and "Should've Been Us" is headlining her own theater tour.JON BREAM

7:30 p.m. Mon., Northrop, Mpls. $25-$35, northrop.umn.edu

Alice Childress set her play-within-a-play "Trouble in Mind" in 1957 New York. A black actress questions the assumptions in a drama she is rehearsing and faces a dilemma: Should she compromise and achieve her dream of playing a leading role on Broadway, or withdraw? Valerie Curtis-Newton, a professor at the University of Washington, directs a cast that includes Atlanta-based actor Margo Moorer in the central role, plus Natha­niel Fuller, Austene Van and Kris L. Nelson.

Graydon Royce

Opens 7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Ends June 5. Guthrie Theater, Mpls. $34-$64. guthrietheater.org

The Northern Invasion metal fest expands to two days after last year's inaugural event sold out. The lineup includes veterans who've played the Somerset Amphitheater before, including Rob Zombie, Lamb of God, P.O.D. and Black Stone Cherry on Saturday, and Disturbed, Korn, Seether and Sevendust next Sunday. Many newer stars are also on the schedule, including Shinedown, A Day to Remember, Ghost, Asking Alexandria, Bring Me the Horizon and Nikki Sixx's Sixx A.M.

CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER

Malaysian singer-songwriter Yuna generated a stir with three Pharrell Williams-produced tracks on her self-titled 2012 record, then followed it up nicely with 2013's "Nocturnal," which straddled confessional pop and R&B. "Chapters," which drops May 20, has already yielded an exquisite love duet with Usher ("Crush") and a hip-hop fantasy produced by DJ Premier ("Places to Go") that has the 29-year old vocalist mimicking the vocal moves of Mary J. Blige the way her folk-jazz numbers ape Norah Jones.

Britt Robson

7:30 p.m. Sun., Cedar, $18-$20, thecedar.org

Celebrate spring at EcoArts Fest, an outdoor, zero-waste family event with a host of art-oriented activities that shed light on ecological issues. Write a wish for our planet on a kite, then fly it into the clouds. Watch the stilt-walking Chicks on Sticks and puppeteers Julie and Gustavo Boada while the St. Paul Civic Symphony performs St. Paul composer Steve Heitzeg's "The Tin Forest."

MELISSA WALKER

The chamber ensemble Accordo concludes its seventh season this week in Minneapolis. Composed of players from the Minnesota Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, it will take on Dvorak's String Sextet in A Major and the Brahms String Sextet No. 2 in G Major. Violinists Kyu-Young Kim and Ruggero Allifranchini, violists Maya Papach and Rebecca Albers and cellists Ronald Thomas and Tony Ross will perform. Tickets are limited.

Graydon Royce

7:30 p.m. Mon., Christ Church Lutheran; 7:30 p.m. Tue., Icehouse. $12-$20. 651-292-3268

Decades ago, Hmong immigrants transformed Twin Cities markets with fresh flowers, herbs and specialty produce. With photos, video and books by Twin Cities artist Mike Hazard, the Minnesota Museum of American Art's new exhibition, "Seeds of Change," documents a year in the life of Hmong Americans farming in Dakota County's Vermillion Township.

MARY ABBE

Local theater troupe Four Humors has built a reputation for deft, imaginative and comically perceptive interpretations of classic texts, including a hairy-faced "Lolita" in a bikini. In its latest show, "The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha," characters move in the liminal space between reality and illusion. Artistic director Jason Ballweber directs an ensemble that includes Elise Langer, Brant Miller and Dario Tangelson.

ROHAN PRESTON

7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 1 p.m. next Sun. Ends May 22. Guthrie Theater's Dowling Studio. $23-$26. guthrietheater.org

Scintillating parallel octaves, bitonal clashes, scorching tremolos and arpeggios — Stravinsky's "Three Movements From Petrushka" runs virtually the gamut of what is technically possible to play on a modern piano. Originally adapted from his famous puppet-ballet for the fiery young Arthur Rubinstein, it anchors the final recital in this year's Frederic Chopin Society series. Brilliant Israeli pianist Roman Rabinovich also will play works by Haydn, Beethoven and Schumann.

Terry Blain