Best of the week: 'Black Light,' AFI, Tuck and Patti, Mill City String Quartet, Catie Curtis, more

What does one do in the midst of a storm? Hold fast to each other and reaffirm your values. Those ideas inform "Black Light," a musical celebration of resilience being performed by Jomama Jones, alter ego of Daniel Alexander Jones. Jones teams up with pianist Samora Pinderhughes and vocalists Helga Davis and Trevor Bachman for this musical celebration of love, light and laughter. The show anchors Penumbra Theatre's Claude Purdy Festival.

ROHAN PRESTON

7:30 p.m. Thu.-Fri., 2 & 7:30 p.m. Sat., 2 p.m. next Sun., Penumbra, St. Paul. $15-$25, penumbratheatre.org

Goth-punk hero Davey Havok and his cult-loved band AFI just dropped their first album in four years last week, "AFI (The Blood Album)," offering a noticeable balance of their more hard-core earlier records with the more polished sound of late. They're hitting smaller-than-usual ­venues to hype the album's release, with new wavy electro-rock band Chain Gang of 1974 ­opening.

CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER

8 p.m. Mon., First Avenue, Mpls., $28, eTix.com.

The husband-and-wife duo of Tuck and Patti have recorded everything from Hendrix and the Beatles to standards and originals. Patti Cathcart's warm, scat-inclined voice and Tuck Andress' tasteful guitar have served them well. Together since 1981, the soulfully jazzy duo made many records in the '80s, '90s and '00s. But they haven't recorded anything new since 2008's exploration of the Great American Songbook, "I Remember You."

6 & 8 p.m. Sun., Dakota Jazz Club, Mpls., $30-$35, dakotacooks.com

Want to bring a pop culture-crazed kid to the orchestra? The Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra will play a pair of one-hour family concerts featuring John Williams' finest music for film. This top-notch community orchestra is honoring the composer's 85th birthday with excerpts from "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "E.T." and, yes, the irresistibly operatic "Star Wars" score.

CHRISTY DESMITH

3 p.m. Sun. St. Matthew's Catholic Church, 490 Hall Av., St. Paul; 3 p.m. Feb. 5. St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church, 1310 Mainstreet, Hopkins; free msomn.org.

The hidden history of black classical composers continues to be patiently uncovered. The works of three of them will be featured in a recital by the Mill City String Quartet. William Grant Still's Lyric Quartet and contemporary Haitian-American composer Daniel Roumain's String Quartet No. 5, with hip-hop influences, are featured. Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a contemporary of Mozart's, is also included.

7 p.m. Thu., James J. Hill House, St. Paul; 3 p.m. Sun., St. David's Episcopal Church, Minnetonka; free, millcityquartet.com.

Isabel Nelson and Diogo Lopes, the team that gives Transatlantic Love Affair company its name, create shows with heart, sweetness and keen intelligence. Human bodies are configured to make props and scenery in the pieces devised with their companies. Their latest work is "Promise Land," which re-imagines the fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel as an immigration story. The cast includes Adelin Phelps, Emily Madigan and Peyton Dixon.

ROHAN PRESTON

Ends Feb. 12, Guthrie Theater, Mpls. $9, guthrietheater.org.

Twin Cities early music collective Consortium Carissimi marks the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation with a concert of 16th- and 17th-century choral music. Central to the program is French composer Josquin Desprez, whose music Martin Luther encountered on a trip to Rome (Luther called him "master of the notes"). Also featured is composer Johann Hermann Schein, the next generation in that musical tradition.

4 p.m. Sun., Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Mpls.; free, consortiumcarissimi.org

Boston singer-songwriter Catie Curtis is calling it quits after more than 25 years on the road. A longtime voice in the world of women's music, she's about to drop another album, "While We're Here," on Friday. Various songs have references about moving on — both from a relationship and from life. She's ready for a change but hasn't announced plans beyond this final tour, which she bills as "The Last Outing."

JON BREAM

7:30 p.m. Sun. Cedar Cultural Center, Mpls. $20-$25, thecedar.org

Road warriors, start your engines for one of the premier bike expos of the year. The International Motorcycle Show offers more than just a gallery of wheels, but an interactive experience for gear heads. Speakers include travel author Glen Heggstad and Power­Sport Institute instructor Alex Rossborough. See air-defying feats in the FMX Stunt Show or bring your gear to get checked out for free. Children can explore life on two wheels in the kids zone.

Fri.-next Sun., Minneapolis Convention Center, $16-$26, motorcycleshows.com