Best of the week: Martin Luther exhibition, Schoolboy Q, 'Jitney,' Margo Price, more

Some 500 years after Martin Luther sparked a religious revolution, the Minneapolis Institute of Art opens an international show featuring the theologian's books and manuscripts as well as paintings, furniture, jewelry, armor and luxurious clothing — much of which has never before left Germany. Highlights of "Martin Luther: Art and the ­Reformation" include a hand-colored copy of Luther's German Bible.MARY ABBE

Opens Oct. 30. Ends Jan. 15. $20, artsmia.org

South Central Los Angeles' best-known rapper of the moment besides Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q might actually be more compelling live than Lamar based on their previous Twin Cities appearances. He broke out as a major hip-hop star in 2014 with the singles "Man of the Year" and "Collard Greens" and then crossed over into Top 40 territory this summer with the Kanye West collaboration "That Part," from his lively new "Blank Face LP." Opener Joey Bada$$ makes this rap's biggest club gig of the year.

CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER

7 p.m. Thu. Myth, Maplewood, $32, Ticketmaster.com

"Jitney," one of August Wilson's earliest plays, is set in a gypsy cab stand in 1977 Pittsburgh as urban renewal threatens the men's neighborhood and livelihood. The play has a storied history at Penumbra Theatre, where it premiered in 1984. Jocular tales, vivid metaphors and folk wisdom suffuse Lou Bellamy's sterling production, which just had its run extended by a week. Terry Bellamy (pictured) is part of an all-star cast of Penumbra — and Wilson — veterans.

ROHAN PRESTON

Returning to town less than two weeks after Jack White brought her to "A Prairie Home Companion," Margo Price is equal parts torchy country, vintage rockabilly and modern alt-twang. "Midwest Farmer's Daughter," her first album for White's Third Man Records — after a decade of kicking around clubs — has turned into one of this year's biggest debuts, led by the single "Hurtin' on the Bottle."

CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER

8 p.m. Thu., Turf Club, St. Paul, sold out

The mellifluous, rapid-fire phrasing delivered by Rudresh Mahanthappa on alto saxophone conjures constant comparisons to legendary bebop altoist Charlie "Bird" Parker. Mahanthappa's 2015 "Bird Calls" album underscored the connection by using Parker tunes for inspiration and deconstruction, earning album of the year honors from jazz critics at NPR. Trumpeter Adam O'Farrill is the lone player of the "Bird Calls" quintet on hand.

BRITT ROBSON

The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra has been on the road touring "O Mikros, O Megas," a new work for strings by American composer George Tsontakis. The ensemble's Big Apple concert earned a rave from the New York Times. And now the SPCO returns home for the work's Midwest premiere. Also featured is Schubert's sunny Fifth Symphony.

TERRY BLAIN

7:30 p.m. Tue., Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Apple Valley; 7:30 p.m. Thu., Trinity Lutheran Church, Stillwater; 8 p.m. Fri. & Sat., Ordway Concert Hall, St. Paul; $13-$53, thespco.org

A cappella in an arena? Doesn't make sense unless it's Pentatonix, the quintet that's pitch-perfect vocally and visually. They're keeping things fresh with Justin Bieber songs and original material from last year's "Pentatonix" album along with such favorites as their Grammy-winning Daft Punk medley, Imogen Heap's "Aha!" and Kevin Olusola's beatbox-cello version of Bach's Prelude No. 1. Opening are Us the Duo and Abi.

JON BREAM

Dead End Hayride is no pleasure cruise. Brave souls must hang onto their nerve as they take a haunted hayride into darkness and despair. Should your party return with any gumption left, walk through the Departed Oaks Haunted Trail, home of Sunnyvale Asylum. At the Site 66 haunted cornfield, dubbed the "wasteland of broken dreams," the chain-saw maze will definitely create a fright to remember.

MELISSA WALKER

7-9:30 p.m. today, Wed.-Thu., next Sun.; 7 p.m.-midnight Fri.-Sat. $13-$39. Pinehaven Farm, Wyoming, Minn. thedeadendhayride.com

Violinist Mark O'Connor has distinguished himself in country, classical, jazz and bluegrass. Now he's trying something a little different — the O'Connor Band, a family bluegrass group consisting of O'Connor, his wife, Maggie, his son Forrest and Forrest's fiancée, Kate. They collaborated on this year's rewarding bluegrass collection "Coming Home." And their shows are known for a rousing rendition of Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode."

JON BREAM