Our Friday best: Osmo Vänskä, Burna Boy, 'Class of '85' and 'The Morning Dip'

Minnesota Orchestra

This may be the best week of "Summer at Orchestra Hall." At 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, English conductor Kerem Hasan leads a nature-inspired program, featuring Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony and "Moonlight" Sonata, courtesy of pianist Jon Kimura Parker. At 10:30 p.m. Friday, Osmo Vänskä offers a quiet coda to his recently concluded music director tenure by performing a Brahms clarinet trio with cellist Anthony Ross and pianist Parker. Then, at 11 a.m. Thursday and 8 p.m. July 29, Chinese conductor Yue Bao leads a wonderfully varied program featuring local hip-hoppers the BRKFST Dance Company performing to Beethoven's "Grosse Fuge," soprano Jessica Rivera singing Richard Strauss' "Four Last Songs," and a finale of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. (Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall, Mpls.; $32-$95; 612-371-5656 or minnesotaorchestra.org.)

ROB HUBBARD

Burna Boy

A decade after gaining a buzz off his debut "L.I.F.E.," the Nigerian singer continues to blend hip-hop and African beats in infectious and innovative ways on his sixth album, "Love, Damini." The real-life Damini Ogulu, 31, also blends gospel and Caribbean/Latin influences into the mix with guests including Ladysmith Black Mambazo, J Balvin, Khalid and Ed Sheeran. After big festival gigs overseas at Glastonbury and Primavera Sound, he's touring America now for his biggest local gig to date. (7:30 p.m. Fri., the Armory, 500 S. 6^th St., Mpls., $57-$197, all ages, ticketmaster.com.)

CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER

Twin Cities Summer Jam

JON BREAM

Alanis Morissette

The ultimate expression of 1990s female angst, "Jagged Little Pill" has been re-released several times, re-recorded in acoustic form and become the subject of a jukebox Broadway musical. After years of meditation and motherhood, Morissette has come to grips with the blockbuster record that made her world-famous. Because of a pandemic delay, she is now celebrating the 25th anniversary of that 1995 classic. Fresh from a run through her native Canada, Morissette has invited Garbage, a still vibrant '90s band featuring the always passionate Shirley Manson, to open. (7 p.m. Mon. Xcel Energy Center, 199 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, $45-$360, ticketmaster.com.)

J.B.

Machine Gun Kelly

C.R.

'Class of '85'

After a successful run this spring, Collide Theatrical Dance Company returns to St. Paul's Gremlin Theater with a sendup of 1980s teen movies. The theatrical dance with a live band was created by Regina Peluso, with directing assistance from Heather Brockman. Drawing on archetypes like cheerleaders, class presidents, rebels, jocks and geeks, Collide teases out the subtle feelings behind the stereotypes in a piece that looks at the struggles of adolescence. It's set to '80s pop tunes, and there's audience participation to boot. (7:30 p.m. Fri. & Sat., 2 p.m. Sun., Gremlin Theater, 550 Vandalia St., #177, St. Paul, $30-$55, 651-395-7903, collidetheatrical.org.)

SHEILA REGAN

'Lost Highway'

CHRIS HEWITT

Chilly Swedish waters

In the coastal village of Torekov, Sweden, each morning nearly the entire town hits the local pier, Morganbryggan, and jumps into the North Sea. Paris-based Swedish-American photographer Peggy Anderson got to know the locals and this tradition, which includes selecting the perfect bathrobe. She created a series of works, "Morgandopp/The Morning Dip," now on view at the American Swedish Institute. What began as portraits of Swedes wearing bathrobes on the pier turned into the artist's self-examination of her mixed cultural heritage. Anderson lived in Sweden as a child and spends every summer there. (Ends Oct. 30. American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Av. S., Mpls. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wed., Fri.-Sun.; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thu. $6-$12. asimn.org or 612-871-4907.)

ALICIA ELER

Nitro Circus