What to do this weekend:

Music town

"Black, Blue & True: To the Tune of Inspiration" is a photographic look at some of Cape May, N.J.'s influential African-American musicians, and the jazz and blues artists who influenced them. It opens Saturday in the Carriage House Gallery of the Emlen Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St., Cape May. The gallery will be open weekends through March 26, then daily through April 18; hours vary. An opening reception will be held at 4 p.m. Jan. 18 and a panel discussion with some of the musicians featured in the exhibit is set for 4 p.m. Feb. 21. Admission is $2, $1 for children 3-12, or free with any Physick Estate tour. Call (800) 275-4278 or visit www.capemaymac.org.

Game of science

Opening Saturday at the Whitaker Science Center, 222 Market St., Harrisburg, are the exhibits "Carnival of Health" and "Tech City." "Carnival of Health" is a 2,200-square-foot permanent exhibit that promotes health and wellness in a carnival-like atmosphere. Shoot hoops while learning about nutrition in a special version of Pop-a-Shot called "Feed Gorgo." There's also a variation of Whac-a-Mole that promotes hygiene, where you whack germs instead of moles. There's a 16-foot climbing wall, a "React-o-Meter," "See Your Future," and more. On display through March 7, "Tech City" lets kids become engineering experts with 12 activity stations to invent, design, create, build and test if your creations actually work. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays. Admission is $13.75, $11.75 for children 3-12, students and seniors 55+. Call (717) 214-ARTS or visit www.whitakercenter.org.

State spotlight

The State Theatre, 453 Northampton St., Easton, presents the musical "Hairspray" at 8 tonight. Tickets are $50 and $55. Comedy "queen of mean" Lisa Lampanelli takes the stage at 8 p.m. Friday. This show is for mature audiences. Tickets are $36.75. The annual Elvis Birthday Bash concert features Scot Bruce as the young heartbreaker and Mike Albert as the seasoned Vegas-style Elvis at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $36 and $41. Call (800) 999-STATE or visit www.statetheater.org.

Automania in Allentown

Automania returns to the Agri-Plex at the Allentown Fairgrounds, 302 N. 17th St., Allentown. Hours are noon to 9 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Get more information at (717) 215-0700.

Wine, cheese, chocolate

Chaddsford Winery, 632 Baltimore Pike, Chadds Ford, pairs regional cheeses with their wines at tasting events Saturday, Jan. 23 and 30. Then the winery showcases wine and chocolate pairings every Saturday and Sunday in February. Both of these events will be conducted as sit-down tastings by the winery's staff of wine educators. Cheeses featured for the January pairings will include: Birchrunville Blue and Calkins Creamery camembert-like Noble, plus a colby from Conebella Farm and a goats' milk cheese from Shellbark Hollow. Pairing events will be held at 2 and 4 p.m. Admission is $20 per person and reservations are required. Chocolates for the February tastings will be sourced from é'clat Chocolates in West Chester, and will be held every Saturday and Sunday of the month at 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. Admission is $25 per person and reservations are required. Call (610) 388-6221.

Quartet concert

The Tri-State Jazz Society presents Ed Wise and his New Orleans Jazz Band "Lite" performing the music of Sidney Bechet's Big 4 and Django Reinhardt's American Quartet. The concert is 2 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the Brooklawn, N.J. American Legion Post, 11 Railroad Ave., Brooklawn. Admission is $20, $10 for students. Call (610) 268-5930, e-mail info@tristatejazz.org or visit www.tristatejazz.org.

Toon academia

Pittsburgh's new cartoon museum, the ToonSeum, offers a January lecture series with art

ists and authors. Editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers kicks off the series at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Rogers' cartoons appear regularly in three major metropolitan newspapers, Newsweek and USA Today. His new book is called "No Cartoon Left Behind." On Jan. 23, author Nevin Martell talks about his quest to get the story behind the reclusive and mercurial creator of "Calvin and Hobbes," Bill Watterson. The ToonSeum is at 945 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh. Admission is $4, $3 for students. Call (412) 232-0199 or visit www.toonseum.org.

Save the date

Jan. 21 at Allentown Symphony Hall, 23 N. Sixth St., Allentown, the flute and piccolo are highlighted in a Musical Treasure Chest program for families and children at 9:30 and 11 a.m. Tickets are $6. This concert is in the Rodale Community Room. On the mainstage at 7 p.m., it's Mandragora Tango, a collective of tango musicians from Minneapolis dedicated to preserving the musical forms of tango and translating them for today's listeners and dancers. Tickets are $20. Call (610) 432-6715 or visit www.allentownsymphony.org.