Sheri Booker was 15 when she got a summer job at a West Baltimore funeral home. In the beginning, she answered phones and babysat bodies, showing guests into the funeral home’s viewing room. But over the next nine years she was given almost every task, from writing obituaries and driving a hearse to lifting bodies and painting women’s fingernails.

Åarhus Gallery, 50 Main St., celebrates sixth anniversary, through June 30. Opening reception, 5-8 p.m. Friday. Features artworks by Åarhus partners: Kevin Johnson, Mark Kelly, Richard Mann, Wesley Reddick and Willy Reddick. Hours: 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday, Mondays by chance; 338-0001 or aarhusgallery.org.

“After Earth” The once-formidable director M. Night Shyamalan (“The Sixth Sense”) tries to regain his cred with this science-fiction thriller about a father and son (played by Will Smith and his son Jaden) who crash land on Earth 1,000 years after it was abandoned by mankind. 89 minutes (PG-13)