Fun around town, for $10 or less:

FRIDAY
Economics PhDs: Philly originals The Contractions at World Café Live (3025 Walnut), 9:30PM. Free

The N Crowd: Improv comedy troupe the N Crowd perform at the Actors Center (257 N 3rd), 8PM. $10

SATURDAY
If You Can Stand the Kiddies: NBC10 day at the Adventure Aquarium (1 Riverside Drive, Camden), 9:30AM. $10 for all tickets

Get Healthy: Annual Health and Wellness Fair featuring workshops and seminars on good nutrition, stress reduction strategies, women’s health issues, financial health, and more at the African American Museum of Philadelphia (701 Arch), 10AM. Free (donations of non-perishable food at the door)

Not of Those Guthries: Australian percussionist Will Guthrie uses homemade instruments alongside those of the more traditional kind at the Gershman Y (401 S Broad), 8PM. $10

Girlfriend in a Coma: The Smiths tribute band Girlfriend in a Coma at the Khyber (56 S 2nd), 9PM. $10

SUNDAY
Classic: Kasia Marzec-Salwinski performs classical works on piano at the Philadelphia Ethical Society (1906 Rittenhouse Sq), 11AM. Free

Unsparing Sea: Unsparing Sea and Dan Galleger at Dawson Street Pub (100 Dawson), 10PM. Free

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