Fun around town, for $10 or less:

FRIDAY
We Heart Toy Theater: Adaptation to aforementioned toy theater of Howard Zinn’s Emma at the DaVinci Art Alliance (704 Catherine), 7PM. Free (donations accepted)

The Wimyn: Wimyn’s Original Rock Festival featuring Phyllis Chappell, Cris Valkeria, Kate Foust, Nicola Visaggio, Urbana, and more at the Rotunda (4014 Walnut), 8PM. $10

The Last: Last Friday at the Philadelphia Art Alliance featuring local artists Katie Ford and John Conahan at the, um, Philadelphia Art Alliance (251 South 18th), 7PM. $5

Poems Not Prisons: Monthly open mic night featuring guest local poets at the A-Space (4722 Baltimore), 11PM. Free (donations accepted)

SATURDAY
Crafty: Art Star Craft Bazaar featuring more than 150 artists on Penn's Landing’s Great Plaza (301 S Columbus), 11AM-7PM. Free (also on Sunday, 11AM-5PM)

Free Music: Benjamin Beirs and Sarah Hershman at Jonas Studio (5225 Greene, #17), 7PM. Free

More Free Music: Baffle The Cat at Ray's Happy Birthday Bar (1200 E Passyunk), 9:30PM. Free

And Again: Grubstake, Scott Jefferson, and Dina Elise at Fergie's Pub (1214 Sansom), 10PM. Free

SUNDAY
This Will Be AWESOME: Noir at the Bar, featuring readings by former City Paper ed and crime novelist extraordinaire Duane Swierczynski, at Tritone (1508 South), 6PM. Free

Tell Me a Story: A Night of Comedic Fairy Tales with locals Comic Energy at Paddywacks (150 South), 8PM. $5

They Do: Girls Rock Philly featuring Oak Oak Okay and Courtney Fairchild at Triumph Brewing Company (121 Chestnut), 2-5PM. Free

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