Frugal Fun Alert: Monday

Fun around town, for $10 or less:

Holiday Concert: Featuring a heart-warming mix of favorite songs, arias, and Christmas classics, all sung by the big, beautiful voices of the Bel Canto Lyric Opera Company, at the Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd (3820 The Oak Road), 7:30PM. $10

Monday Poets Reading Series: Featuring Ann Michael and Daniel R. Collins, at the Skyline Room in the Parkway Central branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia (1901 Vine Street), 6:30PM. Free. For more information, call 215-686-5402.

The Comic Vs. Audience Comedy Show: Comic vs. Audience is a good, cheap night of comedy from four Philadelphia standup comedians at the Shubin Theatre (407 Bainbridge Street), 8PM. $5

The Jacob Burns Foundation Classic Reading Series: EgoPo and eight other Philadelphia theater companies explore the evolution of expressionism throughout the last century, one Monday each month throughout the 2008-2009 season, at the Ethical Society of Philadelphia (1906 S. Rittenhouse Square), 7PM. $10. Call 800-595-4TIX to order.

Open Mic: Free at The Fire (412 W. Girard). Sign up at 8:30PM. (21+)

Sing Your Life!: Karaoke With DJ Sara Sherr Mondays upstairs at the Khyber (56 S. Second), 9PM - 2 AM. Free (21+)

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