Frugal Fun Alert: Wednesday

Fun around town, for $10 or less:

Let's Talk Sendak: A gallery talk on Maurice Sendak as an illustrator of other authors. Event is at 6PM at the Rosenbach Museum and Library (2008 Delancey Place) and costs five to 10 dollars. Admission is limited; RSVP here.

Coffee Talk: Program features a 30-minute tour of the current exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art (S. 36th Street and Sansom Street) led by a Penn graduate lecturer, followed by coffee with a faculty member who leads an interdisciplinary conversation about various exhibitions. Event is at 5:30PM and is free.

Kafka Imagining America: A reading by Mark Harman, who recently completed a new translation of Kafka's first novel, Amerika: The Missing Person, followed by a panel discussion with Penn professors, all at Kelly Writers House (3805 Locust Walk) at 6PM. Free

Orphic and Metamorphic: Penn professors Dolan and Tresch discuss the surprising ways in which the fields of music and science overlapped during the period surrounding the French Revolution. Event takes place at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (3260 South Street) at 5PM. Free

Stuff White People Like: Christian Lauder, author of the book and creator of the website Stuff White People Like, will discuss and sign copies of the paperback version of his best-selling book at the Penn Bookstore (3601 Walnut Street) at 7PM. Free

The Low Anthem: The Low Anthem plays Johnny Brenda's (1201 Frankford Avenue) at 9PM. $10

Quizzo Mania: Get your Quizzo on at 12 Steps Down (831 Christian), 9PM; The Black Sheep (247 S. 17th), 8PM; Dirty Frank’s (13th and Pine), 9PM; Dr. Watson's (216 S. 11th), 9PM; Grey Lodge (6235 Frankford), 7PM; National Mechanics (22 S. 3rd), 8PM; and Manny Brown’s (512 South), 9PM. Free

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