The XPoNential Music Festival kicks off tonight at Wiggins Park on the Camden Waterfront. Featured acts will include The Blind Boys of Alabama, Beth Orton, Alejandro Escovedo, Amos Lee, Ingrid Michaelson, and Joan Osborne. (Remember her? We do, too!) Tickets are available for $25 a day ($17 for XPN Members) or $60 for a four-day pass ($40 for XPN members) online or at the door.......

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Thursday post only collects the latest announcements, so definitely check the Tuesday post for any you may have missed. COMEDY Mo'Nique Tower Theatre, Upper Darby Fri, 10/13/06, 8PM $37.50-$45.50 On sale: Fri, 12PM, Live Nation MUSIC Barenaked Ladies Wachovia Spectrum Thu, 11/2/06, 7:30PM $35-$60 Pre-sale: Today, 10AM - Fri, 5PM, TicketMaster On sale: Sat, 10AM, TicketMaster The......

Two music festivals are hitting the Philadelphia area this weekend, and they couldn't be more different. The first is R5 Productions' This Is Hardcore 2006 fest. It starts Friday night at 5:30PM "*SHARP*," goes from noon until who knows when on Saturday and Sunday, and it's at the Starlight Ballroom all three days. We must not be hardcore enough, because we recognize pretty much none of the artists on the bill (which you can......

Senator Rick Santorum is hoping to overcome his poor poll numbers with a record-breaking campaign fundraising total of $20.1 million. Sorry, Mr. Santorum, but that's not enough money to make us forget your many, many ridiculously stupid and offensive public statements. The dog-screwing one particularly sticks in our minds. An off-duty Southwest Philadelphia police officer allegedly tried to do some shop-lifting at a Northeast Philly Wal-Mart Tuesday night - and he wasn't kidding around......

Frugal in Philly is a weekly celebration of all things Philly that are fun, frugal (costing $10 or less) or free! Stop here each week to see what Philly's got to offer for those of us who haven't quite mastered the art of becoming Independently Wealthy (although believe me, we're trying). Featured Pick of the Week: Comix 101 Art Spiegelman, author and artist behind the ground-breaking, best-selling, Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel Maus (you read......