Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Invincible: Outdoor screening of Invincible, part of the City Hall Film Series in the City Hall Courtyard, 8:30PM. Free Improv: The N Crowd present a double feature of improv comedy at the Actors Center (257 N 3rd), 8PM. $10 SATURDAY Three Bands at Once: Rooftop CD release BBQ featuring Controlled Storms, Toy Soldiers, and Power Animal on top of the Whole Foods Parking Garage (929 South), 4PM.......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Watch Dance: "Miro Through The Lens," a behind-the-scenes look at the film and video work of Miro co-artistic director Tobin Rothlein, at Girard College (2102 S College Ave), 6:30-8:30PM. Free Eat and Drink the Hope: Obama acceptance speech party with free apps (‘til 10) at Abbracio (820 S 47th), 7PM-midnight. Free Movies. Outdoors: Scribe and WPEB radio are presenting Street Movies in Malcolm X Park (52nd and Pine),......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Art and Wine: Art exhibit by the residents of Park Pleasant Nursing Home and free wine and cheese at Abbracio (820 S 47th), 5-7PM. Free Knitty: Knitting circle at Vagabond (37 N 3rd), 6-8PM. Free Phishy: Strange Design and Long Walk Home at the Khyber (56 S 2nd), 8PM. $8 Quizzo Mania: Get your Quizzo on at 12 Steps Down (831 Christian), 9PM; The Black Sheep (247 S.......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Slamming: The theme of this month’s First Person Story Slams: “Worst Ever.” At L’Etage (624 S 6th), 7:30PM. $10 Two-Step Program: Folk dancing lessons sponsored by the Fairmount Park Commission at the Art Museum Steps (26th and the Parkway), 8-10:30PM. $3 Game Night!: Game night every Tuesday at The Dive (947 E Passyunk), 8PM. Free Only Beach We’ll See This Week: Bob Beach Trio and friends at Upstairs......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Jazzy: Nick Colionne, part of Smooth Jazz Summer Nights at the Great Plaza on Penn’s Landing (Chestnut and Columbus Blvd), 7:30PM. Free Nebula: Nebula, Totimoshi, Serpent Throne, and El Toro de Oro at the Khyber (56 S 2nd), 9PM. $10 Benefit for Philadelphia Jobs with Justice: NYC-based Rude Mechanical Orchestra joins locals Tha Truth, Old Goats, and International Anthem for Irrational Numbers at LAVA Space (4134 Lancaster),......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Nobody’s Fool: Camp Bette continues with an outdoor screening of All About Eve at the International House (3701 Chestnut), 8PM. Free Jazzy: The Friends of Malcolm X Memorial Park present Barbara Walker at the Summer Heritage Jazz Series in the Park (52nd and Pine), 7-9PM. Free Transform Your Mind: Introduction to Buddhist psychology presented by the Menlha Buddhist Center at the Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia (1906 S......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Hard Core Barbie: Project Runway viewing party every Wednesday, with Barbie design challenge for all in attendance, at National Mechanics (22 S 3rd), 11PM. $7 Gay Catholic Erotica Author: Scott D. Pomfret reads from his new book Since My Last Confession: A Gay Catholic Memoir at Giovanni’s Room (345 S 12th), 5:30PM. Free PW Concerts in the Park: XPN welcomes Adam Arcuragi and The Capitol Years in Rittenhouse......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Onstage Philadelphia: Philly Fringe Preview Series featuring Brian Sanders/JUNK, Crescent Moon Entertainment Co., Don Montrey & Juliette Pryor (Go Don! And Julie!), Zombies Ain't Shit Theatre Company, and more at Plays and Players (1714 Delancey Place), 8PM. $10 Music Showcase: The beta hi-fi Music Festival featuring David Janes, Grahm Brown, Gillian Grassie, Joshua Park, and Clarity at World Café Live (3025 Walnut), 7PM. Free (Different bands every night......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Well, Not Really the Last: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade at Historic Headhouse (2nd and Lombard), 8PM. Free (free dance lesson at 6:15PM) Meander, Youander: Stroll along the Schuylkill and take in Boathouse Row, the sculpture, and the Water Works starting from the Art Museum (26th and the Parkway), 4PM. $6 Action: Johnny Action Figure, Hammer No More the Fingers, The Tressels, and City Veins at the......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Drive-In, City Style: The Lawn Chair Drive-In presents Cat Ballou at Liberty Lands Park (3rd and Poplar), 8PM. Free Ouch: Distorted Impalement, Cephalotripsy, and Dysentery at the Khyber (56 S 2nd), 8PM. $10 Forks!: Oneida, Beat Jams, Dirty Faces, and Jah Division Electric Sound System at Johnny Brenda's (1201 Frankford), 10PM. $8 Got a frugal tip? Don't be stingy! Send it here and share the wealth!......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Be a Champ: Kick off the Summer Games with food and entertainment at the Evening of Champions in Chinatown (10th and Arch), 5:30PM. Free Last Chance to Help teh Aminals (by Watching Naked Ladies, That Is): Last Suicide Girls PAWS benefit of the summer at Raven Lounge (1718 Sansom), 9PM. $5 080808: Chiptune Party with No Carrier, 8GB, Nullsleep, Animal Style, Cheap Dinosaurs, Auto Da Fe, and......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Mummy!: Gear up for Chinese mummies with the Mummy Returns at the Great Plaza on Penn's Landing (Chestnut and Columbus Blvd), 6:30PM. Free ROUS on the Banks: The Princess Bride as part of the Laughter on the Banks series at the Walnut Street Dock (25th and Walnut), 8PM. Free Support Your Local Poets: New Philadelphia Poets at Germ Books and Gallery (2005 Frankford), 7PM. Free Love Music: Music......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Hope They Leave a Light On: Screenings Under the Stars presents Hitchcock’s Psycho at the Great Plaza on Penn’s Landing (Chestnut and Columbus Blvd), 8PM. Free On the Organ: Scott Montgomery performs Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's "Sonata No.1 in F Minor," Gringy's "Ave Maris Stella," Bach's " Prelude and Fugue in C Major,” and more at the Kimmel Center (300 S Broad), 7PM. $10 Bring a Glove: Michael Jackson Tribute Night......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Night of the Sixpack: Philly's Joe Sixpack reads from his new book Joe Sixpack's Philly Beer Guide: A Reporter's Notes on the Best Beer-Drinking City in America at the Central Branch of the Free Library (1901 Vine) at 7PM, then heads to McGillin's (1310 Drury) for a giant after-party at 9PM featuring a “Joe Sixpack of Beer” samples. All free (except the beer itself) Theater in Your Backyard:......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Are You Experienced?: The Erotic Literary Salon invites you to share your original or favorite erotica at L’Etage (624 S 6th), 8:30. $10 (registration required: 215-840-5830) ARGH!: Classic pirate movie The Crimson Pirate outside at the Independence Seaport Museum (211 S Columbus Blvd), 8PM. $4 New Music Series: Shanks and Kreme, Matt Gauss Band, Tim McGlone, Charlotte Littlehales, and Jamie Pannone at North Star Bar (2639 Poplar), 8PM.......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY: They Most Certainly Do: Screening of Girls Rock! The Movie, following girls enrolled in The Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls in Oregon, to benefit Girls Rock Philly (coming August 4-9) at 941 Theater (941 N Front), 7PM reception, 8PM screening. $7 Music on the River: Sounds of R&B Series featuring Fertile Ground at the Great Plaza on Penn's Landing (Chestnut and Columbus Blvd), 7:30PM. Free From......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Andrew’s Video Vault: With a theme of ''Let’s not forget you-know-who was elected,'' a screening of Hans-Jurgen Syberberg’s Hitler – A Film From Germany at the Rotunda (4014 Walnut), 6PM. Free If You’d Rather Be Outside: Screenings Under the Stars featuring Spider-Man 3 at the Great Plaza on Penn's Landing (Chestnut and Columbus Blvd), 6:30PM (movie at dusk). Free Music on the Mall: Free summer concert series on......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Unnatural: The Chimeras, Captain of Industry, Busses, and Anti Emz at the Khyber (56 S 2nd), 8PM. $8 If It’s Not Funny, At Least It’s Free: Open Mic Extravaganza featuring 20 up-and-coming comics at Helium Comedy Club (2031 Sansom), 8PM. Free On the Eve of the Olympics: Film screening and discussion about the relationship between the United States and China with journalist Elisa Rubin at the National Constitution......

No debate: there’s no better, or more appropriate, place to celebrate the birth of our nation than right here in Philly. Here are a few things to help you enjoy your freedom this weekend. The best part? Most of it’s free. Today: Forget lunch, there’s cake! A reading of the Declaration of Independence is followed by an eight foot cake that’s needs some eating. Head over to the Independence Visitor Center at noon to snag......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Swinging: John Clark Big Band sponsored by the Chestnut Hill Community Association at Pastorius Park (Abington and Lincoln Drive), 7:30PM. Free Local Flavor: Wednesday Night Out, featuring 15 local performers including Bunny Sigler, MFSB, Soul Survivors, and others on the Avenue of the Arts and in The Kimmel Center (Broad between Locust and Pine), 6:30PM. Free Quizzo Mania: Get your Quizzo on at 12 Steps Down (831 Christian),......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Hope You Like Outdoor Movies: Screening of Shawshank Redemption at Eastern State Penitentiary (2124 Fairmount), 9PM. Free (space limited, first come first served) Lady DJs: The Philly Reggae Girls will be spinning ska, reggae, rocksteady, and dancehall at Tritone (1508 South), 9PM-2AM. Free New Music Tuesdays: Acts of Violence, One with Nothing, Corner Store Espionage, The Tea Club, and Down to One at North Star Bar (2639 Poplar),......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY: We Were Framed!: Phillyist Framed, a photo exhibit with works from Phillyist readers, at Studio 34 (4522 Baltimore), 7PM. $5 suggested donation (plus free beer) Hype: the HYPE! presents Boy Wonder, Nicole Lynn, Steve Hackman, Swift Technique, Laura Cheadle, and Half Evil Half Good at Upstairs at World Café Live (3025 Walnut), 8PM. $9 The N Crowd: Improv comedy troupe the N Crowd perform at the Actors......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Whenever Wednesday: Bardo Pond performs, and horror-film aficionado Trenton Doyle Hancock presents The Driller Killer, at the ICA (118 S 36th), 7PM & 7:30PM. $6 Local: Local singer-songwriter Jeff Kessler and Sarah Marie White at World Café Live (3025 Walnut), 9:30PM. $8 By R5: Grails, Nadja, and Serpent Throne, brought to you by the fine folks at R5, at Johnny Brenda's (1201 N Frankford), 9PM. $10 Quizzo Mania:......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Free Plays: Free public staged readings of 6 new plays by Peter Bonilla, Jennifer Haley, Lila Rose Kaplan, James Mclindon, Gregory S. Moss, and Silva Semerciyan at the Playground at the Adrienne (2030 Sansom), 8PM. Free (runs through June 27) Slamming: First Person Arts Story Slam with an “On The Road” theme at L’Etage (624 S 6th), 7:30PM. $5-10 Night of Quiet: Hezekiah Jones, Chris Bathgate, John Francis,......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY The N Crowd: Improv comedy troupe the N Crowd perform at the Actors Center (257 N 3rd), 8PM. $10 Ah, Faerie: Faerie Elaine Silver performs at The Philadelphia Society for Art, Literature and Music (5841 Overbrook Ave), 8PM. $10 Wild Nights: Jerzy Skolimowski: Inside/Outside presentation of Deep End at the International House (3701 Chestnut), 7PM (opening reception at 6PM). $5-7 Oh, the Anonymity: Toiling in Obscurity, with......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Total Zoo: Giraffes? Giraffes!, Birdfeeder, Aldenbarton, and Holla Wolf at Tritone (1508 South), 10PM. $5 We’re More “Chug” Ourselves: Many local bars are participating in Center City Sips, featuring cheap drinks and eats, every Wednesday through August, 5-7PM. Lot of Hollering: Animal Style, Mark Denardo & Graffiti Monsters, Holler, Wild Rose!, and One Eyed Stanley at the Khyber (56 S 2nd), 8PM. $8 Quizzo Mania: Get your Quizzo......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Are You Experienced?: The Erotic Literary Salon invites you to share your original or favorite erotica at L’Etage (624 S 6th), 8:30. $10 (registration required: 215-840-5830) They’re Bi: Bipolaroid at Tritone (1508 South), 10PM. $5 New Music Tuesdays: The Hot Spots, The Blahs, Stone Thrown, 3 Js in the AM, and Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies at North Star Bar (2639 Poplar), 8PM. $5 Got a frugal......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Hip Hop: Local Hip Hop Showcase featuring MAGr, Burke, Nico the Beast, Nickelz, Scanz, Sinn Azucar, King Magnetic, Viro the Virus, Kraft, and Myrikal at the Balcony at the Troc (1003 Arch), 7PM. $5 Under the Stars: Outdoor movie event with Bend It Like Beckham, in celebration of the Olympic Gymnastics Trials, at Penn’s Landing Great Plaza (Columbus and Chestnut), 8:30PM. Free Andrew’s Video Vault: Presented by ARM/cinema25......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Free Music If You’re Willing To Travel: Sundown Music Series presents Chuck Prophet with Marc Silver at the McLaughlin-Norcross Memorial Dell in Haddon Lake Park (Haddon Heights NJ), 7:30. Free First Person Salon: First Person Arts salons at the Gershman Y (401 S Broad), 7PM. $10 Heroes: Heroes of Popular Wars and The Cyanide Valentine at M Room (15 W Girard), 8PM. $8 Quizzo Mania: Get your Quizzo......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Free Food! Oh, And Yeah, Some Athletes: “You’ll See More Twists Than a Philly Pretzel,” featuring live entertainment, gymnastics demonstrations, and free soft pretzels at Love Park (15th and JFK), Noon. Free Jam Bang: Jam Bang and Greg Ginn & The Taylor Texas Corrugators at the Khyber (56 S 2nd), 8PM. $8 Nada: The Nadas and Lelia Broussard at Upstairs at World Café Live (3025 Walnut), 8PM. $10......