Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY SURFGARAGEPUNKROCKNROLL!!! Whoo!: Positively Sick on South Street with Flag of Democracy, The Ripovs!, Voodoo Reef, and cheap drinks at Tritone (1508 South), 9PM. $6 Funstival: First annual Mascher Space Coop Funstival, featuring The Hessians, Gemini Wolf, Umlaut, The Mural and the Mint, and dance performances by New Extreme Dance Explosions Awesomes, PIMA group, M.I.A., ChristinaZani/DevynnEmory /Sam Miller, Megan Bridge, and MAPcollective at Johnny Brenda’s (1201 Frankford), 8PM.......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Sounds Like Diplomacy in Our Office: Author Gregory Levey reads from his memoir Shut Up, I'm Talking: And Other Diplomacy Lessons I Learned in the Israeli Government, detailing his time as a speechwriter for the Israeli delegation to the U.N. and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, at Robin’s Bookstore (108 S 13th), 6PM. Free MadDragon Showcase: Love Like Pi, Univox, Greyhound, and Except After Sea at Upstairs at World......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: We’re Really Not Sure: Tyler grad and art world phenom Trenton Doyle Hancock talks about mounds and vegans at the Institute for Contemporary Art (118 S 36th), 7PM. $6 First Person Salon: First Person Arts hosts another Salon at the Gershman Y (401 South Broad), featuring photographer Christopher Paquette, poet Tamesha Hawkins, Performer Martha Kemper, and musician Matt Davis and his band Aerial Photograph, 7-9PM. $5 Revolting: Colour......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Why Not an Even Minute?: 54 Seconds at Upstairs at World Café Live (3025 Walnut), 8PM. $10 Showcase Showdown: Dance party benefit for the Arden's Professional Apprentice class at L’Etage (6th and Bainbridge), 9PM-2AM. $5 Jazz Jam: Karl Jones and His Quartet at Chris' Jazz Café (1421 Sansom), 9PM. $2 Happy Times: Eph Tradition, Doomsday Machine Schematic, The Claw, and I’d Rather Be Dead at Tritone (1508 South),......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Indian Jewelry: Indian Jewelry, The Sounds of Kaleidoscope, and Lesser Known Neutrinos at Johnny Brenda’s (1201 Frankford) 8PM. $8 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+) Got a frugal tip? Don't be stingy! Send it here and share the......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Economics PhDs: Philly originals The Contractions at World Café Live (3025 Walnut), 9:30PM. Free The N Crowd: Improv comedy troupe the N Crowd perform at the Actors Center (257 N 3rd), 8PM. $10 SATURDAY If You Can Stand the Kiddies: NBC10 day at the Adventure Aquarium (1 Riverside Drive, Camden), 9:30AM. $10 for all tickets Get Healthy: Annual Health and Wellness Fair featuring workshops and seminars on......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Our Favorite Martha: Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret at L’Etage (624 S 6th), 9PM. $10 Fight!: Troika: Round One improv battle with local comedy troupes Auditorium, Capital T, and Hot Girl Check-In at the Shubin Theatre (407 Bainbridge), 8PM. $10 Parlor Mob: Parlor Mob and The Milwaukees at the Khyber (56 S 2nd), 9PM. $10 Got a frugal tip? Don't be stingy! Send it here and share the wealth!......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Robert On Robbery: Drexel prof and author Robert Zaller discusses his latest book Theft of the Century: Who's Trying to Steal the Barnes, and Why It Won't Work at Robin’s Bookstore (108 S 13th), 6PM. Free Knitty: Knitting circle every Wednesday at Vagabond (37 N 3rd), 6-8PM. Free Spinny: The Spinning Leaves, Birdie Busch, and Cowmuddy at Upstairs at World Café Live (3025 Walnut), 8PM. $9 Quizzo Mania:......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: The English Patient Guy: Author Michael Ondaatje discusses his latest novel, Divisadero, at the Central Branch of the Free Library (1901 Vine), 7PM. Free Yuck It Up: Helium Comedy Club (2031 Sansom) presents twenty up and coming comics at 8PM. Free New Music Tuesdays: Young Gene Buffalo, Goodbye Etc, Beyond The Black, and Bushbomb at the North Star Bar (2639 Poplar), 8PM. $5 Local Shots Live: WMMR and......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: OM: Vinyasa Yoga with Maryte Curran every Monday at the Rotunda (4014 Walnut), 7PM. $10 Monday Night Club: Baptist Preachers and Knife & Fork Band at the Balcony at the Troc (1003 Arch), 10PM. Free (21+) 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 -......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Flamenco Jam: First Friday Juerga, a flamenco jam session featuring collective playing, singing, and dancing hosted by Pasion y Arte at the Casino Free Philadelphia Office (230 N 2nd), 7PM. Free Bossa Nova: Bucks County native Avi Wisnia celebrates the release of his new Brazilian Bossa Nova inspired album at Tin Angel (20 S 2nd), 7:30PM. $10 The N Crowd: Improv comedy troupe the N Crowd perform......

You know what we're thinking about today? We're only 21 days away from The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull...Beware the link, the signature music plays right away, and loudly, too. NEW PARADISE LABORATORIES PRESENTS: PROM! That's right. PROM. Sort of like prom, but capitalized. New Paradise Laboratories, with the help of some Drexel students, is bringing their unique and experiential theater experience to Philadelphia at the Mandell Theater on Drexel's campus. New Paradise themselves described......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Free: Reception for artist Duane Michals’ exhibition “The Facts of Life,” a collection of politically driven works relating and exploring issues faced by the gay community, at the Merriam Theater (250 S Broad), 5PM. Free Also Free: Old City Coffee (221 Church) presents Guatemala Night, featuring Guatemalan coffee sampling and Central American food, 6PM. Free All Free, All the Time: The XPN Local, Volume 2 CD Release Party......

"No - no words. No words to describe it. Poetry! They should've sent a poet. So beautiful. So beautiful..." - Ellie Arroway, talking about the amazing spring day we have here in Philadelphia. OPEN STAGE NIGHT AT COMEDY CABARET You know the deal. Show up and pound a few so you can convince yourself that people want to see you try to sing or be funny or do that weird thing where you put......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: The Mogul: Author Rich Westcott signs copies of his book The Mogul, chronicling the life and work of Eddie Gottlieb of Philadelphia Warriors fame at the Central Branch of the Free Library (1901 Vine), 7PM. Free Warm Up: Center City Residents' Association present their Chili Challenge, part community potluck and part chili cook-off, featuring beer from the Philadelphia Brewing Company, at the Philadelphia Ethical Society (1906 Rittenhouse Sq),......

Well, technically it isn't a nudie bar—just topless. But we liked the headline. When we got the invitation to attend the grand opening of Rick's Cabaret as VIP guests, we jumped at the chance. Because, really, who doesn't love liquor and ladies? (Wait—don't answer that question.) The combination strip club, steakhouse and sports bar just opened its doors at the south end of Columbus Boulevard in the old Crazy Horse location. We never patronized......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Get Your Vegan On: Hands-on vegan cooking demonstration led by Club VEG at Whole Foods (2001 Pennsylvania Ave), 6:30PM. $5 (register here: 215-557-0015) Not for Vegans: Ben & Jerry’s 30th Annual Free Cone Day at their Rittenhouse (135 S 18th) and West Philly (216 S 40th) locales from noon to 8PM. Free Rebecca Pronsky: Rebecca Pronsky, Bronwen Exter, and Carsie Blanton at Upstairs at World Café Live (3025......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: New Play Reading: Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company stages a reading of company member Paul Parente’s Rage of Achilles at the Philadelphia Art Alliance (251 S 18th), 7PM. Free If You Didn’t Get Enough Baseball This Weekend:The National Constitution Center presents baseball historians discussing the place of the game in American culture at the Kirby Auditorium (525 Arch), 6:30PM. Free Digital Leather: Digital Leather, Faux Slang, El Diablos Blancos,......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Gather ‘Em Up: The Gathering, a monthly collection of emcees, graffiti artists, and pop-lockers tearing it up at the Rotunda (4014 Walnut), 10PM-2AM. Free (donations appreciated) Moving Pictures: Tango of Slaves and Zygosis as part of the Moving Pictures series at the International House (3701 Chestnut), 7PM. $7 Boogaloo!: The Dirty Boogaloo from NYC gives Philly some love with a side of Souljazz at The Fire (412 W......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: The Place to Be: Roger Mudd discusses the CBS news bureau in the good old days at the Central Branch of the Free Library (1901 Vine), Noon. Free St. George Day: Celebrate the patron saint of England in good fashion at the Grey Lodge Pub (6235 Frankford), all day. Pay as you go Anniversary: Celebrate one year of performances inspired by exhibitions at NEXUS (1400 N American) with......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: The Awkward Pause: First Person Story Slams, Philadelphia’s one and only competitive story-telling series, at L'Etage (624 S 6th), 7:30PM. $10 Raw: Tuesday Night Raw with sketch troupe Comic Energy at Tori’s (119 South), 9:30PM. $5 Doesn’t Cost Anything to Look: Passional (704 S 5th) sidewalk sale with latex and leather. Free Wayward Sons OTA: Wayward Sons OTA, McReady Rock, Trilobites, Wretched Blues, and Kelly Overdrive at the......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Zodiac at the Library: Poet and performance artist Jaamil Olawale Kosoko will read from his new poetry collection Ninth Sign of Zodiac at the Central Branch of the Free Library, Skyline Room (1901 Vine, 4th Floor), 7PM. Free (RSVP for light refreshments) Yoga at the Library: Yoga for Teens and Adults at the Thomas F. Donatucci, Sr. branch of the Free Library (1935 Shunk), 5PM. Free Get Oral:......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Center City District Gallery Night: Special exhibitions and complimentary cocktail receptions at participating galleries, 5-8:30PM. Free Not a Crock, Nor a Croc: Local poet Peter Krok reads and signs copies of his new collection Looking for an Eye at the Grey Lodge Pub (6235 Frankford), 6-8PM. Free The Terror!: Welcome to the Terrordome, a night of local comedy featuring Animosity Pierre, Meg and Rob, and Secret Pants......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: We Heart Kahlo: Miro Dance Theatre presents a preview of “Self-Portrait,” a celebration of Frida Kahlo’s life and art at Girard College (2102 S College Ave), 6:30PM. Free Jazz It Up: Off Duty Superheroes at Ortlieb's Jazzhaus (847 N 3rd), 8PM. Free Art and Beer: Philly Brewing Co. teams up with Nexus Gallery for a night of local beer and beer-inspired art at the Crane Arts Building (1400......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Laugh at Kids: College Comedy Competition at Helium Comedy Club (2031 Sansom), 8PM. $10 (21+) Whole Lotta Art: Scrap Performance Group presents Tide, a performance exploring the relationship between humans and nature and which is part dance, theater, film, light, text and sound at the Chambers-Wylie Cathedral (323 S Broad), Noon and 8PM. Free The Skinny: Skinny Jim & the #9 Blacktops, The Flying Graysons, Toothless George, and......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Food!: Author Sara Roahen reads from her new book Gumbo Takes: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table at Café Nola (414 S 2nd), 7PM. Free Water!: "The Ocean and Earth’s Climate," a panel discussion on the history and likely future of the oceans, at the Franklin Institute (222 N 20th), 7-9PM. Free Haters!: Independent Television Service Community Cinema presents A Dream in Doubt, a documentary of......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: TV on the Internets: Testtube.tv founders Kevin O’Rourke and Jay Tarses give the lowdown on making webisodes and using the internet for writers, actors, and filmmakers at Hamilton Hall/University of the Arts (320 S Broad), 1PM. Free Poets and Prophets: Anti-war Iraq veteran and poet Shalom Keller will read his work at the Plays and Players Club (1714 Delancy), 7PM. $3 McRad: McRad, Encursus, and Smiles Project at......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY InnaRae Guy: InnaRae Guy performs Rena’s Moan, 15 songs inspired by conversations with her grandmother while growing up, at The Philadelphia Society for Art, Literature and Music (5841 Overbrook Ave), 8PM. $10 Improv: Local improve troupe The N Crowd takes your suggestions at the Actors Center (257 N 3rd), 8PM. $10 Dressing the Muse: Night of poetry featuring readings by Autumn McClintock, Leslie Valdez, Lisa Grunberger, and......

So you missed out on getting a ticket for tonight's sold out film festival flick, Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry. Or maybe you did score a ticket but need somewhere to get your drink on before and after the screening of the Sailor Jerry biopic. For your pre-film party, head over to 13th Street where the Sailor Jerry store hosts Philly punk band Paint It Black, who will be tearing it up streetside. (Which means, of......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Kevin Bacon Not Involved: Screening of Zero Degrees of Separation, which looks at the Israeli/Palestinian conflict through the eyes of young gay couples, at the William Way Community Center (1315 Spruce), 7-9PM. $5 Anarchy in the USA: Cindy Milstein of the Institute for Anarchist Studies talks about the relationship anarchists have with the upcoming presidential election at Wooden Shoe Books (508 S 5th), 7PM. Free (donations appreciated) Doggie!:......