Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY: Last Friday: Last Friday featuring author Samara O’Shea and musician Gina Kaz at the Philadelphia Art Alliance (251 S 18th), 7PM. $5 Free R&B: Sounds of R&B series finale featuring Ledisi and Lalah Hathaway at the Great Plaza on Penn’s Landing (Chestnut and Columbus Blvd), 7:30PM. Free City Hall Film Series: Showing this week: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in the courtyard at City......

Just in time for the the 200th birthday of the Walnut Street Theatre, the Walnut's Producing Artistic Director Bernard Havard and Managing Director Mark D. Sylvester have released a photo-history book in the popular Images of America series. The pair will be answering questions and signing copies of Walnut Street Theatre tonight at the Avenue of the Arts Borders location, beginning at 7PM. The event is free, and no reservations will be required.......

Catch Giada on tour for her new book "Giada's Family Dinners" as she will be all over Philadelphia area tomorrow.... at 10:30.Meet her in person at a book signing at the William Sonoma at King of Prussia at 12:00 in the afternoon or a signing and lecture at the Borders Books and Music in Wynnewood at 7:00. If just looking at her daily schedule doesn't make you want to curl up with a good glass (or two) of chianti and some great Italian fare, I don't know what will!...

She attended UCLA as well as Cordon Bleu in Paris, which led her to working in a number of restaurants including Wolfgang Puck’s Spago http://www.wolfgangpuck.com/rest/fine/spago/bh/index.php. From there, she started her own catering company, GDL Foods (look up link), and has had her own show, “Everday Italian” http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_ei/0,1976,FOOD_9958,00.html on the Food Network since 2003.Phillyist: Your day to day must be a bit overwhelming at times. As a famous personality with a Food Network show, a successful catering company and now a new cookbook“EveryDay Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes” how do you juggle it all?GDL: I would never take all the credit and say I make it happen all by myself.... It just seemed like a natural progression to venture into something that has been so rooted in my own family history.Phillyist: I notice your new book features some of my own personal favorites in terms of ingredients....