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: 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: 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: FRIDAY: Wrecked: Say goodbye to uncomfortable seating at The Wrecking Ball, celebrating the impending renovations of Hopkinson Hall with a dance party, films from Secret Cinema, food and raffles at the International House (3701 Chestnut), 8PM. Free They’re Just a Bunch of Pansies: Pansy Division in concert, post-documentary screening and pre-Sex Dwarf, at the Troc (1003 Arch), 9PM. $10 SATURDAY: Go Global: Global Fusion Festival at Great Plaza......

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: FRIDAY Outdoor Music: Friday Night Summer Jazz Concerts every Friday in Cedar Park (50th and Baltimore), 6-8PM. Free The N Crowd: Improv comedy troupe the N Crowd perform at the Actors Center (257 N 3rd), 8PM. $10 Brakes CD Release Party: XPN welcomes The Brakes with Ben Arnold and Carney at Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N Frankford), 8PM. $10 SATURDAY The Kids Are All Right: Paul Green School of......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Take a Long Lunch: Mapping Memories, a collage workshop using paper and fabric materials, at Moore College of Art & Design (20th & the Parkway), 1-3PM. Free Trio, Again: Jazz night with Re-Trio folks Ben Schacter, Matt Scarano, and Leon Boykins at Doc Watson's (216 S 11th), 9PM. $5 CD Release Party: Celebrate the new CD from Pattern is Movement, also featuring Helio Sequence and DJ Counterpoint at......

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: 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......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Beer!: Celebrate the repeal of the 18th amendment with cheap beer at McGillin’s (1310 Drury), 11PM. Free + beer money Drunk Iguanas?: Reading of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana at the Ethical Society of Philadelphia (1906 S Rittenhouse Square), 7:30PM. $8 We Like Free Music: Radio Eris celebrates their new CD at the Balcony at the Troc (1003 Arch), 10PM. Free Open Mic: Free at The......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: You've Heard of Her Now: Judy Toll: The Funniest Woman You've Never Heard Of, presented by the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, at the Gershman Y (401 S. Broad), 7PM. $10 CD Release Party: Nicole Reynolds performs from her new CD at Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd), 7PM. $10 Suddenly Last Summer: As part of a reading series of Tennessee Williams, Lantern Theater presents Suddenly Last Summer at the......

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Fun around town, for $10 or less: Anna Lucasta: Free staged reading of the 1950's Broadway show, Anna Lucasta at The Rotunda (4014 Walnut Street) at 7PM. Discussion to follow. All Ages at the North Star: Let Go Beautiful (CD Release show), Wax On Radio & Celladeura at The North Star Bar (2639 Poplar Street). $10 At The Church: The Draft, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Fifth Hour Hero, & Order of Service at The First......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Danger!: Well, ok, Harvey Danger. And he's appearing at the First Unitarian Church (22nd & Chestnut) at 8PM with So Many Dynamos and US Funk Team. $10. More info From Philadelphia With Love Again: The Secret Cinema offers "More Industrial, Educational and other Lost Local Films." And all on film, as is the wont of series coordinator, Jay Schwartz. This collection of shorts begins at 8:30PM at......

Movie Monday Night Football at The Troc: Eagles vs. Packers on the big screen, and hosted by Johnny Goodtimes. The Troc is located at 1003 Arch Street. Admission is free. Open Mic: Free at The Fire (412 W. Girard). Sign up at 8PM. (21+) King Britt CD Release Party for The Nova Dream Sequence: 8PM at The World Cafe (3025 Walnut Street). $8 Got a frugal tip? Don't be stingy! Send it here and......

Adam Arcuragi is a Philadelphia singer/songwriter, an award winning poet and playwright, and has recently released his eponymous debut album. To commemorate this career milestone, he's having a cd-release performance at St. Luke and the Epiphany (330 South 13th Street) tonight. (We were about to register surprise at how churches are becoming a hip place to play these days, but in Arcuragi's case it makes some sense; he attempted to record this album in a......