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Phillyist's quick-picks for a rock your socks off start to the weekend.

Looking for some 4th of July deals for the tragically hip, underfunded, and child bearing? We've got you covered. Phillyist has been blessed with a bevy of tips for families looking for a great time in the city, but not looking to spend an insane amount of cash... or stay up till midnight.

Fun around town, for $10 or less:

While you are out and about for First Friday tonight, be sure to stop by the Chemical Heritage Foundation to check out the new exhibit sLowlife, a multi-media exhibit that "displays unusual and sometimes alarming perspectives on how a plant reacts, both short- and long-term, to its inner and outer worlds. Through vivid time-lapse photography and film, the sLowlife exhibit captures the unique and human-like tendencies that plants can possess."

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Slow: Opening event for sLowlife, featuring time-lapse photography and high-speed video footage revealing the secret life of plants, at the Chemical Heritage Foundation (315 Chestnut), 5PM. Free Sing a Song: Steve Odabashian takes requests and makes it personal at Helium Comedy Club (2031 Sansom), 6-10:45PM. Free Mega: Release party for the 10th issue of Megawords Magazine at Juanita & Juan's/Smyrski Creative Studios (125 N 11th), 7-10PM. Free Love: Screening of I've Loved You So Long, with popcorn, at Little Theater (7141 Germantown Ave), 7PM. $6

If you are looking for a fun (and free!) attraction in the historic section of the city, be sure to check out the recently opened museum at the Chemical Heritage Foundation. Does anything with the word "chemical" in it scare you away as being a bit too brainy? Well don't let it, because CHF has done a marvelous job of creating its permanent exhibition Making Modernity, which includes "scientific instruments and apparatus, rare books, fine art, and the personal papers of prominent scientists. Topics range from alchemy, synthetics, and the chemical-instrument revolution to chemistry education, electrochemistry, chemistry sets, and the science of color." Trust us, it's cool to see the evolution of modern technology as exhibited through the installations of Making Modernity. The gorgeous main hall features an interactive tower screen that will have you learning more about the periodic table than you ever thought you would again after tenth grade chem class.

Classical Values blames the Democrats for the economic crisis because they forced banks to give low interest mortgages to minorities in the name of socialism. Ummmmmm, ok?