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Recently we received a request from an out of town reader for our non-touristy recommendations for the best local spots. More specifically our favorites in Food, Galleries, Booze, Books, Clothes, Music, "Women" (back to this later) and "Any other cool shit that you think people who are into eating, drinking, art, reading, music, etc. would like to see." Well, we like to appease so we'll give it a shot. Oh, and dear reader, we're not a hipster either, so if you accidentally wander into hipster territory based on our solid normal person advice, sorry. It can't be helped. It's Philly. They're everywhere.

In West Philly, the parks are bigger. Or at least they seem to be. Take Clark Park, located between 43rd and 45th Streets and Baltimore and Woodland Avenues. It is big enough to be split into several “sub” parks: North Park, Center Park, South Park—big enough that Chester Avenue runs through the middle, and big enough that it actually covers nine acres of land.

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Amy Freeman joins our staff today with a weekly column on Philadelphia's many parks. A native of the Philadelphia area, Amy thinks soft pretzels take the cake in the battle of Philadelphia delicacies and travels the city with the strength of her own two legs—by foot or by bike. Welcome, Amy!

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Like the orchestra but hate the scene? Now you have no excuse not to get some culture. Saturday night the Philadelphia Orchestra is putting on a free neighborhood concert in Clark Park. All you have to do is bring a blanket, some friends, and a juice bottle filled with your favorite wine.

I still hate Valentine’s Day. I’m still bitter and I will still want to throw brightly colored, probably already stale Necco hearts at anyone who wears pink or red today.

The novella caught my eye because it was slim and guaranteed to be well-written; a promise somehow implicit in the surname “Mann”. And it is a charming thing to read: charming when you consider that the level of Indian legend you’re exposing yourself to is ultra-filtered from the sensibilities of a German, and then again through the translation of an American (H.T. Lowe-Porter. And because it is a piece of Indian cultural currency being passed onto us by a German, much more effort is put into successfully communicating exoticism.

We submit, not much. And check it out, there's one going on tomorrow, Saturday the 21st! It's The Clark Park Picnic and Mid-Fall Music Festival, and it's happening in Clark Park's lower bowl at 43rd and Chester in West Philly from 11:30AM-7PM. Like we said, the event is free, but if you shell out $20 you can also get access to an all-you-can-eat barbecue featuring food and beverages by some of Philly's most skilled chefs, with part of the proceeds going to improvement of the park. "Blah blah blah," you're saying, "but who's playing?!" Well, a number of Philly locals, for one. Early acts include Adrienne Hamilton, The GetArounds, and Kiss Kiss Kill. DJ Joey Prajna will be spinning records between acts from 1PM on. The later, bigger acts include Paul Edelman and the Jangling Sparrows, Adam Arcuragi, Himalaya, Enon, and King Britt. We're particularly excited about Enon, because they rock. Anyway, for more info check out UCityPhila.org, ClarkPark.info, or call 215-243-0555.

this and the recent free staging of Tweltfh Night in Clark Park, we're beginning to wonder if there isn't some sort of free, Shakespearean epidemic going around. (Hmm..maybe we should pay more attention to those conspiracy theories.
FREE Two Gentlemen of Verona


Wed - Sat (through August 20th) 7PM The Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival

2111 Sansom Street, 2nd Floor

Free (Tickets available at Box Office 1 hour before showtime)
Photo of the Shakespeare Memorial outside the Central Library by author, who really wishes someone would stage a free production of King Lear

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Friday The Gold Rush: The PDR Movie Night presents the Charlie Chaplin classic in Clark Park (43rd & Baltimore) at 8:30 PM. Free Donnie Darko: Is "Cellar Door" the most beautiful phrase in the English language? Should we doubt your dedication to Sparkle Motion? The Troc and Paper Street are hosting a midnight screening of Donnie Darko - a movie sure to leave you with more questions than answers (and some nice late-night heebie jeebies). The Troc is located at 1003 Arch Street. $3 admissions is applicable towards food or beverage. Saturday Music at the Church: Khonnor & Landau play an all ages show at the First Unitarian Church (22nd & Chestnut) at 8PM. $10. More info here. Sorry, folks. This show has apparently been cancelled. (Thanks for the heads up, itty!) Sunday Giant Evening Star: Free improv performance by a variety of local improv troupes. 7:30 PM at The Rotunda (4014 Walnut Street). Big Band on the Waterfront: Mike Trompetta's Metropolis Big Band performs free at the Great Plaza at Penn's Landing from 2-4 PM. Khyber Open Bar Sundays: DJ Eric Tomorrow and all you can drink for $10. Beginning at 9PM at The Khyber (56 S. 2nd Street). (21+) Got a frugal tip? Don't be stingy! Send it here and share the wealth!

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Dear Philadelphia Dog Owners:

Art Spiegelman, author and artist behind the ground-breaking, best-selling, Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel , will be speaking about the history of comics and their changing role in society and popular culture. (And, we hope, explaining why he insists on spelling the word "comics" as "comix." Phillyist is a fan of Speigelman and has great respect for him as a storyteller and innovator - but we're not altogether sure that his Pulitzer gives him the right to change the spellings of words willy-nilly.) The program starts at 8PM, and costs $8 ($5 for students).