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:......

How about cooling down today with a free Slurpee from 7-Eleven? The convenience store giant turns 81 this year, and in honor of that, and the fact that today happens to be 7/11, anyone who wants one can pick up a 7.11 ounce Slurpee at participating stores until 11PM this evening. (They started, naturally, at 7 this morning.)So why are you still at your computer?......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Andrew’s Video Vault: With a theme of ''Let’s not forget you-know-who was elected,'' a screening of Hans-Jurgen Syberberg’s Hitler – A Film From Germany at the Rotunda (4014 Walnut), 6PM. Free If You’d Rather Be Outside: Screenings Under the Stars featuring Spider-Man 3 at the Great Plaza on Penn's Landing (Chestnut and Columbus Blvd), 6:30PM (movie at dusk). Free Music on the Mall: Free summer concert series on......

If you're needing a fun and free way to pass time tonight, Louisiana blues guitarist virtuoso Sonny Landreth is the perfect listen for a lazy, hazy summer evening. Pack up your lawn chair and your six of Abita and head over to Haddon Lake Park. Sonny Landreth Haddon Lake Park (Park Drive & Prospect Blvd in Haddon Heights, NJ) TONIGHT, July 9, 7:30PM Free Image Credit: Flickr user Acadiana Center for Film and Media.......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Unnatural: The Chimeras, Captain of Industry, Busses, and Anti Emz at the Khyber (56 S 2nd), 8PM. $8 If It’s Not Funny, At Least It’s Free: Open Mic Extravaganza featuring 20 up-and-coming comics at Helium Comedy Club (2031 Sansom), 8PM. Free On the Eve of the Olympics: Film screening and discussion about the relationship between the United States and China with journalist Elisa Rubin at the National Constitution......

You think the Fourth of July party stops on the 5th? Hell no! You got a whole weekend’s worth of patriotism to work through… not to mention food… Saturday: If you haven’t shaken those pesky kiddies off yet, you could take them back to Franklin Square, or change it up and get their faces painted and energy expended on Independence Mall from 10AM to 1PM. When you get hungry, head to the Great Plaza on......

No debate: there’s no better, or more appropriate, place to celebrate the birth of our nation than right here in Philly. Here are a few things to help you enjoy your freedom this weekend. The best part? Most of it’s free. Today: Forget lunch, there’s cake! A reading of the Declaration of Independence is followed by an eight foot cake that’s needs some eating. Head over to the Independence Visitor Center at noon to snag......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY: We Were Framed!: Phillyist Framed, a photo exhibit with works from Phillyist readers, at Studio 34 (4522 Baltimore), 7PM. $5 suggested donation (plus free beer) Hype: the HYPE! presents Boy Wonder, Nicole Lynn, Steve Hackman, Swift Technique, Laura Cheadle, and Half Evil Half Good at Upstairs at World Café Live (3025 Walnut), 8PM. $9 The N Crowd: Improv comedy troupe the N Crowd perform at the Actors......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Mmm! Bacon floss! (Via Amy) You can download Girl Talk's new album, Feed the Animals, for any price you choose. Although if you pick 0.00, you will have to explain yourself. (Via D-Mac) The next episode of Cinematic Titantic is now available! This time the MST3K alums are making fun of a lame sci-fi flick called The Doomsday Machine. You can download it......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Play and Food: Reading of Jimi Cook’s “Hey Champ,” about a professional boxer and love, at Abbraccio (820 S 47th), 7:30PM. Free Johnny Miles: Johnny Miles at the Dawson Street Pub (100 Dawson), 10PM. $5 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......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY We Heart Toy Theater: Adaptation to aforementioned toy theater of Howard Zinn’s Emma at the DaVinci Art Alliance (704 Catherine), 7PM. Free (donations accepted) The Wimyn: Wimyn’s Original Rock Festival featuring Phyllis Chappell, Cris Valkeria, Kate Foust, Nicola Visaggio, Urbana, and more at the Rotunda (4014 Walnut), 8PM. $10 The Last: Last Friday at the Philadelphia Art Alliance featuring local artists Katie Ford and John Conahan at......

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: 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......

Are you as sick and tired of depressing winter weather as we are? If so, here's a little something that might cheer you up. Tomorrow, March 20, is the first day of Spring. In celebration of that, Rita's is offering a free ice to all customers. So get out there and scare away those winter blues with a free cup of Watermelon ice. Or Green Apple. Or Wild Black Cherry. Or Piña Colada.... Click here......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Friday: N It: Enjoy some improv with The N Crowd at The Actors Center (257 N. 3rd), 8PM. $10 Ashley Deekus: Ashley Deekus, Jesse Sparhawk, and Eichen Oaks at Brickbat Books (709 S. 4th), 8PM. Free. Why Do You Build Me Up: Drink Up Buttercup, Moneynotes, Jukebox the Ghost, Modern Skirts, and Madi Diaz at the Khyber (56 S. 2nd), 9PM. $8 Saturday: It’s International Women’s Day: Celebrate......

The new writers just keep on coming – this time, in the form of Stephanie Mannis, a chronic Yelper who won us over when she sent us a bit of marketing collateral she wrote for work about an American answer to the Beatles. Welcome aboard, Stephanie! Here's the buzz in the 215 blogs this week: Jeff Deeney over at Phawker sang the praises of author Susan Jacoby, who in turn railed against the dumbing down......

Sorry we left you craving more juicy commentary on yesterday's evening preview. We've added more juice to today's listings and we hope the added flavor is subtle but effective, leaving a lingering but not unpleasant aftertaste. PHILADELPHIA FUTURE SALON Most of us can agree that we want to be around for as much of the future as we can, but not everyone agrees on what it should like when we get there. Luckily, someone......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: There Goes That Spielberg Again: “Sharks, Spaceships and Spectacles: The Films of Steven Spielberg,” a presentation by Dr. Lester Friedman, with hors d’oeuvres and drinks, at the Prince Music Theater Independence Black Box (1412 Chestnut), 6PM. $10 As We Look Forward: Author Mitch Nathanson discusses his new book The Fall of the 1977 Phillies: How a Baseball Team's Collapse Sank a City's Spirit at the Penn Bookstore (3601......

This is the part where we [try to] say something funny. But this is one hell of a Wednesday, so think of something funny in your head. Today, it's all about short and sweet. GRADUATE STUDENT MIXER WITH IRISH RED ALE SAMPLES Graduate students are cool because they're like, totally graduated, but, like, totally still in school. If you are one, go meet more. Drink. Rinse. Repeat. WHO: 21+ WHERE: Sláinte, 30th and Market......

Don’t know about you, but when we think about driving in the city we start to get slight palpitations. Part of it could be that we’re used to walking and Septa; the thought of paying exorbitant amounts to park in UCity on a Friday night convinces us that the El isn’t so bad after all. Plus, there’s storage: when we were living on the outskirts of Center City a parking spot would have cost 2/3......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: XPN Presents: Griffin House and Sons of William at Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd), 8:30PM. $10 Japan/USA: Dance and music as part of the ongoing Sound Space: Japan/USA project at the Mascher Space Coop (155 Cecil B. Moore Ave), 8PM. $10 Kulu Mele: West African dance workshop with Kulu Mele at the South Philadelphia Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia (1700 S. Broad), 6PM. Free Quizzo Mania:......

We love food. Not just because it's a necessary substance for sustaining life. Perhaps, we should say we're in love with food. That's why we would risk personal relationships for an ourstanding meal, why The Food Network is one of the only TV stations we can find without using the guide, and why we comb the pages of picture-heavy cookbooks the way most people thumb through the latest edition of Playboy (NSFW). And so......

Looks like we're in for some flooding tonight, so bring your galoshes. But don't let the forecast foil your fun. There's plenty to do in Philly tonight, and a good swim is an excellent cardio workout, gets the endorphins pumping, and leaves one feeling fit and invigorated. Or, you could just get a cab home. THE PAUL GREEN SCHOOL OF ROCK ALL-STARS WITH SPECIAL GUEST JON ANDERSON FROM YES You remember Yes, no? Well......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: The Music of Regret: Artist Laurie Simmons introduces her The Music of Regret, a mini-musical in three acts, as part of the ICA Puppet Show, at the International House (3701 Chestnut), 7PM. $6 Thinking Is Hard: "Critical Thinking," a panel discussion of Philly’s One Film The Emperor of the Sun, at World Café Live (3025 Walnut), 7PM. Free Drinking Is Not: Test your knowledge of The Emperor of......

Monday challenges the average human to perform incredible feats of bravery and strength every week. It is the Goliath to our David, the Microsoft to our Yahoo!, the [insert viable presidential candidate here] to our Ron Paul. We do not choose it – it chooses us. Then it abuses us. Degrades us. Makes us to feel as if our feelings, if they exist at all, don't actually matter. Yes, we will say it, because......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Philly Music on the Parkway: Local songwriters perform original works; hosted by Dan Collins at the Central Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library (1901 Vine), 7PM. Free A Streetcar Named Desire: Staged reading of the classic Tennessee Williams play with reception following at the Ethical Society of Philadelphia (1906 S. Rittenhouse Sq), 7:30PM. $8 Open Mic: Free at The Fire (412 W. Girard). Sign up at 8:30PM. (21+)......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Friday: Better Late Than Never: Anne Lamott reads from her latest book Grace (Eventually) at the Free Library of Philadelphia Central Branch (1901 Vine), 7PM. Free Don’t Shoot First: Space 1026 (1026 Arch) converts their space into the Mos Eisley Cantina for their food show and potluck tonight from 7-10PM. $5 (Free with a dish to share—they request special brownies) Feeling Like Some Lebanese: "Improvisation and Emotion in......

It's cold out today, so don't plan on any of that trendy "frolf" you and your phellow Phishers like so much. No, today is definitely an inside day, so we have done our best to bring some most excellent indoor activities in which you may indulge the warmth-loving tendencies of your evening self. THE ENGLISH BEAT AT THE TROC We'll admit that we don't know much about The English Beat, but if they're touring......

Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama exchanged blows in Ohio Tuesday leading up to next week’s primary in that state. 161 delegates are at stake. The exchange of criticism focused largely on Clinton’s position on the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. On free trade, there appears to be little difference in the candidates’ rhetoric and voting records. Clinton, however, faces a challenge on the issue that Obama does not. Obama claims that......