Tuesday brings us several events chosen only on the merits of their names. While this is not always a wise principle by which to live, it will certainly serve to spice up an otherwise Snoozeday Tuesday. Yup. We made that up, right on the spot. What? We don't care if you've heard it before! We haven't, so it's ours! PHILADELPHIA PHANTOMS VS SYRACUSE CRUNCH Okay, okay, we'll admit it: We're not the biggest Phantoms......

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Proofreading Philly tries to capture typos, wordos, and all other kinds of grammatical mistakes that we see around the city. But we need your help! Email photos to us from your computer or your phone, and show the city that you care about good grammar. Fellow blogger and frequent commenter Phillybits found this one for us on Girard Avenue last week. All we can say is: "oops..."......

For a band with only a three-song EP to its name, Vampire Weekend sure has polarized the indie rock blogs. It’s like a cage match between hype and backlash: on one side you’ve got a long line of critics and fans hailing the New York band’s refreshingly polyrhythmic, Afro-pop sensibilities, while on the other, there are just as many people resenting the mounting hype or their sunny tunes or both. (You can sample some of......

Friday night, the boy and I were seeing a show at Johnny Brenda's, and we decided that, rather than the usual food downstairs, we'd branch out and explore the neighborhood. A little bit of internet searching led him to Isla Ibiza, about five blocks down Girard from our final destination for the evening. We'd made reservations, but apparently didn't need them, as the restaurant was almost completely empty. Pity, too, because, as I would find......

From the creative pursuits of the local public artists to the Mural Arts Program, you can pretty much count on seeing some form of street art no matter where in town you go. But in an artform where what goes up today could be covered by tomorrow, permanence is never guaranteed. So where does this drive to create come from? Public Wall Writing in Philadelphia, a new photography book, examines just this. Published by Megawords......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Friday Acoustic Philly: An evening of acoustic music (and puppets) from a variety of acts, courtesy of Acoustic Philly at The Rotunda (4014 Walnut Street). 7:30 PM - 1AM. $5 bowerbird presents: Normal Love, Snacks & Drums Like Machineguns, Clown Food & Mincemeat or Tenspeed at Lava (4134 Lancaster Ave) 8PM. $5 Kill Your Idols: Robert Drake is hosting a free midnight screening of the coming-soon-to-DVD post-punk......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY: The Northbound Band: Philly's The Northbound Band play The Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd Street) at 10:30 PM. $8 Phillly Songwriters Project: The Philadelphia Songwriters Project presents Tania Alexandra, Ron Chelsvig, Karen Gross & Brooke Fox at Milkboy Coffee (2 E. Lancaster Ave). Show begins at 8:30. Tickets are $10 - $12 (yes, we know it's $2 over the $10 mark - but come on - what's......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: B-Movie Lounge: "B-Movie Lounge presents the absolutely WORST horror/sci-fi/schlock/cult movies and other film ephemera. Huge Hefner and Lady Duchess Tami Diveaux host with DJ/VJ Kei spinning music and vids. Always shout-at-the-screen fun!" 9PM at Tritone (1508 South Street). No cover. (21+) One Eyed Stanley: One Eyed Stanley brings their "music for the soul" to The Fire (412 W. Girard Avenue), along with The Two Timin' Three at 8:30PM.......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Movie Monday at The Troc: Everyone start practicing your Ben Stein impersonations: this week's film is Ferris Bueller's Day Off. $3 admission, applicable towards concession. Doors open at 6, the show starts at 8, and you must be 21+ to attend. The Troc is located at 1003 Arch Street. Philly Rising Open Stage: Weekly open mic Upstairs at World Cafe Live (3025 Walnut Street). Show starts at 7:00......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Why Do People Keep Pets?: The Penn Science Cafe presents James Serpell, professor of U of P's School of Veterinary Medicine at The Mar Bar (40th and Walnut Street). Serpell will discuss why pets continue to be a part of our everyday lives, despite the things they do to your personal belongings when you're not looking. Doors open at 5:30 PM, and the discussion begins at 6PM. This......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Monday Night Club: The Monday Night Club presents 3EYED Jacks with Barry Mehan, King Jeremy & Marc Scafaidi at Bar Noir (112 S. 18th Street). Free at 9PM. (21+) Philly Rising Open Stage: Weekly open mic Upstairs at World Cafe Live (3025 Walnut Street). Show starts at 7:30 PM (get there at 6PM if you want to sign up for a 15-minute performance slot). Free! Movie Monday at......

Did you know that slightly less famous than his go-getter younger brother, the Comte de Survilliers (aka: Joseph Bonaparte) once lived in Philadelphia? (That's right, we're not just a hot bed of American history - but of world history too!) Why do we mention it, you might be asking? Because we thought it'd be a nice segue towards telling you that The Bonapartes, a favorite of our big-brother site, DCist , is playing The Fire......

The black cat, the bat, the spider and the armadillo: All are staples of scary movies and Hallowe'en fun, and all can be found at the Philadelphia Zoo. On Saturday, October 29th, the Philadelphia Zoo is having their annual kid-oriented "Boo at the Zoo" event, which features song, dance (by Dance Fusion!), costume contests, spooky games, and free candy. That's right! Free candy! Oh, and there are some animals on display or something. We're......

This Saturday night the folks of Plain Parade will be packing the intimate The Manhattan Room (15 W. Girard) full of indie music. Performing will be Philly's own post-rock National Eye , as well as pop-rockers (and bloggers) The Spinto Band , popsters Pas/Cal, and Illumina - " a collective of eight musical friends " who, according to their domain, love you (or maybe they love us; that part wasn't clear). Whether Illumina (and the......

Frugal in Philly is a weekly celebration of all things Philly that are fun, frugal (costing $10 or less) or free! Stop here each week to see what Philly's got to offer for those of us who haven't quite mastered the art of becoming Independently Wealthy (although believe me, we're trying). Featured Pick of the Week: Comix 101 Art Spiegelman, author and artist behind the ground-breaking, best-selling, Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel Maus (you read......

Girard Avenue's new (yet old) trolley line. Check in every week for Gavin Dehler Shoots Philadelphia.......