Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Experimental Happy Hour: Kick back every third Friday with the experimental electronic music of Tantrum Tonic at Random Tea Room (713 N 4th), 6PM. Free Keeping It Local: Movies@ City Hall presents Unbreakable in the City Hall Courtyard, 8PM. Free SATURDAY Festival of India: Celebrate Indian heritage at the Great Plaza on Penn’s Landing (Chestnut and Columbus Blvd), 12-7PM. Free PHIT Special: MakeOut Clinic with Velvet Helmet......

Never wear a short-sleeve button-down shirt and a $300 tie at the same time. You just look like a wealthy classless fool! PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA: BEST OF...CZECH MIX We're not entirely sure that this program's name isn't offensive. But we do love a good reference to the mix to end all mixes. But anyway, if you like classical music by the likes of Dvorak, Strauss and Bartok, than get thee over to the big KC for......

Happy Portugal Day! ANDRE DUBUS III: THE GARDEN OF LAST DAYS We had to list this reading/signing because we had heard on NPR that the novel is about "terrorists and strippers." The author himself is most notable for coming down with a severe case of fame after Oprah implored her minions to read The House of Sand and Fog and they did so, in rabid droves. According to the Library's web site, a group of......

Yes, it's Cinco de Mayo. We've got one event related to the fiesta, but that doesn't mean you can't throw together your own party. Just get some tequila and the number you'll need to call out of work tomorrow morning. FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS LANDS IN UPPER DARBY That's right, folks. They're here. Flight of the Conchords has brought HBO a kickass series and now they're bringing their hilarious trunk full of awesome to the......

Two more days, two more days, two more days. As repetitive hopeful phrases go it may not be "There's no place like home...," but it gives us the same sense that life is, in fact, worth living. At least for two more days. SHECKY'S GIRLS NIGHT OUT This one is for the ladies. And the men who wear ladies' clothing sometimes. One Phillyist bore witness as droves of Center City females descended upon the......

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......

Friday is the drug that keeps everyone going. Race, creed, political stance, and musical preferences all break down at the singularity that is Friday. Friday shares its first two letters with another word near and dear to every American's heart: freedom. And what better place to celebrate Freedom Fridays but Philadelphia? If Elton sang it, it must be true. AFRICAN FOOTPRINT: PHILADELPHIA PREMIER! This South African born-and-bred song and dance performance is already a......

Thursday has often been called a day of thirst, probably because we need an excuse to drink on a week night, and the wordplay writes itself. We wish we could refrain from suggesting at least one bar, just to rebel against the 'thirsty' designation. Well, we can't refrain. We just plain can't. But at least we have some music to serve before the booze. THE FOO FIGHTERS AND SERJ TANKIAN AT THE WACHOVIA SPECTRUM......

Dear myphl17: What have you done to me? I realize I'm unemployed (again – sigh), but I swear, I really do have better things to do with my time than watch you. And yet here I sit, as often as three times per day, finding out who the baby daddy is, what the lie detector said, and whether it's a chick or a dude in the dress. That's right. I'm watching Maury. (Oh, I......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Ice Dancing: University City District presents Winterfest!, a night of public skating, at the Class of 1923 Ice Rink (3130 Walnut), 5-8PM. $1, skate rental free (but show up ½ hour early to reserve your pair) Sing Us a Song: Steve Odabashian’s Happy Hour Piano Show, every Friday at the Cascamorto Piano Bar (1939 Arch), 5-8:30PM. Free SATURDAY No Clowns: Transistor Rodeo, Rhondo, and Ledbetter Heights at......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Polish Those Ivories: Steve Odabashian’s Happy Hour Piano Show, every Friday at the Cascamorto Piano Bar (1939 Arch), 5-8:30PM. Free Veloz Attack: Veloz Attack, Rellik, Mortal Decay, and Divination at Millcreek Tavern (4200 Chester Ave), 9:30PM. Free (21+) SATURDAY Don’t Be a Scrooge: Readings from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at the Ebeneezer Maxwell Mansion (200 West Tulpehocken St), 2:30PM. $10 ($5 for kids under 12) Fall......

Last Thursday's Happy Hour was fun. Lots and lots of fun. We loved meeting all of you who came. (If you didn't come, trust us: you were really missing out!) We also loved learning that some of you get just as hung up on manners as we do. Case in point: the discussion I had with several of you early in the evening about tipping during an open bar. General consensus: do it. Sure,......

The day has arrived, and in a few hours, it will be time to [responsibly] imbibe alcoholic beverages with the staff of your favorite blog. A blog that just happens to be the 47th-most important blog in the universe. (That's why we're throwing this little shindig!) Meet us downstairs at St. Stephen's Green at 6PM tonight for: Open bar featuring well drinks, house wines, and selected drafts (until we close our tab). $3 Yards......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Phillyist Happy Hour: Get your drink and eat on with the Phillyist crew at St. Stephen's Green (17th and Green), 6-8PM. Free Alan Licht: Guitarist Alan Licht at the Kelly Writers House (3805 Locust Walk), 6PM. Free Meg and Rob: Comedy duo Meg and Rob present “Reviving the Lecture Circuit” as part of the Philly Improv Theater's week at the Shubin Theater (407 Bainbridge), 8PM. $5 Baroness: Baroness,......

Well hey there, readers! As you might recall, we're having a party tomorrow. You haven't forgotten, have you? Well, in case you have, or in case you just weren't sure if you wanted to go and you needed some enticement, we have some details for you: There will be free food. Come and get your pre-dinner snack on! But keep in mind, once the food is gone, it's gone. So try to get to......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: The Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival: Happy Hour with the Bard at the Rotunda at The Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia (10 S. Broad), 5:30-7:30PM. Though there’s a cash bar, admission is free. Bunny Grunt: Bunny Grunt, Art DiFuria, the Besties, and Scary Monster at the Khyber (56 S. Second), 8PM. $8 Movie Monday at The Troc: Transformers. The Troc is located at 1003 Arch Street. Doors open at 6PM, feature begins at......

The 24 hours preceding the Honorary Title concert at the Electric Factory had gone just about as well as any 24-hour period in my life, and it was gonna be pretty difficult for anything to kill my happy buzz Friday evening. Well, the Electric Factory tried its damnedest. We went to the Factory straight from happy hour, so we had our work messenger bag with us. No biggie, right? All we had in it were......

Tonight, after happy hour and before whatever else you're doing, spend some time with Michael Palin. He's the guy in the video above who's not John Cleese, and he's one of the funniest actors from Monty Python's Flying Circus. Having added travel documentary host to his list of talents, Michael Palin will speak at the Central Library's Montgomery Auditorium tonight at 7:00 p.m. He'll discuss his new book, Diaries 1969 - 1979: The Python......

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Wednesdays throughout July, Bleu Martini's Charity Happy Hours will be benefiting Once Upon A Nation. Go between 5:30 and 7:30 and enjoy free hors d'oeuvres and drink specials, and have 15% of your tab donated to this worthy endeavor. One thing we love about our historic city: all of the great opportunities to learn about the history and culture of this place. Well, really, we like going up to Ben Franklin and asking anachronistic questions,......

The weather forecast has changed, and it's no longer supposed to rain today. Good thing, too, because that means that it should be nice and dry (okay, maybe nice and sticky, what with a daytime high in the upper 80s and humidity to spare) for tonight's First Friday goings-on. Here are a few of our picks if you're out and about tonight. Happening nowhere near the Old City galleries that we usually associate with First......

The Megaloping guys might be SEPTA’s biggest champions these days. They’re firm believers in the power of public transportation, and they’re on a mission—to make it from northern Virgina to Portland, Maine using only subways, city busses, and commuter railways their entire trip. They’re passing through Philly tonight. Come out to Tattooed Mom’s, have a beer, and hear more about their travels! Megaloping Happy Hour Monday, May 14th, 8:00 p.m. Tattooed Mom’s (530 South......

Despite coming in like quite a lion, the month of March won't be all bad. Every Wednesday from March 7 to 28, The Bleu Martini in Old City will donate 15% of its happy hour proceeds to Greater Philadelphia Cares, that great volunteering organization we keep chatting about. There will be complimentary hors d'oeuvres and drink specials from 5:30-7:30. Phillyist asks: what easier way to give to charity than grabbing a martini and people-watching......

We are terrible at managing money. It’s always feast or famine—either we're livin’ large the closer we are to pay day or slumming it pauper-style on the opposite end of the spectrum. Payday is Friday, so today it’s all pauper, all the time. Fret not, because it’s Wednesday, the day when you can have a night out in Old City for less than $20. The poor person's Wednesday night is as follows: Drive into town......

The good folks over at DailyCandy tipped us off this morning to an awesome new web site. Or, what has the potential to be an awesome (and very helpful!) website that hasn't exactly taken off in the City of Brotherly Love quite yet. It's called Unthirsty, and theoretically, you should be able to enter your city and find a slew of happy hours to meet your every need. One problem: there are currently only......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Friday Happy Anniversary, Sex Dwarf!: The monthly new wave dance party turns 3 this Friday. To help celebrate, show up to Fluid Nightclub (614 S. 4th Street) on Friday night in black and red (and sporting the Sex Dwarf logo if you want in on the contest). Doors open at 10. Admission is free till 10:30 and just $5 after. Info here. Improv Happy Hour: The Rarebird......

The day has finally arrived. And, like a good infant should, we're celebrating our first birthday with a bender for our toddling selves and all of our friends, over at Devil's Alley. The fun starts at six, and the alcohol runs free until we run out of cash, after which, you can still buy drinks at Happy Hour prices (from the Happy Hour menu, natch -- no Grey Goose for you!). And for the......

Phillyist wonders, just exactly how much did you spend on the last mixed drink or shooter you bought? $5? $8? $12? You know how much Phillyist spent? $2. That's right. Two bucks for a whiskey highball. Sure, it was well whiskey. A name liquor might have cost a buck or two more. A generous measure of single malt scotch might even run you as much as five dollars and change. Five dollars! You'd be......

Dear Philadelphia: It’s been hot as a mother out there, hasn’t it? Cooler weather and showers aside, the only thing keeping us going at our nine-to-fives these days is the promise of a frozen margarita at Happy Hour. We’re beginning to understand that you don’t have to be wearing leather pants to have a “Ross (from Friends)” moment (we’re staying away from the baby powder and lotion). Yeah yeah, it’s supposed to be in the......

The Cranky Cocktail was out the other night at local watering hole Mad 4 Mex at the behest of a good friend whose main squeeze was out of town, thus allowing for a weekend of dissipation and old-fashioned indulgence. Now Mad 4 Mex has a happy hour special, in which they proudly serve "Big Azz" Margaritas at a discounted price. For those of you that care, that's a 22 oz house margarita, frozen or on......