Fun around town, for $10 or less: Jazziest: Book release party for Ben Ratliff's The Jazz Ear featuring critically-acclaimed Philadelphia pianist Orrin Evans, presented by Ars Nova at the International House (3701 Chestnut), 8PM. Free Constantine's Sword: Screening of Constantine's Sword as part of the Jewish Film Festival at the Gershman Y (401 S Broad), 7PM. $10 Open Mic: Free at The Fire (412 W. Girard). Sign up at 8:30PM. (21+) Sing Your Life!: Karaoke......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Never Too Early for Xmas: Screening of Christmas on Mars, directed by Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne, at National Mechianics (22 S 3rd), 9PM. Free Time for the Recap/Rehash: "2008 to 2012: Where We’ve Been, Where We're Headed," a talk with Democrat Ezra Klein and Republican Reihan Salam about the past and upcoming presidential election (yup, already) at the National Constitution Center (525 Arch), 6:30PM. $9 Blue Monday:......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things: The Secrets, offering a look at feminism, sexual awakening and lesbianism in the world of the ultra-orthodox, part of the Jewish Film Festival at the Gershman Y (401 S Broad), 7PM. $10 It’s On: The Comic Vs. Audience comedy show at the Shubin Theatre (407 Bainbridge), 8PM. $5 Open Mic: Free at The Fire (412 W. Girard). Sign up at......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Girly: Young Widows, Gods & Queens, and Birth Control at Barbary Saloon (951 Frankford), 6:30PM. $10 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 AM. Free (21+) Got a frugal tip? Don't be stingy! Send it here and share the wealth!......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Jazzy: Dan Loomis at Chris' Jazz Café (1421 Sansom), 8PM. $10 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 AM. Free (21+) Got a frugal tip? Don't be stingy! Send it here and share the wealth!......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Holiday: Columbus Day readings by Italian-American poets at Robin's Bookstore (108 S 13th), 6-8PM. Free Young'uns: Student recitals at Curtis Institute of Music (1726 Locust), 8PM. Free Ellipsis: Ellipsis with Andy Keenan and Jon Thompson reinterpret Neil Young's Harvest at Tritone (1508 South), 9PM. $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......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: New Music Series: Running Red Lights, No Risk, Alice Adventures, Except After Sea, and By Surprise at North Star (2639 Poplar), 8PM. $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 AM. Free (21+) Got a frugal tip? Don't be stingy! Send it......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Writers, Live!: Live at the Writers House, featuring poets Tom Devaney, Randall Couch, Trapeta B. Mayson, Scott Edward Anderson, and Ish Klein and musical guest Hezikiah Jones, hosted by XPN's Michaela Majoun at the Kelly Writers House (3805 Locust Walk), 7-9PM. Free With the Music: Emmett Lindsay Band, Cortez Cortez, iNFiNiEN, and Brackets & Arrows at Tritone (1508 South), 10PM. $5 Open Mic: Free at The Fire (412......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Via bowerbird: Bowerbird presents John Wiese, New Monuments, Morally Gray, and Kudler/Fraser Duo at Circle of Hope (1125 S Broad), 8PM. $10 Classic Reading Series: The Jacob Burns Foundation Classic Reading Series kicks off with the symposium Expressionism in Contemporary Theater at the Ethical Society of Philadelphia (1906 S Rittenhouse), 7PM. $10 Open Mic: Free at The Fire (412 W. Girard). Sign up at 8:30PM. (21+) Sing Your......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY The Shoebox Tour: Michael Karas and Tempei Arakawa explore the limits of juggling (and what can be juggled) at Greg Kennedy Studio (6122 Greene), 7:30 & 9PM. $10 SATURDAY Doggie!: Carnivale of the Dogs at Rittenhouse Square (18th and Walnut), 10AM. Free Empty Orchestra: Opening reception for "Empty Orchestra: Art Meets Karaoke" at Yo! Darkroom (113 N 23rd), 8PM. Free Grand Prix: Sprint Motorola UYRS Grand Prix......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Onstage Philadelphia: Philly Fringe Preview Series featuring Brat Productions, Nice People Theatre Company, Philadelphia Dramatists Center, The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium, and more at Plays and Players (1714 Delancey Place), 8PM. $10 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 AM. Free (21+) Got......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Onstage Philadelphia: Philly Fringe Preview Series featuring Brian Sanders/JUNK, Crescent Moon Entertainment Co., Don Montrey & Juliette Pryor (Go Don! And Julie!), Zombies Ain't Shit Theatre Company, and more at Plays and Players (1714 Delancey Place), 8PM. $10 Music Showcase: The beta hi-fi Music Festival featuring David Janes, Grahm Brown, Gillian Grassie, Joshua Park, and Clarity at World Café Live (3025 Walnut), 7PM. Free (Different bands every night......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Onstage Philadelphia: Philly Fringe Preview Series featuring Aboveground Theater, IdRatherBeHere, Malleable Dance Theater, and more at Plays and Players (1714 Delancey Place), 8PM. $10 Comedy Show: The Comic vs Audience at the Shubin Theatre (407 Bainbridge), 8PM. $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),......

Happy birthday Mulder, uh, we mean David! GEEKS AND TOYS AT NATIONAL MECHANICS The Hacktory (cohosts of May's Battlestar Gallatica Party) is presenting a range of projects tonight, from the visually stunning to the robotically inclined. Oh, and it's at a bar. We like geeks, we like tech, and we like bars. So, a bar full of tech geeks is really kind of a no-brainer. There will be live chiptune music by Animal Style. Also,......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Doom!: DVD release/screening party for Doomsday at the Troc (1003 Arch), 7:30PM. $3 Good Cheap Comedy: The Comic vs. Audience Comedy Show at the Shubin Theatre (407 Bainbridge), 8PM. $5 (Oops! This event actually takes place next Monday, 8/11. Sorry, folks.) We Heart Iggy: Screening of Iggy and The Stooges—Escaped Maniacs featuring filmed performances from the 2005 Lokerse Festival at the Khyber (52 S 2nd), 8PM. Free Open......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Metal!: Iron Maiden and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal DVD screening at the Khyber (52 S 2nd), 8PM. Free Yoga in U City: Vinyasa Yoga with Maryte Curran every Monday at the Rotunda (4014 Walnut), 7PM. $10 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.......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY: Last Friday: Last Friday featuring author Samara O’Shea and musician Gina Kaz at the Philadelphia Art Alliance (251 S 18th), 7PM. $5 Free R&B: Sounds of R&B series finale featuring Ledisi and Lalah Hathaway at the Great Plaza on Penn’s Landing (Chestnut and Columbus Blvd), 7:30PM. Free City Hall Film Series: Showing this week: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in the courtyard at City......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Q!: Spiral Q Puppet Theater at Philadelphia City Institute branch of the Free Library (1905 Locust), 6:45PM. Free Breaking Rule One: Movie Monday hosted by Spike presents Fight Club plus some raffle prizes at the Troc (1003 Arch), 6:30PM. $3 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......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: We Know You Are: Pee Wee’s Big Adventure is better drunk and with raffle prizes at the Troc (1003 Arch), 7:30PM. $3 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 AM. Free (21+) Got a frugal tip? Don't be stingy! Send it here......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Fight!: The Comic Vs. Audience Comedy Show, featuring Joey Dougherty, Josh Bennett, Aaron Hertzog, and Steve Gerben at the Shubin Theatre (407 Bainbridge), 8PM. $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 AM. Free (21+) Got a frugal tip? Don't be stingy!......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Movies + Philly: Philly @ the Movies presents 12 Monkeys at City Hall’s Dilworth Plaza (Market between 13th and 15th), 9PM. Free (bring your own lawn chairs and snacks) Open Mic: Free at The Fire (412 W. Girard). Sign up at 8:30PM. (21+) Sing Your Life!: Karaoke With DJ Sara Sherr Mondays downstairs at the Khyber (56 S. Second), 9PM - 2 AM. Free (21+) Got a frugal......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Further Afield: An Evening with Laurel and Hardy: A Chump at Oxford presented by The Two Tars Tent at Bryn Mawr Film Institute (824 W. Lancaster Ave), 7:30PM. $9.25 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 AM. Free (21+) Got a frugal......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: It’s That Time Again: 16th Annual Bloomsday celebration starting at noon in and around the Rosenbach Museum (2008 Delancy). Free We Thought There Were Five: 4 Sides to Every Story, a dramedy set in a Center City psychologists office, at the Shubin Theatre (407 Bainbridge), 7PM. $10 (runs through June 22) Open Mic: Free at The Fire (412 W. Girard). Sign up at 8:30PM. (21+) Sing Your Life!:......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Poems, Then Open Mic: Poet Kyle Kwhy Myers reads from his collection Born by a River, followed by an open mic, at the Plays and Players Club (1714 Delancey), 7PM. $3 Good Ole Retribution: The Retribution Choir, Bear in Heaven, and Voodoo Economics at the North Star Bar (2639 Poplar), 8PM. $8 Open Mic: Free at The Fire (412 W. Girard). Sign up at 8:30PM. (21+) Sing Your......

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: Readings in Restaurants: Free reading of the play Three Precious Rings by Walt Vail at Abbraccio Restaurant (820 S 47th), 7:30PM. Free More Plays: Shakespeare in Clark Park presents a reading of Any Other Name by George Brant at the Philadelphia Art Alliance (251 S 18th), 7PM. Free And Free Music: The Monday Night Club featuring The Armchairs at the Balcony at the Troc (1003 Arch), 10PM. Free......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Indian Jewelry: Indian Jewelry, The Sounds of Kaleidoscope, and Lesser Known Neutrinos at Johnny Brenda’s (1201 Frankford) 8PM. $8 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 AM. Free (21+) Got a frugal tip? Don't be stingy! Send it here and share the......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: OM: Vinyasa Yoga with Maryte Curran every Monday at the Rotunda (4014 Walnut), 7PM. $10 Monday Night Club: Baptist Preachers and Knife & Fork Band at the Balcony at the Troc (1003 Arch), 10PM. Free (21+) 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 -......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: New Play Reading: Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company stages a reading of company member Paul Parente’s Rage of Achilles at the Philadelphia Art Alliance (251 S 18th), 7PM. Free If You Didn’t Get Enough Baseball This Weekend:The National Constitution Center presents baseball historians discussing the place of the game in American culture at the Kirby Auditorium (525 Arch), 6:30PM. Free Digital Leather: Digital Leather, Faux Slang, El Diablos Blancos,......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Zodiac at the Library: Poet and performance artist Jaamil Olawale Kosoko will read from his new poetry collection Ninth Sign of Zodiac at the Central Branch of the Free Library, Skyline Room (1901 Vine, 4th Floor), 7PM. Free (RSVP for light refreshments) Yoga at the Library: Yoga for Teens and Adults at the Thomas F. Donatucci, Sr. branch of the Free Library (1935 Shunk), 5PM. Free Get Oral:......