Does your boss deserve to be wished a Happy Boss' Day? THE ELECTRIC FACTORY PRESENTS: RISE AGAINST, THRICE, ALKALINE TRIO, AND THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM Thrice is actually on this tour in support of Rise Against, who are touring to promote their October 7 release, Appeal to Reason. However, since this Phillyist is a big Thrice fan (read this and this), we're hyping them for tonight's show. However, that is no reason not to expect the......

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: Writers House: Writer, filmmaker, and noted conceptual artist Liza Béar will discuss her anthology of interviews Beyond the Frame: Dialogues with World Filmmakers with a reception to follow, all at the Kelly Writers House (3805 Locust Walk), 5PM. Free Not Quite As Live: Webcast discussion with Phillip Roth re: his new book Indignation at Penn Bookstore (3601 Walnut), 8-9:30PM. Free But It's Easier with Buttons: Wooden Guitar Hero,......

Today is the day. And the image says it all. We know how great Philadelphians are, how proud and patriotic we can be. And we also know how much every true Philadelphian loves to complain. Sports, weather (guilty as charged) and politics, among other things. Well, the fact is that if you don't vote, your complaints are merely worthless and meaningless strings of words, thrown together by someone with no legitimate right to complain.......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Our Style: Improv Philly Style, featuring Zombie Shark, MakeOut Clinic, and Drexel University Football Team at the Central Branch of the Free Library (1901 Vine), 7PM. Free Get Your Fiber: Ashley Anderson, Jung-eun Kim and Danielle Paloumpis of the map dance collective perform as part of the “8 Artists, 8 Viewpoints” at Nexus in the Crane Arts Building (1400 N. American), 8PM. Free Don’t Drink and Purl: Weekly......

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......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. The concept of controlling a computer and/or a video game with only your mind has been around for a long time, and lately it's been getting closer and closer to reality. Now it looks like the reality is finally here: a neuro-headset which interprets the interaction of neurons in the brain and sends them wirelessly to a USB dongle connected to your computer......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Love Songs: Dolce Suono Chamber Music Concert Series presents Love Songs: A Valentine’s Serenade at the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia (2125 Chestnut), 7:30PM. Free Lopez: The Lopez, The Dollyrots, and Percocettes at the North Star Bar (2639 Poplar), 8PM. $8 Jazzy: Ars Nova presents Ben Ratliff, author of the new book “Coltrane: the Story of a Sound,” speaking on jazz history at the Kelly Writers House (3805......

We guess that your reading this means that you survived Monday. Good! We started you off slowly, and without much vigor, so let's see if we can step things up a bit tonight. We have kink, espionage, and poetry. What more could a Phillyist reader ask for? VALERIE PLAME WILSON - FAIR GAME: MY LIFE AS A SPY, MY BETRAYAL BY THE WHITE HOUSE Remember when journalism and government conspiracy combined to create the sensational......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Garlic and Watermelons: Screening of the documentary Garlic and Watermelons, about Gypsy families being evicted to make way for the 2004 Athens Olympics, at Firehouse Bicycles (50th and Baltimore), 8PM. Free (donation requested) Jazzy Jazz: Author Howard Mandel reads from his work and leads a discussion about jazz at the Kelly Writers House (3805 Locust Walk), 6PM. Free Dropshift: Dropshift, Morning Story, and Black Sheep Caravan at Grape......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Jammin’: Vince Lardear and His Jam at Chris’ Jazz Café (1421 Sansom), 9PM. $2 Kill Pride: The Kill Pride, Don’t Ask, Joe Trainor Trio, Brackets & Arrows, and Sensory Whore at North Star Bar (27th and Poplar), 9PM. $5 There’s That Shack Again: Wissahickon Chicken Shack, King Cotton Rounders, Lach, and Marc Silver at the Fire (412 W. Girard), 9PM. $7 Mary Frank: Poetry reading with Mary Frank......

“Can a computer game make you cry?” In 1983, Neil Young, Trip Hawkins and a small band of computer scientists introduced the world to Electronic Arts with a professional looking, black and white ad with this question emblazoned along the top. In the 25 years that followed, gaming has gone from a cheap niche toy for an even smaller group of computer owners to an entertainment industry that rivals movie, music and book production. In......

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,......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Free in the Plaza: La Vita Williams Guitar Duo on the Commonwealth Plaza Stage at the Kimmel Center (260 S Broad), 6:30PM. Free Movie Night: Reelblack and Sister’s Keeper at the I-House (3701 Chestnut), 7PM. $7 ($5 Student/Senior) Leslie Scalapino: Reading and discussion with writer Leslie Scalapino at the Kelly Writers House (3805 Locust Walk), 6:30PM. Free Can I Borrow That?: Company Corvette with guests at Tritone (1508......

Once upon a time, there was this guy named John Carroll running things around here. A little over a year ago, he abdicated his throne and fled to parts unknown. (That's a lie, actually. We knew where these parts were, but since they involved not writing for Phillyist, we pretended we didn't.) But today, we are happy to tell you that, even without the superior power he held as Phillyist Editor, John is still exercising......

Spoken word is usually not for us. Quality artists are few and far between, with most seeming to be about performing, rather than the words themselves. The artists add weight to dull selections through tone and inflection, but left alone on the page, their words become tepid. Thankfully then, the Kelly Writers House is welcoming one of the premiere spoken word artists tonight, someone whose work is equally admired live as upon the page. A......

Phillyist is happy to welcome Erin Gautsche into the fray. Erin is currently the Program Coordinator at the Kelly Writers House, thus making her the former boss of Editor Jill. (Oh, how the tables have turned!) Erin joins the staff to cover local food, local beauty, and general local quirkiness, from a place of prestige on Miss Martha Graham Cracker's Top Eight. Phillyist has to admit that we’ve been stalking Martha Graham Cracker (also known......

Disclosure: The author of this post worked for the Kelly Writers House for four years as an undergrad, and continues to volunteer there. That being said, she wouldn't pass this along if it weren't pretty darn cool. We already kind of told you about how the Kelly Writers House is doing a marathon reading of Jack Kerouac's inimitable On the Road, to coincide with the publishing of the text of his original draft scroll (yep,......

Disclosure: The author of this post worked for the Kelly Writers House for four years as an undergrad, and continues to volunteer there. That being said, she wouldn't pass this along if it wasn't an awesome opportunity. On Thursday, January 25, the Kelly Writers House will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of Jack Kerouac's On The Road with a marathon reading of the full text of the book. Readers will include local......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: PW Writers: An evening with Writers from the Philadelphia Weekly at The Kelly Writers House (3805 Locust Walk), with Cassidy Hartman, Dan McQuade, Liz Spikol, & Steve Volk. Free at 6PM. Cereality Open Mic & Music: Open mic from 5-6 PM at Cereal Bar Cereality (3631 Walnut Street) followed by music from Naughty Naught Nurses, Girl Bike and Mother Mime. Free. The Pact: Reelblack is sponsoring the Philadelphia......

Phillyist would like to welcome Eric Karlan to our burgeoning staff! A sophomore at Penn, Eric hails from Connecticut and enjoys all things sporting and journalistic. Eric can usually be found at the Kelly Writers House sitting on the green couch and editing The Green Couch. There was nothing else. A blanket of slate clouds shrouded the sun and blue sky. The misty fog which enveloped Lincoln Financial Field veiled most of the already irrelevant......

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 us, we're trying). Featured Pick of the Week: Ben's 300th Birthday Party If Philly's favorite Founding Father - Benjamin Franklin - were still alive, he'd be 300......

To Whom it May Concern: We’d like to tell you a little about our friend and fellow contributor, “Phillial” columnist Jessica Haralson. As we’ve mentioned before, Jessica co-edits a little publication called Quake. Although Quake isn’t the first magazine of its kind, it is the first literary erotica magazine at Penn. Jessica got some great press last month from Philadelphia Weekly, and two weeks ago, the magazine’s first print issue arrived. Of course – and......

We know, we know. You're sick of The Raven, and your tell-tale heart wants Halloween poetry with more substance than black cats and mysterious floorboards. Never fear: Phillyist knows that you want literary without the Anne Rice bullshit (her conversion to write "for the Lord" aside). And, like us, you also want free food that doesn't taste like the Philly Diner. Tonight's Spookeasy, a send-up of the Kelly Writers House regular Wednesday open-mic Speakeasy......

We've pimped them before and we'll pimp them again: the Quake kids, led by our very own Jessica Haralson, are hosting a preview party this evening for the first issue of their new erotic literary magazine, the first of its kind at Penn. The magazine follows in the footsteps of Harvard's infamous H-Bomb and Boston University's Boink (read an interview with Boink co-founder Christopher Anderson at Bostonist). Tonight's launch party will feature readings from the......

Unless you've been living under a mossy literary rock, you've probably heard that this week is The 215 Festival, Philly's very own homegrown tribute to damn good writing. If you have been living under a mossy literary rock, we feel sorry for you because that kinda sucks. Tonight the Kelly Writers House, our fave haven for all things readin' and writin', is hosting a special edition of LIVE at the Writers House for the festival.......