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......

Singer and guitarist Thalia Zedek has been active in the American music scene for almost thirty years. She's been through a lot in that time—many band formations and break-ups, and even a heroin addiction—and it shows in her ragged, evocative voice, a voice that's been described as "a frightening tool for conveying existential despair and nothing-to-lose freedom." Now she's got her own band—the Thalia Zedek Band—and a new album from Thrill Jockey, Liars and Prayers.......

We bring you Monday classics this evening. OPEN MIC NIGHT AT FERGIE'S PUB We haven't sent you out into the open mic world for a little while, so you should be chomping at the bit to present some of those new acoustic masterpieces to the world. We suggest downing a few to take the edge off, but not too many. Then, you'll be "improving," which might not turn out "so well." WHO: 21+ WHERE: Fergie's......

Look outside. Depressing, depressing and depressing. The weekend was just what the doctor ordered and then, as if by divine (demonic?) intervention, everything is prepared to ensure that Monday remains just that: Monday. DIE ACTOR DIE Die Actor Die is a monthly comedy show put on by our very own Don Montrey (who recently interviewed friends and fellow funny-folk, Meg and Rob). It's going to be funny, cheap and about as anti-Monday as you......

It's so nice out that we decided to find you three things to do indoors. You know, so you wouldn't get too used the warm weather. In case it decides to get down to 40 fu#%ing degrees again. We hate Weather's attitude. It acts as if it owes us nothing. As if it were some force of nature, free to do as it pleases without input or intervention from humanity. Oh wait, we warmed......

Oh Friday, our Friday, how we love you, our Friday! We waited and waited, and lo, you have come! You teach us to smile, you show us the way. You are once and forever, our favorite day! ART AFTER 5: OUR FATHER WHO ART BLAKEY We spend a lot of time telling you to check out the local art scene and get involved in some of the incredible music that comes through our fine......

Today is not a snow day for us here at Phillyist. We are still working hard to bring you the best the city has to offer. Well, maybe not that hard. But we're still busier than ever today, so here comes your first lean helping of Can't Miss This, Lite! Lite as in brief, but also Lite as in, all about drinking! As for the children, well, word on the street is that you......

The weekend is still barely visible over the horizon, but that doesn't mean you can't have some weekendly fun upon this unseasonably warm eve. Here are a few things to do so you can tell your friends how immersed you are in city life. A BOB MARLEY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION! Bob Marley was a class act from the start, and identification with the marijuana counter-culture did nothing to dampen his image as one of the most......

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......