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It's such a beautiful word, isn't it? Say it with us: F r i d a y.

Fun around town, for $10 or less:

Fun around town, for $10 or less:

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Bring a Flashlight: Winter Nighthike for Adults sponsored by Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, 5:30PM. Call to pre-register and to learn the meeting place (215-482-7300). $7 Solstice Film Series 07: First installment of the Solstice Film Series, a showcase for short independent films, at National Mechanics (22 S. 3rd), 8PM. Free The Campbell Apartment: The Campbell Apartment, Griz, and The Goodnightlights at The Manhattan Room (15 W. Girard),...

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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 that criticism, which ranges from “What’s the big deal about this band?” to “They’re the Jimmy Buffetts of indie rock,” here.)

Mr. McFeeley: Not the Mr. Rogers delivery man, but William S. McFeely, the award-winning biographer, discusses a local painter whose work is much in the news these days: Thomas Eakins. 7PM at the Central Library (1901 Vine Street). Free.

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Fun around town, for $10 or less:

Fun around town, for $10 or less:

Fun around town, for $10 or less:

Mutlu: Catch Mutlu at the Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd Street) before he leaves town on tour. $10 8:30.

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Phillyist has to admit, we had to gag our inner fan girl and stick her in the closet in order to compose this post. She's convinced if we put the word out that author Neil Gaiman (squueeeeee!) will be speaking at Temple University's Mitten Hall (1913 North Broad Street) at 8PM on Thursday as part of their Poet and Writers Series, that there would be a sort of fantasy lovers stampede that would prevent her from getting to see him speak. I assured her that there's likely enough Gaiman goodness to go around. For the love our comics, please don't prove us wrong.

R5 Productions is offering not one but two all-ages punk rock shows this week at the First Unitarian Church (22nd and Chestnut Streets) - named, very cleverly, Holidays In The Slush Day #1 and #2. Each show features five acts from all over the world, including some acts (The Boils and Mischief Brew) from our own fair city. Holidays in the Slush #1 begins at 7:30PM Friday night and has an admission fee of $10. Slush #2 begins at 2:30 PM the next day - and has a slightly less frugal fee of $12; however, we did notice that participating band, Dillinger Four, promises "melodic naked punk mayhem" and "psychotic naked behavior from Patty", and we all know nudity will cost you extra. See R5 Productions' Shows page for more information and a full listing of the bands.

Sure, the new movie is coming out on Friday - but for you hardcore fans who can't wait for your wizard fix - Harry Potter themeband, Harry and the Potters will be at The Rotunda (4014 Walnut Street) Wednesday night at 6PM. For a suggested donation of $5, see brothers Paul (Harry, year 7) and Joe (Harry, year 4) DeGeorge perform such songs as "Wizard Chess," "Save Ginny Weasley" and "The Wrath of Hermione."

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 other bands) love you personally or not, you can see them all for a mere $7. And although our affections can't be bought, we must admit a $7 cover charge with no drink minimum kinda makes us love them, and Plain Parade too.

Art Spiegelman, author and artist behind the ground-breaking, best-selling, Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel , will be speaking about the history of comics and their changing role in society and popular culture. (And, we hope, explaining why he insists on spelling the word "comics" as "comix." Phillyist is a fan of Speigelman and has great respect for him as a storyteller and innovator - but we're not altogether sure that his Pulitzer gives him the right to change the spellings of words willy-nilly.) The program starts at 8PM, and costs $8 ($5 for students).

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