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......

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......

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: The English Patient Guy: Author Michael Ondaatje discusses his latest novel, Divisadero, at the Central Branch of the Free Library (1901 Vine), 7PM. Free Yuck It Up: Helium Comedy Club (2031 Sansom) presents twenty up and coming comics at 8PM. Free New Music Tuesdays: Young Gene Buffalo, Goodbye Etc, Beyond The Black, and Bushbomb at the North Star Bar (2639 Poplar), 8PM. $5 Local Shots Live: WMMR and......

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 -......

"No - no words. No words to describe it. Poetry! They should've sent a poet. So beautiful. So beautiful..." - Ellie Arroway, talking about the amazing spring day we have here in Philadelphia. OPEN STAGE NIGHT AT COMEDY CABARET You know the deal. Show up and pound a few so you can convince yourself that people want to see you try to sing or be funny or do that weird thing where you put......

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:......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: TV on the Internets: Testtube.tv founders Kevin O’Rourke and Jay Tarses give the lowdown on making webisodes and using the internet for writers, actors, and filmmakers at Hamilton Hall/University of the Arts (320 S Broad), 1PM. Free Poets and Prophets: Anti-war Iraq veteran and poet Shalom Keller will read his work at the Plays and Players Club (1714 Delancy), 7PM. $3 McRad: McRad, Encursus, and Smiles Project at......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Free Funny: Helium (2031 Sansom) presents 20 up-and-coming comics at their Open Mic Extravaganza, 8-10PM. Free Local Shots Live: Stellabelly, Papa Midnight, Montoj, and Stillicide at Doc Watson’s (216 S 11th), 8PM. $5 RIP: Fred Is Dead, A Zero Complex, David Janes, The Greyjacks, and Sweetheart Parade at North Star Bar (2639 Poplar), 8PM. $5 Good Fences…: Author Brian Hall reads from his new novel Fall of Frost,......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Beer!: Celebrate the repeal of the 18th amendment with cheap beer at McGillin’s (1310 Drury), 11PM. Free + beer money Drunk Iguanas?: Reading of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana at the Ethical Society of Philadelphia (1906 S Rittenhouse Square), 7:30PM. $8 We Like Free Music: Radio Eris celebrates their new CD at the Balcony at the Troc (1003 Arch), 10PM. Free Open Mic: Free at The......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Mystery Writers, Inc.: Mystery writers George Anastasia, Cordelia F. Biddle, Solomon Jones, William Lashner, and Nancy Martin in a panel discussion presented by the Mystery Writers of America at the Irish Pub (1123 Walnut), 7PM. $10 We Like City Girls: "City Girls, Flappers, and Feminist Film Theory,” a screening of the 1929 People on Sunday followed with a lecture by feminist theorist Laura Mulvey, at the Slought Foundation......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Double Feature: Screening of Ilona, Upstairs and A Hero in Heaven, part of the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, at the Gershman Y (401 S Broad), 7PM. $10 We Like Free: Free reading of Wendy Wasserstein’s award-winning play An American Daughter, ahead of the opening of Wasserstein's Third, at the Suzanne Roberts Theater (480 S Broad), 7:30. Free (reservations required, 215.985.1400 x311) Minmae: Minmae, Buck Brothers, and Old Souls......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Rise and Fall of the Comics: Author David Hajdu discusses his latest book, The Ten Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America, at the Central Branch of the Free Library (1901 Vine), 7PM. Free Fancy Pants: Fancy Pants Cinema, short films by local filmmakers, in the Lounge at North Third (801 N. 3rd), “starting long after 10PM.” Free every Tuesday (if you have a......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Boxcutter Cabaret: Puppet Uprising presents the Boxcutter Cabaret, featuring musicians, artists, and, our favorite, puppeteers at the Walking Fish Theater (2509 Frankford Ave), 8PM. $10 Free Music: World Blanket and The March Hare at the Balcony at the Troc (1003 Arch), 10PM. Free 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......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: The Kids Are All Right: Curtis on Tour, featuring Roberto Diaz on violin, at the Field Concert Hall (1726 Locust), 8PM. Free Bluebond: Bluebond Guitar Night at Raven Lounge (1718 Sansom), 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......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: There Goes That Spielberg Again: “Sharks, Spaceships and Spectacles: The Films of Steven Spielberg,” a presentation by Dr. Lester Friedman, with hors d’oeuvres and drinks, at the Prince Music Theater Independence Black Box (1412 Chestnut), 6PM. $10 As We Look Forward: Author Mitch Nathanson discusses his new book The Fall of the 1977 Phillies: How a Baseball Team's Collapse Sank a City's Spirit at the Penn Bookstore (3601......

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......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Philly Music on the Parkway: Local songwriters perform original works; hosted by Dan Collins at the Central Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library (1901 Vine), 7PM. Free A Streetcar Named Desire: Staged reading of the classic Tennessee Williams play with reception following at the Ethical Society of Philadelphia (1906 S. Rittenhouse Sq), 7:30PM. $8 Open Mic: Free at The Fire (412 W. Girard). Sign up at 8:30PM. (21+)......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Combat Footage: “Steven Spielberg, Special Effects, and the War Film,” a workshop examining Spielberg's use of special effects in Empire of the Sun and other works, at Scribe Video Center (4212 Chestnut, 3rd Floor), 6PM. Free (Part of One Film, One Philadelphia) Die Actor Die: Die Actor Die, comedy of many stripes, standup, sketch, and “other silly brick-a-brac” hosted by (Phillyist) Don Montrey at the Khyber (56 S.......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: The Shame of a City: Inside the Filmmaker’s Studio, a film screening and discussion series showcasing local artists and benefiting Gtown Radio, shows The Shame of a City at the Video Library (7141 Germantown Ave), 7PM. $5 Brassy: Chestnut Brass Company performs works by Krzwycki and Higdon at the Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia (1906 S. Rittenhouse Sq), 8PM. Free Honky: Full reading of Honky by Greg Kalleres,......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: What?: Discussion of What is the What, led by Elizabeth Adler, at the Walnut Street West Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library (201 S. 40th), 5:30PM. Free 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......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Local Shots Live: Shannon Cole, Your Best Friend, and Desoto Jones at Doc Watson’s (215 S. 11th), 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 here and share the......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Stealing Klimt: Showing of the documentary Stealing Klimt, part of the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, at the Gershman Y (401 S. Broad), 7PM. $10 Does That Mean… Nevermind: Animal Style, Porktamer, and Joe Not Joe at Tritone (1508 South), 10PM. $5 Movie Monday at the Troc: Bring your balls to polish and come to the 10th anniversary party for The Big Lebowski at The Troc (1003 Arch), 7:30PM.......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Money Folders II: Second installment of series featuring the Philadelphyinz, DJ Gravity, and more at the Arts Garage (1535 Ridge Avenue), 10PM-3AM. $10 (women free before 10:30PM) Sing, Sing a Song: Choral Concert with Organ presented by the Delius Society at St. Mark’s Church (1625 Locust), 7:30. Free Art Is Primary: Opening reception for Red Yellow Blue, a solo show of artist Vincent McLoughlin, at AXD Gallery......