You think the Fourth of July party stops on the 5th? Hell no! You got a whole weekend’s worth of patriotism to work through… not to mention food… Saturday: If you haven’t shaken those pesky kiddies off yet, you could take them back to Franklin Square, or change it up and get their faces painted and energy expended on Independence Mall from 10AM to 1PM. When you get hungry, head to the Great Plaza on......

No debate: there’s no better, or more appropriate, place to celebrate the birth of our nation than right here in Philly. Here are a few things to help you enjoy your freedom this weekend. The best part? Most of it’s free. Today: Forget lunch, there’s cake! A reading of the Declaration of Independence is followed by an eight foot cake that’s needs some eating. Head over to the Independence Visitor Center at noon to snag......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Hope You Like Outdoor Movies: Screening of Shawshank Redemption at Eastern State Penitentiary (2124 Fairmount), 9PM. Free (space limited, first come first served) Lady DJs: The Philly Reggae Girls will be spinning ska, reggae, rocksteady, and dancehall at Tritone (1508 South), 9PM-2AM. Free New Music Tuesdays: Acts of Violence, One with Nothing, Corner Store Espionage, The Tea Club, and Down to One at North Star Bar (2639 Poplar),......

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: FRIDAY: We Were Framed!: Phillyist Framed, a photo exhibit with works from Phillyist readers, at Studio 34 (4522 Baltimore), 7PM. $5 suggested donation (plus free beer) Hype: the HYPE! presents Boy Wonder, Nicole Lynn, Steve Hackman, Swift Technique, Laura Cheadle, and Half Evil Half Good at Upstairs at World Café Live (3025 Walnut), 8PM. $9 The N Crowd: Improv comedy troupe the N Crowd perform at the Actors......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: We Can Yap With the Best of Them: Inaugural Yappy Hour featuring a full dog menu for your furry friend and specialty cocktails for you, proceeds of which benefit the PA SPCA, at Tavern 17 (220 S 17th), 5-7PM every last Thursday through September. Free + food and drink Nice Way to Wind Down: Music on the Mall, a free summer concert series, featuring local four-man vocal group......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Whenever Wednesday: Bardo Pond performs, and horror-film aficionado Trenton Doyle Hancock presents The Driller Killer, at the ICA (118 S 36th), 7PM & 7:30PM. $6 Local: Local singer-songwriter Jeff Kessler and Sarah Marie White at World Café Live (3025 Walnut), 9:30PM. $8 By R5: Grails, Nadja, and Serpent Throne, brought to you by the fine folks at R5, at Johnny Brenda's (1201 N Frankford), 9PM. $10 Quizzo Mania:......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Free Plays: Free public staged readings of 6 new plays by Peter Bonilla, Jennifer Haley, Lila Rose Kaplan, James Mclindon, Gregory S. Moss, and Silva Semerciyan at the Playground at the Adrienne (2030 Sansom), 8PM. Free (runs through June 27) Slamming: First Person Arts Story Slam with an “On The Road” theme at L’Etage (624 S 6th), 7:30PM. $5-10 Night of Quiet: Hezekiah Jones, Chris Bathgate, John Francis,......

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: FRIDAY The N Crowd: Improv comedy troupe the N Crowd perform at the Actors Center (257 N 3rd), 8PM. $10 Ah, Faerie: Faerie Elaine Silver performs at The Philadelphia Society for Art, Literature and Music (5841 Overbrook Ave), 8PM. $10 Wild Nights: Jerzy Skolimowski: Inside/Outside presentation of Deep End at the International House (3701 Chestnut), 7PM (opening reception at 6PM). $5-7 Oh, the Anonymity: Toiling in Obscurity, with......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Artists and Their Work: Studio performance of works in progress by 2008 nEW Artists Charles Anderson/Dancetheatrex, Eun Jung Gonzolez, Jeffrey Gunshol, Jamiil Kosoko/Performance, Olive Prince Dance, Gabrielle Revlock, and Melanie Stewart Dance Theatre at UArts Drake Theater (1512 Spruce), 6:30PM. Free Laughable: First installment of Laughter on the Banks! Summer Movie Series with Airplane! on Walnut Street Dock (25th and Walnut), 8PM. Free At Sea: The SEA Trio,......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Total Zoo: Giraffes? Giraffes!, Birdfeeder, Aldenbarton, and Holla Wolf at Tritone (1508 South), 10PM. $5 We’re More “Chug” Ourselves: Many local bars are participating in Center City Sips, featuring cheap drinks and eats, every Wednesday through August, 5-7PM. Lot of Hollering: Animal Style, Mark Denardo & Graffiti Monsters, Holler, Wild Rose!, and One Eyed Stanley at the Khyber (56 S 2nd), 8PM. $8 Quizzo Mania: Get your Quizzo......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Are You Experienced?: The Erotic Literary Salon invites you to share your original or favorite erotica at L’Etage (624 S 6th), 8:30. $10 (registration required: 215-840-5830) They’re Bi: Bipolaroid at Tritone (1508 South), 10PM. $5 New Music Tuesdays: The Hot Spots, The Blahs, Stone Thrown, 3 Js in the AM, and Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies at North Star Bar (2639 Poplar), 8PM. $5 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: FRIDAY Bordellos Are Good: Opening reception for “Peep Show,” featuring work from five interdisciplinary artists examining eroticism, set in a space resembling a 19th-century bordello at Airspace (4013 Chestnut), 6-10PM. Free Firk It: Get to the only Friday the Firkinteenth of 2008, featuring 13 or more firkins of cask conditioned ale, at the Grey Lodge Pub (6235 Frankford), 12PM- when the firkins run out. Free + cost of......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Hip Hop: Local Hip Hop Showcase featuring MAGr, Burke, Nico the Beast, Nickelz, Scanz, Sinn Azucar, King Magnetic, Viro the Virus, Kraft, and Myrikal at the Balcony at the Troc (1003 Arch), 7PM. $5 Under the Stars: Outdoor movie event with Bend It Like Beckham, in celebration of the Olympic Gymnastics Trials, at Penn’s Landing Great Plaza (Columbus and Chestnut), 8:30PM. Free Andrew’s Video Vault: Presented by ARM/cinema25......

Comedian Hal Sparks If you don’t know him from Queer As Folk, you know him from the endless parade of clip shows on VH1… and if you don’t know him from there you don’t have cable, so clearly you need to have something fun to do tonight. Hal Sparks makes with the funny tonight, with Chris Bono and host Pat Barker, at Helium. Oh Hal, we will always fondly remember you belting out “I want......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Free Music If You’re Willing To Travel: Sundown Music Series presents Chuck Prophet with Marc Silver at the McLaughlin-Norcross Memorial Dell in Haddon Lake Park (Haddon Heights NJ), 7:30. Free First Person Salon: First Person Arts salons at the Gershman Y (401 S Broad), 7PM. $10 Heroes: Heroes of Popular Wars and The Cyanide Valentine at M Room (15 W Girard), 8PM. $8 Quizzo Mania: Get your Quizzo......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Free Food! Oh, And Yeah, Some Athletes: “You’ll See More Twists Than a Philly Pretzel,” featuring live entertainment, gymnastics demonstrations, and free soft pretzels at Love Park (15th and JFK), Noon. Free Jam Bang: Jam Bang and Greg Ginn & The Taylor Texas Corrugators at the Khyber (56 S 2nd), 8PM. $8 Nada: The Nadas and Lelia Broussard at Upstairs at World Café Live (3025 Walnut), 8PM. $10......

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: FRIDAY Outdoor Music: Friday Night Summer Jazz Concerts every Friday in Cedar Park (50th and Baltimore), 6-8PM. Free The N Crowd: Improv comedy troupe the N Crowd perform at the Actors Center (257 N 3rd), 8PM. $10 Brakes CD Release Party: XPN welcomes The Brakes with Ben Arnold and Carney at Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N Frankford), 8PM. $10 SATURDAY The Kids Are All Right: Paul Green School of......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: What It Is: Cartoonist and author Lynda Barry presents her new book What It Is, exploring channels of creativity, at the Central Branch of the Free Library (1901 Vine), 7PM. Free Wide Open: Grand Opening of Walking Fish Theater with ribbon cutting and reception at the Theater (2509 Frankford), 5PM. Free Chill Out: Buddhist meditation classes at Philadelphia Ethical Society (1906 Rittenhouse Sq), 7-8:30PM. Free Martyrdom: Last Martyr......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Horrific: Screening of cult horror classic The Baby at the Institute for Contemporary Art (118 S 36th), 7:30PM. $6 Rad: Open hours at the Radical Media Library (in anticipation of their full-time opening later this year) at LAVA Space (4134 Lancaster), 4-9PM. Free Phobic: Phobia, Magrudergrind, Alternative Tentacles, and Dissystema at Millcreek Tavern (4200 Chester Ave), 9PM. $8 Quizzo Mania: Get your Quizzo on at 12 Steps Down......

Camden Riversharks vs. Lancaster Barnstormers Sorry, but we like our Phillies on the TV. We look across the pond to the Camden Riversharks to get our ballpark fix. With cheap tickets, marginally cheaper beer, and the blessed relief of not being too invested in the game’s outcome, the Sharks offer a good night out. Parking is cheap too, but if you have to hoof it PATCO and the Riverlink aren’t too far away. If you......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Medicine and Rats: Authors William Frankl and Harris Cohen read from their respective works The Merger and Rat Tales and Other Stories (the latter set in West Philly) at Robin’s Bookstore (108 S 13th), 6PM. Free Folky: The Fairmount Park Commission sponsors a folk dancing session with instruction (no experience or partners needed) every Tuesday on the Art Museum Steps (26th and the Parkway), 8-10:30PM. $3 White Rabbits:......

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: FRIDAY We Heart Toy Theater: Adaptation to aforementioned toy theater of Howard Zinn’s Emma at the DaVinci Art Alliance (704 Catherine), 7PM. Free (donations accepted) The Wimyn: Wimyn’s Original Rock Festival featuring Phyllis Chappell, Cris Valkeria, Kate Foust, Nicola Visaggio, Urbana, and more at the Rotunda (4014 Walnut), 8PM. $10 The Last: Last Friday at the Philadelphia Art Alliance featuring local artists Katie Ford and John Conahan at......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Jazzy: The Summer Heritage Jazz Series kicks off with Glen Bryan at Malcolm X Park (52nd and Pine), 7PM. Free Temptation: Drexel’s lit magazine Painted Bride Quarterly celebrates the release of its Temptation issue in the Sanctuary at the First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut), 7PM. $10 Drexel Again: Catalyst, a dance showcase featuring seven student choreographers and others at the Mandell Theater (33rd and Chestnut), 8PM. $8 Eggs!:......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Bring a Shovel: James Frey of A Million Little Pieces fame speaks about his “first” novel at the Central Branch of the Free Library (1901 Vine), 7PM. Free Slamming: First Person Story Slams: Secrets at the Gershman Y (401 S Broad), 7PM. $10 Spades: The Spades, Sunday’s Murder, Gene Micofsky, Drop Anchor, and Dinner and a Suit at North Star Bar (2639 Poplar), 8PM. $5 Got a frugal......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Beautiful Boy: Beautiful Boy, a scripted and improvised comedy work written and performed by 1812 Productions cofounder Pete Pryor and inspired by his autistic son, at the Playground at the Adrienne (2030 Sansom), 8PM. $10 (also on Saturday and Sunday at 2PM) Ruling Triumvirate: DJ Deejay spins Madonna, Michael, and Prince at Moshulu Bar & Restaurant (401 S Columbus Blvd), 9PM-2AM. $8 SATURDAY Crafty In Person: Philly......