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: Screenings Under the Stars: The Bourne Ultimatum at the Great Plaza at Penn's Landing (Chestnut and Columbus Blvd). Activities start at 6:30PM, movie around 8PM. Free You Can Has Outdoor Movies: Laughter on the Banks Summer Movie Series presents Office Space at Walnut Street Dock (25th and Walnut, underneath Walnut Street Bridge), 8PM. Free Srsly: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at the Northeast Philadelphia Airport......

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: 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,......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. If you, like this Phillyist, own a PATCO Freedom card, you can head over to PATCO's official site and enter to win tickets to upcoming shows at the Susquehanna Bank Center. (Via Sarah) The Atlantic asks, is Google making us stupid? (Via Laura) Ooh! Details on Beck's new album, Modern Guilt, which will be released on July 8th in America. The MTV Movies......

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The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Yay! It's the trailer for the next episode of Cinematic Titanic! We're not even sure we want to open this can of beans, but... if you're interested, The Underwire has the entire backstory on a little YouTube dance-off feud that's been going on between Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana and the people behind Step Up 2. All the dialogue is in Russian, and......

He was called the “naughty boy of dance” by none other than the grand dame of modern dance herself, Martha Graham. The Paul Taylor Dance Company comes to Philly with five works, the latest,Changes (2008), a Philadelphia premiere. The naughty boy is tricky though: there are two programs, A and B, so you’ll need to head over to the Annenberg twice to catch it all. A includes Changes, Esplanade (1975), and Lines of Loss (2007);......

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: 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: They Mean Nexus: Monthly series paraphrase/NEXUS presents violinist Katt Hernandez, dancers/choreographers Michele Tantoco and Liza Clark, and visual artists Rebecca Gilbert and Virginia Batson at the Nexus Gallery (1400 N American), 8PM. Free Grind For Life: 4 Skateboarders, a show that features four skateboarders and a band, raises money for Grind For Life, an organization that raises money for uninsured skateboarders, at the M-Room (15 W Girard), 7PM.......

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Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY SURFGARAGEPUNKROCKNROLL!!! Whoo!: Positively Sick on South Street with Flag of Democracy, The Ripovs!, Voodoo Reef, and cheap drinks at Tritone (1508 South), 9PM. $6 Funstival: First annual Mascher Space Coop Funstival, featuring The Hessians, Gemini Wolf, Umlaut, The Mural and the Mint, and dance performances by New Extreme Dance Explosions Awesomes, PIMA group, M.I.A., ChristinaZani/DevynnEmory /Sam Miller, Megan Bridge, and MAPcollective at Johnny Brenda’s (1201 Frankford), 8PM.......

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Fun around town, for $10 or less: Why Not an Even Minute?: 54 Seconds at Upstairs at World Café Live (3025 Walnut), 8PM. $10 Showcase Showdown: Dance party benefit for the Arden's Professional Apprentice class at L’Etage (6th and Bainbridge), 9PM-2AM. $5 Jazz Jam: Karl Jones and His Quartet at Chris' Jazz Café (1421 Sansom), 9PM. $2 Happy Times: Eph Tradition, Doomsday Machine Schematic, The Claw, and I’d Rather Be Dead at Tritone (1508 South),......

You’ll have to wait until the end of the week to catch these babies, but trust us: they’re worth it. Crazy-ass acrobats/dancers/athletes of the highest order Pilobolus are coming to the Annenberg for four performances, the first Thursday night at 7:30PM. The troupe uses costumes, props, and intense aerial work coupled with some traditional dance moves to create spectacles unlike any you’ve probably seen before, at least on a “dance” stage. (In case you’re wondering,......

Sex doesn't have to be boring. In fact, it can be a ratings monster and can even turn into a movie you don't have to hide between your mattress and box spring. Yes, we know. Everyone knows, creepzilla. SEX AND THE CITY IN PHILADELPHIA DENIM Public Relations and Me/Me2 magazine are bringing a theme to match the release of the movie. Tonight they're going to be at Bamboo Lounge. The campaign lasts all month long......

We love salsa dancing. So even though it may have been more appropriate to celebrate the Cinco de Mayo last weekend, we're giving Miro Dance Theatre a pass, especially because their Cinco de Miro event sounds so darn cool. Featuring food, live music, and professional dance performances, the event will also host a salsa dancing competition. For a taste of what you may see there, watch the video of the day, below. Cinco de Miro......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Flamenco Jam: First Friday Juerga, a flamenco jam session featuring collective playing, singing, and dancing hosted by Pasion y Arte at the Casino Free Philadelphia Office (230 N 2nd), 7PM. Free Bossa Nova: Bucks County native Avi Wisnia celebrates the release of his new Brazilian Bossa Nova inspired album at Tin Angel (20 S 2nd), 7:30PM. $10 The N Crowd: Improv comedy troupe the N Crowd perform......

We've heard of Soul Line Dancing before, but we didn't know that Philly had its own special kind until we saw this video. We're still not sure what makes it Philly-style, but now we just want to take a class!......

Only question is, how did they decide which one was the leader in the first place?......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Going Underground: The Underground Film Series at the Ukrainian League of Philadelphia (800 N 23rd) presents Radiophobia and Have You Ever Heard About Vukovar? at 8PM. Free Cellos Are Cool: Cellist Monica McIntyre performs at The Philadelphia Society for Art, Literature and Music (5841 Overbrook Ave), 8PM. $10 SATURDAY National Pretzel Day: In honor of this auspicious holiday Philly Pretzel Factory will be giving out three free......

So, you got out there and voted. The results have come in and, although you may or may not be happy with the outcome, that's no reason to stay at home and pout. So here are a few things to consider doing after your workplace gab-fest regarding those results has concluded. SILK CITY PRESENTS: PAPAYERA GUAYAVERA CON JUAN(DERFUL) THE ONE We don't know what it means, either. But we know that it's supposed to......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: The Place to Be: Roger Mudd discusses the CBS news bureau in the good old days at the Central Branch of the Free Library (1901 Vine), Noon. Free St. George Day: Celebrate the patron saint of England in good fashion at the Grey Lodge Pub (6235 Frankford), all day. Pay as you go Anniversary: Celebrate one year of performances inspired by exhibitions at NEXUS (1400 N American) with......

This review is cheating. You see, I saw—and reviewed—Suburban Love Songs nearly two years ago when it was performed at the Live Arts Festival. In fact, it ended up being one of my favorite performances of the festival. But I just had to see if it was still the delightful show I'd then found it to be, or if my enjoyment of it had merely been because of its accessibility in a festival that......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: We Heart Kahlo: Miro Dance Theatre presents a preview of “Self-Portrait,” a celebration of Frida Kahlo’s life and art at Girard College (2102 S College Ave), 6:30PM. Free Jazz It Up: Off Duty Superheroes at Ortlieb's Jazzhaus (847 N 3rd), 8PM. Free Art and Beer: Philly Brewing Co. teams up with Nexus Gallery for a night of local beer and beer-inspired art at the Crane Arts Building (1400......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Laugh at Kids: College Comedy Competition at Helium Comedy Club (2031 Sansom), 8PM. $10 (21+) Whole Lotta Art: Scrap Performance Group presents Tide, a performance exploring the relationship between humans and nature and which is part dance, theater, film, light, text and sound at the Chambers-Wylie Cathedral (323 S Broad), Noon and 8PM. Free The Skinny: Skinny Jim & the #9 Blacktops, The Flying Graysons, Toothless George, and......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY InnaRae Guy: InnaRae Guy performs Rena’s Moan, 15 songs inspired by conversations with her grandmother while growing up, at The Philadelphia Society for Art, Literature and Music (5841 Overbrook Ave), 8PM. $10 Improv: Local improve troupe The N Crowd takes your suggestions at the Actors Center (257 N 3rd), 8PM. $10 Dressing the Muse: Night of poetry featuring readings by Autumn McClintock, Leslie Valdez, Lisa Grunberger, and......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: First Person Salon: How Philly Moves, a multi-disciplinary documentary of dance from photog JJ Tiziou and sculptor James Peniston, and featuring Andrew David Watson, Nicole Bindler, and Miss Koco, at the Gershman Y (401 S Broad), 7PM. $10 Sheets of Sound: Author Francis Davis will read from his biography of John Coltrane, Sheets of Sound, presented by Ars Nova Workshop, at the Kelly Writers House (3805 Locust Walk),......

We know, we know: we're late. Well, today is the express version of your favorite evening guidebook, so strap in and please, be forgiving: sometimes we need to step back from the computer for a moment and, you know, work. SALSA LESSON AND DANCE FOR BEGINNERS Go to Brasil's Nightclub (site is borderline NSFW, trust us) tonight and get a lesson in how to dance. Looking like you're desperate not to trip over nothing......