Fun around town, for $10 or less: London Calling: Free dance party featuring Brit Rock from the '60s to today spun by DJs Jared Styles and Jim McGuinn at World Café Live (3025 Walnut), 6PM. Free (pre-registration required) Exit A: Anthony Swofford, author of Jarhead, reads from his latest book Exit A at the Penn Bookstore (3601 Walnut), 7PM. Free Deep Breath: Introduction to Buddhist meditation presented by the Menlha Buddhist Center at the Ethical......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Chicken!: Wissahickon Chicken Shack at the Dawson Street Pub (100 Dawson), 9:30PM. Free One Film to Rule Them All: Kick off One Film, One Philadelphia with a screening of Empire of the Sun at Moore College (N. 20th and the Parkway), 6PM. Free New Idioms: Ongoing concert series by Bowerbird, featuring artists working in composed, electronic and electroacoustic music, free improvisation, and other creative, genre-defying forms, at the......

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......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Solstice Film Series 07: Second installment of the Solstice Film Series, a showcase for short independent films, at National Mechanics (22 S. 3rd), 8PM. Free Alex Radus and the Sad Bastards: Alex Radus and the Sad Bastards Upstairs at the World Café (3025 Walnut), 9PM. $8 ($6 cash) Jason Loughlin: Jason Loughlin at Dawson Street Pub (100 Dawson), 10PM. Free Come out and Play: Bobby Zankel and the......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Savoring the Salt: Scribe Video Center, Film at International House, and Temple University Press present “A Celebration of the Film Work of Toni Cade Bambara,” including a panel discussion and screening of The Bombing of Osage Avenue at the International House (3701 Chestnut), 7PM. $10 The Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret: Our favorite Martha brings her fabulous cabaret to L'Etage (634 S. 6th), on the 2nd floor of Creperie......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Friday: Shohei Imamura Retrospective: The Making of a Prostitute, part of the Shohei Imamura Retrospective, at the I-House (3701 Chestnut), 7PM. $5-$7 Oslo: Oslo, at Upstairs at World Cafe Live (3025 Walnut), 8PM (doors 7PM). $6 cash, $8 credit Beretta 76: Beretta 76, Dirty Sweet, the Donuts, and Foxy Contin at The Fire (412 W. Girard), 9PM. $8 Saturday: Damage is Fun: Freaks of the Beat and Freshout......