Fun around town, for $10 or less: Watch Dance: "Miro Through The Lens," a behind-the-scenes look at the film and video work of Miro co-artistic director Tobin Rothlein, at Girard College (2102 S College Ave), 6:30-8:30PM. Free Eat and Drink the Hope: Obama acceptance speech party with free apps (‘til 10) at Abbracio (820 S 47th), 7PM-midnight. Free Movies. Outdoors: Scribe and WPEB radio are presenting Street Movies in Malcolm X Park (52nd and Pine),......

We've never heard of Toronto-based rapper Shad, but his deep and abiding love for a Philadelphia cultural icon means we need to send you over to Torontoist right now.......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY: They Most Certainly Do: Screening of Girls Rock! The Movie, following girls enrolled in The Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls in Oregon, to benefit Girls Rock Philly (coming August 4-9) at 941 Theater (941 N Front), 7PM reception, 8PM screening. $7 Music on the River: Sounds of R&B Series featuring Fertile Ground at the Great Plaza on Penn's Landing (Chestnut and Columbus Blvd), 7:30PM. Free From......

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: 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......

Who is this person and why is he tagging videos Philadelphia and letting them ruin pandas for us forever?......

It might not be your Philadelphia, but it's Philly nonetheless.......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Come With Suggestions: Local improv Tongue and Groove try out a new format at the Shubin Theatre (407 Bainbridge), 8PM. $10 These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things: PAWS fundraiser Wines, Canines, and Felines, a wine tasting you can bring your pets to, at Pinot (227 Market), 6-9PM. Free (10% discount on Pinot accessories, with all proceeds benefiting PAWS) While You’re Over There: Smak Parlour (219......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Moles Not Molar: Reading series featuring writer Deb Olin Unferth, local poet Pattie McCarthy, and media artist Doug Goodwin at The Crane Arts Community Space (1400 N American), 7:30PM. Free Why Is There Nothing On Second Friday?: Brazilian Lounge Nights, featuring Brazilian jazz trio Os Humanos, at the Bubble House (3404 Sansom), every third Friday at 9PM. $5 Rumors: The Pennsylvania Players present Rumors by Neil Simon......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Culture and Art: Discussion of graffiti photography and hip-hop culture by Henry Chalfant at Drexel University’s University Screening Room (3175 JFK Blvd), 8PM. Free Narco Lolo: Narco Lolo, Freaks Arise, Figo, and The Campbell Apartment at the Khyber (56 S. 2nd), 8PM. $6 Local Shots Live: Head, Nowhere, and The Mikey Potatoe Show at Doc Watson’s (216 S. 11th), 8PM. $5 The Killing: The Green Evening Requiem, Syrrah,......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY The N Crowd: Weekly improve comedy show at The Actors Center (257 N. 3rd), 8PM. $10 Andrew Gregory: Andrew Gregory (CD release party), John Francis, and Ian Thomas at Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd), 10:30PM. $10 Leslie and the Ly’s: Leslie and the Ly’s, MC Digga and Sgt. Sass at North Star Bar (2639 Poplar), 9PM. $10 Intertwine: Opening reception for Intertwine, with work by Brooke Hine,......

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: The Well Read Frugal: Author and activist Ewuare Osayande reads from his new book Misogyny & the Emcee: Sex, Race & Hip Hop at Robin’s Bookstore (108 S. 13th), 6PM. Free Author Michael Pollan reads from his new book, In Defense of Food at the Free Library of Philadelphia (1901 Vine), 7PM. Free Bring a Cozy: An Evening with Big Tea Party, part of the Yummy exhibition, at......

The Phillyist Staff had so many ways to countdown to 2008 that we found ourselves with quite a few leftovers on this, the final day of 2007. So enjoy this afternoon's glut of lists from your friendly neighborhood bloggers, and we'll see you next year! 2007 was without a doubt a year of challenge for hip-hop. Reports of its demise were on the tip of just about everybody's tongue. Crunk had come and gone, Jay-Z......

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. Juno - Another of this year's big pregnancy comedies! We'll have a review coming up later today. Trailer Showing at: Ritz at the Bourse The Red Balloon - A remake of the 1956 French classic about the evil red balloon that stalks and kills people! Well, okay, it's not a mean and deadly balloon. But it does stalk people! Juliette Binoche stars as a single mother......

On stage, Regan J Farquhar wears a plain pink shirt with white block lettering that says, “Sorry, the underground happened 10 years ago.” In between songs, he sways gently from the stage rafters with his eyes closed and his head back in the midst of an impromptu freestyle. Riding high/spiting/rolling by rushing on this suck and jive/Busdrive/shit. Jumping into a bouncy beat something like Kanye, Mia and a rave, he moans into the microphone, stumbles......

When our friend first played a track for us by The Go! Team we thought it sounded like The Electric Company meets Nintendo music meets cheerleaders on crack. And that was only the first album. Their new CD, Proof of Youth, is back with a tighter version of the band, creating music that is even more bonkers. With guest stars ranging from Chuck D (wha!?!) to Bonde do Role's Marina Ribatski, you have to......

Wednesday Dame Kiri Te Kanawa stops by Philadelphia for a recital of Mozart, Strauss, Poulenc, Puccini and Copland on her Farewell Tour. This may be your last chance to hear the world-renowned New Zealand soprano. Verizon Hall (Kimmel Center); 8 PM; $34-$81 Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents the very accomplished Juilliard Quartet in an evening of Haydn, Shostakovitch, and Beethoven. Perelman Hall (Kimmel Center); 8 PM; $22.50 Thursday The Philadelphia Orchestra presents an Access Concert,......

For the uninitiated, raised only on Bad Boy singles and Hype-William’s videos, hip-hop culture is typically said to break down into four "elements." MCing is the art typically known as rapping and what people are usually thinking of when they talk about what hip-hop is. DJing has been replaced by the producer; the party-oriented mixes of the past have been replaced by the complexity of far removed beat makers tinkering on pro-tools. Breakdancing lives......

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week. Magnificent Voyage of Christopher Columbus & Columbus: The Lost Voyage (Mon, 9PM-11PM, PBS [WHYY & WLVT]; Mon, 9PM-11PM, History Channel) - Celebrate Columbus Day the way he'd have wanted you to: by watching TV! PBS has a film edited from a seven-part BBC series which covers Columbus' first Atlantic crossing, and even features a recreation of the voyage with replicas of the three famous ships. Meanwhile, at......

What's new and/or interesting at Philly theaters this weekend. Ira & Abby - Ira is a brilliant, neurotic Jew with tons of "issues" (hmm... where have we heard of that character before?), and Abby is a free spirit who likes to solve her friends' problems. They meet, fall in love, meet each other's parents, and decide to get married, all in just a few hours. Then, of course, a series of wacky shenanigans make them......

The Rotunda on 40th and Walnut is known for its support of the Philadelphia hip-hop community. It is the home to "The Gathering," a monthly jam session featuring open ciphers, live painters, break crews, and guest djs. It also hosts many local hip-hop acts though out the year. This past Friday, I attended the Art of War Lyricist competition a contest pitting polished spoken word artists against quick-lipped freestyling MCs. It is a interesting concept,......

Yesterday Unity Day was celebrated in the rain on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and thousands of people of all shapes, sizes, and colors attended, enjoying music, food, games, and activities. A report to be released today by City Controller Alan Butkovitz shows that two decades of expensive attempts to build a new computerized water billing system have achieved little, and the system will almost certainly not be done by the time Mayor Street leaves office,......

From 12:30PM to 2PM today, you will find members of the Philadelphia Youth Chess Challenge plying their skills at the Shops at Liberty Place. Passersby are invited to play, but beware! We bet you will get your ass handed to you. As you've probably noticed, it's been hot and humid around here recently, which is uncomfortable and disgusting for everybody, but can also be deadly for some, especially the elderly. The Inquirer has an article......

We at the Gothamist network would like to express our heartfelt wishes to the people of Minnesota in the days after their tragic bridge collapse. We're not trying to discount the severity of the accident by making note of it in opposition to our usual -Ist lightheartedness – we just wanted to take a moment and recognize those affected last week. After the Minneapolis bridge collapse, Bostonist did a little research and found that Massachusetts......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Curious about that new Pepsi Summer Mix you've seen in the stores? Well, don't try it for yourself, for God's sake! Apropos of Something is here to try it for you, and report back just how awful it really is! In this case... it's apparently actually not really that awful. So maybe you should try it after all.......

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. The Hip Hop Project - This documentary, produced by Bruce Willis and Queen Latifah, is about Kazi, a once-homeless teenager who now works with teenagers in New York City to craft hip hop songs from their personal lives as "a vehicle for self-development and personal discovery." Russel Simmons has helped to fund the Hip Hop Project, even, along with Bruce Willis, donating a recording studio......

Last Friday night, the Black Lily Film and Musical Festival's Opening Concert stayed good from the second it started. The evening was hosted by Ryva, of Decibel Live, and just as Decibel Live lets no one stay on stage at Mill Creek's First Tuesday event if they're not performing well, or have gone over their time limit, she kept the pace moving and the crowd energized and entertained all night. The evening was filled with......

Early last month, Phillyist discovered Waheed when they played a show at the Khyber. With members on vocals, guitar, bass, drums and scratching, this group (formerly known as Kameelah Waheed and Government Cheese) has cultivated a unique sound that's part funk, part rock, part hip hop and all good. On Mizu, their current album, you can hear how all of their influences come together, especially on tracks like "Fall Back," which consists of crisp......

This week we'd like to congratulate the -ist network's Mother Hen, Gothamist's Jen Chung, who found herself a recipient of Wired Magazine's Wired Rave Award. If that doesn't sound terribly exciting, keep in mind another recipient was J.K. Rowling. Yep, that's right, the -ist network and Harry Potter now have something in common. Go us. Austinist has a chat with the ever-fashionable Golden Girl Rue McClanahan, and managed to catch some local fashionistas making......