Fun around town, for $10 or less: Om: Om, Grails, and Randall Of Nazareth at Johnny Brenda’s (1201 Frankford), 9PM, courtesy the folks at R5. $10 Bat Boy: Bat Boy: The Musical at Mandell Theater (33rd and Chestnut) on Drexel’s Campus, 8PM. Free; runs through Sunday. A Pigeon and a Boy: Bestselling author Meir Shalev talks about his latest novel A Pigeon and a Boy, set during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, at The Free Library......

Possibly the most impressive part of this video is how close the camera gets to the pigeon before he takes flight. (If by "impressive," you mean completely unsurprising.)......

The Red Sox has permeated nearly every facet of Bostonist's lives. When they're not live-blogging the games, waxing poetic about the games, thanking Curt Schilling for his splendid work, or telling Dane Cook to watch his hair, they're watching certain presidential candidates hop on the Red Sox bandwagon (sorry, Gothamist). The Sox are so branded on the local brain that people are using the Series to spice up their sex lives. Speaking of spice, Bostonist......

Mayor Nu... Mayor-elect Nutt... Mayorial candidate Michael Nutter has proposed altering the city's approach to lobbying in Washington. Specifically, he would like to establish a lobbying office on the city's behalf, staffed by lobbyists employed by the city, rather than hiring outside firms to lobby for Philly (which is the way things have been done in the past). Will it matter? Maybe not, but file it in the list of things Nutter would do different......

Spring appears to have, er, sprung, at least temporarily, in most of the Ist-A-Verse, so naturally, we're all feeling pretty good. (Yes, we know that spring doesn't officially start till later this month. Just let us enjoy our weather!) And that makes us that much more eager to share all of the nifty things we're up to... Over at Sampaist, spring has more than sprung: it's sweltering! But, as everyone knows, museums are an ideal......

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We don't know about you, but it's friggin cold out there. Well, not for some of you. It seems as though places that are supposed to be cold are warm and places that are supposed to be warm are cold. Or maybe that's just us. Either way, we're freezing. Austinist said goodbye to their co-editor (sell-out) and played rumor monger on the SXSW lineup. And when dozens of dead birds littered downtown Austin, it's......

We've definitely never had a pigeon sit on our shoulders. Shit on our shoulders, sure. (Try saying that three times fast!) We're not sure we'd want them to. But here they are.......

Frugal in Philly is a weekly celebration of all things Philly that are fun, frugal (costing $10 or less), or free! Stop here each week to see what Philly's got to offer for those of us who haven't quite mastered the art of becoming Independently Wealthy (although believe us, we're trying). Featured Pick of the Week: Scaryoke In honor of Phillyist's favorite holiday, we're delving into the darker side of Philadelphia's nightlife to spotlight Scaryoke......

Last night was our first foray into WXPN's World Cafe Live, and we'd just like to say it is a delightful venue for seeing a show. The downstairs space is simultaneously spacious and intimate; the two separate stages are so well insulated that unless you wander out into the common areas you'd never know there was more than one concert going on; and the table service was friendly, attentive, and carried out by an......