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......

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: Swinging: John Clark Big Band sponsored by the Chestnut Hill Community Association at Pastorius Park (Abington and Lincoln Drive), 7:30PM. Free Local Flavor: Wednesday Night Out, featuring 15 local performers including Bunny Sigler, MFSB, Soul Survivors, and others on the Avenue of the Arts and in The Kimmel Center (Broad between Locust and Pine), 6:30PM. Free Quizzo Mania: Get your Quizzo on at 12 Steps Down (831 Christian),......

Don't forget, if your work day gets rough, that it's actually Wednesday and not Tuesday. In Holidayland, where the weeks are short and the thunderstorms the weathermen have been insisting on for almost two weeks continue to evade radar. Evadar? Oh, nevermind. Hopefully we haven't jinxed the mild dry spell. SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION AT EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY What better venue to screen a prison movie than a prison?! Get comfy on the Penitentiary's baseball field and......

The 2007 Sunoco Welcome America! Festival launched yesterday (complete with live map to tell you where the festivities are, or, if you're like us, what parts of the city to avoid over the next few days). Between now and Wednesday, there's a ton of celebratin' to do, as part of Welcome America! or otherwise. We know that at some point, we'll be barbecuing some burgers and dogs, and watching fireworks are an absolute must,......

As part of Sunoco's Welcome America! series, you'll be able to watch Rocky go the distance tonight on the steps of the Art Museum. And you'll get to watch it for free! This now annual event is a good time for all-- just be sure to bring a blanket. Those steps are hard whether you're pounding 'em or sitting on 'em. Sunoco Welcome America! Philly @ The Movies Rocky Thursday June 28, 9 pm Philadelphia......

Six people were killed in Philadelphia yesterday, on the first day of summer. Three young men were gunned down in North Philly in the morning, two were killed and a third critically injured in Kensington in the afternoon, and the sixth person was shot to death in Kingsessing at around 10:30PM. That's 195 for the year now, if you're counting. Do any walking on the 1300 block of South Street? Then you probably already......

On Wednesday, Phillyist got to spend some quality time with the very successful Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, best known as the team behind GoPhila.com. The GPTMC has been around for ten years now and it's happy to be starting year eleven with a bang. The afternoon's press conference at the Bellevue marked the official launch of Boundless Philadelphia, the GPTMC's new eco-friendly tourism campaign that will emphasize all the outdoor activities that Philly has......