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......

We told you in June that Nexus was planning a delicious exhibition, and the time has arrived: YUMMY: a celebration of craving, compulsion and culture opens tonight with a reception at the Nexus gallery from 6-9PM. The exhibit is designed to inspire "contemplation about the emotional and psychological nature of food as it impacts the individual experience of life especially within American culture," and seeks to do so through a combination of artifact (read: art......

Happy first weekend of September - and happy Labor Day weekend, too, for our American cities! Let's take a look at what's been happening around the Ist-a-verse. The deaths of two firefighters shook Bostonist this week. Boston's firefighters bent over backwards all week long - first, they fought flames pouring from the Boston Tea Party museum, and then a restaurant fire killed two and injured many more. Their efforts make everything else - like Tom......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: The Gathering: "Philly's longest running hip hop and breaking event" from 10pm - 2am at The Rotunda (4014 Walnut Street). Free Free Screenings Under the Stars: Commerce bank presents a FREE screening of Elf, which will be preceded by a series of Christmas in July events. Movie starts at dusk (9ish). Penguins in the Park: March of the Penguins will be screened for free at 8PM in Gold......