150 Things to Do in Philly This Week and Weekend

It’s the week to live every week like Shark Week! Plus, Funny Girl at the Academy of Music, block parties, Olivia Rodrigo, and puppy yoga.

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Funny Girl plays at the Academy of Music from July 16th through 28th. / Photograph by Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade

Festivals and Such

ART/TALK
Monument Lab Summit 2024
“The 2024 Monument Lab Summit in Philadelphia will bring together thought leaders influencing and innovating the monument landscape through groundbreaking forms of commemoration, acknowledgment, justice, and belonging around the theme of ‘Past is Presence.’” Presenters include Sonya Clark (Declaration House), Jeannine A. Cook (Harriett’s Bookshop), Andrew M. Davenport (Getting Word African American Oral History Project at Monticello), Yolanda Wisher (senior curator of Monument Lab), and more.
Sold out (virtual options available), July 18th-19th, Philadelphia Marriott Old City, 1 Dock Street.

SHARKS
Shark Summer
It’s hot shark summer, baby. Or cold, maybe? Point is, Adventure Aquarium has you covered with behind-the-scenes tours, the 81-foot suspended Shark Bridge, shark trivia, touchable sharks, and a visit from the magical Scuba Tooth Fairy who dives in among the sharks to scoop up teeth. What does she do with the teeth!?
Included in $28-$48 admission, July 15th through August 18th, Adventure Aquarium, 1 Riverside Drive, Camden.

OUTDOORS
The Oval
Philadelphia’s Favorite Traffic Island (seasonal category) is back, with a summertime slate of activities and attractions including a beer garden, food trucks, art installations, live music, movies, games and such. The Oval!
Free, continues through August 25th, in and around Eakins Oval, 2451 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

See Also: What to Expect at the Oval Pop-Up on the Parkway This Summer

Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival
Every year, Franklin Square angers the ancient ones with this glorious and brazen display of electricity, which includes among its illuminated attractions a fiery 200-foot-long dragon. This is the year of the dragon, BTW. Besides the lantern displays, there’s juggling, acrobatics, dancing, music, food, a beer garden, mini-golf, a fountain show and more.
$25, through August 18th, 6-11 p.m. nightly, Franklin Square, 200 North 6th Street.

See Also: Your Guide to the Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival in Franklin Square

On Stage

THEATER
Funny Girl
The 1964 Broadway musical about Broadway — score by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill, book by Isobel Lennart (updated by Harvey Fierstein) — includes some much-loved showtunes including “Don’t Rain On My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star,” and “People.”
$24-$139, July 16th-28th, Academy of Music, 240 South Broad Street.

MUSIC
Dave Matthews Band
For the worst part of three-plus decades, Dave Matthews and his band have been make jammy, jazzy acoustic pooka rock, and while their music not for everybody, it’s not like anybody’s trying to shove it down your throat anymore. Until now. Let’s play Two Truths and a Lie!

  • Dave Matthews was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • Dave Matthews once portrayed Ozzy Osbourne in an SNL sketch.
  • Dave Matthews played Ari Gold in the HBO comedy series Entourage.

$70-$513, July 19th & 20th, 7:30 p.m., Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, 1 Harbour Boulevard, Camden.

MUSIC/TRIBUTE
Dancing Dream: A Tribute Show to ABBA
Hear “Dancing King,” “Have a Chance,” “Frederico,” “Waterloops” and more when this tribute act plays six shows in five days in Levittown starting Wednesday.
$20-$60, July 17th-21th, Ben Franklin Middle School Theatre, 6403 Mill Creek Road, Levittown.

DANCE
BalletX Summer Series
The esteemed Philly dance company presents the world premieres of works by Amy Hall Garner, Loughlan Prior, and Stina Quagebeur. “Prior’s new work explores the 1772 Macaroni scandal, and features an original score by Claire Cowan.”
$25-$60, through July 21st, Wilma Theater, 265 South Broad Street.

KIDS/THEATER
Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr.
The Upper Darby Summer Stage is a great way to introduce little ones to musical theater with a schedule of low-cost, low-stakes performances just for them — matinees start at 10:30 a.m. Performances are just an hour long, and are recommended for ages three and up. This week, travel under the sea with Ariel in The Little Mermaid.
$5-$16, July 16th-18th, Upper Darby Performing Arts Center, 601 North Lansdowne Avenue, Drexel Hill.

COMEDY
Lisa Ann Walter
The Baltimore-born/Emmy-nominated Abbott Elementary actress plays a slate of shows this weekend in her kinda-sorta adopted hometown.
$27-$36, July 18th-20th, Helium, 2031 Sansom Street.

BURLESQUE
The Empire Strips Back: A Burlesque Parody
This risqué cabaret show promises comedy, dance, droids and “your favorite characters … scantily clad, seriously sultry and live on stage.”
$59-$99, through July 28th, excluding Mondays and Tuesdays, 7 & 9:30 p.m., Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 South Broad Street.

COMEDY
Objection! An Unscripted Courtroom Comedy
Improv comics create a live courtroom comedy based on a suggestion from the audience. The prompt: “What’s something that isn’t a crime but should be?”
$25, through July 28th, Fridays-Sundays, The Adrienne Theater, 2030 Sansom Street.

THEATER
Last of the Red Hot Mamas
Bucks County Playhouse presents the world premiere of a new musical about teenage vaudeville superstar Sophie Tucker. “With the help of two former Harlem headliners, Sophie’s rise from a deli to international fame is told with song, tap-dancing, and a big dose of Sophie’s groundbreakingly sassy humor.” Written by Susan Ecker, Harrison David Rivers and Lloyd Ecker; directed and choreographed by Shea Sullivan.
$32-$69, through July 27th, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope.

Movies

Jurassic Park
The Film Society’s Steven Spielberg series rolls on this weekend with three screenings of his 1993 prequel about origins of the nefarious mad scientist Dr Wu (B.D. Wong), and how he got into making unnatural abominations for money. Tagline: “Life figures it out.”
$15.50, July 19th-21st, Philadelphia Film Center, 1412 Chestnut Street.

Free Outdoor Movies This Week

  • July 17th: The Incredibles @ Libertee Grounds
    July 17th: Dune 2 @ Cira Green
    July 18th: Mulan @ Schuylkill Banks
    July 19th: Creed @ Awbury Rec Center
    July 19th: The Lion King @ the Oval
    July 19th: Mannequin @ Mifflin Triangle
    July 20th: Trolls: Band Together (come in costume for a chance to win a prize) @ Cira Green
    July 20th: The Lion King (1994) @ Vernon Park
    July 21st: The Dark Crystal @ Spruce Street Harbor Park

Free, multiple locations.

See Also: Where to Watch Free Outdoor Movies in Philadelphia This Summer

MOVIES
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Shinya Tsukamoto’s 1989 sci-fi horror flick about “a man becoming a monstrous machine.”
$15.50, July 19th at 9:30 p.m. and July 20th at 9:45 p.m., Philadelphia Film Center, 1412 Chestnut Street.

MOVIES
Troma-Thon 2024
The Mahoning Drive-In celebrates the 50th anniversary of the founding of independent film company Troma with two nights of screenings and other events, including live appearances by Lloyd Kaufman, Toxie and Sara. Movies include Curse of the Weredeer (2023), Squeeze Play! (1979), The Toxic Avenger (1984), Terror Firmer (1999) and more.
$12-$22 per day, 6-11:30 p.m., The Mahoning Drive-In Theater, 635 Seneca Road, Lehighton.

Food and Drink

BEER
Parks on Tap
This week, Parks & Rec’s traveling beer garden touches down in Part Richmond’s three-acre Campbell Square. Drink some drinks, munch some food, imagine life can always be like this.
Pay as you go, July 17th-21st, Campbell Square, 2535 East Allegheny Avenue.

See Also: Philly’s Best Kid-Friendly Beer Gardens

FOOD
University City Dining Days
Head west but not too far west for this two-week Restaurant Week-ish series featuring prix-fixe three-course lunches and dinners at Pattaya Thai Cuisine, Sichuan Mathai, Blaze Pizza, Crate & Press Juice Bar, Copabanana University City, Garces Trading Company, Pod, and lots more.
$20, $30, $40, July 18th-28th, multiple locations.

Summer Nights @ Eastern State Penitentiary
Once again, Fairmount’s oddly lovely prison is offering night time tours and an open-air beer garden.
$23-$30, Friday and Saturday evenings, through July 27th, 6-9 p.m., Eastern State Penitentiary, 2027 Fairmount Avenue.

PHS Pop-Up Gardens
Is it beer garden season, people. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society hosts two pop-up gardens: on South Street and in Manayunk.
Pay as you go, through late fall; PHS Pop-Up Garden at Manayunk, 106 Jamestown Avenue; PHS Pop-Up Garden at South Street, 1438 South Street.

Art

John Jarboe: The Rose Garden at Fabric Workshop and Museum art exhibit pride philadelphia

John Jarboe: The Rose Garden at Fabric Workshop and Museum / Photograph by Laura Swartz

Home Waters
An exhibition of wearable sculptures by Philadelphia artist Barb Baur, inspired by the city’s ships and waters.
Through July 31, Glen Foerd, 5001 Grant Avenue.

After the Flowers Pass: Works by Amir Khadar
In this new long-term exhibition at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, the Philly-based Sierra Leonean-American visual artist Amir Khadar “uses textiles and mixed media to construct a world that rebuilds the relationship between humans and the environment.” Opening Reception is Friday, July 19th, 6-9 p.m., pay what you wish.
$15 admission, July 19th-September 15th, Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, 1020 South Street.

ART
Now Showing @ PAFA

$18 museum admission, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 128 North Broad Street.

Now Showing @ ICA

  • Where I Learned to Look: Art from the Yard. This group show — featuring works by 30 artists including, Jeff Koons, Duane Linklater, Donald Moffett, Wendy Red Star, Chandra Melting Tallow and Tania Willard — “celebrates the foundational role of yards in shaping contemporary art in America.” Runs through December 1st.
  • Joanna Piotrowska: unseeing eyes, restless bodies. “The first U.S. solo museum exhibition dedicated to Joanna Piotrowska (b. 1985), a Polish artist based in London whose work examines the human condition through performative acts, photography, and film.” Runs through December 1st.

Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 South 36th Street.

Imagination and Play!
A group show juried by mixed-media artist Summer Yates. “With bold colors, energetic paint strokes, and quirky interactive elements, the selected works in this exhibition showcase artists’ unique ability to look at life through a playful lens and share that sensation of joy with others.”
Through July 29th, Abington Art Center, 515 Meetinghouse Road, Jenkintown.

Declaration House
Monument Lab presents this “public art and history exhibition” which “explores the site where Thomas Jefferson and Robert Hemmings spent several months in in Philadelphia during the drafting of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.”
Continues through September 8th, Declaration House, 700 Market Street.

50 Years in the Making
The Clay Studio continues its semicentennial celebration with this exhibition of works by 140 alumni from its resident artist, guest artist, and associate artist program.
Free, through September 1st, The Clay Studio, 1425 North American Street.

Dream House: Inside Music + Video
This group installation at Asian Arts Initiative sounds like a lot of fun. Dream House “highlights shifting roles of music video as a hybrid form of creative expression beyond their musical and cinematic quality as promotional tools of the music industry.” On monitors and TV screens, watch works by Alex Da Corte, Jordan Deal, Elle Hong, Maegan Houang, and more. Also, check out Zain Alam’s audio/video installation Meter & Light: Day. Plus, Dance Dance Revolution and karaoke in the lounge.
Through August 3rd, Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine Street.

Kameelah Janan Rasheed
The artist “grapples with the poetics-pleasures-politics of Black knowledge production, information technologies, and modes of [un]learning” in their new exhibition at Ulises and Ray, the No Libs art space/bookshop.
Free, through August 25th, Ulises at Ray, Studio 105, 1525 North American Street.

In Pursuit: Artists’ Perspectives on a Nation
The National Liberty Museum examines “the power of art as civic dialogue” in its latest multi-media group exhibition featuring sculptures and large-scale installations by Anila Quayyum Agha, Angel Cabrales, Nicholas Galanin, Arghavan Khosravi, Aram Han Sifuentes, Artur Silva, and Marisa Williamson.
Continues through October 28th. $12 museum admission, National Liberty Museum, 321 Chestnut Street.

Now Showing @ the Art Museum

$14-$23 admission, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Now Showing @ Fabric Workshop

  • John Jarboe: The Rose Garden — The trans artist presents “a multi-room domestic environment reimagining John’s gender journey.” The Rose Garden is an “immersive maze of memories and provocations” full of video sculptures, music, objects and more. Read more here. Through September 29th.
  • Risa Puno: Group Hug — This interactive installation by Brooklyn sculptor and installation artist uses the “language of games” to explore “the complex social relationships inherent in receiving and providing care.” Through July 21st.

Free (suggested donation $5), Fabric Workshop and Museum, 1214 Arch Street.

Now Showing @ Michener Art Museum

  • George R. Anthonisen: Meditations on the Human Condition The Michener hosts a career-spanning exhibition of works by the accomplished sculptor, including 40 bronze sculptures, maquettes, and frescoes, inside and outside the museum. Through October 14th.
  • Monuments and Myths Subtitled The America of Sculptors Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Daniel Chester French, this new exhibition at Michener explores the artists’ “intersecting biographies and examines the affinities that made both of them leaders in their field.” Through January 5th. 

$15 museum admission, Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street, Doylestown.

Now Happening @ the Museum for Art in Wood

Free admission, Museum for Art in Wood, 141 North 3rd Street.

Imprint: Dox Thrash
Subtitled “Black Life, and American Culture,” this new exhibition at the African American Museum in Philadelphia invites visitors to “explore the life and artistic legacy” of Dox Thrash, who was a Buffalo Soldier and Black Vaudeville performer before he became a trailblazing Philly printmaker.
$10-$14, through August 4th, African American Museum in Philadelphia, 701 Arch Street.

Now Showing @ the Barnes

Museum admission is $23-$30, Barnes Foundation, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Entryways: Nontsikelelo Mutiti 
The Zimbabwean-born visual artist and educator was invited to reimagine the windows on the ICA’s facade.
Free, through December 31st. Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 South 36th Street.

Every Leaf & Twig: Andrew Wyeth’s Botanical Imagination
The Brandywine Museum hosts this Andrew Wyeth exhibition focusing on “the fragile rhythms and intimate dramas of plant life,” and includes 40 watercolors and drawings, many of which have never been exhibited before. Through September 15th.
$18-$20, Brandywine Museum of Art, 1 Hoffman’s Mill Road, Chadds Ford.

Museums

The Art of the Brick continues at the Franklin Institute. / Photograph by Laura Swartz

Constructing Knowledge
Subtitled 300 Years of The Carpenters’ Company of the City and County of Philadelphia, this longterm exhibition at the Athenæum celebrates three centuries of bringing architects, contractors and engineers together like finely fitted joists. Now, you may be thinking: Are not Philadelphia the city and Philadelphia the county the same thing? Are they not, in a word, coterminous? Look, you wanna pick a fight with a 300-year-old gang of carpenters, that is your business. Leave me out of it.
Free, through August 30th, The Athenæum Of Philadelphia, 219 South 6th Street.

The Sweetest Side of Life: Swedish Candy & Confections
The Swedish Museum in FDR Park hosts this pop-up exhibition featuring “the collection of Tyler Graybeal, owner of Sweetish–Swedish Candy and Goods.” Googled it. He’s a real person! His collection includes tins, wrappers, bottles, postcards and more. Swedish sweets are available for sale, too.
$15 admission, through September 15th, American Swedish Historical Museum, 1900 Pattison Avenue.

Witness to Revolution: The Unlikely Travels of Washington’s Tent
This exhibition will “bring to life the stories of individuals from all walks of life who saved Washington’s tent from being lost over the generations and who ultimately fashioned this relic into a symbol of the fragile American republic.” Includes art, artifacts, rare documents and the tent itself.
Included in museum admission of $13-$22, through January 5th, Museum of the American Revolution, 101 South 3rd Street.

Unhoused: Personal Stories and Public Health
This new long-term exhibition at the Mütter Museum features black and white photos by Toronto-based photographer Leah den Bok, and art by Dallas-based artist Willie Baronet, “whose installation is composed of hundreds of cardboard signs the artist has purchased over the past thirty years from unhoused and unsheltered people in cities around the nation.”
$15-$20, through August 5th, Mütter Museum, 19 South 22nd Street.

Now Happening @ the Academy of Natural Sciences

  • Under the Canopy: Animals of the Rainforest — This new special exhibit includes “interactive discovery stations, dynamic displays and engaging programming” surrounding the importance of rainforests and the plants and animals that live there. Through September 2nd.
  • Life Onto Land: The Devonian — An exhibition on the life and ecosystems of the Devonian period, the geological era during which creatures wriggled up on dry land, which everybody agrees was a solid move with a lot of potential. Through September 29th.
    Included with museum admission of $21-$25, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

The Doan Gang: Outlaws of the Revolution
The Mercer Museum’s immersive exhibition tells the story of Revolutionary War-era loyalists. “Learn how these local outlaws plotted, schemed, and plundered their way through a divided world in the earliest days of a budding American nation, and why their deep loyalty to British rule in the colonies made them enemies of the Founding Fathers.”
$15, through December 31st, Mercer Museum, 84 South Pine Street, Doylestown. 

The Art of the Brick
The Franklin Institute presents this new long-running exhibition featuring a collection of “inspiring artwork” — bricked-up versions of Starry Night, Mona Lisa, etc. — made by LEGO master Nathan Sawaya. Plus a 9,000-square-foot brick play space.
$20-$43, through September 2nd, Franklin Institute, 222 North 20th Street.

Wild Kratts: Creature Power
At the Please Touch Museum, kids can tap into their “creature power” with a special exhibit based on the PBS series Wild Kratts. Little ones can investigate four different interactive habitats and learn about the animal world with games, movement and problem-solving.
$22, through September 1st, Please Touch Museum, 4231 Avenue of the Republic.

BOLD: Color from Test Tube to Textile
This new exhibition at Old City’s Science History Institute explores the complicated history and science of natural and synthetic dye-making “drawing on dye sample books, vivid clothing, and scientific instruments.” Through August.
Free admission, Science History Institute, 315 Chestnut Street.

Outdoors

Spruce Street Harbor Park’s hammocks. / Photograph by Matt Stanley

FLOWERS/WATER
Festival of Fountains
Flowers and greenery are usually the focus of a trip to Longwood Gardens, but this annual summer show is all about the waterworks. And the lights. And there’s some mood music, too. Timed admission tickets are required, so plan your visit ahead of time.
$32, continues through October 27th, Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square.

WATERFRONT
Summerfest
There’s no roller-skating this summer, but there will be games of chance, mini-golf, a Ferris wheel, food, drinks and a nice view of the Delaware River to boot.
Pay as you go, ongoing, 101 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard.

WATERFRONT
Spruce Street Harbor Park
The lovely and popular Spruce Street Harbor Park returns for another summer of lights, hammocks and action along the Delaware. Also: food, drinks, ice cream, barges, chairs and a general feeling that we can have nice things.
Free unless you spend money, ongoing, 301 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard.

See Also: Your Guide to the Delaware Waterfront This Season

Andalusia Historic House, Gardens & Arboretum
The 50-acre historic estate along the Delaware River is open for self-guided tours of its formal gardens and native woodlands. Picnics encouraged.
$15, through November 8th, Andalusia Historic House & Gardens, 1237 State Road, Andalusia.

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MONDAY, JULY 15th

MUSIC
DIIV
The NYC shoegaze band released its fourth record Frog in Boiling Water in May. Pitchfork gave it a 7.6 and called it “an anxious and sour record that copes with capitalism and its knock-on emotional effects.” With Horse Jumper of Love and Dutch Interior.
$30-$33, 8 p.m., Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden Street.

MUSIC/VIDEO GAMES/ANIME
NPC 2 NPC Tour
Nerdy People of Color presents this Nerdcore Party Con-esque tour centered around “Video Games, Anime and Jazz-Hop,” featuring with Mega Ran, Substantial, Shao Dow, Kadesh Flow, Raisi-K, Dj Rockman and host K-Murdock.
$15, 7:30 p.m., Kung Fu Necktie, 1248 North Front Street.

COMEDY
Big Ass Bitties
Kick off the week with Tattooed Mom’s monthly comedy show that describes itself as “a wild ride, a night of comedic risks, feats of glory, attempts of epic proportions.”
Free, 7 p.m., Tattooed Mom, 530 South Street.

MUSIC
Carillon Recital Series @ Wyck
BYOB blankets and chairs to this Monday night music series in July, presented by Wyck Historic House. Featuring David Hunsberger on July 15th. (Enjoy a tour before the concert starting at 6:30 p.m.)
Free, 7:30-8:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church of Germantown, 6001 Germantown Avenue.

More Monday Stuff

  • MUSIC: Lifeguard, with Font, and Cold Court. $16, 8 p.m., PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street.
  • MUSIC: Suzanne Sheer with Star Destroyers, with Chiche, Aime and 3xplotits. $15, 8 p.m., Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 North Frankford Avenue.

TUESDAY, JULY 16th

MUSIC
Cola
This Quebec trio does indie rock like they used to make, with jangly, fine-sandpaper guitars and dry, sticky vocals. Think Pavement, Sebadoh, Jawbox, etc. Cola’s most record The Gloss, released in June, is fun and matte-finish.
$15, 7 p.m., with Devon Welsh, Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 North Frankford Avenue.

MUSIC
Hot Freaks
According to legend, these Minnesota rockers with the GBV-moniker came and went a decade ago, until a TikTok got hold of the song “Puppy Princess” summoned them back into existence. Maybe you know the song? It’s got an adorbs underdog chorus and some plinky guitars.  With Dante Elephante
$31, 7 p.m., Fillmore Philly, 29 East Allen Street.

MUSIC
The Greeting Committee
The Nashville band make sweet, pretty indie-pop music undercut by melancholy lyrics about loss, heartache, and self-discovery. The title of their third record — Everyoneʼs Gone and I Know Iʼm The Cause, released in June — is decent hint at the vibe, subtext here. Of course, you can just groove to “Sex and Taxes” and “Cyclical” and have a good time. Toledo opens.
$22-$35, 8 p.m., World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street.

COMEDY
Septar
The Philly sketch comedy group presents a live variety show with host George Brudermann, musical comedian Jai Nim and “burlesque babe” Veneno Vixen. More on Septar here.
$18.66, 7:30 p.m., PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street.

KIDS
Parkway Pals
Sister Cities Park brings back its Parkway Pals series of free weekly kids’ programming. On Tuesday mornings, the Free Library of Philadelphia brings Story Art — interactive story and craft time — and the Fabric Workshop and Museum will keep the creativity going with “Art Garden.”
Free, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Sister Cities Park, 210 North 18th Street.

DANCE
Dance It Out! Filipino Style
Mutya Philippine Dance Company performs a free show of “folkloric dances and stories” at the Perkins Center in Moorestown. “Enjoy a performance of tinikling, the Philippines’ most iconic dance, with dancers gracefully weaving in and out of rapidly-moving bamboo poles.”
Free, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Evergreen Lawn, Perkins Center for the Arts, 395 Kings Highway, Moorestown.

HISTORY/TALKS
Philly History Pop Ups: Lafayette
An entertaining history less on the Marquis de Lafayette and “his impact on the formation of our country and our perception of it.” Held in Corinthian Gardens near Eastern State Penitentiary, this program concludes with “a fellow Philadelphian sharing her ancestor’s story of connection to Lafayette.”
Free, 6-7 p.m., Corinthian Gardens, Eastern State Playpen, 2198 Brown Street.

More Tuesday Stuff

  • MUSIC/POETRY: Voices in Power, with Red Lion Poetry, $20-$25, 7:30 p.m., World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street.
  • FITNESS: Center City Fit: Bodycombat at Dilworth Park. Free, 6-7 p.m., Dilworth Park, 1 South 15th Street.
  • COMEDY: Nimesh Patel. Sold out, 7 & 9 p.m., Helium, 2031 Sansom Street.
  • MOVIES: Foreign Correspondent (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940). $15, 7:15 p.m., Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17th

MUSIC
Snõõper
These punk/soul weirdos from Nashville mix Motown melodies and lo-fi noisemaking. They’ve got a slew of strong, strange singles on Bandcamp that are worth flipping through. Fib, Destructos and Gen Gap open the show at JBs on Wednesday.
$15, 8 p.m., Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 North Frankford Avenue.

HISTORY/TALK
The Life and Work of David Rittenhouse
Historical Society of Pennsylvania presents this lecture by author Don Fennimore on Roxborough-born astronomer/mathematician/clockmaker David Rittenhouse (1732-96), a member of the American Philosophical Society and the first director of the United States Mint. (The event can also be accessed virtually.)
$10, 6-7 p.m., Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street.

KIDS
Parkway Pals
Sister Cities Park brings back its Parkway Pals series of free weekly kids’ programming. On Wednesday mornings, the Academy of Natural Sciences brings its “Investigation Station” to the park.
Free, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Sister Cities Park, 210 North 18th Street.

MUSIC
Garden Jams: Zydeco-a-Go-Go
Penn Museum continues its outdoor summer concert series with a lively live performance by this Philly band who specializes in “old-school Zydeco and vintage New Orleans rock and roll.”
$15, 5-8 p.m., Stoner Courtyard, Penn Museum, 3260 South Street.

MUSIC
Chad Taylor Quintet
Jazz drummer and Chicago Underground co-founder brings his “adventurous” new quintet to Solar Myth on Wednesday night.
$30.90, 8 p.m., Solar Myth, 1131 South Broad Street.

More Wednesday Stuff

THURSDAY, JULY 18th

MUSIC
Sug Daniels & The Sweet Boys
Philly-based/Delaware born songwriter-raconteur Sug Daniels makes lovely and earnest indie-pop via strummed ukulele, peppy beats and catchy, uptempo grooves. Guaranteed good vibes. With Jessye DeSilva and Mandy Valentine.
$15, 8 p.m., Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 North Frankford Avenue.

MUSIC/TRIBUTE
Let’s Sing Taylor
In case you’re not sure what’s going on, here’s the subtitle:” A Live Band Experience Celebrating Taylor Swift.” Part of the free Twilight Concert Series at Cooper River Park just over the bridge in Jerz.
Free, 8 p.m., Jack Curtis Stadium, 5300 North Park Drive, Pennsauken.

COMEDY/DRAMA
Jaws: A Live Reading
Theatre Contra is back with one of their fan-favorite live movie-script readings, and this one’s perfect for Shark Week!
$10 suggested donation, 7-8:30 p.m., the Trestle Inn, 339 North 11th Street.

MUSIC
Candlelight: Magical Movie Soundtracks
The Listeso String Quartet presents a night of Hollywood favorites by candlelight at Adventure Aquarium. Includes favorites from The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Cinderella and more.
$66.50-$80, 6 & 8:30 p.m., Adventure Aquarium, 1 Riverside Drive, Camden.

MUSIC/MOVIES
This is New Tone: A Bad Time Records Tour Film
The Philly-based ska/punk label — home to Catebite, Mustard Plug, Bad Operation, etc. — presents some a screening of their new concert film/documentary, directed and edited by Mike Sosinski.
$23.79, 7:30 p.m., PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street.

MUSIC
Fucked Up
The esteemed Canadian hardcore band is known for their abrasive vocals, heavy anthemic choruses and constantly mutating aesthetic, from punch to prog to maybe even indie-pop if somebody would just give that dude like 10 lozenges. With Chastity.
$20, 8 p.m., Ukie Club, 847 North Franklin Street.

MUSIC
Jaffna Ensemble
The long-running Philly-based world-music acoustic group specializes in Indian and Middle Eastern sounds. More on Jaffna here.
$10-$15, 7-9 p.m., Museum for Art in Wood, 141 North 3rd Street.

VARIETY SHOW
The Naughty Jawn
Tattooed Mom’s hosts this evening of local performers in the arts of storytelling, singing, drag, burlesque, poetry, hula hoops, etc. Featuring Isa Ardiente, Ziphina, Gary the Storyteller, Patti LuStoned and more.
$15-$20, 8 p.m., Tattooed Mom, 530 South Street

OUTDOORS/SHOPPING
Passyunk Passeggiata
This “Italian-style promenade” features happy hour specials and sidewalk shopping every Thursday this summer.
Pay as you go, Thursdays, 5-7 p.m., East Passyunk Avenue.

MUSIC
Charlie Wilson
The R&B legend and former lead singer of the Gap Band headlines the Dell on Thursday night. You’ll hear lots of hits, like “There Goes My Baby,” “Party Train,” “Burn Rubber on Me”, “You Dropped a Bomb on Me”, and “Oops Upside Your Head” and lots more. With Leela James and Jeff Bradshaw
$55-$105, 7 p.m., Dell Music Center, 2400 Strawberry Mansion Drive.

ART/SHOPPING
Manayunk Stroll The Street
“Shop, dine, and stroll” in on Thursday nights throughout the summer. July is all about music (and August is “pets month.”)
Free till you spend money, Thursdays in June, July and August, starts 5 p.m., Main Street, Manayunk.

More Thursday Stuff

  • FOOD: Chefs Nick Elmi (Top Chef) and David Viana (James Beard nom). Sold out, $125, the Pump House, 605 Righters Ferry Road, Bala Cynwyd.
  • DANCE: The Lady Hoofers. Free, 6-7 p.m., Dilworth Park 1 South 15th Street.
  • YOGA: Yoga in the Treetops, led by Maura Manzo. $35-$40, 5:15-6 p.m., Morris Arboretum, 100 East Northwestern Avenue.
  • MUSIC: The Dangerous Summer, with Bad Luck, Rosecoloredworld and Here/Now. $25, 7:30 p.m., Kung Fu Necktie, 1248 North Front Street.
  • MUSIC: Hunxho. $31-$153, 8 p.m., Fillmore Philly, 29 East Allen Street.
  • TV: Shannon and Vicki Live!, with Vicki Gunvalson and Shannon Beador of The Real Housewives of Orange County. $50-$75, 7:30 p.m., City Winery, 990 Filbert Street.
  • OUTDOORS/PARTY: Third Thursday @ Glen Foerd, with Brazilian band Minas. Pay as you go, 6-8:30 p.m., Glen Foerd, 5001 Grant Avenue.
  • COMEDY: Plus One Comedy Show. Free, 8 p.m., Ortlieb’s Lounge, 47 North 3rd Street.
  • MUSIC: Froggy, with Sloptart, and The Angies. Free, 7-10 p.m., Love City Brewing, 1023 Hamilton Street.
  • MUSIC: Anvil, with Pulsifier and Vicious Blade. $21.50-$29.50, 7:30 p.m., Sellersville Theater, 24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville.

FRIDAY, JULY 19th

MUSIC
Olivia Rodrigo
The super famous pop superstar is on her Guts world tour, which seems like a find excuse to play Two Truths and a Lie!

  • Olivia Rodrigo has had three number-one singles: “Good 4 U,” “Vampire” and “Drivers License.”
  • Olivia Rodrigo starred in the Disney Channel series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.
  • Olivia Rodrigo can communicate with snails.

Sold out, 7:30 p.m., Wells Fargo Center, 3601 South Broad Street.

BEER GARDEN
Rodin Garden Bar
Chill out on Fridays all summer long within the confines of this romantic mostly open-air museum on the Parkway devoted to the famous French sculptor.
Free till you spend money, 4-8:30 p.m., Fridays, through August 30th, Rodin Museum, 2151 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

KIDS/BUSINESS
Kids in Business Expo
The convention center hosts this one-day event “supporting and celebrating young entrepreneurs or adults with kids friendly [sic] items.” Includes vendors, performances, “clown characters” and more. Maybe that should be a trigger warning: clowns.
$100, 1-5 p.m., Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch Street.

MUSIC
Okapi
Classically trained cellist Lindsey Miller and self-taught upright bassist/singer Scott Gorski team up to become Okapi, a duo whose sound is distinctly avant garde with chamber, folk and rock accents. With Song People and Snow Caps.
$10-$20, 8 p.m., Studio 34, 4522 Baltimore Avenue.

COMEDY
The No Apologies Comedy Tour
Veteran comedians Tom Cotter, Tammy Pescatelli and Jim Florentine take turns making jokes at the Keswick on Friday. More importantly, they will neither make nor accept apologies.
$29-$44, 8 p.m., Keswick Theatre, 291 North Keswick Avenue, Glenside.

MOVIES/MUSIC
Wilderness of Mirrors
South Philly Autonomous Cinema launches a new series called Music Is a Visual Medium at Solar Myth with this screening of John Bosch’s 2011 documentary on Kentucky songwriter Paul K, “the greatest unknown songwriter of his generation.” Followed by a live musical performance by Bosch, Brad Gordon and Rick Rizzo. Masks required and provided.
$10-$15, 8 p.m., Solar Myth, 1131 South Broad Street.

PUPPIES/YOGA
Puppy Yoga
Do yoga in the presence of puppies. Benefits the Pennsylvania SPCA.
$25, 5:30 p.m., Philadelphia Brewing Co., 2440 Frankford Avenue.

More Friday Stuff

  • MUSIC: Dan the Movie, with The Size. Free, 8 p.m., Tin Can Bar 2537 East Somerset Street.
  • MUSIC: Charley Crockett, with Lee Fields. $48, 8:30 p.m., Fillmore Philly, 29 East Allen Street.
  • MUSIC: Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers. $29-$72, 8 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl Philly, 1009 Canal Street.
  • MUSIC/TRIBUTE: Just Fine: Mary J. Blige Tribute. $12.50-$35, 6 p.m., City Winery, 990 Filbert Street.
  • MUSIC/TRIBUTE: Superunknown — a Tribute to the Legacy of Chris Cornell. $20-$40, 8 p.m., World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street.
  • MUSIC: Dresdôn Anniversary Party, with Luuk van Dijk. $0-$32.78, 9 p.m., Warehouse on Watts, 923 North Watts Street.
  • MUSIC: Tragesty, with Hot Seat, Honeythunder and Monstera. $15, 7:30 p.m., PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street.
  • MUSIC: Wand, with Mike Polizze. $20, 8 p.m., Underground Arts, 200 Callowhill Street.
  • MUSIC: Police Touch Museum, with Floracene, Chasing Straights and Daphne Ellen. $12-$15, 8:30 p.m., World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street.
  • MUSIC: Tab Benoit & Anders Osborne, with Mike Zito. $39.50, 8 p.m., Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge Street, Phoenixville.
  • MUSIC/FESTIVAL: Totally Tubular, with Thomas Dolby, Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins), Modern English, Men Without Hats, Bow Wow Wow, Tommy Tutone, and Eddie Munoz (The Plimsouls). $59-$129, 8 p.m., Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena, 1000 Boardwalk, Atlantic City.

SATURDAY, JULY 20th

MUSIC
Queen of Jeans
Every new record by this dreamy Philly rock band is a cause for celebration, but All Again, released just a couple weeks ago may well be their best yet. Praise is pouring in from all over, but Paste put it best: “This is the record where Queen Of Jeans have mastered both the banger-to-ballad ratio, and the banger-to-ballad transition.” With Shalom.
$15, 8 p.m., PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street.

BEER/ANIMALS
Summer Ale Fest
Sip craft beers, ciders, hard iced teas, hard seltzers, etc. mere feet from nature’s most terrifying beasts who would like nothing more than to eat you alive. Also: food trucks and live music by Moon Poodle, Marielle Kraft, and Nik Greely & the Operators.
$75-$90, 7-10 p.m., Philadelphia Zoo, 3400 West Girard Avenue.

FESTIVAL
Chinatown Summer Festival
This street festival features eat from restaurants and food trucks, dance and music performances, a screening of Dear Corky, a bonchon chicken drumstick eating contest and more.
Pay as you go, 1-7 p.m., at and around 10th and Race streets.

MUSIC
The Folk Implosion
Lou Barlow and Jon Davis’s surprise hit side project is back and, lemme see here, playing a backyard in New Jersey. Known for their groovy and rustic “indietronica” sound, the Folk Implosion had some memorable tracks on the cult-favorite Kids soundtrack — including “Natural One” which charted (!) — in addition to several full-lengths, EPs and singles from 1993-2003. The broke their long hiatus in June with a new record, Walk Thru Me.
$30-$40, 6:30-10:30 p.m., unspecified location in Riverton, New Jersey.

FESTIVAL
Lancaster Avenue Jazz & Arts Festival
Jamaaladeen Tacuma Quintet headlines this edition of the annual West Philly jazz festival. Also on the bill: Joe Block Quintet, Timothy Vaughan Inside Outside Ensemble, Glenn Bryan & Friends, Mollie Ducoste and Deborah Smith.
Free, noon-7 p.m., Saunders Park Greene, 39th Street & Powelton Avenue.

HISTORY
Franklin Square’s 18th Birthday Celebration
This free family fun day at Franklin Square includes an appearance by Ben Franklin, free rides on the carousel (for the first 100 guests), kids’ fun with YoYo, Chinese Lantern Festival Scavenger Hunt, crafts and more.
Free, 10 am.-noon, Franklin Square, 6th & Race streets.

COMEDY
An Evening with Kevin McDonald
The comedian and actor shares stories from his days with sketch comedy legends The Kids in the Hall.
$32-$45, 7:30 p.m., City Winery, 990 Filbert Street.

BOOKS
Daniel Silva
The author discusses and signs his latest thriller, A Death In Cornwall, billed as an “action-packed tale of high stakes international intrigue.”
$34.56 (includes a copy of the book), 3 p.m., Barnes and Noble, 1708 Chestnut Street.

More Saturday Stuff

  • FESTIVAL: All Love Block Party, $5 suggested price ($50 for VIPs), 3-9 p.m., One Art Community Center, 52nd and Warren streets.
  • FESTIVAL: Evil Genius Family Fest. Free, noon-5 p.m., Evil Genius, 1727 Front Street.
  • KIDS: Ice Cream Day at the Please Touch Museum. Free with $22 admission, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Please Touch Museum, 4231 Avenue of the Republic.
  • MUSIC: Have a Nice Life, with Planning for Burial and Locrian. $27.50-$32, 8 p.m., Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden Street.
  • MUSIC/TRIBUTE: Grunge-A-Palooza presents: Class of ’94, with Flannel (grunge), Nimrod (Green Day), Sea of Sorrow (Alice in Chains) and Dumb As You Are (Nirvana). $20, 7 p.m., Underground Arts, 200 Callowhill Street.
  • COMEDY: Pete Davidson. $39-$132, 8 p.m., Ocean Casino Resort, 500 Boardwalk, Atlantic City
  • COMEDY: Matt Braunger. $25-$35, 9:30 p.m., City Winery, 990 Filbert Street.
  • COMEDY/PODCAST: Sexy Unique Podcast, with Lara Marie Schoenhals and Carey OʼDonnell. $25-$30, 8 p.m., World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street.
  • MUSIC: The Side Chicks, with Erik Kramer & Friends and Koser. $15, 8 p.m., World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street.
  • MUSIC: Brijean, with Colloboh. $18, 8 p.m., Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 North Frankford Avenue.
  • MUSIC: Law’s Lair/B2B, with DJ Sega, and Matthew Law. 9:30 p.m., Warehouse on Watts, 923 North Watts Street.
  • MUSIC/TRIBUTE: Tusk (Fleetwood Mac Tribute). $29.50-$60, Keswick Theatre, 291 North Keswick Avenue, Glenside.
  • MUSIC: Hoots & Hellmouth, with the Nields. $16, 7 p.m., Bryn Mawr Gazebo, 9 South Bryn Mawr Avenue, Bryn Mawr.
  • BOOKS: Solomon Brager & Sharon De La Cruz, reading and conversation. Free, 7 p.m., Partners and Son, 618 South 6th Street.
  • OUTDOORS: Lucy The Elephant’s 143rd Birthday Bash. Free, 10 a.m., One Lucy Plaza, Margate City.
  • SHOPPING: Philly Flea @ Headhouse Square. Pay as you go, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., 400 South 2nd Street.
  • SHOPPING: Liberty Flea @ Spruce Street Harbor Park. Pay as you go, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., 301 South Columbus Boulevard.

SUNDAY, JULY 21st

MOVIES
Notorious
Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains star in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1946 spy thriller. Taglines: “Notorious woman of affairs… Adventurous man of the world!”
$15, 4 p.m., Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr.

DRAG/BRUNCH
Taylor & Friends Drag Brunch
Jenny Henny hosts this show at Underground Arts featuring music by Taylor Swift and her Eras Tour opening acts, including Mina, Haim, Paramore and Sabrina Carpenter. Special performances by Yari and Astana Vista. Music spun by Riot Meg.
$25-$40, noon, Underground Arts, 200 Callowhill Street.

MUSIC
Interminable
The “Philly-based futuristic fusion band” performs original songs in Spanish and English, incorporating influences from son jarocho, jazz, rock, funk, and electronic music. More on Interminable here.
Free ($5 donation suggested), 5-7 p.m., Fabric Workshop and Museum, 1214 Arch Street.

MUSIC
Bahar Badieitabar
Fire Museum Presents presents this evening of jazz and folk performances by Iranian musicians Bahar Badieitabar, Niloufar Shiri and Martin Shamoonpour.
$10-$20, 5-7 p.m., Maas Building, 1325 North Randolph Street.

More Sunday Stuff

  • COMEDY: Kevin Hart. $119-$259, 7 p.m., Ocean Casino Resort, 500 Boardwalk, Atlantic City.
  • MUSIC: The Family Crest. $18, 7 p.m. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 North Frankford Avenue.
  • MUSIC: Scary Kids Scaring Kids, with Oxymorrons. $22-$28, 8 p.m., Fillmore Philly, 29 East Allen Street.
  • MUSIC: Rob49, with Skilla. $69-$71, 8 p.m., Fillmore Philly, 29 East Allen Street.
  • MUSIC: Freedy Johnston. $25-$30, 7:30 p.m., City Winery, 990 Filbert Street.
  • MUSIC: Dirty Heads, with Slightly Stoopid, The Elovaters and Passafire. I hope I never find out what these bands sound like. $40-$206, 6 p.m., Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, 1 Harbour Boulevard, Camden.
  • COMEDY: Nori Reed. $25-$36, 7 p.m., Punch Line Philly, 33 East Laurel Street.

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