Good Day, Good Citizens! Each Friday after the Presidents arrive with their decaf coffee and Dave Edmunds serenades us with “Here Comes The Weekend”, the weekend can officially start. With the weekend ahead you might need something to do. I, Pierre Robert, run down an extensive list of things happening in and around the Philadelphia area. I call it Pierre’s Weekend Calendar. Everything from concerts to go to (like George Thorogood & The Destroyers at the Keswick Theatre), movies to see (The Monkey rated R), events (small and large) to partake in, and always what is going on here at WMMR.
Some things are fairly standard (like the Philly Home and Garden Show), some are totally bizarre (like Body Works: Vital), and to be honest, for some of this stuff, I don’t have a clue as to what they are (like Anime Night at World Cafe Live). Hopefully, this guide of, some of what is going on in a fine village near you, will help keep you busy this weekend. Who knows, maybe you’ll even catch me at one or two of these events this weekend (please stop and say hi if you do).
On Sale this Friday:
Dave Matthews Band @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion; July 25-26
Paul Simon “A Quiet Celebration” @ Academy of Music; June 26, 28 & 29
Phish @ Mann Center; July 15-16
Roots Picnic ft The Roots, Meek Mill, Lenny Kravitz & many more @ Mann Center; May 31-June 1
Shows This Weekend:
All Weekend
Michael Colyar @ Helium Comedy Club
Friday
George Thorogood & The Destroyers @ Keswick Theatre
Foster The People @ Fillmore
Brett Young @ The Met
Flowdan @ Union Transfer
Big Head Todd & The Monsters @ Ardmore Music Hall
Molly Grace @ Foundry (Fillmore)
Ollie Wride @ Johnny Brenda’s
Stephane Wrembel @ City Winery
Rob Barraco @ 118 North
Better Than Ezra @ Borgata Music Box
Friday & Saturday
Robert Kelly @ Punch Line Philly
Saturday
Elvis Costello @ Grand Opera House (Wilmington)
Rod Stewart @ Etess Arena Hard Rock AC
Mattero Lane @ The Met
Ian @ TLA
Rubix Kube @ World Café Live
The Templars @ Underground Arts
Bayker Blankenship @ Foundry (Fillmore)
Bryce Vine @ Brooklyn Bowl
Jimkata @ MilkBoy
Sunday
Round Trip @ MilkBoy
The Bad Plus @ Ardmore Music Hall
Mustafa the Poet @ First Unitarian Church
Air Supply @ Grand Opera House (Wilmington)
Keith Sweat @ Santander Arena (Reading)
What’s Going on in the Movies? New In Theatres:
The Monkey (R)
What’s Going on in the Movies? Still In Theatres:
Captain America: Brave New World (PG-13): Anthony Mackey, Harrison Ford
Love Hurts (R): Ke Huy Quan
Dog Man (PG): Pete Davidson
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (R)
A Complete Unknown (R)
What’s Happening at MMR
Friday
Join Kathy Romano at the Philly Home and Garden Show from 5-7pm at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks. Rumor has it she will be making succulents.
Saturday
Love Potions – Join Steve Morrison for the Philadoptables’ 14th annual Love Potions happy hour. Taking place at The Music Room at Broken Goblet (2500 State Rd. Unit D, Bensalem, PA) from 5:30pm-9pm. Drink specials, great friends, and over 75 raffles! $10 donation at the door to enter.
Happening Around Town:
Through February 23
Electrical Spectacle Light Show at Franklin Square – Free to enter 5-9pm, Franklin Square, 200 North Sixth Street
Ice Skating @ Rothman Rink – $10 for skate rental, $9 for 90-minute skate sessions, Dilworth Park
Through February 24
Slay and the City: A Killer Cosmo – $35, Saturdays and Sundays, Red Rum Theater, 601 Walnut Street.
Through March 2
Winterfest – Blue Cross RiverRink, 101 South Columbus Boulevard.
Through March 8
The Winter unWINEd – Every Friday and Saturday, 6:30-9:30pm, Shady Brook Farm, 931 Stony Hill Road, Yardley
Through March 16
Mermaids at Adventure Aquarium – $40, Adventure Aquarium, 1 Riverside Drive, Camden.
Through March 23
Winter Wonder – Included in $25 admission, Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square.
Through March 31
Goat Hiking – $25, Saturdays and Sundays through March, Andorra Natural Area, 300 Western Northwestern Avenue
Through May 31
At the Water’s Edge: Working and living along the Delaware River: Independence Seaport Museum, 211 South Columbus Boulevard.
Through September 1
Body Worlds: Vital – $20, Franklin Institute, 222 North 20th Street.
Things Happening This Weekend
All Weekend
Philly Home + Garden Show – $10, Greater Philadelphia Expo Center Oaks.
Philadelphia Orchestra – $25-$195, Kimmel Center, 300 South Broad Street.
Friday February 21
Anime Night -$20-25, 7pm, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St
Charity Starts at Home Nadine Ruff – $15, 5:30 p.m., Vox Populi, 319 North 11th Street.
Friday & Saturday
Philly Fashion Week – Prices vary by event, multiple locations.
Get Up With It – $46.35, 8 p.m., Solar Myth, 1131 South Broad Street.
Saturday February 22
Philly Bierfest – $35-$99, 2-5:30 p.m., German Society of Pennsylvania, 611 Spring Garden Street.
Kennett Winterfest – $20-$6012:30pm-4pm at 600 S Broad Street, Kennett Square
Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape – Free, 3 p.m., Falls of Schuylkill Library, 3501 Midvale Avenue.
Saturday & Sunday
Two Piece Fest – $19.94-$29.75, 4:30 p.m., Ukie Club, 847 North Franklin Street.
Sunday February 23
Flyers Charities Carnival – $32, 11 a.m., Wells Fargo Center, 3601 South Broad Street.
Bizarre Bazaar – 6-9pm, Doom Bar, 421 N 7th Street.
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse! – $12, 4:30 & 7:30 p.m., PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street.
The Movie Orgy – Free, 4 p.m., Space 1026, 844 North Broad Street.
Letters to Lincoln – $65, 3 p.m., Rex at the Royal, 1524 South Street.
The Legacy of Malcolm X – Free, 1-7 p.m., The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street.
Sports Up!
Saturday
The FLYERS are HOME vs Edmonton Oilers; 1pm
The SIXERS are HOME vs Brooklyn Nets; 7:30pm
The UNION are AWAY vs Orlando City SC; 7:30pm
The WINGS are AWAY vs Albany Firewolves; 7pm
