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 (Eye Flys, Reapers Gong, and Dark Thoughts at the Kung Fu Necktie on Friday), movies to see (Cold Copy, rated R), events (small and large) to partake in, and always what is going on here at WMMR.
Some things are fairly standard (like Center City District Restaurant Week), some are totally bizarre (like the Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention), and to be honest, for some of this stuff, I don’t have a clue as to what they are (like Snakes on a Plane: A Live Reading). 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 Friday:
WMMR Presents: The Black Crowes @ The Met 5/7
Pixies & Modest Mouse with Cat Power @ TD Pavilion at The Mann 6/12
The Doobie Brothers with Steve Winwood@ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion 8/3
Shows This Weekend:
ALL WEEKEND
Atsuko Okatsuka @ Punchline
Friday & Saturday
Dustin Nickerson @ Helium
G Love & Special Sauce @ City Winery
Hasan Minhaj @ Miller Theatre
One More: The Show For Steve: Friday: Alex G with Hop Along and Saintseneca. Saturday: Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start with Hop Along and A Great Big Pile Of Leaves @ Union Transfer
Friday
Brett Goldstein @ The Met
Chris Jacobs Band @ Sellersville Theater
Brendan Abernathy @ The Lounge at World Cafe Live
Grace Potter @ The Fillmore
Sawyer Brown @ Xcite Center at Parx Casino
Fireside Collective @ MilkBoy
The Last Generation on Film / Plastic Parents @ Johnny Brenda’s
Yam Yam / Muskrat Flats @ Ardmore Music Hall
Eye Flys / Reapers Gong / Dark Thoughts @ Kung Fu Necktie
Riverboat Gamblers @ Underground Arts
Saturday
Juliana Hatfield @ Sellersville Theater
Discotopia @ The Music Hall at World Cafe Live
Kate Ferencz @ Johnny Brenda’s
Sunday
Pete Davidson @ Helium
Big Richard @ MilkBoy
Bobby Rush @ Sellersville Theater
The Marshall Tucker Band / The Outlaws @ Keswick Theatre
.gif from god / Wounded Touch @ Kung Fu Necktie
Hot Rod Circuit / Punchline @ The Foundry
What’s Going on in the Movies? New This Week:
Cold Copy( R ): Tracee Ellis Ross, Jacob Tremblay
Miller’s Girl ( R ): Jenna Ortega, Martin Freeman
What’s Going on in the Movies? Still In Theatres:
Cult Killer ( R ): Alice Eve, Antonio Banderas
Founders Day ( R ): Erik Bloomquist, Emilia McCarthy, Devin Druid
I.S.S. ( R ): Ariana DeBose, Masha Mashkova, Chris Messina, Costa Ronin
Mean Girls (PG-13): Reneé Rapp, Angourie Rice, Christopher Briney, Tina Fey, Jenna Fischer
What’s Happening at MMR?
Listen ALL THIS WEEKEND for more chances to win tickets to The Black Crowes Happiness Bastards Tour ’24 at the Met 5/7 (hint- each time we play their new song “Wanting and Waiting” will be your chance to call in to win!).
Happening Around Town:
Through February 25
Electrical Spectacle Light Show @ Franklin Square: 5-9 p.m., Franklin Square, 200 North Sixth Street.
Mini-Golf & Curling at Franklin Square: Franklin Square, 200 North 6th Street.
Through March 18
Data Nation: Democracy in the Age of A.I.: National Liberty Museum, 321 Chestnut Street.
Through March 24
Winter Wonder: Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square.
Through March
Winterfest: Blue Cross RiverRink, 101 South Columbus Boulevard.
Through April 7
Night Forms: Grounds for Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton Township. groundsforsculpture.org
Through April 8
Amplified: Art, Music, Power: National Liberty Museum, 321 Chestnut Street.
Through April 27
Superheroes, Science, and the Environment: Science History Institute, 315 Chestnut Street.
Through August 5
Unhoused: Personal Stories and Public Health: Mütter Museum, 19 South 22nd Street.
Through August
BOLD: Color from Test Tube to Textile: ongoing, Science History Institute, 315 Chestnut Street.
Wondrous Space: Franklin Institute, 222 North 20th Street.
Otherworld Philly: ongoing, 2500 Grant Avenue.
Through September 29
Life Onto Land: The Devonian: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University – 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia,
Through May 2025
At the Water’s Edge: Working and living along the Delaware River: continues through May 2025, Independence Seaport Museum, 211 South Columbus Boulevard.
Things Happening This Weekend
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FRIDAY, SATURDAY, & SUNDAY
Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention: January 26th-28th, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch Street.
Center City District Restaurant Week: January 21st-February 3, multiple locations around Center city.
The Philadelphia Orchestra: Kimmel Center, 300 South Broad Street.
Winter at Dilworth Park: Ice Skating @ Rothman Rink — continues through February 25th, Wintergarden — through March 26th. Dilworth Park, 1 South 15th Street. centercityphila.org
Art Ability: raises funds for Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital. Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, 414 Paoli Pike, Malvern.
FRIDAY January 26
Dinos After Dark: 4-8 p.m., Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Experiment and Pop: 5 p.m., Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Shady Brook Farm’s Holiday Light Show: 5-9 p.m., Shady Brook Farm, 931 Stony Hill Road, Yardley.
SATURDAY January 27
Ice Princess Night at Franklin Square: 5-7 p.m. Franklin Square, 200 North 6th Street.
CultureFest! Lunar New Year: 10 a.m-4 p.m., Penn Museum, 3260 South Street.
Mean Girls Drag Brunch: 11 a.m., Dock Street Brewery South, 2118 Washington Avenue.
Sad and Boujee: 9 p.m., Underground Arts, 200 Callowhill Street
Snakes on a Plane: A Live Reading: 7-9 p.m., Meyers Brewing Company, 436 East Girard Avenue.
Titanic the Musical: 1 p.m., Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Art Star Crap Bazaar: January 27th & 28th, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., the Independence Visitor Center, 599 Market Street.
SUNDAY January 28
Cirque Mechanics: 3 p.m., Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut Street.
Sports Up!
Friday
Flyers Alumni Game vs The Boston Bruins Alumni @ 7 pm @ Wells Fargo Center
Saturday
FLYERS HOME vs Boston Bruins @ 12:30pm
SIXERS AWAY vs Denver Nuggets @ 5:30pm
WINGS HOME vs San Diego Seals @7:30pm
