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 (The Legendary Wailers feat. Junior Marvin at Keswick Theatre on Fri), movies to see (Bob Marley: One Love, rated  PG-13), 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 + Garden Show), some are totally bizarre (like the Philly Full Moon Ride), and to be honest, for some of this stuff, I don’t have a clue as to what they are (like Shrek Rave). 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:

James Taylor with his All-Star Band @ The Mann TD Pavilion 8/30

Pearl Jam @ Wells Fargo Center 9/7 & 9/9

Shows This Weekend:

All Weekend

Todd Glass @ Bourbon & Branch in Northern Liberties

 Friday & Saturday

John Heffron @ Helium

Adrienne Iapalucci @ Punchline

Friday

The Legendary Wailers feat. Junior Marvin @ Keswick Theatre

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit @ The Met

Bob Schneider @ City Winery

This Is The Kit @ The Music Hall at World Cafe Live

J Robbins (band) / Bitter Branches @ Johnny Brenda’s

Marah @ Ardmore Music Hall

Carver Commodore @ Kung Fu Necktie

Destin Conrad @ The Foundry

Glen David Andrews Band @ The Lounge at World Cafe Live

White Denim @ Brooklyn Bowl

 Saturday

The Peace Creeps @ Steel City in Phoenixville, PA.

Code Orange @ TLA

St. Paul and the Broken Bones @ The Fillmore

The Kills @ Union Transfer

Yonder Mountain String Band @ Ardmore Music Hall

Juice @ The Foundry

St. Paul and the Broken Bones @ The Fillmore

Evan Honer @ The Lounge at World Cafe Live

Chasing Straights @ Kung Fu Necktie

Lee Brice @ Xcite Center at Parx Casino

Mehro @ MilkBoy

Matt Pond PA @ Johnny Brenda’s

Koser @ City Winery

Sunday

Tkay Maidza @ The Foundry

What’s Going on in the Movies? New This Week:

Drive-Away Dolls ( R ): Geraldine Viswanathan, Margaret Qualley, Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Beanie Feldstein

What’s Going on in the Movies? Still In Theatres:

Argylle (PG-13): Dua Lipa, Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, John Cena, Ariana DeBose

Bob Marley: One Love (PG-13): Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch

Madame Web (PG-13): Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Emma Roberts, Adam Scott

Land of Bad ( R ): Russell Crowe, Liam Hemsworth, Luke Hemsworth, Milo Ventimiglia

What’s Happening at MMR?

All Weekend

MMR’s 10 Days of Pearl Jam: MMR Rocks Pearl Jam on September 7th and 9th at Wells Fargo Center. MMR’s Ten Days of Pearl Jam is your chance to win free tickets.  Listen for the Pearl Jam song of the day, and the 25th caller when we play it wins a pair of tickets for the September 9th show.

Saturday

Cheer on Caseyboy in the Trading Stations Pickleball Tournament on Saturday from 10am to 1pm at The Philly Home + Garden Show, at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks (100 Station Ave, Oaks, PA). Caseyboy will face off against DJs from MMR’s sister-stations: Matt Cord from WMGK, Kristen Herrmann from BEN FM and Andie Summers from WXTU.

Sunday

Philabundance Donation Drive At The Mummer’s Museum: Join Jacky BamBam for a Philabundance donation drive at the Mummer’s Museum on Sunday, from 1:30-3 PM! Donate a jar of peanut butter for The Annual Philabundance “Spread The Love” Mummers Fundraiser Food Drive. The goal is to collect and distribute 40,000 jars of peanut butter and nut butter alternatives in celebration of Philabundance’s 40th Anniversary. Jacky will be taking photographs with everyone who makes a donation with his First Prize 2024 Golden Sunrise NYA Handsome Costume “Jungle Exotica.”

Happening Around Town:

Through March 3

Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America: At AAMP through March 3rd, African American Museum in Philadelphia, 701 Arch Street.

Through March 10

Ethel Wallace: Modern Rebel: Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street, Doylestown.

Groucho: A Life in Revue: through March 10th, Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut Street.

Through March 15

Public Art in Philadelphia: A Legacy Shaped by Women:  Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street.

Through March 18

Data Nation: Democracy in the Age of A.I.:  National Liberty Museum, 321 Chestnut Street.

Through March 24

Winter Wonder: Timed tickets required, Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square.

Through March 26

Wintergarden: Dilworth Park, 1 South 15th Street.

Through March 31

Founders & Foundations: Clay Studio, 1425 North American Street.

Through April 7

Night Forms: Grounds for Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton Township.

Determined To Be: The Sculpture of John Rhoden: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 128 North Broad Street.

Through April 8

Amplified: Art, Music, Power: National Liberty Museum, 321 Chestnut Street.

Through April 15

Trolls: Save the Humans: Philadelphia Zoo, 3400 West Girard Avenue.

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: Science History Institute, 315 Chestnut Street.

Wondrous Space: Franklin Institute, 222 North 20th Street.

Otherworld Philly: 2500 Grant Avenue.

Through September 2

Under the Canopy: Animals of the Rainforest:  Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

The Art of the Brick: Franklin Institute, 222 North 20th Street.

Through September 29

Life Onto Land: The Devonian: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University – 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

Through January 5, 2025

Witness to Revolution: The Unlikely Travels of Washington’s Tent: Museum of the American Revolution, 101 South Third Street.

Through May 2025

At the Water’s Edge: Working and living along the Delaware River: Independence Seaport Museum, 211 South Columbus Boulevard.

Black History Month Events This Weekend

Ongoing:

Leaders and Legends of Philadelphia: Through February 29th, Tuesdays-Sundays, Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse, 3500 Reservoir Drive.

Black History Month @ the National Constitution Center: throughout February, National Constitution Center, 525 Arch Street.

Launching Little Free(dom) Libraries:  Throughout February, multiple locations.

Friday & Saturday:

Repairing & Reparations, Healing from Racial Wounds:  Taller Puertorriqueño, 2600 North 5th Street.

Saturday:

Legacy Reclaimed: Guided Art Tour:  Reserve your tickets ahead of time. Saturdays, 11 a.m., tours meet at Mother Bethel Fellowship Hall, 419 South Sixth Street.

Cross That River:  1:30 p.m., Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope.

Saturday & Sunday

History Maker Saturdays & Storytelling Sundays: Betsy Ross House, 239 Arch Street. historicphiladelphia.org

Sunday

Kulu Mele African Dance & Drum Ensemble: 2 p.m., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 128 North Broad Street.

Voice Of Philly Soul — Ladies Edition: 7 p.m., Punch Line Philly, 33 East Laurel Street.

Things Happening This Weekend

FRIDAY, SATURDAY, & SUNDAY

Disney’s The Lion King in Concert: Friday 7pm, Saturday 2pm, Sunday 2pm. Kimmel Center, 300 South Broad Street.

Mini-Golf & Curling: Franklin Square, 200 North 6th Street.

Philly Home + Garden Show: February 23rd-25th, Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, 100 Station Avenue, Oaks.

WinTOUR Scavenger Hunt: multiple locations in Fairmount Park.

Electrical Spectacle Light Show: 5-9 p.m., Franklin Square, 200 North Sixth Street.

Ice Skating @ Rothman Rink: Dilworth Park, 1 South 15th Street.

Black History Month @ the National Constitution Center: throughout February, National Constitution Center, 525 Arch Street.

FRIDAY February 23

Shrek Rave: 9 p.m., TLA, 334 South Street.

Gals on the Go Live: 8 p.m., Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden Street.

FRIDAY & SATURDAY

Repairing & Reparations, Healing from Racial Wounds: Taller Puertorriqueño, 2600 North 5th Street.

Philly Fashion Week: The Big InnerG Healing Concert at the Art Museum on Friday 5:30-9:30 p.m. February 20th-24th, multiple locations.

SATURDAY February 24

Philly Full Moon Ride: 9 p.m., meet at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Kennett Winterfest: 12:30-4 p.m., 600 South Broad Street, Kennett Square.

Philly Bierfest 2024: 2-5:30 p.m., the German Society of Pennsylvania, 611 Spring Garden Street.

Stardew Valley: Festival of Seasons:  5 & 8 p.m., Kimmel Center, 300 South Broad Street.

Arctic Wonderland at Pocket Park: 1-4 p.m., Roxborough Pocket Park, 6170 Ridge Avenue.

Cross That River:  1:30 p.m., Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope.

Liberty Flea: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., BOK, 1901 South 9th Street.

DreamWalk Fashion Show: noon, Fabrika Bar & Restaurant, 1108 Frankford Avenue.

Legacy Reclaimed: Guided Art Tour:  Saturdays, 11 a.m., tours meet at Mother Bethel Fellowship Hall, 419 South Sixth Street.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY

Every Leaf & Twig: Andrew Wyeth’s Botanical Imagination: February 24th-September 15th, Brandywine Museum of Art, 1 Hoffman’s Mill Road, Chadds Ford.

History Maker Saturdays & Storytelling Sundays:  On Saturday, Meet the History Makers. Sundays: Once Upon A Nation Storytelling. Betsy Ross House, 239 Arch Street.

SUNDAY February 25

Kulu Mele African Dance & Drum Ensemble: 2 p.m., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 128 North Broad Street.

Voice Of Philly Soul — Ladies Edition: 7 p.m., Punch Line Philly, 33 East Laurel Street.

Bianca Del Rio: 8 p.m., Keswick Theatre, 291 North Keswick Avenue, Glenside.

An Anime and Game Medley:  7:30 p.m., PhilaMOCA, 531 North 12th Street.

Sports Up!

Friday

SIXERS HOME vs Cleveland  Cavaliers @ 7:30pm

WINGS AWAY vs Calgary Roughnecks @ 9pm

Saturday

FLYERS HOME vs New York Rangers @ 3pm

UNION HOME vs. Chicago Fire @ 7:30pm

Sunday

SIXERS HOME vs Milwaukie Bucks @ 1pm

FLYERS AWAY vs Pittsburgh Penguins @ 3:30pm (Can be heard on WMMR)