Philly on a break.

Philly on a Dime will resume in June 2005 if (and only if) Lauren stays in Philly. If not, keep your eyes open for NYC on a Dime, although it's unclear whether or not such a reality exists.

Certainly nothing hip.

• Tonight, 6-7 PM. Price: $0
  Penn grad student and farmer presents a lecture on industrial versus sustainable farms, because some people find it interesting. Houston Hall (Spruce b/n 34th & 36th), room 218.
  
  
• Tonight, 7-9 PM. Price: $0
  "Dancing under the stars" at Penn's Landing (121 N. Columbus Blvd b/n Lombard and Market). Listen to big band music and swing dance. Bring a partner (or not), and show up at 6pm for a free dance lesson.
  
  
• Tonight, 7:30 PM. Price: $0
  Screening of new Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones movie, The Terminal (June 18th release date) at the Ritz East (125 S 2nd St). Good luck figuring out where to get a free pass, which you will need to enter.
  
  
• Friday, June 11, 4 PM. Price: $0
  Interfaith Anti-War Rally at City Hall (15th & Market) with vigil, music, and speakers. Then a stroll over to Santorum's office to cheer on representatives delivering a series of demands that obviously won't be met.
  
  
• Saturday, June 12, 2 PM. Price: $5 (suggested donation)
  Young Involved Philadelphia (YIP)'s 2nd annual barbeque at Lemon Hill in Fairmount Park, with food, music, sports, and other cliche summer activies.
  
  
• Saturday, June 12, 4-7 PM. Price: $0
  Philly Dyke March. Kickoff at Kahn Park (11th & Pine).
  
  
• Sunday, June 13, noon. Price: $0
  Philly Gay Pride March. Kickoff at 13th & Locust.
  

Some food, some drink, and not much else.

• Tonight, 8-10pm. Price: $0
  Karaoke at the Mill Creek Tavern (42nd & Chester). Major drink specials include twenty-five cent pints and $1 pitchers.
  
  
• Tuesday, 7-9pm. Price: $5
  "Summer Soiree" on the front patio of the International House (37th & Chestnut). Your fiver gets you the food, it's more for the booze.
  
  

Cheaper than cheap beer because it's free.

• Tonight, 6-9 PM. Price: $0
  First Friday in Old City.
  
  
• Monday, June 7, 7 PM. Price: $0
  Amy Sedaris' much acclaimed brother David reads from his new book, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim at Borders (1 S. Broad St).
  
  
• Wednesday, June 9, 7 PM. Price: $0
  The Philadelphia Independent hosts "Snacktime," a release party for its 16th issue and a good excuse to be seen at Space 1026 (10th and Arch).
  

Class and sass.

• Tonight, 10pm-2am. Price: $0
  Watch breakdancers battle it out in teams of three at the Rotunda (Walnut b/n 40th & 41st) while DJ M-SKI lays downs the beats.
  
• Tonight, 9pm-2am. Price: $5 or $0 (see below)
  It's Ugly Thursdays at Coyote Ugly (3rd b/n Market & Chestnut), where you suck it up and hang out with the 18+ crowd (who are paying $10) so you can drink cheap ($1 drafts & $2 shots). To get in for free, email Mo or Mike to get your name on the not-so-exclusive list.
  
• Tonight, 5-7pm. Price: $0
  The John Breslin Jazz Band does a free set on the 36th Street Plaza (b/n Sansom & Walnut).
  
• Tonight, 7pm. Price: $0
  Watch Roman Polanski's famous psychological thriller, Rosemary's Baby at Penn's Graduate Student Center (3615 Locust Walk). No word on whether you need a graduate student ID to attend.
  
• Tonight, 11pm. Price: $0?
  It's drag night at Bob & Barbara's (1509 South Street). And I hear that every night there you can get a can of Pabst and a shot of Jim Beam for $3. Classy enough for you?
  

Music, movies, and cheap beer.

• Tonight, 7:30pm. Price: $0
  Screening of indie comedy Napoleon Dynamite at Ritz East (Walnut b/n 2nd & 3rd). Show up early, and bring this coupon if you want to get in.



• Tonight, 9pm-2am. Price: $2 for 21+, $5 for 18+.
  18+ night at Woody's (13th b/n Walnut & Locust), Philly's most notorious (and super-cheesey) gay bar.



• Tonight, 10pm-2am. Price: $0 cover.
  "Fire in the Disco" at Soma (33 South 3rd b/n Market & Chestnut), with DJs spinning punk, brit, indie, and electro, and you drinking $2.50 domestic bottles.



• Tonight, 8pm. Price: $5
  Emerging Songwriters Series, brought to you by The Philadelphia Songwriters Project. Four up-and-coming singer-songwriters perform at the Manayunk Music Exchange (4369 Cresson Street, a block off Main, need directions?).