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Scrabble Social
Falls of Schuylkill Free Library Branch, 3501 Midvale Avenue Wow, really? You played how many bingos on Facebook? Here’s a chance to try your stats in the streets. 10:30am

Capture the Flag
Art Museum Steps
Oh yes: it is truly spring when the fun dudes begin capturing the flag. This will be extremely well attended – show up early. And for real, if you get caught, don’t leave the base unless someone comes and tags you out. 9:30pm, free.

Riversharks Opener
401 N. Delaware Avenue, Camden
Camden’s minor league baseball season opens Friday – Dancingmeatballs recommends getting your tickets ahead of time from the website. Read Dan’s piece about this from last year here. 7pm, $6 kids/$10 adults.

Illvibe Collective Presents Bodyrock
M Room, 15 W Girard
Hip hop party with the Illvibe team. 9pm, $6.

The A Sides, The Explorers Club, The Sw!ms
Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N Frankford
Fun bands we like playing the good pop music. 8pm, $10.

Fisher Park Naturalist Walk
Fisher Park, N 5th and Spencer
The Fairmount Park Commission’s series of naturalist walks through far reaches of the city’s green hits Fisher. “Explore the trails of Fisher Park as we hunt for spring wildflowers, identify trees & shrubs and look for evidence of birds and other wildlife. Meet at the Fisher Park Recreation Building.” 2-4pm, free.

Steve Lopez Interview
Central Library, 1901 Vine Street
Lopez was an Inquirer reporter who became obsessed with a street musician, violinist Nathaniel Ayers. That obsession has become a book: “The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music,” and that book is going to be a movie with Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx. Lopez will be interviewed by Larry Platt, editor-in-chief of Philadelphia Mag. 2pm, free.

City Safety Forum with Police Commissioner Ramsay
First Unitarian Church, 22nd and Chestnut
The commish talks about the state of safety and listens to his public. 10am-noon.

Heartworks Silent Auction
Icebox Project Space, Crane Arts Building, 1400 N American Massive art-buying opportunity. If you missed the show’s opening last week, this is your chance to get in, see some incredible art, and maybe walk out with something. Read the artblog post about it here. 6pm.

Bleached Black with Mike T & Kyle M with Diamond Girl
Medusa Lounge
“Lexie’s Favorites” pick. Get hyyyyypppeeee. 10pm-2am. Free.

Live Forever with JHN RDN, Designer Drugs, Club Lyfestyle.
Barbary, Frankford and Delaware
Every month Lyfestyle has a premise that they don’t tell anyone about beforehand. Last month it was Sexy Founding Fathers, the month before it was Sexy Emergency Room. They make costumes, dance, and the Lion’s Head flows. 10pm. $5.

The Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo, 3400 W Girard
The zoo is always worthy, but especially when it’s not dark at 4pm, freezilg cold and sleeting. Check out the new springtime additions at the link above (note the red panda), and hey, maybe even splurge and take a ride in the balloon. Every day from 9am, $15.

International Noise Conferance on Tour
PIFAS, 1712 N. 2nd
Miami’s Laundry Room Squelchers have had their INC event on tour for all of spring. The event rules are simple: no laptops, no mixers, no droning. The Philadelphia day features almost every Philadelphia noise band in one place, all turning up and playing straight-ahead. More info at the Breathmint site. Stop in for an hour and ask someone if they consider the racket they are making “music.” 7pm to 1am, donations not discouraged.

Animal Farm
Mum Puppettheatre, 115 Arch St
The Orwell classic about some animals being more equal than others retold with big, beautiful puppets. Many tickets and times, through May 3rd.

Frozen
Interact Theater Company, 2030 Sansom
New Interact. A mother, a killer and a psychiatrist discover themselves 25 years after a horrendous crime. Lots of dates and times
through May 4th.

Fairmount Arts Crawl
West of Broad, between Girard and Spring Garden
The annual big day in Fairmount. Stay tuned for more. “Activities will include: Acoustic Philly hosted by Gene Shay, Tours of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Perelman Building, Painting Demonstrations by the Mural Arts Program, Spiral Q Puppet Theater: Show and Tell, Poetry Corner, Make-it and Take-it Art-making, Face Painting, Vintage Apron Art display, Sidewalk Pottery Demonstrations and Swing dance demonstrations with audience participation.” 12pm

Feist, Hayden
Academy of Music, 1420 Locust
Indie rock’s rising princess and a man who plays tender songs, together in the Academy of Music. 8pm, $29-$40.

ONGOING

Hedwig and the Angry Itch
The Latvian Society, 6th and Spring Garden
Azuka Theater Company is staging Philly’s biggest rock opera export at the Latvian Hall. It opens on Thursday and runs through May 11th. Follow the above link for showtimes and ticket info.