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Independence Day
Sunoco’s “Welcome America Philadelphia” party on the parkway is the Friday stunner. Full schedule is here. There’s a parade, all-you-can-eat ice cream for $5, John Legend for free at 8:30pm and fireworks from the Art Museum at 11pm. Free.

The city’s independence day action continues at Penn’s Landing. Ice cream fest 12-9pm, “Taste of Philadelphia” restaurant sampler 11-7pm, Boyz II Men at 6:30pm, fireworks at 9:30pm.

Dearraindrop Art Show
PIFAS, 1712 North Second Street
Mega brainfart barf collage and neon TV brain hemorrhage art. Try this link for an idea.

The Penn’s Landing ice cream and restaurant sampler opportunities happen again, ending at 6pm.

Center for the Emerging Visual Arts 25th Anniversary Show
Art Museum, 26th and Ben Franklin Parkway
Katherine Ware curates works on paper by twenty five Phillies on the rise. This is closing day.

ONGOING

Phillies vs. Mets
Citizens Bank Park
The Phillies’ 4th of July series is at home, 7pm Friday and Saturday, 1:30pm Sunday.

BITMAP
The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery in Westphal, 33rd and Market Awesome new media art show, largely featuring hacked and reworked 8 bit source material. Read the Artblog hype post here.

Hang out with your family
This is the weekend where you go hang out with your people, light sparklers, and write your names in the air.