August 5, 2008
Weekend Picks: Early Edition

Evening of Champions
10th between Arch and Race
Huge Chinatown Olympics kickoff getdown with exhibitions on Chinese and Olympic history. Festivities start at 5:30pm, and the games’ opening will be broadcast live at eight.
Rogue Wave, Neil Halstead
Johnny Brendas, 1201 N Frankford
Acoustic show with slo-rockers Rogue Wave and Halstead, one of shoegaze’s main architects. $13, 9pm.
Art After 5
Art Museum, 26th and Ben Franklin Parkway
Guided tours of the Eakins collection, a discussion of mythological representations in painting, and young soul Joanna Pascale singing.
All free after museum admission, all 5-8:45pm.

Beach House, Cass McCombs, Tickley Feather Johnny Brendas
1201 N Frankford
Baltimore’s jangle ambassadors Beach House with Philly reverb queen Tickley Feather and songman McCombs. $10, 9pm.
Children’s Bug Walk
Fisher Park Recreation Center, 600 W. Spencer Street Great Northeast park opportunity. Activities and bug finding geared to the 5-10ers. 2-3:30pm, free.

Unearthing Laurel Hill: A History Written in Stone Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Gangbuster tour of every major attraction the city’s best cemetery has to offer. the “ultimate tour for first time visitors.” $15, 2pm.
ONGOING
Phillies vs. Pirates
Citizens Bank Park
Friday and Saturday at 7pm, Sunday at 1:30pm.










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