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Lucero, playing at the First Unitarian Church on Friday

FRIDAY

Ape School, Buffalo Stance, The Armchairs
Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N Frankford
Ape School is the latest Philly oldhead to reinvent and drop a late-00s style psych/pop bomb; this is the record release show, go and say you were there. Buffalo Stance is Jamey from the late great Need New Body. 9pm, $10.

Lucero
First Unitarian Church, 22nd and Chestnut
My Brother’s Favorites weekend pick. Alt country rockers somewhere between Springsteen and Uncle Tupelo. 9pm, $14.

SATURDAY

Acid Mothers Temple, Sonic Suicide Squad
Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N Frankford
Contempary 70s heavy psych worship unit most likely to currently own a spaceship, Acid Mothers Temple, with DC upstarts/tour gear support Sonic Suicide Squad. Say hey to Justin Sounds from the Pocket on merch! 9pm, $12.

Art After Dark: Vintage Paris
PMA Perelman Building, 2525 Pennsylvania Avenue
The gigantic annual fundraiser party for education projects at the Museum. If you’re looking for something super fancy for your Saturday, this is it. Info at the link above. 8pm-midnight, $225.

The Little Traitor (dir. Lynn Roth, Israel, 2007, 35mm, 90 mins,
English and Hebrew w/ subtitles)
International House, 3701 Chestnut
Based on “Panther in the Basement” by Amos Oz; an 11 year old Israeli militant befriends a British officer, and his town accuses him of being a traitor. It won the Audience Award for Best Feature at the 2008 Palm Beach International Film Festival. 9pm, $12, free for college and high school students.

SUNDAY

Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society Festival
Settlement Music School, 416 Queen St
Fans of classical guitar should note the Martha Masters recital going on at this fest. Other fest events are listed at the link above (on a website that I’m pretty sure my mom designed). 6pm.

ONGOING

Free Library Festival
Central Library, 17th and Vine
The Library’s 3rd annual literary festival. If there’s one weekend where you go to a reading this year, make it this one. Program highlights (link above for the full list) include Black Arts founder, poet Amiri Baraka and 20th century master Joyce Carol Oates. All free, from 11am-6pm Saturday and Sunday. Marisa covered it here.