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The streets of Old City will fill with crowds enjoying art galleries' late hours, boutique specials and sidewalk seating at restaurants in honor of First Friday. (Photo by M. Kennedy for GPTMC)

It’s a holiday weekend with gorgeous weather in the forecast, plus plenty of spring happenings to fill your idle hours.

Check out our top picks for your best weekend, below:

Friday, April 6

First Friday in Manayunk, Kennett Square, Old City, Doylestown, on Frankford Avenue and Chestnut Hill

Top Picks For Passover Dinner At Philadelphia Restaurants (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow: Living with the Atomic Bomb, 1945-1965 at the Mercer Museum — Opening Day!

Spring Break at the Franklin Institute (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Spring Break at the National Constitution Center: Freedom of Expression (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Earthship Biotecture Seminar Series at the Penn Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Smak Parlour’s 7th Anniversary Party

Saturday, April 7

Our Top Picks For Old-School, Red Gravy Italian Restaurants In South Philadelphia

2012 Macy’s Flower Show (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Fan Appreciation Night: Sixers Vs. Magic

World Cafe Live Hosts A City-Wide Easter Egg Hunt

Quarter Priced TuB Gin Drinks at five Philly Bars

SquareBurger and Franklin Square are open! (Fri, Sat, Sun)

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InterAct Theatre Company’s “Outside the Frame: Voices From the Other America” (Fri, Sat, Sun)

“Run! The Super-Athletes of the Sierra Madre” at the Penn Museum

Cyrano at Arden Theatre Company (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit at PAFA (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Giant Mysterious Dinosaurs at the Franklin Institute (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Zoe Strauss: Ten Years at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Fri, Sat, Sun)

The Happy Show by Stefan Sagmeister at the Institute for Contemporary Art (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Sunday, April 8

Top Picks For Easter Festivities Around Philadelphia

Jose Garces Competes On The Season Two Premiere Of Chopped All-Stars On The Food Network; 9 P.M.

81st Annual Easter Promenade & Parade

Great Egg Hunt at Franklin Square

Spirit of Philadelphia Easter cruises

Motherhood the Musical at Society Hill Playhouse

From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen at the National Constitution Center (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Scribner’s Magazine: The Early Years In Illustration at the Brandywine River Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Force of Nature at Woodmere Art Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Doubt: A Parable at the Walnut Street Theatre (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Philadelphia Theatre Company’s The Outgoing Tide (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Lantern Theater Company’s Romeo and Juliet (Fri, Sat, Sun) — Closing Day!

Curse Of The Starving Class at the Wilma Theater (Fri, Sat, Sun) — Closing Day!

West Side Story at the Academy of Music (Fri, Sat, Sun) — Closing Day!

Zoe Strauss: Ten Years at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Van Gogh Up Close at The Philadelphia Museum Of Art (Fri, Sat, Sun)

The Walnut Street Theatre’s God Of Carnage (Fri, Sat, Sun)