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The heat has finally broken and if there's a time that we'd happily welcome a little rain, it's today. The accompanying cooler temps should provide ideal conditions to get out there and enjoy some of the awesome activities taking place this weekend. (Photo by B. Krist for GPTMC)

Ah. It’s finally a little cooler outside. Which is perfect for this weekend, which brings plenty of opportunities to eat and drink in summer style, from the Philadelphia Zoo Summer Ale Festival to the Ultimate Philadelphia Ice Cream Festival to Slow Food’s annual fundraiser “Good Food, Good Beer and the Rest is History.” Read on, below, for our top picks for this weekend in Philadelphia.

Friday, July 20

Our Guide To The 2012 XPoNential Music Festival (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Morris Arboretum’s Friday Night Outdoor Summer Concert Series Kicks Off

Opening Weekend Of The Dark Knight Rises – See It In IMAX At The Franklin Institute (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Ambler Restaurant Week 2012 (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Roundup: Top Picks For Fresh Summertime Happy Hours In Philadelphia

Cuba Libre Celebrates Ernest Hemingway’s Birthday with a Prix-fixe Menu and Drink Specials (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Orrin Evans “Flip The Script” Philadelphia CD Release Show at Chris’ Jazz Cafe

Act II Playhouse’s Free Range Thinking (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Opa’s Drury Beer Garden now open (Fri, Sat, Sun)

University City Dining Days (Fri, Sat, Sun)

The Dog Days of Summer on South Street (Fri, Sat, Sun)

“Maurice Sendak and Stephen Colbert: Interviews, Objects…and Poles!” (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Free mini golf at the Porch at 30th Street (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Paper Play exhibition at the Asian Arts Initiative

Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Ancient Times at the Franklin Institute (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Making Time HYPER-RAGER at Penn’s Landing

Friday Night Fireworks in New Hope and Lambertville

Neon Art: Folk, Found and Fine at the Philadelphia Center for Architecture (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Bistrot La Minette Movie Under the Stars

Moonlight Movies In Mt. Airy

Saturday, July 21

Fireworks & Fountains at Longwood Gardens

Slow Food’s “Good Food, Good Beer and the Rest is History”

4th Annual Philadelphia Zoo Summer Ale Festival

The 2012 Ultimate Philadelphia Ice Cream Festival

Philadelphia Orchestra at the Mann Center (Fri, Sat)

Get Federal Donuts at Morgan’s Pier! (Sat, Sun)

2-for-1 admission at the Academy of Natural Sciences

Aerosmith to Rock Wells Fargo Center

“How We Fish” Mural Arts Community Paint Day

The Global Fusion Festival at Penn’s Landing

More Weekend Picks, below.

Champagne Saturdays at Arcadia’s Rittenhouse Location

Light Installations by Bruce Munro at Longwood Gardens (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Bring-Your-Own-Dog Brunch at Square 1682

Race Street Pier Summer Film Series

Paddle Penn’s Landing (Sat, Sun)

Sunday, July 22

Philly-themed mini golf at Franklin Square

Spectral Impressions concert at the Rodin Museum

18th Annual Philadelphia Qfest (Fri, Sat, Sun)

New Rita’s exhibit and flavor at the Please Touch Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Craft Spoken Here at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Fri, Sat, Sun)

White Pines Productions Summer Residents’ Performances: Haymaker presents Elektra

Secret Cinema returns to Phoenixville’s Colonial Theatre for all-35mm program

Acting Without Boundaries at Arden Theatre

Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company Presents Our Town in the International House courtyard

Summer Sale at Nicole Miller (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Offering Of The Angels: Treasures From The Uffizi at the Michener Art Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Glowgolf at King of Prussia Mall (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Bike Rentals in Fairmount Park are open

Prom: Photographs by Mary Ellen Mark at the Perelman Building (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Maya.2012: Lords of Time at the Penn Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)

“Run! The Super-Athletes of the Sierra Madre” at the Penn Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)

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

On My Honor: 100 Years of Girl Scouting at the National Constitution Center (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Morris Arboretum’s Garden Railway (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Fri, Sat, Sun)

To Bigotry No Sanction: George Washington & Religious Freedom at the National Museum of American Jewish History (Fri, Sat, Sun)