Weekend in Philly: Spooky stays, OURfest, It's Always Punny
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📸 See climate change through a new lens at InLiquid Gallery's free reception tonight from 6-9pm. RVSP online.
- "No Other Place to Go" features five artists using photography to explore a changing planet.
👻 Book a stay at The Hewitt, a 2,500-square-foot third-floor space in an 1886 Queen Anne Victorian mansion in Germantown. It's one of 31 spooky stays Airbnb curated for Halloween travelers, including Gothic estates and woodsy cabins.
- The Hewitt even has a hidden east wing tucked behind a bookcase door. Weekends are popular, but you might be able to scare up a cheaper weekday stay if you hurry.
🏌️Play a round of mini golf at Libertee Grounds' Frankenstein Putt Putt in North Philly. The course runs through Halloween. Plus, grab a round from Dr. Frankenstein's list of specialty cocktails.
- Pro tip: The under-21 crowds has until 8pm to get its rounds in. Tickets: $20.35
📵 Chestnut Hill's Char & Stave is hosting a "No Wi-Fridays" event to help digitally distracted Philadelphians disconnect from their phones and reconnect with their neighbors.
- The Wi-Fi goes dark at 7pm. The rest of the night: Live jazz and blues, with drink specials from 8-11pm, including $10 margaritas and espresso martinis.
🇵🇷 Stop by the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Friday Nights celebration. This week celebrates Latino Heritage Month from 5-8:30pm, with pay-what-wish admission.
- Bonus: Fishtown's Amy's Pastelillos is the featured pop-up, hooking visitors up with Puerto Rican-style comfort food.
🎶 Sing along with musician and artist John "Mister John" Francisco, who's leading an all-ages sing-along Friday at the Philly Pride Visitors Center.
😂 Get your laughs in when legendary comedy institution The Second City brings "Laughing for All the Wrong Reasons" to the Montco Cultural Center Theater in Blue Bell on Saturday at 7pm.
- Tickets: $45+
🤣 Pun intended: "It's Always Punny in Philadelphia" returns for its 10th show at Helium Comedy Club on Saturday at 4pm.
- Ten of the region's best punners will battle it out in a head-to-head war of wordplay.
👠 Walk through Philly's drag history during a 90-minute tour of the Gayborhood on Saturday. Tickets: $39.
🌈 OURfest returns to the Gayborhood on Sunday. Expect food trucks, artists, performers and pop-ups from queer-owned businesses.
🏈 Live! Casino's Sports & Social in South Philly is throwing a "Babes, Birds and Brunch" watch party, hosted by local content creators Angelique Wysock and Maura Herman, from 9-12:30am on Sunday for the Birds-Jaguars game across the pond.
- Expect specialty drinks, food, giveaways and photo-ops. Tickets: $40
🪩 Celebrate Native American history and culture at the Museum of the American Revolution, which is hosting programming for Indigenous Peoples Weekend from Saturday-Monday.
- You can also see the Delaware Tribe of Indians will perform traditional Lenape social dances on the museum's outdoor plaza.