Get Your Phill

Let's face it. The majority of us spend way more time on campus than we should. We're in a city, for Pete's sake! A city with lots of fun goings-on around every turn. So in an effort to bring Philly to you, we'll be posting weekly weekend roundups, chock full of events that make crossing the Walnut St Bridge (or 41st St) totally worth your while. Enjoy the first edition, and be sure to check back for more!

(Asterisk denotes 21+ venue)

This week, NY Magazine gave our city a shout-out in the Travel section. Sure, the article, "Make a Craft Beer Run to Philadelphia" is geared towards weekend get-away-ers, but leaving University City counts for us. This weekend we're particularly interested in checking out Tria's Fermentation Class*, stopping at Monk's* to try Russian River beer, which apparently has a cult following and cannot be found (on the East Coast) anywhere but Philadelphia, and getting an order of craft beer truffles at Verde.

But there's far more to do this weekend than grow your beer-belly! You can also grow your food belly, right off campus at White Dog Cafe's Dance of the Ripe Tomatoes Block Party! At this celebration of sustainable and humane farming, which starts at 6 p.m. and goes until 9 p.m., $25 will get you delicious food, one draft beer, lots of cool speakers, and live music!

When you're done there, head to the North Star Bar, where WXPN will welcome Roman Candle*. The latest album from this Chapel Hill, N.C. band, Oh Tall Tree in the Ear, was named a "modern rock masterpiece" by Paste Magazine. If folk isn't your style, try anti-folk by hitting up Johnny Brenda's* instead (also at 9 p.m.), where Jeffrey Lewis will perform with Akron/Family. None of these bands will provide adequate dance music, so if that makes you feel sad, check out Making Time at Pure, a dance night we once called the place to be "If you're clad in American Apparel and ready to 'FREAK OUT LIKE CRAZY PEOPLE'."

The weekend isn't over yet! Find out what else you should be doing, right after the jump!

The first week of classes was hard, and so was dancing all night! Tomorrow, de-stress and detoxify with a free Vinyasa yoga class at the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Classes, which will start at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., and 1 p.m., are an hour and a half long. Register ahead of time to secure your spot.

When you're feeling all wholesome after yoga, a slice of pizza is not the ideal meal of choice. So instead of stopping at Allegro, make a plan to check out Milk and Honey Market. This brand new West Philly dining spot boasts eco-friendly, local fare from some of the biggest names in Philadelphia dining. The best part is, it's just around the corner at 44th and Baltimore!

At night, get your newly limber bod back on the dance floor. Get Bent, often referred to as Philly's grimiest dance night, will be free on Saturday, to celebrate the start of their new "versus" series, which kicks off with Get Bent vs. Seclusiasis*. Too full of local-fare to get bent? You're in luck. The Fruit Bats, one of our favorite new bands (now featuring a member of The Shins), will play at 7 p.m. at Kung Fu Necktie*.

Sundays don't have to be the worst! Although, if you've had as much to drink and eat as this schedule suggests you do, this one probably will be. However, there's much to do around every bend, so come along!

It's not too late to register for TD Bank Bike Philly 2009, an event in which streets will be closed to traffic to allow hoards of bikers to tour the city the right way. Unfortunately, it is too late to get a free t-shirt when you sign-up. You win some, you lose some, we suppose.

If you can't cope with that, or maybe with the surprisingly high cost to participate, check out GreenFest instead! The event, which will take place and 2nd and South,  boasts hundreds of vendors selling eco-friendly food, clothing, crafts, artwork, etc. etc. etc. (Most of those etc.s probably represent granola and hemp necklaces.) With a tag-line as wild as "Party like there IS a tomorrow," how can you not attend?

What's that, you say? You don't own a pair of Toms and a tie-dyed shirt? Well then head to Citizens Bank Park for the Phillies vs. Mets game at 1 p.m., to take advantage of the last remaining bit of warm(ish) weather.

After that, you should probably take a nap or study. What a weekend you'll have had!