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First Friday Round-up: August 2012

Looking for something else to do besides the South Street crawl? We've got it covered.

The Art and Science of Natural Dyes

Chemical Heritage Foundation

315 Chestnut Street

5:00 – 8:00pm

Free!

The Speakeasy Wine Tasting

Wine School of Philadelphia

127 S. 22nd Street

6:30 – 8:30pm

$24.99

On Loan: Curated by Nora Salzman

Tiger Strikes Asteroid

319A N. 11th Street, Suite 2H

6:00 - 10:00pm

Free!

Fundraiser for Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation

Free cocktail tastings from Philadelphia Distilling and a full roast pig from McCrossen's Tavern.

Drink Philly Office & Gallery

239 Chestnut Street

5:00 - 9:00pm

Free!

Art Debt

A collection of Sub Pop Records' posters, album artwork, and other oddities.

Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

116 N. 3rd Street

6:00 - 8:00pm

Free!

First Friday Beer Tasting

Trolley Car Diner

7619 Germantown Avenue

5:30 – 7:30pm

Free!

Fire Up First Friday!

The Clay Studio

139 N. 2nd Street

8:00 – 10:00pm

Free!

Limited walk-in spaces. First come, first served beginning at 5:00pm.

"Hot! August! Night!"

Grizzly Grizzly

319 N. 11th St., 2nd Fl.

6:00 - 10:00pm

Free!

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Breath of the Black Muse 2

50+ artists, music, and beverages.

Black Vulture Gallery

208 E. Girard Avenue

7:00 – 11:00pm

Triforce: An Exhibition of Classic Video Game Art

Art Machine Productions

1345 Frankford Avenue

7:00  - 10:00pm

Free!

"Lure" Performance Series

Wine reception featuring local artist Miriam Dretler and gourmet cupcakes by Nutmeg.

6:00pm

Classical series featuring Denise Shubin with music, dance, and visual arts.

8:00pm

Angler Movement Arts Center

1550 E. Montgomery Avenue

Free!

Ekaterina Popova: The Blue Series

Light refreshments will be served.

F&N Gallery

2009 Frankford Avenue

6:00 – 9:00pm

Free!

"Enteric" by Sarah Boyce & Brooke Hine

Paintings and sculpture on the morbid beauty of human flesh and bones.

Part Time Studios

2031 Frankford Avenue

6:00 – 10:00pm

Free!

Cedar St. Block Party Portraits by Sean Bolton

Gravy Studio

2212 Sepviva Street

6:30 – 10:30pm

Free!

HUNG

Group show with work by past and present members.

Little Berlin

2430 Coral Street at the Viking Mill

6:00 – 11:00pm

Free!

"Red Herring"

Group show curated by Sean Robert FitzGerald with essay by Jennie Sears.

FJORD

2419 Frankford Avenue

6:00 – 10:00pm

Free!