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Celebrate National Hammock Day at Spruce Street Harbor Park and 12 other ways to spend your weekend in Philly, July 22-24

Need something to do this weekend? Don't worry, we've got you covered.

Celebrate National Hammock Day at Spruce Street Harbor Park.
Celebrate National Hammock Day at Spruce Street Harbor Park.Read moreMatt Stanley

Need something to do this weekend? Don't worry, we've got you covered.

KIDS

» READ MORE: Beauty and the Beast

Abington's Storybook Musical Theatre presents Patricia Goldberg and Kevin Arruda's musical adaptation of the classic tale of a selfless young woman betrothed to an arrogant prince transformed into a hideous creature - and the true meaning of love. - Michael Harrington

» READ MORE: Historic Fair Hill Summer Festival

2 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Historic Fair Hill, 2901 Germantown Ave. Free. 215-870-8348.

Rescheduled after a July 9 storm, the annual celebration of life and freedom at the 300-year-old Quaker burial ground - the final resting place of antislavery activists such as Robert Purvis and Lucretia Mott - can't be stopped. It features barbecue, games, crafts, music, plant-potting, free books, pony rides, and a petting zoo. - M.H.

» READ MORE: Airplane Day at Fort Mifflin

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Fort Mifflin, Fort Mifflin and Hog Island Roads. $10; $8 seniors; $6 ages under 12. 215-685-4167.

When the British built Fort Mifflin in 1771, they didn't know from 747 jets - but the airliners landing at and taking off from PHL are now an everyday part of the historical site. Along with guided tours explaining why the place was chosen for the fort and airport, learn about the basic principles of aviation, make your own FPG-9 glider, check out a "Spotter's Guide" for the different aircraft overhead, listen to pilots talk to the control tower, and meet a flight crew who will discuss work life at 30,000 feet. - M.H.

MOVIES

» READ MORE: Predator

9:45 p.m. Friday at the Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville. $9; $7 seniors and students. 610-917-0223.

Look up "high-concept pitch" in the dictionary, and you'll likely find the one for this thriller.

It's simple: Arnold Schwarzenegger, commandos, jungle, alien hunter. The result is simply great, with the future governor of California leading a team including Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) and the future governor of Minnesota (pro-wrestling icon Jesse "The Body" Ventura) on a military mission in Central America, where they become the prey of an otherworldly foe possessed of high-tech weaponry and an invisibility cloak. No one could make a movie more perfect. - M.H.

» READ MORE: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave. $25 to $85. 800-745-3000.

The second film in the trilogy adapting J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy is sprawling narrative in which the heroic hobbits and noble warriors are scattered, encountering battles, wizards, and living trees. Howard Shore's score is performed live, with Ludwig Wicki conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra. - M.H.

CRAFTS

» READ MORE: All-American Handcraft and Art Festival

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Ocean City High School, Sixth Street and Atlantic Avenue, Ocean City. Free. 609-399-6111.

Cool off with some cool art as the Jersey Shore Artisans Guild presents its annual show in Ocean City. Among the air-conditioned aisles, you'll find handmade works by artisans including knitted goods by Martha Becker and Julianne Mackey, candles by Dennis Dowe, aged balsamic vinegar and olive oil blends by Dee Elkins, and artwork by Daniel Duffy. - M.H.

EXPLORE

» READ MORE: Twilight in the Gardens

7 p.m. Friday, Philadelphia's Magic Gardens, 1020 South St., $18 adults; $15 students and seniors, 215-733-0390.

Bring a beverage, a snack, and a blanket and wander around the gorgeous Magic Gardens, artist Isaiah Zagar's collaged oasis on South Street. Take a mini tour of the grounds, make crafts, and listen to a set from Circadian Rhythms. - Molly Eichel

HANG

» READ MORE: National Hammock Day

4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Spruce Street Harbor Park, Columbus Blvd. at Spruce Street, 215-925-7465, .

What better place to celebrate National Hammock Day (yeah, it's a thing) than at Spruce Street Harbor Park, ground zero for Philadelphia's hammock scene (yeah, that's also a thing). Enjoy swinging in the hammock, a DJ set, $5 Lazy Hammock Blood Orange Witbier drafts, a prize wheel, and giveaways. - M.E.

PERFORMANCE

» READ MORE: Erik Ruin's Ominous Cloud Ensemble with Asimina Chremos

8 p.m. Saturday at the Icebox Project Space at Crane Arts, 1400 N. American St. Free.

Erik Ruin's cut-paper animations and painted films are manipulated on overhead projectors to create hallucinatory scenes, while the nine-person ensemble perform an improvised score. Add the sensational dancer Asimina Chremos, and what more do you need? - M.H.

OPERA

» READ MORE: Werther

1 p.m. Sunday at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr. Tickets are $20; $10 students. 610-527-9898, .

Based on Goethe's quintessential novel of the travails of youth, Jules Massenet's opera tells the tragic tale of a young poet's doomed, unrequited love. A film of the production at the Royal Opera House in London, starring tenor Vittorio Grigolo and mezzo Joyce DiDonato, screens in Bryn Mawr. - M.H.

MUSIC

» READ MORE: Holy F---

With Doomsquad, 8:30 p.m. Friday, Boot & Saddle, 1131 S. Broad St., $15. 267-639-4528. 

Canadian electronic band Holy F--- went on a six-year hiatus after their 2010 album, Latin, with main men Brian Borcherdt and Graham Walsh working various side projects, and Walsh producing acts as varied as a noise-rock band Metz and twee power-poppers Alvvays. Borcherdt and Walsh, who each play keyboards and trigger programmed effects accompanied by a live bass player and drummer, have returned with the new Congrats. The album still pushes the indie-experimental dance-music envelope, but veers closer to pop than ever on tracks like "Neon Dad" and generally sounds more inviting than uninitiated listeners taken aback by the band name might expect. - Dan DeLuca

» READ MORE: BJ and the Chicago Kid

With Elhae and Tish Hyman, 8 p.m. Friday, the Foundry at the Fillmore, 29 E. Allen St. $18. 215-309-0150.

Bryan James Sledge will bring his soulful sensibilities to life. The 31-year-old Top Dawg Entertainment frequent collaborator's sophomore and major label debut, In My Mind, is outstanding. An hour of tender Chi-town-inspired R&B with guests like Chance the Rapper and Big K.R.I.T., it's a competitor with Anderson .Paak for soul record of the year. He loves women, and his songs about them are beautifully accentuated by his rich falsetto and neo-soul aesthetic. BJ can work a stage with a beat and a bass guitar, but it's his buttery pipes that'll fill the room. - Bill Chenevert

Jeff Beck / Buddy Guy

8 p.m. Saturday, Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City. $65-95. 866-900-4TIX.

7 p.m. Sunday, Sands Bethlehem Event Center, 77 Sands Blvd., Bethlehem. $80-$105, 800-745-3000, .

No man should be opening for the other on this trek, but Buddy Guy is the more pleasant of the two guitarists, despite his mean blues reverie, so he'll take that slot. This leaves Jeff Beck, never the easiest six-string legend to deal with. The stinging, feedback-ing British guitar god, who started his professional life shucking for Lord Sutch and the Yardbirds, has done everything from superstar power rock (with Rod Stewart and Ron Wood) to fusion soul (Blow by Blow) to jazz, metal, blissed-out instrumentals, and everything in between since the mid-'60s. Though not as appreciated as other guitar gods (Page, Hendrix), his glorious noise is equitable to theirs, and, on occasion, Beck is still capable of making great albums, such as his just-released return to muscular guitar rock, Loud Hailer- A.D. Amorosi