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Amy Schumer, the Bad Boy Reunion and 16 other things to do this weekend, Sept. 23-25

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

This weekend is the perfect opportunity to get outside and get active. Why? Philadelphia is giving over 10 miles of streets to pedestrians, complete with activities like Zumba, yoga, and a mural maze along the route, for Free Streets Philadelphia. Looking for something a little more retro-futuristic? Christopher Lloyd -- aka, Doc Brown! -- will be at the Keswick to introduce Back to the Future and  say "Great Scott!" to your heart's content. If you're looking to get your shop on, Bethenny Frankel will be at the King of Prussia Mall Sunday, all for a good cause. If you need to surf the couch, queue up HBOGo: All of The Larry Sanders Show was added to the streaming service. That makes us -- and Hank Kingsley -- very happy.

FRINGE

» READ MORE: Happy Yummy Chicken

5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St. $15, 215-413-1318.

The sources of art can be great - legends, history, Lars Von Trier movies - or more mundane, such as, ah, a story found in this particular news-delivery system. Love Drunk Life's debut feature film follows the creation process for a musical inspired by a news story about a woman who sits in a chicken restaurant for two months after being dumped by phone. ("It's good chicken!") It has all the ingredients for laughter - heartbreak, obsession, neuroses, and theater folk. - Michael Harrington

» READ MORE: Philadanco

8 p.m. Friday at Bryn Mawr College, Goodhart Hall, 150 N. Merion Ave., Bryn Mawr. $20. 215-413-1318, fringearts.com.

The Fringe is everywhere. Bryn Mawr College hosts this appearance by the acclaimed dance troupe, performing works by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Christopher Huggins, David Brown (in a work featuring the a cappella ensemble Zap Mama), and Francisco Gella. - M.H.

KIDS

» READ MORE: Disney's Beauty and the Beast Jr.

10:30 a.m., 1, and 3:30 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. Oct. 1 and 2 at the Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St. $14.50 and $16.50. 215-574-3550.

There's more than the music of Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice to recommend in this version of the classic tale (though that would be enough). There's also the moral of not judging by outward appearances, and the shorter length (about an hour), better suited to the small fry. - M.H.

» READ MORE: Origami cranes

1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Penn Museum, 3260 South St. $15; $13 seniors; $10 ages 6 to 12; ages under 5 free (includes museum admission). 215-746-8183, .

From small things, people, great things one day come, to paraphrase our national poet Bruce Springsteen. In honor of the U.N. 2016 International Day of Peace (officially Sept. 21), the Penn Museum offers a craft table where folks can create origami paper cranes - one on which to write a message of peace and then hang on a special display, and a second crane to share. - M.H.

VROOM

» READ MORE: Coatesville Vintage Grand Prix

9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday on Lincoln Highway, Coatesville. Free.

Featuring about 50 cars and motorcycles from the early 1900s through the 1960s, this inaugural race will follow a 2.2-mile course along Lincoln Highway through the heart of the picturesque Chester County town (the best viewing will be in the 100 to 300 blocks). - M.H.

PAGEANT

» READ MORE: Miss'd America

9 p.m. Saturday at the Borgata, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City. $35 to $100. 866-900-4849.

There we are, the rest of us. While we all love Miss A, there're some pesky limitations as to who can compete - not the least, perfection (and some other minor stuff, like gender). Created as a day-after spoof in 1994 at a local Atlantic City club - the joke being that drag performers "missed" getting into the other show at Boardwalk Hall because, well, they're men - this year's pageant features a showgirl theme, host Carson Kressley (above), the Melanie Rice Orchestra, and the incredible Miss'd America Dancers. It promises to be ... perfect. - M.H.

FILM

» READ MORE: Time Bandits

11 a.m. Saturday at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr. $5; $4 ages 12 and under. 610-527-9898.

Let us salute the "art house theaters" - once the only places you could see niche films such as King of Hearts or The Seventh Seal. One of the best, the Bryn Mawr Film Institute, marks Art House Theater Day with a screening of Terry Gilliam's antic 1981 fantasy, in which a young boy falls in with a band of dwarves traveling the dimensions looking for treasure. - M.H.

MENTALISM

» READ MORE: The Amazing Kreskin

5 p.m. Sunday at the Rrazz Room at the Prince Theater, 1421 Chestnut St. $37 to $52.

He could have presented himself as the "New Jersey Psychic" and perpetuated the myth of clairvoyance, but Kreskin, still going strong at 81, has always made it clear he's performing a trick powered by perception rather than the paranormal. - M.H.

COMEDY

» READ MORE: Amy Schumer

7 p.m. Saturday, Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St., $43-$113, 215-336-3600.

Last year's It Girl continues her winning streak with a tour that takes her to stadiums, and a new book of essays, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo- Molly Eichel

THEATER

» READ MORE: South Pacific

Through Oct. 23, Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St. $20 to $95. 215-574-3550.

You'll find it hard to wash the tunes of this Rodgers and Hammerstein gem - about the denizens of a WWII naval base - out of your memory. - John Timpane

FESTIVALS

» READ MORE: Puerto Rican Day Parade

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, 16th and Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Free. 215-627-3100.

Parkway procession celebrates Puerto Rican and Latino culture - with beauty queens, salsa music, adorably costumed youth groups. Pa. pols might do well to note this year's theme: The Power of Our Voice. - Becky Batcha

» READ MORE: Brazilian Day Philadelphia

Noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, Penn's Landing, Great Plaza, 101 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd. Free. 215-601-9117.

What? You didn't get to Rio for the Summer Olympics? The vivacious national spirit of those closing ceremonies comes to Penn's Landing for the day. Eat, drink, samba like a supermodel. - B.B.

» READ MORE: Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival

12:45 p.m. Saturday, 10th and Arch Streets. Free. 215-925-1538.

Hit up Chinatown for arts, performance, and a mooncake-eating contest at the 21st annual iteration of this festival. At 6 p.m., there will be a lion dance, a dragon dance, and a lantern parade. You can buy a lantern at the fest. - M.E.

» READ MORE: OysterFest

7-9 p.m. Friday, Reading Terminal Market, 51 N. 12th St. $50. 215-922-2317.

Get your slurp on Friday night as the Reading Terminal Market serves up more than a dozen oysters - including Cape Shore Salt oysters, Cape May Salt oysters, Sweet Amalia oysters, and Forty North oysters - alongside a dozen local brews. Net proceeds go to aid the Reading Terminal's programming at the Strawberry Mansion Learning Center. - M.E.

MUSIC

» READ MORE: Bad Boy Family 20th Anniversary Reunion

8 p.m. Friday, Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St., $39.50-$150, 800-298-4200,.

When the Notorious B.I.G. died, his pal, producer, and boss, Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs, continued Biggie's legacy, not only with "I'll Be Watching You," but also with the Bad Boy label and hits from B.I.G.'s wife, Faith Evans, gruff street rappers DMX, and smoother hip-hop presences such as 112. Decades later, Puff released Bad Boy Entertainment: 20 Years, The Box Set. Now he's on a righteous reunion tour with Evans, Lil' Kim, Mase, 112, Total, Carl Thomas, The Lox, French Montana, and DMX. - A.D. Amorosi

» READ MORE: Anais Mitchell / John Gallagher Jr.

8 p.m. Friday, Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St. $15. 215-928-0978.

Mitchell and Gallagher arrive on the Tin Angel's small stage by way of some bigger ones in New York. Her folk-rock opera Hadestown enjoyed an acclaimed Off-Broadway run this summer. Gallagher, a Delaware native, starred in Spring Awakening, American Idiot, and other Broadway shows (as well as HBO's The Newsroom and the recent 10 Cloverfield Lane). Using the moniker Johnny Gallagher, he released his first album, Six Day Hurricane, this year. It's a collection of heartland rock, with echoes of Springsteen and Petty. - Steve Klinge

» READ MORE: Marlon Williams

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

The classically trained Williams came of age in Christchurch, New Zealand, which shows up on his art-song cover of the trad tune "When I Was A Young Girl." But on the rest of his self-titled solo debut album, it's the Maori singer's country-music education that carries the day. Now Australia-based, the songwriter, who was a standout at the March SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, navigates wide-open spaces of sorrow on Gram Parsons-influenced tunes like "I'm Lost Without You" and the galloping "Hello Miss Lonesome," whose haunting, rounded tones are reminiscent of Simon Bonney, another Down Under country singer who made indie inroads in the U.S. a generation earlier. - Dan DeLuca

JOIN US FOR A PMN EVENT

» READ MORE: Stellar Start-ups

5:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Pennovation Center, 3401 Grays Ferry Ave. $65 (includes heavy hors d'oeuvres and open beer/wine bar).

Philadelphia Media Network - publisher of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com - hosts the inaugural Stellar Start-ups Awards. After cocktails and networking, entrepreneur Josh Kopelman will share insights on how to grow a concept into a successful business. Inquirer business reporter Diane Mastrull and a panel of other local entrepreneurs will answer questions. This year's winners will be announced in these categories: College Students, Healthcare, Just Plain Cool Idea, Products and Services, Technology, and Women and Minorities. Tickets and more information are available at philly.com/startupevent.