This weekend, 1/6-1/8:

All Events, Music & Otherwise:
I'm condensing things this week since there are so few band shows.  You have some good non-megaplex movie options, though.
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Friday 1/6 - definitely some different date night/afternoon things to do here:

• PSA: No January First Friday Art Loop in Wilmington this month.
• Free Lunchtime Live show at the Queen.  Noon. More details.
• Kennett Square Outdoor Winter Market.. 1st & 3rd Fridays of the month. 2-5pm. 
• Full Moon Friday Hot Chocolate Hike at White Clay Creek State Park. Facebook details. 7-9pm, $5, bring a travel mug with a lid. Must register at (302) 368-6900.  (Trust me - they get a little pissy if you just show up).
• Showings of The Mill and The Cross, and Tomboy, at Theatre N. http://www.theatern.org/Films
• Movie night at the Queen Theatre, with a showing of The Help. Doors at 6, show at 7, $9 admission includes one free draft beer ticket for of-age guests.  Not a bad deal at all!

And the meagre music offerings:

• The Last Valorians (points deducted for using the cliche "musical force to be reckoned with" in their bio)  and Cease the Day at Mojo Main. Ticket link.
• Leigh Nash (lead vocal behind such Sixpence None the Richer songs as There She Goes) at the Kennett Flash. $25+. Ticket link.

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Saturday 1/7:

• PSA: hikers should be aware that the Stateline Woods Preserve, in nearby Chester Co., will be closed due to a controlled hunt.  Diminish the deer population?  Please do.  I was driving to Kennett yesterday and saw at least 2 dozen young deer by the side of the busy highway, in broad daylight.  It's really getting out of hand.
• Showings of The Mill and The Cross, and Tomboy, at Theatre N. http://www.theatern.org/Films

And music by...

• The Collingwood and East AM at Logan House, 10pm start, $5.
• Two Baltimore funk trios at the Queen Theatre: CTW Trio (feat. Bennie Cowan of Parliament / Funkadelic), and also Deaf Scene. UPDATE: Deaf Scene can't make it, has been replaced by Spokey Speaky. $10.  Ticket link.  
• Fursaxa (prog / psych-folk band that's been around the area for at least a dozen years), Helena Espvall (avant garde cellist with Espers who has collaberated with Meg Baird, Vashti Bunyan, Bert Jansch and many more) / Marcia Bassett duo at the Highwire Gallery in Fishtown. $6, 8-11. FB event page
• Beretta76 at Johnny Brenda's, with Lefty's Deceiver and St. John And The Apostles. $10+. Ticket link.
• The Born Sisters show at the Queen Theatre is sold out.

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Sunday 1/8:

• Newark Co-op Winter Farmers' Market (every other Sunday starting 1/8). 10-2pm, E. Main St (at "The Meadow" next to the Co-op).
• Showings of The Mill and The Cross, Tomboy, and the ballet Coppelia, at Theatre N. http://www.theatern.org/Films

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Upcoming: Girls at Union Transfer Thurs., a scary music/scary short films night at Film Bros. next Fri., Cults at Union Transfer next Fri., Big Head Todd & the Monsters at the TLA on 1/19, Smithereens at WCL Philly on 1/20, Sun Ra Arkestra at the Blockley on 1/21, Man Man at Union Transfer on 1/21, Bob Mould at WCL Philly on 2/8.