Weekday events, 8/20-8/23:

The blog has been on autopilot for the past month, but I'm back!

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Monday 8/20:

• Showing of Woody Allen's 2012 film, To Rome With Love, at Theatre N. 7pm, $7.  I'd say it's worth seeing.  It's far from his best (the different stories don't all end sensically), but far from his worst, with just enough laughs (and Penelope Cruz looking uber-hot as a high-end call girl) to make it worth $7. 
• Movie Monday at the Trocadero. 21+, $3. Doors at 6:30, show at 8, arrive before 7 and get a free beer and popcorn.

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Tuesday 8/21:

• Low-brow Cinema at the Queen presents: Saint Misbehavin' - The Wavy Gravy Movie. Doors at 7, movie at 8, FREE.  Expect hippies.  Movie description:

'Beginning with Woodstock ‘99, director Michelle Esrick has spent ten years documenting the life of Wavy Gravy. Saint Misbehavin’ journeys from the hills of California to the Himalayan Mountains to reveal the life of this one of a kind servant to humanity. Saint Misbehavin’ reveals Wavy to be so much more than the tie-dyed entertainer and ice-cream flavor namesake that often defines him in the popular imagination. Satirist Paul Krasner describes Wavy as “The illegitimate son of Harpo Marx and Mother Theresa, conceived one starry night on a spiritual whoopie cushion,” to which Wavy replied, “Some people tell me I’m a saint, I tell them I’m Saint Misbehavin’."'

• Hezekiah Jones at PhilaMOCA, $5. https://www.facebook.com/events/135087426630918/
• Trolley Square Farmers' Market, Tuesdays 4-7:30pm thru late Sept. Next to Logan House.
• Beach: Rehoboth Farmers' Market, Tuesdays 12-4 thru late Oct. At lower end of Reho. Ave.

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Wednesday 8/22:

• Happy Hour yoga and craft beer tasting at the Queen.  Concurrently, there will be a grilled cheese and craft beer tasting.  I think I'd pick the grilled cheese over the downward dog. 6pm.
• Wilmington Farmers' Market, Wednesdays 10-2 thru mid-Oct. On Rodney Square.
• Bike & hike at Hagley Museum, 3 mile circuit. Every Wednesday through late August. 5-8pm, $2 (free for members and children).
• 4W5 Blues Jam at the Queen. 7pm, free.

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Thursday 8/23:

• Talking Heads tribute band Naive Melodies at the Queen.
• Spark summer music series at Kelly's Logan House, feat: The Keefs, Butterscotch Grim, and The Headies.  9pm-1am, FREE. Do try not to be put off by the totally cheeseball graphic.  This looks like it should be on the cover of a book marketed to 12 year old girls on how to rock out in a band.  No actual band in 2012 looks like this:

• Because I've kind of neglected this particular scene: Lesbian Dance Party at Mojo Main.  9pm, $5.
• Brian Jonestown Massacre at Union Transfer, Philly, $20.
• Cool Spring Farmers' Market, Thursdays 4-8pm thru late Oct. At the park at 10th & Jackson.
• Village Fresh Farmers' Market, Thursdays 3-6pm thru late Aug. Concord Ave & Market St.
• Karaoke at Mojo Main. 9pm, free

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Upcoming:

Weekday events of note, 7/30-8/2:

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Monday 7/30:

• Rockford Park summer concert series, featuring the usual mix of jazz and folk bands that play this sort of thing. Still, sometimes that makes the perfect date night - what else is going on on a Monday night? 6:30-8pm, every Monday through mid-August. FREE.
• Movie Monday at the Trocadero. 21+, $3. Doors at 6:30, show at 8, arrive before 7 and get a free beer and popcorn.
• The Tallest Man on Earth with Strand of Oaks at Union Transfer.
• The 2nd Sigur Ros show at the Mann is long sold-out.

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Tuesday 7/31:

• Lyle Lovett at the Grand. http://www.thegrandwilmington.org/Home
• Free movie series at the Queen: Shark Week kickoff with the Discovery channel's premiere of Ultimate Air Jaws.
• Trolley Square Farmers' Market, Tuesdays 4-7:30pm thru late Sept. Next to Logan House.
• Oh! Pears with In One Wind (really great chamber pop band from NY) at Kung Fu Necktie.
• Beach: Rehoboth Farmers' Market, Tuesdays 12-4 thru late Oct. At lower end of Reho. Ave.

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Wednesday 8/1:

• Wilmington Farmers' Market, Wednesdays 10-2 thru mid-Oct. On Rodney Square.
• Kristin Hersch (of Throwing Muses fame), with Pete Donnelly, at the Queen.
• Bike & hike at Hagley Museum, 3 mile circuit. Every Wednesday through late August. 5-8pm, $2 (free for members and children).
• 4W5 Blues Jam at the Queen. 7pm, free.
• Helmet at the Trocadero.  Opening for The Toadies (yeah, really).

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Thursday 8/2:

• Hot Club of Detroit at the Queen.
• Cool Spring Farmers' Market, Thursdays 4-8pm thru late Oct. At the park at 10th & Jackson.
• Village Fresh Farmers' Market, Thursdays 3-6pm thru late Aug. Concord Ave & Market St.
• Mean Loaf at the Tower.
• System of a Down at Susquehanna Bank Center.
• Fun. at River Stage at Great Plaza.
• New Sweden opens up a show at Kung Fu Necktie.  
• Karaoke at Mojo Main. 9pm, free

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Weekday events of note, 7/23-7/26:

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Monday 7/23:

• Rockford Park summer concert series, featuring the usual mix of jazz and folk bands that play this sort of thing. Still, sometimes that makes the perfect date night - what else is going on on a Monday night? 6:30-8pm, every Monday through mid-August. FREE.
• Movie Monday at the Trocadero. 21+, $3. Doors at 6:30, show at 8, arrive before 7 and get a free beer and popcorn.

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Tuesday 7/24:

• Free cult movie at the Queen: Hedwig and the Angry Inch. 8pm, FREE.
• Trolley Square Farmers' Market, Tuesdays 4-7:30pm thru late Sept. Next to Logan House.
• Beach: Rehoboth Farmers' Market, Tuesdays 12-4 thru late Oct. At lower end of Reho. Ave.

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Wednesday 7/25:

• Wilmington Farmers' Market, Wednesdays 10-2 thru mid-Oct. On Rodney Square.
• Matt Richards plays a free noontime show at the Grand Opera House.  
• Bike & hike at Hagley Museum, 3 mile circuit. Every Wednesday through late August. 5-8pm, $2 (free for members and children).
• 4W5 Blues Jam at the Queen. 7pm, free.
• Rufus Wainwright and Josh Ritter at River Stage in Philly.
• Marshall Crenshaw & the Bottle Rockets at WCL Philly, downstairs.
• Jackson Browne and Sara Watkins at the Academy of Music.
• The Frank Ocean show at Union Transfer is long sold-out. I wonder how concert goers will react to his recent kind-of-sort-of coming out?)

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Thursday 7/26:

• A solid Philly line-up at the Queen: Hezekiah Jones and Toy Soldiers.
• Cool Spring Farmers' Market, Thursdays 4-8pm thru late Oct. At the park at 10th & Jackson.
• Village Fresh Farmers' Market, Thursdays 3-6pm thru late Aug. Concord Ave & Market St.
• Karaoke at Mojo Main. 9pm, free

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Weekday events of note, 7/16-7/19:

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Monday 7/16:

• Best Coast with Those Darlins at Union Transfer.
• Dick Dale with Blue Wave Theory at the North Star.
• Rockford Park summer concert series, featuring the usual mix of jazz and folk bands that play this sort of thing. Still, sometimes that makes the perfect date night - what else is going on on a Monday night? 6:30-8pm, every Monday through mid-August. FREE.
• Movie Monday at the Trocadero. 21+, $3. Doors at 6:30, show at 8, arrive before 7 and get a free beer and popcorn.
• Teddy Geiger, Jesse Ruben, and Sarah Miles at WCL Philly.

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Tuesday 7/17:

• Rooftop movie showing of 1989's Always (interesting  choice), on the rooftop parking lot of the Shoprite on the riverfront. Film starts at 8:45, rooftop opens at 7:30.  $5, $3 for kids up to 11. Details here.  Always stars Richard Dreyfuss and an older but still stunning Audrey Hepburn.
• Trolley Square Farmers' Market, Tuesdays 4-7:30pm thru late Sept. Next to Logan House.
• Leela James: In the Spirit of Etta James, at the Queen.
• Beach: Rehoboth Farmers' Market, Tuesdays 12-4 thru late Oct. At lower end of Reho. Ave.

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Wednesday 7/18:

• LCD Soundsystem movie at Theatre N, presented by the Arden Club. Shut Up and Play the Hits starts at 7pm, and is $12.
• The Cole Younger Band plays a free noontime show at the Grand Opera House.
• Murder By Death (cello-driven western rock), Corey Chisel, and Ha Ha Tonka at Union Transfer.
• Here We Go Magic at Johnny Brenda's.
• Wilmington Farmers' Market, Wednesdays 10-2 thru mid-Oct. On Rodney Square.
• Bike & hike at Hagley Museum, 3 mile circuit. Every Wednesday through late August. 5-8pm, $2 (free for members and children).
• 4W5 Blues Jam at the Queen. 7pm, free.

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Thursday 7/19:

• At the Queen: Abitas Brewing Co. presents Beers, Brass, and a Boil. The brass comes in the form of the Rebirth Brass Band, the boil is crawfish, and the beers are all Abitas. More info here.
• You can also just attend the Rebirth Brass Band show separately, at 8pm at the Queen.
• Cool Spring Farmers' Market, Thursdays 4-8pm thru late Oct. At the park at 10th & Jackson.
• Village Fresh Farmers' Market, Thursdays 3-6pm thru late Aug. Concord Ave & Market St.
• Blues Keeper Band, UJB, and Aunt Artica at Mojo Main.
• Riot Fest East at Festival Pier, featuring Boy Sets Fire (originally from Delaware), Promise Ring, and more.
• Shonen Knife at Johnny Brenda's.
• Chris Botti plays with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Mann.
• Karaoke at Mojo Main. 9pm, free

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Weekday events of note, 7/9-7/12:

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Monday 7/9:

• Rockford Park summer concert series, featuring the usual mix of jazz and folk bands that play this sort of thing. Still, sometimes that makes the perfect date night - what else is going on on a Monday night? 6:30-8pm, every Monday through mid-August. FREE.
• Movie Monday at the Trocadero: American Psycho. 21+, $3. Doors at 6:30, show at 8, arrive before 7 and get a free beer and popcorn.

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Tuesday 7/10:

• Rooftop movie showing at the Shoprite on the riverfront: JAWS.  Presented by Theatre N.  The movie starts at 8:45, and the rooftop opens at 7:30pm, $5. Details here.
• John Mayall, whose Bluesbreakers band can claim these and more as alumni: Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce (who formed Cream), Peter Green, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, and Mick Taylor of the Rolling Stones.  WCL at the Queen, 8pm, $41+.
• Newark's Katie Dill plays a Mean Lady solo show at Kung Fu Necktie in Fishtown.
• Trolley Square Farmers' Market, Tuesdays 4-7:30pm thru late Sept. Next to Logan House.
• Happy Hour Yoga & Wine Tasting at the Queen. 6pm.
• Beach: Rehoboth Farmers' Market, Tuesdays 12-4 thru late Oct. At lower end of Reho. Ave.

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Wednesday 7/11:

• Butch Zito & Friends play a free noontime show at the Grand Opera House.
• White Clay Creek concert: Glimmer Twins, playing all Rolling Stones. 6:30pm, free with park admission.
• In doubt as to whether I should include this, but what the heck: Tesla and Scorpions play the Mann.
• Wilmington Farmers' Market, Wednesdays 10-2 thru mid-Oct. On Rodney Square.
• Bike & hike at Hagley Museum, 3 mile circuit. Every Wednesday through late August. 5-8pm, $2 (free for members and children).
• Happy hour yoga & craft beer tasting at the Queen.
• 4W5 Blues Jam at the Queen. 7pm, free.

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Thursday 7/12:

• Gillian Welch at the Grand. http://www.ticketsatthegrand.org/Performance?Perf_no=2397
• Larry Tucker Band (good classic funk & soul - but beware Larry Tucker at the poker table because dude will totally slow roll a good hand) at the Shipyard Shops summer concert series. 
• Blues / New Orleans jazz at Bellevue State Park, with The Teltones. 6:30pm, free with park admission.
• Black Horse Motel and Emily Arin at Milkboy Philly.
• Cool Spring Farmers' Market, Thursdays 4-8pm thru late Oct. At the park at 10th & Jackson.
• Village Fresh Farmers' Market, Thursdays 3-6pm thru late Aug. Concord Ave & Market St.
• Karaoke at Mojo Main. 9pm, free
• Spark summer series kick-off at the Queen.

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Upcoming: Hezekiah Jones at WCL Philly Fri. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at Morgan's Pier Fri, free show. Roger Waters at CBP Sat. El-P at the Troc Sat.  Best Coast at UT 7/16. Dick Dale at North Star 7/16.

Weekday events of note, 7/2-7/5:

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Monday, 7/2:

• Logan House is having all day happy hour today - $2 Buds and $5 apps.
• Rockford Park summer concert series, featuring the usual mix of jazz and folk bands that play this sort of thing. Still, sometimes that makes the perfect date night - what else is going on on a Monday night? 6:30-8pm, every Monday through mid-August. FREE.
• Movie Monday at the Trocadero.  It's a double feature: Shaun of the Dead and Juan of the Dead. 21+, $3. Doors at 6:30, show at 8, arrive before 7 and get a free beer and popcorn.
• Free health screening at Newark Natural Foods.  Blood pressure, stress, and pH level screenings.  1-4pm. 

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Tuesday 7/3:

• Full moon hike at Bellevue State Park, free with park admission, 9pm.
• Tuesday night movie at the Trocadero, courtesy of The Awesome Fest: Scarface.  All attendees will receive weekday passes to Oliver Stone's new film, Savages.  Same deal as the Monday movie: doors at 6:30, show at 8, $3 gets you in and goes towards a drink. 21+.  Arrive before 7pm for a free beer.
• Talib Kweli at the TLA.
• Trolley Square Farmers' Market, Tuesdays 4-7:30pm thru late Sept. Next to Logan House.
• Beach: Rehoboth Farmers' Market, Tuesdays 12-4 thru late Oct. At lower end of Reho. Ave.

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Wednesday 7/4:

• 4th of July celebration at Tubman-Garrett park on the riverfront, all day.
• Wilmington Farmers' Market, Wednesdays 10-2 thru mid-Oct. On Rodney Square.
• 4th of July Jam on Ben Franklin Parkway in Philly, featuring: The Roots, Queen Latifah, Daryl Hall, Joe Jonas, Common, and more.
• 4W5 Blues Jam at the Queen. 7pm, free.

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Thursday 7/5:

• At Mojo Main: Running in Triangles, The Honey Badgers, Felix Hunger, and Parallel Dreams. $5, 8pm.
• Cool Spring Farmers' Market, Thursdays 4-8pm thru late Oct. At the park at 10th & Jackson.
• Village Fresh Farmers' Market, Thursdays 3-6pm thru late Aug. Concord Ave & Market St.
• Scissor Sisters at the Electric Factory.
• Karaoke at Mojo Main. 9pm, free
• Coldplay at the Wells Fargo Center, 1st of 2 nights.

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Upcoming:

Weekday events of note, 6/25-6/28:

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Monday 6/25:

• Rockford Park summer concert series, featuring the usual mix of jazz and folk bands that play this sort of thing.  Still, sometimes that makes the perfect date night - what else is going on on a Monday night?  6:30-8pm, every Monday through mid-August. FREE.
• Movie Monday at the Trocadero: Amelie.  21+, $3.  Doors at 6:30, show at 8, arrive before 7 and get a free beer and popcorn.

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Tuesday 6/26:

• Interesting modern jazz show in Newark: the Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio, at the UU Society on Polly Drummond Rd.  $15 in advance, $18 at the door, 7:30pm.  Ticket link here.  They're also playing at An Die Musik in Baltimore on Friday.
• Trolley Square Farmers' Market, Tuesdays 4-7:30pm thru late Sept. Next to Logan House.
• Beach: Rehoboth Farmers' Market, Tuesdays 12-4 thru late Oct. At lower end of Reho. Ave.
• Hot Tuna at the Grand, with Steve Kimmock.
• Free showing of Some Like It Hot at the Queen, 8pm.
• Purling Hiss, who toured with Wilco and Dr. Dog this year, at Johnny Brenda's.  With The Young and Far Out Fangtooth.  Spinning records downstairs: DJ Science Face, better known as the bass player in War On Drugs.
• Beastie Boys tribute show at The Fire: Don McCloskey, Kuf Knotz, Nico the Beast, and more. $10
• Oh! Pears, recently returned from a European tour and featuring members of Pattern Is Movement, at PhilaMOCA. $5

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Wednesday 6/27:

• Wilmington Farmers' Market, Wednesdays 10-2 thru mid-Oct. On Rodney Square.
• The ever-popular Grilled Cheese & Craft Beer Tasting at the Queen.
• Fiona Apple at the Tower Theatre.
• The worthwhile Sub-Pop band The Head and The Heart open for the insufferable DMB at Susquehanna Center. 
• Fishbone with Black Landlord at Underground Arts.  Because I have no idea where that is in Philly (and I call myself an events blogger!), here's the ticket link: http://www.ticketfly.com/event/124491
• 4W5 Blues Jam at the Queen. 7pm, free.
• Motion City Soundtrack, The Henry Clay People, and The Front Bottoms at Union Transfer.
• Toy Soldiers play a free, all ages show at Pastorius Park in Philly (I want to say that's in South Philly, but I'm not completely sure). 
• For classical fans: Philadelphia Orchestra plays Beethoven's 9th at the Mann.

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Thursday 6/28:

• Cool Spring Farmers' Market, Thursdays 4-8pm thru late Oct.  At the park at 10th & Jackson.
• Village Fresh Farmers' Market, Thursdays 3-6pm thru late Aug. Concord Ave & Market St.
• Arden Shakespeare Gild presents Henry IV, part 1, at the field theater in Arden. 7:30-10:30, $10 ($5 for kids).
• The Dirty Clergy, Scrapple Creek Runners, Zane Campbell and the Gravel Pit Ramblers, and Mothers Disciple at Mojo Main.
• Beach: Trombone Shorty at the Bottle & Cork.
• Norah Jones, who recently tweeted that she's a big Dr. Dog fan, at the Mann.  Sasha Dobson opens.
• Sanctuary, an Iron Maiden tribute band, at the North Star.  Almost sold-out as of 6/19.
• Paula Cole at the Queen Theatre.
• Cuddle Magic and Midtown Dickens at Johnny Brenda's.
• Karaoke at Mojo Main. 9pm, free

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Upcoming: Japandroids at JB's Fri (now sold out). Scissor Sisters at the E. Factory 7/5. Best Coast & Those Darlins at UT 7/16. Murder By Death at UT 7/18. Shonen Knife at JB's 7/19. YES at the Tower 7/20.

Weekday events of note, 6/18-6/21:

NOTE!  I am currently traveling.  Therefore I compiled this weeks in advance and won't have made my usual last minute corrections.  If you decide to go to any of these events, your best bet is to check with the venue to make sure the event is still on / not sold-out.

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Monday 6/18:

• Movie Monday at the Trocadero.  21+, $3.  Doors at 6:30, show at 8, arrive before 7 and get a free beer and popcorn.

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Tuesday 6/19:

• Clifford Brown Jazz Fest: Claudio Roditi Septet at 6, Randy Weston's African Rhythms at 8. Free, Rodney Square.
• Screening of A Mighty Wind at the Queen. 8pm, FREE.
• Trolley Square Farmers' Market, Tuesdays 4-7:30pm thru late Sept. Next to Logan House.
• Beach: Rehoboth Farmers' Market, Tuesdays 12-4 thru late Oct. At lower end of Reho. Ave.
• Comedy night at Johnny Brenda's, with Neil Hamburger, Doogie Horner, and Duncan Trussell.

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Wednesday 6/20:

• Clifford Brown Jazz Fest: Steve Wilson at 6, Christian McBride Big Band at 8. Free, Rodney Square.
• Free lunchtime concert at the Grand by Vox Prandium. 11:55 am, indoors, FREE.
• Wilmington Farmers' Market, Wednesdays 10-2 thru mid-Oct. On Rodney Square. (Because of the jazz festival, I can't guarantee this is still on for this week).
• 4W5 Blues Jam at the Queen. 7pm, free.
• US Air Guitar Championships, Philadelphia Regional, at Johnny Brenda's.
• The Hives with Fidlar and Flesh Lights at the Electric Factory.

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Thursday 6/21:

• Clifford Brown Jazz Fest: Winston Byrd Quintet at 6, Ernie Watts Quintet at 8. Free, Rodney Square.
• Musikarmaggedon at Logan House: The Jolly What vs. Galaxy 13. 9pm, $5.
• Cool Spring Farmers' Market, Thursdays 4-8pm thru late Oct.  At the park at 10th & Jackson.
• Village Fresh Farmers' Market, Thursdays 3-6pm thru late Aug. Concord Ave & Market St.
• Sharon Van Etten and Meg Baird at Union Transfer.
• Bonerama and Dapp at the North Star, 8pm, $20.
• Karaoke at Mojo Main. 9pm, free

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Upcoming: Mark O'Connor at the Clifford Brown Jazz Fest on Friday, Japandroids at JB's 6/29. Shonen Knife at JB's 7/19.

Weekday events of note, 6/11-6/14:

NOTE!  I am currently traveling.  Therefore I compiled this weeks in advance and won't have made my usual last minute corrections.  If you decide to go to any of these events, your best bet is to check with the venue to make sure the event is still on / not sold-out.

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Monday 6/11:

• Movie Monday at the Trocadero.  21+, $3.  Doors at 6:30, show at 8, arrive before 7 and get a free beer and popcorn.

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Tuesday 6/12:

• Trolley Square Farmers' Market, Tuesdays 4-7:30pm thru late Sept. Next to Logan House.
• Beach: Rehoboth Farmers' Market, Tuesdays 12-4 thru late Oct. At lower end of Reho. Ave.
• Mogwai and Balam Acab at Union Transfer.
• The Death Grips show at thte Barbary is cancelled.

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Wednesday 6/13:

• Wilmington Farmers' Market, Wednesdays 10-2 thru mid-Oct. On Rodney Square.
• 4W5 Blues Jam at the Queen. 7pm, free.

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Thursday 6/14:

• Cool Spring Farmers' Market, Thursdays 4-8pm thru late Oct.  At the park at 10th & Jackson.
• Village Fresh Farmers' Market, Thursdays 3-6pm thru late Aug. Concord Ave & Market St.
• Karaoke at Mojo Main. 9pm, free
• These United States at Johnny Brenda's.

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Upcoming: Destroyer at UT Sun. Sharon Van Etten & Meg Baird at UT next Thurs. Built to Spill and Caveman at UT 6/23.

Weekday events of note, 6/4-6/7:

NOTE!  I am currently traveling.  Therefore I compiled this weeks in advance and won't have made my usual last minute corrections.  If you decide to go to any of these events, your best bet is to check with the venue to make sure the event is still on / not sold-out.

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Monday 6/4:

• Movie Monday at the Trocadero.  21+, $3.  Doors at 6:30, show at 8, arrive before 7 and get a free beer and popcorn.

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Tuesday 6/5:

• Trolley Square Farmers' Market, Tuesdays 4-7:30pm thru late Sept. Next to Logan House.
• Beach: Rehoboth Farmers' Market, Tuesdays 12-4 thru late Oct. At lower end of Reho. Ave.
• Stargazing at Brandywine Creek State Park - view the "Transit of Venus" with a guide.  7:30 pm, park entrance fee in effect. Will be canceled if the weather is bad.
• K.D. Lang at the Grand.
• Dengue Fever with Omar Souleyman at Union Transfer.

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Wednesday 6/6:

• Wilmington Farmers' Market, Wednesdays 10-2 thru mid-Oct. On Rodney Square.
• 4W5 Blues Jam at the Queen. 7pm, free.

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Thursday 6/7:

• Cool Spring Farmers' Market, Thursdays 4-8pm thru late Oct.  At the park at 10th & Jackson.
• Village Fresh Farmers' Market, Thursdays 3-6pm thru late Aug. Concord Ave & Market St.
• A special, one-time-only screening of By The People: The Election of Barack Obama (a 2009 HBO film) at Theatre N. 7pm.
• Crosby, Stills & Nash at the Tower Theatre.
• Danzig at the Electric Factory.
• Karaoke at Mojo Main. 9pm, free

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Upcoming: Jonathan Richman at UT Fri., The Cult at the EF 6/10, Mogwai at UT 6/12, Langhorne Slim at UT 6/15, Willie Nelson at the Grand 6/17, Hot Tuna at the Grand 6/26, Fiona Apple at the Tower 6/27.

Weekday events of note, 5/28-5/31:

NOTE!  I am currently traveling.  Therefore I compiled this weeks in advance and won't have made my usual last minute corrections.  If you decide to go to any of these events, your best bet is to check with the venue to make sure the event is still on / not sold-out.

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Monday 5/28:

• Movie Monday at the Trocadero.  21+, $3.  Doors at 6:30, show at 8, arrive before 7 and get a free beer and popcorn.
• Great Lake Swimmers at Johnny Brenda's.

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Tuesday 5/29:

• Trolley Square Farmers' Market, 4-7:30pm, next to Logan House.
• This is the final Spinto Band residency at Kung Fu Necktie, with Langor.
• The return of Grilled Cheese & Craft Beer Tasting at the Queen.
• Rehoboth Farmers' Market, 12-4.

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Wednesday 5/30:

• Wilmington Farmers' Market, 10-2, Rodney Square.
• Nikka Costa at the Queen, downstairs.
• Special one-time-only screening of Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper at Theatre N. 7pm.
• The Dandy Warhols with 1776 at the Trocadero.
• 4W5 Blues Jam at the Queen. 7pm, free.
• Free show Wednesday at Mojo Main, with Highglass Wave, Chill and the Rabbits, and the Adam Randolph Band.

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Thursday 5/31:

• Cool Spring Farmers' Market, 4-8pm, 10th & Jackson.
• The Teetotallers at the Queen.
• Karaoke at Mojo Main. 9pm, free

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Upcoming: Auctioneer and Purples at JBs Fri., The Bouncing Souls at the Troc Fri., Simone Felice at the FU Church on Friday. Southern Culture on the Skids at the Queen 6/7. Mogwai at UT on 6/12.

Weekday events of note, 5/21-5/24:

NOTE!  I am currently traveling.  Therefore I compiled this weeks in advance and won't have made my usual last minute corrections.  If you decide to go to any of these events, your best bet is to check with the venue to make sure the event is still on / not sold-out.

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Monday 5/21:

• Special one-time-only screening at Theatre N of The Red Machine. 7pm.
• Movie Monday at the Trocadero: Eddie Murphy Raw, stand-up special from 1987.  21+, $3.  Doors at 6:30, show at 8, arrive before 7 and get a free beer and popcorn.

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Tuesday 5/22:

• Trolley Square Farmers' Market, 4-7:30 next to Logan House.
• Special one-time-only screening of More Than A Month, which I take it is about a young black man who aims to end black history month. 6:30 pm.
• Spinto Band residency at Kung Fu Necktie, with The Extraordinaires.
• Happy Hour Yoga & Craft Beer session at the Queen.
• Maps & Atlases at Union Transfer.
• Rehoboth Beach Farmers' Market, 12-4.

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Wednesday 5/23:

• Wilmington Farmers' Market, 10-2, Rodney Square.
• 4W5 Blues Jam at the Queen. 7pm, free.
• Free show Wednesday at Mojo Main, with Hippocampus.

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Thursday 5/24:

• Cool Spring Farmers' Market, 4-8, at the park at 10th & Jackson.
• Newark's Mean Lady at the Trocadero Balcony, with Fantastic Planets.  Good to see worthy Delaware bands making inroads in Philly.
• A RENT sing-a-long at the Queen, to benefit AIDS Delaware.
• Special one-day-only screening of Saving Face, 7 & 8:30 pm.
• Rocky Votolato at Milkboy Philly.
• Karaoke at Mojo Main. 9pm, free

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Upcoming: Jonathan Richman at UT on 6/8. Mogwai at UT on 6/12. Langhorne Slim at UT on 6/15.

Weekday events of note, 5/14-5/17:

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Monday 5/14:

• Movie Monday at the Trocadero: Dirty Dancing (blech).  21+, $3.  Doors at 6:30, show at 8, arrive before 7 and get a free beer and popcorn.

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Tuesday 5/15:

• Trolley Square Farmers' Market, 4-7:30pm next to Logan House.
• Spinto Band residency at Kung Fu Necktie, with Via Audio.
• Rehoboth Beach Farmers' Market, 12-4.

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Wednesday 5/16:

• Wilmington Farmers' Market, 10-2, Rodney Square.
• Season preview party at the Grand Opera House, 5pm.
• 4W5 Blues Jam at the Queen. 7pm, free.
• Return of 'Free Show Wednesdays' at Mojo Main, with Eliza Neal, Escapism Via Hot Air Balloon (cute name but you probably would do well to shorten that, folks), and Aunt Artica. http://www.mojomain.com/calendar
• The Hot Water Music show at First Unitarian Church is sold out.

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Thursday 5/17:

• Cool Spring Farmers' Market, 4-8pm at Cool Spring Park, 10th & Jackson.
• Comedy night at the New Candlelight Dinner Theater in Arden. "Featuring nationally known comedians whose credits include: Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central and Last Comic Standing."  Light fare buffet included. 6:30pm, $25.
• Karaoke at Mojo Main. 9pm, free
• Class Actress at Johnny Brenda's.
• The Cock Sparrer show at Union Transfer is long sold-out. As is the Friday show.

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Upcoming: Wilmington Grand Prix on the weekend. Damien Jurado at JBs 5/20. Maps & Atlases at UT 5/22. Simone Felice at FU Church 6/1. Jonathan Richman at UT 6/8.

Weekday events of note, 5/7-5/10:

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Monday 5/7:

• UK feat. Eddie Jobson, John Wetton, and Terry Bozzio, at the Queen (chalk this one up to: the blogger would not have heard of any of these people but is married to a prog-head).
• Movie Monday at the Trocadero: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.  21+, $3.  Doors at 6:30, show at 8, arrive before 7 and get a free beer and popcorn.

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Tuesday 5/8:

• Trolley Square Farmers' Market, 4-7:30 next to Logan House.
• Spinto Band residency at Kung Fu Necktie, with Purples (formerly The Teeth) and Alec Ounsworth.
• Santigold at the Trocadero.
• Happy Hour Yoga & Craft Beer session at the Queen. 
• Rehoboth Beach Farmers' Market, 12-4 at the lower end of the avenue.

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Wednesday 5/9:

• Opening day for the Wilmington Farmers' Market, Rodney Square, 10-2pm.
• Spindrift with Strangers Family Band and Tail at Mojo Main.
• Special screening of Borat at the Trocadero.  Free advance passes to The Dictator for the first 75 people to arrive. Doors at 6:30, show at 8, 21+. $3 gets you in and goes towards a drink.
• 4W5 Blues Jam at the Queen. 7pm, free.

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Thursday 5/10:

• Opening day for the Cool Spring Farmers' Market. Thursdays from 4-8pm at Cool Spring Park, 10th & Jackson.
• Iva, Little Invisibles, and Felix Hunger at the Queen.
• The Collingwood at The Note in West Chester.
• Spindrift (who got their start in Delaware) at the North Star Bar.
• Daniel Johnston (who once collaborated with gone-but-not-forgotten local band The Capitol Years) at Union Transfer.
• One of my favorite bass player sideprojects (did you ever notice that side projects started by bass players are usually great?), Geology, with The Wooden Sky and The Bailey Hounds at Kung Fu Necktie. 
• Horse Feathers at Johnny Brenda's.
• Karaoke at Mojo Main. 9pm, free

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Upcoming: Dar Williams at the Queen Fri., Spiritualized at the TLA Fri., KRS-1 at Mojo Main Sat., M. Ward at Union Transfer Sat. Maps & Atlases at UT 5/22.

Weekday events of note, 4/30-5/3:

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Monday 4/30:

• Movie Monday at the Trocadero.  21+, $3.  Doors at 6:30, show at 8, arrive before 7 and get a free beer and popcorn.

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Tuesday 5/1:

• Happy May Day!  May is just the greatest month, isn't it?
• Award-winning modern silent film The Artist is being shown at Theatre N, 7pm.  One-time-only showing (this was supposed to have been last week, but was postponed to May 1st).
• Opening day for the brand new Trolley Square Farmers Market, Tuesdays from 4-7:30pm next to Logan House. Show it some support so it sticks around!
• Opening day for Rehoboth Beach Farmers Market, if you happen to be at the beach. Noon-4 at the lower end of the avenue.

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Wednesday 5/2:

• Free talk at Hagley Museum on the commercialization of music in American history, by UD professor David Suisman, who wrote a book on the subject. 7pm, FREE. More details.
• Networking/organizational meeting in Wilmington titled "Calling all artists and business owners!  Let's talk and find a way to connect businesses and the arts!" Wed. May 2, 5:30-8pm, Film Bros. Co-Op at 2nd & Market, FREE.
• George Clinton & Parliament / Funkadelic at the Queen.
• 4W5 Blues Jam at the Queen. 7pm, free.
• Bear In Heaven at First Unitarian Church.
• Acid Mothers Temple at Johnny Brenda's.

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Thursday 5/3:

• Classical string trio at the church on Rodney Square and 11th, 12:30pm, $3.
• The Shins at the Tower Theatre.
• Karaoke at Mojo Main. 9pm, free
• The Andrew Bird show at Union Transfer is long sold-out.

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Upcoming: We Were Promised Jetpacks at Union Transfer on Sunday. Daniel Johnston at UT on 5/10. Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros at the Tower 5/11. Regina Spektor at the Tower 5/12.

Weekday events of note, 4/23-4/26:

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Monday 4/23:

• (Wilmington) City Restaurant Week kicks off, with 14 restaurants offering prix fixe lunch and dinner menus. See full list at: http://inwilmingtonde.com/events/city-restaurant-week
• Grilled cheese & craft beer tasting at the Queen, with live music from Kyle Swartzwelder.  6pm. (This is the last time it's happening until late May, at least according to the current Queen schedule).
• Movie Monday at the Trocadero: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.  21+, $3.  Doors at 6:30, show at 8, arrive before 7 and get a free beer and popcorn.

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Tuesday 4/24:

• Correction: This showing has been moved to Tuesday May 1st.  One-time-only showing of multi-award-winning modern silent film The Artist, at Theatre N.
• Yann Tiersen at the Queen Theatre (also playing at Union Transfer on Thursday, but I'd support the local venue first, if possible).
• Yoga & craft beer at the Queen.

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Wednesday 4/25:

• Happy Birthday to someone very special to this blogger.
• Kathleen Edwards at the Queen.
• 4W5 Blues Jam at the Queen. 7pm, free.
• Raekwon of Wu Tang at The Blockley.

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Thursday 4/26:

• Karaoke at Mojo Main. 9pm, free
• Thursday noon concert at the church on Rodney Square & 11th St.: this one's for opera fans, with a preview of Opera Delaware's Porgy & Bess. 
• A documentary about pit bull breed discrimination at Theatre N. Okay, here I must express an unpopular opinion.  I'm not against pit bulls, rottweilers, and other so-called dangerous breeds, but I often think that the people defending their reputations doth protest too much.  There's an out-and-out denial there of any issue with the dogs except for ones with "bad owners".  I don't dislike pit bulls, german shepherds, rottweilers, and dobermans, but I am slightly more cautious around them than other dogs, no matter how nice an owner they have.  That's just prudent.  There needs to be a middle ground between people saying they're all dangerous, and people saying they're not dangerous at all except for the ones mis-raised.  Neither side is correct.
• Yann Tiersen at Union Transfer.

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Upcoming: George Clinton at the Queen on 5/2.

Weekday events of note, 4/16-4/19:

Some really nice shows at The Grand Opera House this week.

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Monday 4/16:

• David Sedaris gives a reading at The Grand (I've caught his tour before - definitely worth seeing).
• Indie singer-songwriter Julia Holter at the Arden Gild Hall. "With a recent sold out NYC debut at le poisson rouge that was video webcast live on NPR music, we are thrilled to bring a very different kind of Indie sound to Arden for this solo Monday evening concert."  http://www.ardenclub.org/ $12
• International FourSquare Day.  For some of you this will mean something, for the rest of us - it's pretty much another internet fad.  I stopped signing up for these things a couple of years ago, when I realized that there truly is a new social networking craze every year.  It never ends, and you just end up repeatedly making passwords, uploading user photos and info, and watching as the thing you just signed up for falls out of favor.  I think when Twitter became popular is when I drew that line. 
• Grilled cheese and craft beer tasting at the Queen, with live music from Erick Baker, 6pm (this will also be held next Monday, but then it won't happen again until late May).
• Movie Monday at the Trocadero: 2011's Hugo.  21+, $3.  Doors at 6:30, show at 8, arrive before 7 and get a free beer and popcorn.
• !!! at the Blockley.

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Tuesday 4/17:

• Buddy Guy at The Grand.
• One-time-only showing of Bag It, a documentary about an artist who creates grand sculptures out of used plastic bags, at Theatre N. http://www.theatern.org/Films
• Kira Small (Nashville session singer for Peter Frampton, Martina McBride, Wynonna Judd, Faith Hill and more) and Bryan Beller (bassist who's toured with Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, and the band that is represented as Metalocalypse on Cartoon Network), at the Nomad Bar at 9th & Orange Sts.  8pm, FREE. http://inwilmingtonde.com/events/event.php?e=2350
• Seasonal allergies lecture at Newark Natural Foods Co-Op. 6:30pm, in "the meadow".
• Yoga and craft beer tasting at the Queen, 6pm (again - now a regular feature).
• Lushlife (thoughtful, evolved rap) record release at Johnny Brenda's.

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Wednesday 4/18:

• A tribute to Bill Monroe (bluegrass fiddler, right?) at The Grand.
• Local H at Mojo Main.
• One-time-only showing of Milking the Rhino , about wildlife conservation in Kenya, at Theatre N.  The film-maker will be on hand to answer questions, afterwards.  7pm, $5. http://www.theatern.org/Films/2012/April-2012/Milking-the-Rhino
• 4W5 Blues Jam at the Queen. 7pm, free.

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Thursday 4/19:

• Market Street Music presents: Terra Soul Project, jazz. 12:30pm at the church on Rodney Square and 11th. $3.  http://inwilmingtonde.com/events/event.php?e=1957
• Screening of the Vincent Price classic House On Haunted Hill at the Queen, to benefit the Light Up The Queen Foundation.  Why that movie in particular?  It was the last one shown to audiences before the original Queen shut down as a movie theater in 1959.  Showing at 7:45 pm, sharp. Ticket link.
• Felix Hunger, The Jolly What, The Swirl, and Red Drum at Mojo Main.
• The man behind the great theme song of Portlandia, Washed Out, at Union Transfer. Now I'm going to have that music in my head the rest of the night.  But that's okay.
• Karaoke at Mojo Main (front room). 9pm, free
• The Bad Brains show at the Troc is long sold-out.

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Upcoming: Fountains of Wayne at Union Transfer Fri., Free Energy at the First Unitarian Church Fri., Lucero and Deer Tick at Union Transfer Sun. George Clinton at the Queen 5/2.

Weekday events of note, 4/9-4/12:

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Monday 4/9:

• Grilled cheese & craft beer tasting at the Queen Theatre, with musical performance by Sean Hoots of Hoots & Hellmouth (this would be the unmistakeable red-headed dude), 6pm. (In the past, this was an occasional weekend event that usually sold out in advance.  Now I see that they're doing this at least two Mondays in a row, so I suppose popularity has dictated increased repetition.  People love their grilled cheese and beer).
• Movie Monday at the Trocadero: The Sitter.  21+, $3.  Doors at 6:30, show at 8, arrive before 7 and get a free beer and popcorn.
• Nada Surf with An Horse at the TLA.
• Mastodon and Opeth at the Electric Factory.

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Tuesday 4/10:

• One-time-only showing of critically-acclaimed The Iron Lady (Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher) at Theatre N. 7pm. http://www.theatern.org/Films
• "Cocktails & Conversation" at the DCCA, this time with a lecture on mid-century design giants Charles and Ray Eames (you've seen their iconic leather-and-molded-plywood Eames lounger in almost every tv show ever made, and many movies). DCCA on the riverfront, 5:30-7pm. $10 members, $15 non-members. Signature cocktails included. http://www.dcca.org/
• This time, it's not 'grilled cheese', but Yoga and craft beer tasting at the Queen.  Because there's nothing Delawareans like so much as pairing anything, anything at all, with alcohol.  Tomorrow: Doing your taxes and craft beer tasting. 
• Chelsea Crowell (daughter of Roseanne Cash, granddaughter of Johnny Cash) at Mojo Main, with Arden's Kalai King.
• Chamber music via the Delaware Symphony, at the Hotel duPont.
• The Snow Patrol show at the Electric Factory is sold-out.

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Wednesday 4/11:

• Queen tribute band at The Grand.
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy presents a night of Cab Calloway, at the Queen.
• 4W5 Blues Jam at the Queen (upstairs). 7pm, free.
• White Denim at Johnny Brenda's.

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Thursday 4/12:

• Grand opening of Loma Lounge, which is Loma Coffee, but doubled in size.  Free music all day, from 8am-8pm, including Rachel Schain, Rory Sullivan, and Brene Wilson.
• Market Street Music Series presents: Gina Roche.  The church on 11th & Market, noon.
• Diego Garcia (former frontman of the band Elefant) at the Queen, upstairs.
• Margot and the Nuclear So & Sos, with Ezra Furman, at the First Unitarian Church.
• Karaoke at Mojo Main. 9pm, free
• Damn Right! with special guest Bernie Worrell, at The Blockley.
• The Awesome Fest presents Comic Con Episode IV at The Trocadero, with special guest Morgan Spurlock. All ages, 8pm, $10-$65.
• Kaiser Chiefs at Union Transfer.
• Howler at Kung Fu Necktie.

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Upcoming: Crystal Stilts at JBs on Sun., Lushlife at JBs next Tues., Local H at Mojo Main next Wed., Say Anything & Fake Problems at the TLA 4/15, Fountains of Wayne at Union Transfer 4/20, Oh! Pears at JBs on 4/28.