Contributor Key — MA: Mary Armstrong | MB: Michael Blancato | CB: Chris Brown | MG: Michael Gold | SG: Sabrina Golphin | EG: Emily Guendelsberger | JF: James Friel | GMK: Gary M. Kramer | JM: Josh Middleton | AM: Abigail Minor CO: Cassie Owens | PR: Patrick Rapa | CS: Courtney Sexton | LS: Lee Stabert | BT: Brittany Thomas | NW: Nina Willbach Bedazzling by Brenna Adams | Photographs by Neal Santos
SUNDAY, JULY 1
You could describe the Air Sex World Championships as air guitar but with banging, or as if Marcel Marceau did pornographic sound effects. The (clothed!) entrants choose a clip of music, then get up on stage and make sweet or salty love with an imaginary partner. 8 p.m., $10, North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar St., 215-787-0488, northstarbar.com. —EG
MONDAY, JULY 2
Tyler Perry's drama and tomfoolery will be on display at an outdoor screening of Why Did I Get Married? 9 p.m., free, Dell Music Center, 33rd and Dauphin streets, welcomeamerica.com. —CO
TUESDAY, JULY 3
Zahav chef Michael Solomonov teams up with eight other top Philly chefs to bring you Down the Shore 3: Zahav Zombie Luau. Don your best zombie/island outfits for what's sure to be the summer's most haunted culinary extravaganza. 6 p.m., $75, Zahav, 237 St. James Place, 215-625-8800. —NW
WEDNESDAY, JULY 4
Once again, The Roots host Welcome America's Philly 4th of July Jam. This time they're joined by Queen Latifah, Common, Joe Jonas and Daryl Hall. The headliners are the fireworks. After that, it's Time To Go Home, America. 5 p.m., free, Ben Franklin Parkway, welcomeamerica.com. —PR
THURSDAY, JULY 5
The Kutztown Folk Festival offers a glimpse into the life of the Pennsylvania Dutch with traditional music, quilting demonstrations, hay rides and more yeehaw-worthy fare. Through July 8, $5-$24, Kutztown Fairgrounds, 225 N. White Oak St., Kutztown, kutztownfestival.com. —NW
FRIDAY, JULY 6
Art in the Age's Sub Pop: Art Dept. 24th Year Anniversary opens today, with a collection of design odds and ends from nearly 25 years of the legendary record label whose designers made a swimming baby iconic. Through Aug. 31, 6 p.m., free, Art in the Age, 116 N. Third St., 215-922-2600, artintheage.com. —EG
SATURDAY, JULY 7
We all scream for ... inert diatomic gas? In the Franklin Institute's Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Demonstration, watch as a delicious frozen treat emerges from pure science. Sat., July 7, 1 p.m., free with $16.50 admission, Franklin Institute, 222 N. 20th St., 215-448-1200, fi.edu. —AM
SUNDAY, JULY 8
Participants start the Color Run dressed in white and finish looking like they've been assaulted by Jackson Pollock. At five points along the 5K route, volunteers pelt the runners with pigment powder in various shades of neon. 8 a.m., $35-$50, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Ben Franklin Pkwy., thecolorrun.com. —EG
MONDAY, JULY 9
Write an I Love You/I Hate You note to the douchebag in charge of cleaning up Washington between Ninth and Passyunk. In the dead of summer, that place smells like ass! —JM
TUESDAY, JULY 10
Museum Without Walls is a cyclist-aimed downloadable audio map of public sculpture on the parkway and Kelly Drive. Some spectacular artworks are waiting to be explicated by nearly 100 expert voices. Free, museumwithoutwallsaudio.org. —CS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 11
For National Cheer Up the Lonely Day, return those useless Van Halen reunion tickets and take your heartbroken pal to see Scorpions' final Philly show instead. $29.50-$79.50, 7:30 p.m., Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 52nd Street and Parkside Avenue, 215-893-1999, manncenter.org. —PR
THURSDAY, JULY 12
July's National Hot Dog Month. Spend today getting your vaguely phallic eats on. —MG
