Summer Fun Guide: June

Sunday | 1
Philly Beer Week chugs along with Craft Beer Day, 15 hours of events at eight bars and restaurants up and down East Passyunk Ave. Meet brewers and try new brews and eats at P.O.P.E., Birra, Stogie Joe’s and more. And don’t be surprised if you stumble into the Italian National Day festival, also on Passyunk (from Mifflin to Moore). That one’s more family friendly, with activities for the kids, plus food, drinks, games and music. 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Craft Beer Day, phillybeerweek.org; noon-7 p.m., Italian National Day, visiteastpassyunk.com; pay as you go. —SJP

Monday | 2
Boot & Saddle presents Beer-Lesque, a sampling of craft beers from Oregon’s Deschutes Brewery, coupled with entertainment by Naughty Pierre of Denver, whom you may recognize from an episode of Breaking Bad’s fourth season. Only $5 buys your first pint and samples of each beer on the menu. 7 p.m., $5, Boot and Saddle, 1131 S. Broad St., bootandsaddlephilly.com. –TO

Tuesday | 3
WHYY’s Willo Carey will sit down with much-loved mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, star of A Coffin in Egypt, debuting at Opera Philadelphia from June 6-15. Von Stade will discuss her operatic legacy and what lured her out of retirement. 7 p.m., free with reservation (required), Field Hall at the Curtis Institute of Music, 1726 Locust St., operaphila.org. —SJP

Wednesday | 4
You don’t need to be a fan of The League’s ex-commissioner Kevin to find something fun in Steve Rannazzisi’s standup. Jokes about weddings and medically induced erections abound. 8 p.m., $18-$25, Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St., heliumcomedy.com. —SR

Thursday | 5
The happiest dance style on earth comes to Philadelphia with the Painted Bride’s community-curated Bollywood Dance Workshop. You and your fellow students will create a choreographed routine and live out your Bollywood dreams. 6:30 p.m., $10, Painted Bride, 230 Vine St., paintedbride.org.—MG

Friday | 6
Asian Arts Initiative kicks off its third decade of enlightening art showcases with Corner Store/Take Out Stories. The complicated intersections of Asian and black communities (centered around, you guessed it, corner stores) are illuminated in this compelling exhibit. Opening reception 6 p.m., free, runs through Aug. 22, Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine St., asianartsinitiative.org. —SR

Saturday | 7
Part craft fair, part garage sale, this summer’s installment of R5’s Punk Rock Flea Market features 500-plus vendors selling old records, books, computer junk, regular junk and more with different sellers each day. At last year’s Flea Market I bought a “frank appraisal of my looks” for only a dollar! I’m a five. Through June 8, 10 a.m., $3, 461 N. Ninth St., r5productions.com.—MG

Sunday | 8
The self-proclaimed largest African-American street festival in the country, the Odunde African Festival, happens right in Philly’s Graduate Hospital neighborhood, with food, art, entertainment and music celebrating the Yoruba people of Nigeria, West Africa. 10 a.m.-8 p.m., free, 23rd and South sts., odundefestival.org. —AE 

Monday | 9
Decide whether you want to purchase Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit’s highly anticipated third album, Stay Gold (Columbia), by seeing them the day before it drops. 8:30 p.m., $20, with Willy Mason, Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St., utphilly.com. —SR

Tuesday | 10
Few bands have moved from dark hard rock to electro-pop bliss as seamlessly as Germany’s The Notwist, touring North America in support of 2014’s acclaimed Close to the Glass (Sub Pop). 8 p.m., $24, TLA, 334 South St., tlaphilly.com. —SR

Wednesday | 11
The PRISM Quartet presents “Heritage/Evolution,” the third and final concert in a three-part series featuring world premieres of new works composed and performed by inventive jazz saxophonists Steve Lehman, Dave Liebman, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Greg Osby, Tim Ries and Miguel Zenón. The program will include a post-concert talk with Liebman and Osby, moderated by Tom Moon, longtime Inky music critic and contributor to NPR’s All Things Considered. $22, 7:30 p.m., World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., worldcafelive.com. —SJP 

Thursday | 12
Maybe it’s the geo-political pageantry. Maybe it’s that study abroad you did in Argentina. Maybe it’s Cristiano Ronaldo’s rippling quads. Whatever your reason for paying attention, it’s World Cup time. Que bonito é. Opening match at 5 p.m. between Brazil and Croatia, free, Brazil/your TV or computer, fifa.com/worldcup. —SR

Friday | 13
Smart move, booking Willie Nelson in an open-air venue. This time around the Red-Headed Stranger is touring with Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Kacey Musgraves and a cooler full of homemade brownies. 7 p.m., $35-$89.50, Mann Center, 5201 Parkside Ave., manncenter.org.—PCR 

Saturday | 14
Want to start your fine art collection but spent all your money on beer? Fear not! At Art for the Cash Poor’s block party-style fair, local artists and craftsmen sell their wares for under $199. There will also be beer! Through June 15, free, Crane Arts, 1400 N. American St., inliquid.org. —MG

Sunday | 15
Think you know everything about The Wizard of Oz? What about the Tin Man’s unrequited love, or the truth about flying monkeys? The Cabaret Administration will explain it all through burlesque and ballet in Of Oz. Expect costumes of drag-queen dimensions, plus a little eroticism (and scenes of drug use!). Dorothy’s no good girl here. June 13-15, $20, Skybox at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St., cabaretadministration.com. —MJ 

Monday | 16
If you haven’t already checked out Katharina Grosse’s psychylustro (it debuted April 29), hop aboard SEPTA to catch a glimpse of this “real-time landscape painting, where the ever-evolving city is the canvas.” —MJ

Tuesday | 17
Easily the biggest photo show of the summer, the PMA’s “Artificial Light: Flash Photography in the Twentieth Century” traces the history of the flash, from the 1920s to today, with work from early adopters to Ansel Adams and Andy Warhol. Through Aug. 3, free with regular admission of $20, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Ben Franklin Pkwy, philamuseum.org. —MS

Wednesday | 18
Prediction! Buy your tickets early because this will be the summer everybody finds out what you already know about Sharon Van Etten: She rocks sweet as an avalanche on the Big Rock Candy Mountain. Her new Are We There (Jagjaguwar) is a gritty, pretty declaration. 8:30 p.m., $15-$17, with Jana Hunter, Union Transfer, utphilly.com. —PCR

Thursday | 19
Who do you want to meet/greet at this year’s Philadelphia Comic Con? If you can swallow the price of his autograph paywall, we suggest talking to former Power Ranger/current MMA fighter Jason David Frank about what not being taken seriously is like. The Awesome Fest, partnered with Comic Con this year, also kicks off today, and runs its lineup of indie films, retro screenings, sneak previews, music and standup through Aug. 16. Comic Con through June 22, $75-$600, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch St., wizardworld.com; Awesome Fest through Aug. 16, free-$20, theawesomefest.com. —MS & SJP

Friday | 20
Exhumed Films screens two sci-fi movies showing the many moods of John Carpenter. In Starman, Jeff Bridges plays a hapless alien who learns how to love. In Escape From New York Kurt Russell plays a one-eyed badass who attempts to rescue the president from a city-sized prison. 8 p.m., $15, International House, 3701 Chestnut St., exhumedfilms.com. —PR 

Saturday | 21
Well, only two of the dudes currently in Journey were in the band when it started in 1973 but whatevs. Hold on to that feelayeein’. 6:45 p.m., $25-$260, with Steve Miller Band and Tower of Power, Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, N.J., livenation.com. —PCR

Sunday | 22
Take a stroll down Main Street on the second day of the Manayunk Arts Festival (this is its 25th year), and check out the arts and crafts of nearly 300 artists from across the country. Be sure to stop by the “emerging artist” tent at the intersection of Main and Roxborough streets and see what the local talent is cooking up. Free, Main Street, Manayunk, manayunk.com. —TO

Monday | 23
Get phallic with the Phillies as they take on the Marlins during another potentially legendary/infamous Dollar Dog Night at the ballpark. 7 p.m., $1 plus ticket, Citizens Bank Park, 1 Citizens Bank Way, phillies.com. —SR

Tuesday | 24

Your lonely adolescence gets blown up to grandiose proportions when Ben Folds plays a new original piano concerto (and yes, probably “Landed”) with the Steven Reineke-conducted Philadelphia Orchestra. 8 p.m., $15-$49.50, Mann Center,  manncenter.org. —SR

Wednesday | 25
Remember that lady from Lady Sings the Blues? Turns out she’s a pretty famous singer by the name of Diana Ross. Go figure. 8 p.m., $40, Mann Center, manncenter.org. —SR

Thursday | 26
Celebrate two years of Philly-obsessed chronicles at Philly Love Notes’ #whyilovephilly Party. Expect open-air vibes, good food and music (including an album release gig from Toy Soldiers frontman Ron Gallo). Time and ticket info TBA, new Spruce Street Harbor Park, Spruce St. and Columbus Blvd., phillylovenotes.com. —SR

Friday | 27
Started by a group of scrappy filmmakers, the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival presents small-budget movies that might not otherwise make it to the big screen. Among international selections, expect some local color.Through June 29, $8-$10 (festival passes $40-$85), various locations, philadelphiaindependentfilmfestival.com. —PR

Saturday | 28
Funnyman Bill Maher, a 32-time Emmy nominee, brings his standup act to the Academy of Music. While his Real Time series on HBO mixes in some deep talks with the funny, Maher insists that his standup tours are all chuckles. 8 p.m, $35-$79, Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St., kimmelcenter.org. —TO 

Sunday | 29
Join Project Safe, Philadelphia’s advocacy group for the health of women working in prostitution, as it hosts the Philly Feminist Zine Fest promoting female-identified people through art, advocacy, and workshops on zine writing and appreciation. June 28-29, $3, Neighborhood House, 20 N. American St., phillyfeministzinefest.com. —MG

Monday | 30
Grab the kids and head to the Academy of Natural Sciences for this Wawa Welcome America event. Visitors enter all day for free and can experience the Wawa Dairy exhibit, dinosaur skeletons, butterfly garden, etc. Ready to chill? Head to Franklin Square for the “Philly @ the Movies” kickoff: a 9 p.m. screening of Frozen. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., free, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy., ansp.org. —SJP 

Contributors Key: AE: Ali Eaves, MG: Maggie Grabmeier, MJ: Mikala Jamison, MS: Marc Snitzer, PCR: Patrick Campbell Rapa, PR: Paulina Reso, TO: Thomas O’Malley, SJP: SJ Punderson, SR: Sameer Rao