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#PhillyFive Things to Do: Oct. 5, 2014

Buy one, get four free. Except don’t buy anything.

Buy one, get four free. Except don't buy anything.

For a morning run: Support WXPN's Musicans on Call program, which gives the gift of music to Delaware Valley patients and their families, at this 5k beginning and ending at World Café Live (3100 Walnut St.). On-site registration opens at 6:30 a.m. and the race kicks off at 8:30 a.m. Ditch the headphones — local volunteer performers will fill the course with tunes.

For community fun: Skippack Village (along Evansburg Rd. in Skippack, Pa.) will be buzzing for the last day of their Skippack Days craft festival. Opening at 10 a.m., local vendors will be selling their goods, from jewelry to candles. Things wrap up at 6 p.m.

For a family day: Foster kids' artistic ability with live performances, drawing activities, food trucks, mobile farm and more during the PAFA Family Arts Festival, held from noon until 5 p.m. at Lenfest Plaza (Broad and Cherry Streets).

For heritage: Starting at 1 p.m. at the Barnes Foundation (2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway), a selection of Hispanic cultural activities will be offered for free. Enjoy Puerto Rican folk music, a talk from graphic designer, painter and filmmaker Gilberto Gonzales, a community party and more.

For a songstress: Since a 1955 clip of "When Liberace Winks at Me" was featured in 2013's "Behind the Candelabra" on HBO, Peggy King's revived her career with the All-Star Jazz Trio, who joins her at 7 p.m. tonight at Act II Playhouse (56 E. Butler Ave., Ambler).