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Friday Canine culture The Delaware Art Museum is going to the dogs, and that's a good thing. Art After Dark: Doggy Days of Summer features dog portraits by artist Sam Mylin, tours of the Copeland Sculpture Garden, treats for all four-legged friends and drinks for their owners,
Friday
Canine culture
The Delaware Art Museum is going to the dogs, and that's a good thing. Art After Dark: Doggy Days of Summer features dog portraits by artist Sam Mylin, tours of the Copeland Sculpture Garden, treats for all four-legged friends and drinks for their owners, and (for those sans pet or needing a new one) adoptable dogs from the Delaware Humane Association. The event is at the museum, 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington. Time: 6 to 10 p.m. Admission is free. Information: 866-232-3714 or http://www.delart.org.
Saturday
Rock steady
Celebrate Jamaica's 52d Independence Day with honoree Marcia Griffiths, a former Bob Marley backup singer and reggae power in her own right, headlining a bill with Black Uhuru, Half Pint, Iwayne, Wayne Wonder, Mighty Sparrow, and Roy Rayon, plus games, food, dancing and singing contests, and more at Fairmount Park's Memorial Hall Rugby Field, 4231 Avenue of the Republic. Time: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets: $30. Information: 267-592-2426 or www.jamaicapennsylvaniaassociation.com.
Saturday-Sunday
Creepy, crawly, crunchy, cool
The annual Bug Fest at the Academy of Natural Sciences showcases insects in all their beauty and strangeness. Hear academy entomologists discuss insects' importance to the environment, see bugs create paintings, thrill to the racing roaches, marvel at art collector Faith Kuehn's bug jewelry collection, and taste the creations of Taqueria Feliz chef Lucio Palazzo's dishes made with insect ingredients. It's all at the academy, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Times: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets: $15.95; $13.95 ages 3 to 12; under 3 free. Information: 215-299-1000 or http://www.ansp.org.
Saturday
Super car
James Bond may be author Ian Fleming's best-known creation, but for a few generations 007 may come in second-best to the flying automobile Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, subject of the author's 1964 children's book. The 1968 film based on the book, with Dick Van Dyke as the car's inventor and Sally Ann Howes as his girlfriend, the Bondian-monikered Truly Scrumptious, screens at International House, 3701 Chestnut St. Time: 2 p.m. Tickets: $5. Information: 215-387-5125 or http://ihousephilly.org.
Sunday
Guitar man
Southern rocker Tinsley Ellis performs his blues-tinged flying fretwork at the Sellersville Theater, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville. Time: 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $19.50. Information: 215-257-5808 or http://www.st94.com.