It's a lizard's life at Academy of Natural Sciences
Reptiles are cool (and not just because they're cold-blooded). Find out why and get up close and personal with the scaly set during the opening of the exhibit Reptiles: The Beautiful and the Deadly at the Academy of Natural Sciences, featuring 20 species of live examples, including a monitor lizard, bearded dragon, Gila monster, crocodile, alligator, chameleon, gecko, python, viper, cobra, and more.
Reptiles are cool (and not just because they're cold-blooded).
Find out why and get up close and personal with the scaly set during the opening of the exhibit Reptiles: The Beautiful and the Deadly at the Academy of Natural Sciences, featuring 20 species of live examples, including a monitor lizard, bearded dragon, Gila monster, crocodile, alligator, chameleon, gecko, python, viper, cobra, and more.
Opening events include hands-on activities, crafts, and live-animal shows with naturalists giving talks such as "Dandy Dinos and Bodacious Birds," about the most popular reptiles of all time - the long-gone dinosaurs - and their fine-feathered relatives still with us (11 a.m.); "Reptile Dinner Party," about what they eat and what eats them (1 p.m.); and "Fur, Feathers, and Scales," with live examples of each.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, at the Academy of Natural Sciences, 19th Street and the Parkway. Tickets: $17.95; $13.95 ages 3 to 12; under 3 admitted free. Information: 215-299-1000 or www.ansp.org.
Vroom, vroom, crunch
The stars of this show are 12 feet tall, weigh a minimum of 10,000 pounds, and have names such as Grave Digger, Wrecking Crew, Zombie, Avenger, and Stone Crusher.
They go 100 miles an hour, fly up to 130 feet in the air, slam into stuff, and get really, really loud. If kids were trucks, this is what it would look like.
Yes, it's the mighty Monster Jam, roaring into the Wells Fargo Center. Be there - you don't want this crew coming to your house for a play date.
7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St. Tickets: $10 to $30. Information: 800-298-4200 or www.monsterjam.com.
B-b-b-booo!
Nobody did jittery and jumpy better than Don Knotts, and the underrated comic was at his best in the 1966 classic The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, screening at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute. Knotts plays a high-strung reporter trying to get to the bottom of scary doings in the local haunted house. Get a start on Halloween fun.
11 a.m. Saturday at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr. Tickets: $5; $4 ages 12 and under. Information: 610-527-9898 or www.brynmawrfilm.org.