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Top Things To Do In Philadelphia Today, Aug. 18

Looking for something to do today? Here are our top three picks…there's something for everyone in the Philadelphia area!

Hear Philly The Porch at 30th Street Station
(Credit: Lori Brennan, The Porch at 30th)

Gourmet Food Trucks


11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., pay as you go

Have lunch from a food truck today at The Porch at 30th Street. On the roster for Mondays in August are Chewy's and Samosa Deb.

Penn Museum
Penn Museum File Photo (credit: CBS3)

"Year of Sound: Hollywood in the Amazon"


FREE with admission

Back in 1931, researchers from Penn went to the Amazon and filmed the first documentary centered on non-Western speaking people, the Bororo. In this new exhibit, the museum will show this film alongside artifacts from the historic trip.

chicken wings
(Credit: Jeff Fusco/Getty Images)

Preseason Tailgate Specials


Pay as you go

Preseason football is here, and Gunners Run in NoLibs has your tailgate eats covered. Head over tonight to watch the Cleveland Browns at Washington with buckets or pitchers of beer while you chow down on Nashville fried chicken and half-price chicken or seitan wings.

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