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Pace yourself on Friday and Saturday nights, because St. Louis has a surprising amount in store this Sunday. This weekend is chock full of activities both highbrow (wine tasting, abstract art, Oscar Wilde plays) and lowbrow (rock shows, swap meets, amateur photography), so whether you get down in evening wear or bicycle shorts, we've found something for you. More >>

As the temperature tops 100, RFT has discovered some cool ways to stay, well, cool in these dog days of summer. We've got art, music, magic and more indoors, plus a skate show and bike race for you daredevils who want to brave the heat. Viva la air conditioning! More >>

​It's been a busy week and we almost didn't get to this, but we wanted to make sure that everyone knows the cheap happenings going on around town. So here's a truncated version of this week's 10 things for $10 that includes a free movie night at Union Station, monster flicks, cult films, live music, gallery hopping and the reopening of a St. Louis favorite.

Friday, August 6

Back to the Future at St. Louis Union Station
Grab your friends and family and head to the shed for some time-travelling fun.

Birdemic
For those who love movies that are so bad they're good!

Art DTour
Take a tour of the St. Louis art scene. The event is free for people willing to drive themselves and there's an after party at the boathouse.

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​This weekend's entertainment is a tale of opposites - short plays and towering monsters, psychedelic pop and underground emcees, art from prison inmates and musicals from Broadway stars. Let's see what we've got.

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​We've got kids games and space rock and Japanese movies, Artwork and DJs and rock very bluesy, Prizes and park tours and pictures so pretty. My, what a fine week to live in this city!

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​With Common kicking off this summer's free downtown concert series and an abundance of other cheap shows around town on Friday night, concertgoers are going to have some tough decisions to make.

Elsewhere in our weird and wonderful city, we've got grassroots art, a Bastille Day party, impressionist ballet, and a spelling bee for adults. On Saturday the local roller derby league holds its championship match, and condiment-lovers can celebrate the World's Largest Catsup Bottle Festival on Sunday. More >>

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It's America's birthday on Sunday, and you know St. Louisans are going to celebrate hard. But if you're not sure what to do this weekend, just walk under the Arch on Saturday morning and stay there. You'll catch Fair St. Louis and performances by John Legend and the B-52s. Across town, there are all kinds of other shows, including the most American act of all: Clownvis. There's lots of patriotic parties going on, and now that the US is out of the World Cup, we can return our focus to our other favorite fringe sport - MMA - and its championship bout on Saturday.

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Photo: Steve Truesdell

We're all in this together, people. See more photos from 2009 PrideFest. Read Paul Friswold's excellent write-up of PrideFest this year.

​Certainly the largest parties this weekend will revolve around PrideFest near Tower Grove Park, but St. Louis has enough Zombie flicks, rock 'n' roll, and something called a "Bizarre Bazaar" to keep everyone happy (and out of the poorhouse). Here's our list of weekend entertainment options that will cost you $10 or less. If you're looking for more live music, here's the St. Louis weekend concert calendar.
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Darth Vader Pez Dispenser: "Impressive."

​Have fun this weekend, but don't go broke. Here are our ten suggestions for weekend entertainment that will cost you $10 or less.

Eighteenth-annual National PEZ Convention at the Marriott St. Louis West (Saturday)
If you remember our 2007 feature story "PEZheads," you know that the national Pez dispenser collectors' convention is a big deal. On Saturday, the public is invited. It's just $5 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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