Culture Couture: top picks for up-and-coming entertainment

College Day on the Parkway 9/29 12-5 p.m.Ben Franklin Parkway, Phila.

Philly Live Arts and Fringe Festival 8/31 through 9/15 Various locations in Phila. See livearts-fringe.org for specific listings.

Kanye West Graduation 9/11

Ben Harper Lifelines 8/28

American Idols Live! 9/7, 7 p.m. Wachovia Center, Phila.

Elvis Costello 9/8, 8 p.m. Mann Music Center, Phila.

Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly 9/13, 8 p.m. Festival Pier, Phila.

You’ve Been Warned by James Patterson 9/10

The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West by Mark Lilla 9/11

Balls of Fury Ping-pong and Christopher Walken 8/31

The Brothers Solomon Two brothers and their dad’s wish for a grandchild 9/7

3:10 to Yuma Russell Crowe, Christian Bale and the Wild West 9/7

Romance and Cigarettes James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, and a New York musical 9/7