Here’s a summary of a few events going on in the hoods this weekend.

Sustainable Saturdays: The West Philadelphia Local Food Series

Where: Various locations When: Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 8 p.m.

The last in the Sustainable Saturdays series is tomorrow, Sept. 17, starting at 9 a.m. The theme is “Preserving the Harvest” and it includes workshops on canning and fermentation, the West Philadelphia Homebrewing Competition, a sneak peek at Mariposa Food Coop (4824 Baltimore Ave.), Apple Cider Tour & Tasting, and Philly Homegrown West Philadelphia Farm-to-Table Trolley Tour. Tickets are still available for the Homebrewing Competition ($7) and the Trolley Tour ($50). For more information and the schedule visit this page.

Clark Park Fall Equinox Festival & Uhuru Flea Market

Where: Clark Park “B” (43rd & Chester, around and in the Bowl) When: Saturday, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.

The bi-annual Clark Park Music and Arts Festival (Fall edition) is also happening tomorrow, Sept. 17. The festival celebrates all things West Philly and offers a wide range of activities and entertainment, including live music (rock and non-rock), arts and crafts, kids activities, and popular food trucks and vendors. The music begins at noon. See the flyer for the full bands line-up.

This year’s last Uhuru Flea Market will be going on at the same time around the park’s Bowl. Check it our for some cool stuff, such as antiques, collectibles, ethnic arts and crafts, books, records, jewelry and more. If you want to help vendors unload or clean the park you can volunteer by calling: 857-233-7508 or email: philly [at] uhurusolidarity.org.

The open casting call for the locally staged, “school edition” of RENT has been extended with three more auditions. Organizers want young actors. Besides high school kids, college freshmen 18 years old and younger are now welcome to participate in the tryouts. For the open call instructions go to this page.

The extended audition process will include all day Saturday, Sept. 17, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday, Sept. 19, 6-9 p.m., and Tuesday, Sept. 20, 6-9 p.m. The auditions are taking place at The Rotunda (4014 Walnut Street). Please email Rich at projecttheaterproject [at] gmail.com to make an appointment. For more information about this project go to Project Theater Project’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/projecttheaterrent.

As we all know green is in. And I don’t mean the color of Kermit the Frog. Green as in clean, organic, natural. Sarah Holmes brings that idea of natural to a pretty fantastic line of health and beauty products, which she will show off on Saturday at VIX Emporium (5009 Baltimore Ave.) as part of the annual Go West! Craft Fest, which runs from noon to 5 p.m. at Cedar Park and nearby businesses.

Holmes, who owns Gritty City Beauty Co., is putting on a makeup workshop at VIX called Rock that Chartreuse Eyeshadow: Create Your Own Custom Color. Participants will learn how to blend natural mineral eyeshadows into the color you have always wanted. Stop by the workshop at VIX anytime between noon and 5 p.m. and Sarah will hook you up with everything you need. She’ll also show you how to make it happen. The cost for the workshop is $10. Folks can also check out all her products, from natural face wash to organic men’s aftershave.

Go West! will also include an all-day vintage and used bike sale at the friendly neighborhood bike shop Firehouse Bicycles (above Dock Street Brewing). A whole bunch of vendors will be set up in Cedar Park selling all manner of West Philly delights.  Singer/songwriter Loren Gilder will play at 1 p.m. A special children’s program begins at 2 p.m. with Pamela Draper playing kids classics. And, oh yes, there will be face painting and other fun kid stuff. The West Philly band Sour Mash (Facebook page) will play at 3 p.m.

Hurricane Irene canceled a lot of events two weeks ago, one of which was Family Day Festival in Mantua on Aug. 27. The event was rescheduled for this Saturday, Sept. 10, and will take place from noon to 7 p.m. at 34th St. and Mantua Ave.

The festival organizers, The Mantua Community Improvement Committee (M.C.I.C.), promise free food, refreshments, a star-studded concert and other fun activities, but also say that this is an educational and fundraising event. And it’s all about positivity despite flash mob and violence problems. Members of the community will be encouraged to sign M.C.I.C.’s “Positivity Pledge,” a commitment to focusing on youth support in homes, communities and schools.

The event will be also raising money to support a youth entrepreneurship program starting this fall.

The free concert lineup includes musicians Kwamè, Grammy award-winning group Naughty By Nature and hip-hop legend Rapper Slick Rick.

Tonight will be a sort of homecoming for Jon Foy.

Foy, the West Philly house-cleaner-turned-award-winning-documentary-filmmaker, will be at the International House Philadelphia (3701 Chestnut St.) tonight for the Philadelphia premiere of Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles, a film that prompted the jury at Sundance to name him “Best Documentary Director.” The screening begins at 7 p.m.

Resurrect Dead follows three Toynbee enthusiasts as they try to solve the mystery of the cryptic, license plate-sized tiles embedded in asphalt streets from Buenos Aires to Boston. The tiles typically contain a cryptic message from referring to the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey and are thought to be named after historian Arnold J. Toynbee.

Philadelphia is a hotbed of Toynbee Tiles and there are a few embedded in the streets of West Philadelphia. You’ve very likely walked over them.

Foy has quit his job as a house cleaner since winning the Sundance award, but the life of a documentary filmmaker is never secure (unless you’re Ken Burns, I suppose), so he could use the support of his friends and neighbors at the screenings. As an added bonus, Foy and the cast will attend every screening to answer questions and talk about the film.

Screenings will also be held:

• Saturday, September 10 at 7pm
• Saturday, September 10 at 9:30pm
• Sunday, September 11 at 7pm
• Monday, September 12 at 7pm

Tickets are $9/$7 for students and seniors/Free for International House members. Advance tickets are available here.

Here’s a trailer:

Resurrect Dead Trailer from Resurrect Dead on Vimeo.

According to the announcement on the Curio Theatre Facebook page, tonight’s performance of Lord of the Flies in Clark Park has been canceled due to rainy weather and soggy ground conditions. Tomorrow’s and Friday performances are still on (scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.).