Jeffro Kilpatrick's no carpetbagger. He's Fishtown born and raised, and through his art and volunteer work, his roots are always showing. Kilpatrick, a cartoonist who in 2002 published a book called Petey, about a turtle looking for a home, has organized "Cartoon Camps" for Fishtown kids, and his "Sketches of Fishtown" community art project runs in neighborhood newspapers. Kilpatrick's also a co-founder of the Philadelphia Cartoonist Society, three of whose members have assembled "A Fishtown Memoir" at Bambi Gallery in — where else — Fishtown. Among them is Mr. G, whose paintings are drippy, rough-edged and unmistakably street, and his imagery may indeed look familiar from the street. Mr. G's been stickering mailboxes and stop signs for quite some time. (Just this week I saw an old piece of wood advertising this very show.) Look for his collages of bodyless faces, and portraits of a fedora-wearing tough and a disaffected Native American. Andrew Hart works with thin quill nibs and ink to create slight and airy images whose subjects range from the political to the funny to the frankly freaky. Kilpatrick's brush-and-ink work, meanwhile, is at once gritty and tender, even a bit melancholic, the last much like the big-eyed, sweet Petey. Bambi, a gallery and consignment shop, will serve Pabst and snacks while you eye up something to buy. Proceeds from the sale of artwork go toward Children's Crisis Treatment Center. Need more toons? Try "Art in the Toon Age" at Rutgers Center for the Arts, featuring Yoshitomo Nara, Laylah Ali, Jeff Koons and more. "A Fishtown Memoir" benefit Fri., Aug. 4, 6-10 p.m., through Sept. 16, 1817 Frankford Ave., 215-423-2668; "Art in the Toon Age," through Sept. 23, Stedman Gallery, Third and Pearl sts., Camden, N.J., 856-225-6350.

To Molly Mullahy, "birds to go" does not mean a bucket of KFC. The artist made 25 versions of a block print based on an image of a Tibetan tanager in flight and attached them to poles for your easy transport. The songbirds are part of an installation in the basement of oh-so-chic Esque Eyewear. Later this weekend, take your thirsty self, your new Fendi specs and, to show your cred, your tanager on a stick, to Dirty Frank's. At the bar's Off the Wall gallery — OK, so it's just the bar — Mullahy's showing portraits of friends and family. Whether it's loved ones having breakfast or maintenance workers on the job, Mullahy's watercolor and gouache images are intimate snapshots of real people. Her Dad at Grandad's Funeral is a wintry scene of mourning warmed by the compassionate rendering of the man's face. In Trevor vs. Ice Cream Mullahy's young subject looks straight at us, lacking any remorse for the vanilla spilling over his hands and mouth while he licks the bowl clean. (Trevor must have many food adversaries, as an older painting of Mullahy's titled Trevor vs. Spaghetti depicts an equally messy, unapologetic meal.) And the jubilant Free Entertainment #1: Trying on Jackets at a Thrift Store nails the satisfaction of finding a musty old thing meant for you all along. "The Flock: Birds to Go," one night only, Fri., Aug. 4, 5-9 p.m., Esque Eyewear, 53. N. Third St., 215-923-1523; New Works at Off the Wall Gallery, opening Sun., Aug. 6, 4-7 p.m., through Oct. 6 during bar hours, Dirty Frank's, 347 S. 13th St., 215-732-5010.

For her work 7 Fruits of Israel/Palestine, Zoe Cohen pressed grapes, figs and other fruits into paper to create ghostly shapes complemented by Hebrew and Arabic writings. Cohen's piece is one of more than 50 prints in Art in City Hall's "The Pressed Image" printmaking exhibition. Through Oct. 6, second and fourth floors, NE corner, City Hall, Broad and Market sts., 215-683-2123. ... The PMA's "Summer Vacation" digs up photos by the likes of Ray Metzger and Danny Lyon of carnivals, swimmin' holes and barbecues, while Gallery 339's "Summer Idylls" features shots by Serge J-F Levy, Stuart Rome and Robert Raczka. My favorite? Amanda Means' squat, condensation-soaked glass of water. Ahhh. "Summer Vacation," through September, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th St. and the Parkway, 215-763-8100; "Summer Idylls," through Sept. 2, Gallery 339, 339 S. 21st St., 215-731-1530.