Philadelphia art gallery shows for First Friday and throughout the month

Many art galleries in and around Philadelphia stay open later on the first Friday of the month. Here's a rundown of arts events tonight and through the month.

Art in City Hall. Second and fourth floors, City Hall, Broad and Market streets. 215-686-9912. "Inside/Outside" features works by prison inmates and ex-offenders. Through Oct. 29. Philadelphia Sketch Club 150th anniversary show of 120 paintings, drawings, photographs and prints, fifth floor north corridor and Council Chambers balcony. Through Oct. 22. Mural Arts Program student exhibit, first floor west corridors. Reception 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Conversation Hall, Room 201.

Art Gallery at City Hall. Room 116 East Portal Market Street entrance, Broad and Market streets. "A-Plus Art," student art from Philadelphia public schools. To Oct. 1. Reception 4-6 p.m. Sept. 29.

Artists' House Gallery. 57 N. 2nd St., 215-923-8440. Laura Rutherford Renner and Samuel Evensen, oils. Julia Levitina McGeehan, sculpture. Christine Donahower, oils. Kevin Cummins, etchings. Susanna Thomer, watercolors. Carol Maguire, oils. To Sept. 26. Receptions 5-8:30 tonight and 1-4 p.m. Sept. 12.

Bambi Gallery. 1001-13 N. 2nd St., 267-319-1374. Joseph Hasenauer, "Lil' Pus . . . A girl's best friend." Victoria Hanssens, "On Exactitude in Strangeness." To Sept. 26. Reception 6-10 tonight.

Book Trader. 7 N. 2nd St., 215-925-0517. Linda Dubin Garfield's public participatory installation "Let's Face It! Self Portraits & Life Stories." To Sept. 18. Free interactive workshops, 2-4 p.m. Sept. 12 and Sept. 15.

Bridgette Mayer Gallery. 709 Walnut St., 215-413-8893. Paintings, sculptural and video installations by Dana Hargrove. To Sept. 25. Reception 6-8:30 p.m. Sept. 10.

F.A.N. Gallery. 221 Arch St., 215-922-5155. Carlo Russo, recent paintings. To Sept. 25. Reception 5-9 tonight.

Galleries at the Gershman Y. 401 S. Broad St., 215-545-4400. "One Foot in America: The Jewish Emigrants of the Red Star Line and Eugeen Van Mieghem." Sept. 16-Nov. 21. Reception 2-4 p.m. Oct. 10.

Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design. 20th Street and the Parkway, 215-965-4027. Wendy Ewald, "Secret Games: Collaborative Works with Children 1969-1999." Judith Leiber, "Art of the Handbag." "Commonwealth Proper + Emily Bowser." Plus works by alumni and students. Reception 6:30-8 p.m. Sept. 9.