Wed., May 24, 5-7 p.m., Bongo Bar at Moshulu, Penn's Landing, 401 S. Columbus Blvd., www.hypephilly.org

Get off your ass, you philistine miscreant. While you're sitting on your couch playing video games and eating Ruffles, other twentysomethings are indulging themselves in artful conversation. HYPE! (Hip Young Phriends Events) kicks off its summer season with this very happy hour, a gathering designed to introduce people between the ages of 20 and 40 to more than a dozen arts and cultural organizations in the Delaware Valley, including the Pennsylvania Ballet, the Center for Emerging Visual Artists and the Wilma Theater.