September 7, 2012
Weekend Picks: First Friday, Live Arts And Philly Fringe, Eagles Season Opener, Greenfest Philly, Kennett Square Mushroom Festival And More

The iconic Love Park fountain is actually dyed green right now in honor of the Eagles season opener this Sunday, September 9. And we have a weekend of beautiful late summer weather to look forward to, too. (Photo by B. Krist for GPTMC)
Friday, September 7
First Friday in Manayunk, Kennett Square, Old City, Doylestown, Northern Liberties, on Frankford Avenue, Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill
First Friday at the Barnes Foundation
Kennett Square Mushroom Festival (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Passau Weekend Beer Release Party (Fri, Sat, Sun)
The Secret Cinema Presents “We Who Are About to Die” at Eastern State Penitentiary
2012 WHYY Connections Festival (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Philadelphia Honey Festival (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Arcadia Boutique’s 5th Birthday Party
Movies @ the Logan Parklet featuring Hugo
Art After 5 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
“Champagne In The Park” at Penn Treaty Park
Bistrot La Minette Movie Under the Stars
The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe (Fri, Sat, Sun)
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-A Beginner’s Guide To The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival And Philly Fringe
Of the Sea exhibit at Artspace Liberti
Legends: Studio Jewelry by Emily Cobb at the Philadelphia Art Alliance (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Act II Playhouse presents 4 Lads From Liverpool (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Saturday, September 8
Northern Liberties Music Fest + A Full Plate Cafe Rib Cook-Off
Drink Philly’s First Annual Phestiv-Ale
Fourth Annual Pils Picnic at Johnny Brenda’s
$5 Hill Farmstead Beers and Free Catfish Po Boys at Oyster House
Second Saturday for Families + Evening Stroll
One Day University: George Gershwin and American Music
Johnson Bros. Clothing Pop-Up Shop Launch Party at Elixr Coffee
Philadelphia Qualities of Life at Philadelphia Art Alliance (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Former Philadelphia Eagles safety Brian Dawkins will be at SugarHouse Casino
Deal Feed: Starr Restaurants’ Back-To-School Specials
Lantern Theater Company presents New Jerusalem (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Phoenixville Blues Festival 2012
The Great 12-Hour Tour of Philadelphia
More Weekend Picks, below.
Great Urban Race: Philadelphia
Opening Reception for new store Industry
First Annual “Berliner Invitational” at Nodding Head Brewery
The Swedish American Line at the American Swedish Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Maya.2012: Lords of Time at the Penn Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Dead Sea Scrolls at the Franklin Institute (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Prom: Photographs by Mary Ellen Mark at the Perelman Building (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Walnut Street Theatre’s Love Story: The Musical (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Sunday, September 9
Gender Reel at the William Way Community Center (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Sbraga’s Back To School Menu (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Matyson BYOB Debuts Suckling Pig Sundays
Jerry Gonzalez & El Comando De La Clave at Painted Bride
Second Sundays at the Penn Museum: Family Workshops and Culture Films Series
Light Installations by Bruce Munro at Longwood Gardens (Fri, Sat, Sun)
To Bigotry No Sanction: George Washington & Religious Freedom at the National Museum of American Jewish History (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Roundup: Our Top Picks for the Best Places to Watch the Sunset in Philadelphia
“Run! The Super-Athletes of the Sierra Madre” at the Penn Museum (Fri, Sat, Sun)
“Maurice Sendak and Stephen Colbert: Interviews, Objects…and Poles!” (Fri, Sat, Sun)












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