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May 21, 2013

Coming Attraction: The National Constitution Center Puts A Colorful And Chaotic Year In Focus With The 1968 Exhibit, Opening June 14

This summer, get ready to travel back in time just by visiting the National Constitution Center. The 1968 Exhibit opens June 14, walking visitors through one of America’s most colorful, chaotic and culture-shifting years. The 5,000-square-foot exhibition features more than 100 artifacts displayed through 12 galleries corresponding to the months of the year. Explore such [...]

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May 21, 2013

Longwood Gardens’ Lively Fireworks And Fountains Event Returns For Its 2013 Season, Beginning On Saturday, May 25

Few spectacles sum up summertime more than huge fireworks displays, and the folks at Longwoods Gardens oblige the season and illuminate the skies all summer long. Fireworks and Fountains, Longwood Gardens’ annual fireworks celebration, returns for summer in a few short days. From Memorial Day Weekend to mid-September, six firework displays will light up the [...]

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May 21, 2013

The National Museum of American Jewish History Hosts Stuart Weitzman To Launch A New Speaker Series, Dreamers and Doers, On June 12

Anyone who has slipped on a pair of famed shoe designer Stuart Weitzman’s heels knows that the man must have conceptualized his footwear in a dream. It’s appropriate, then, that Weitzman will help to launch Dreamers and Doers, the National Museum of American Jewish History’s new speaker series on Wednesday, June 12. Intending to relay [...]

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May 21, 2013

Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music Brings Waltz-Based Tunes To The Arden Theatre Stage, May 23-June 30

The Arden Theatre is set to make beautiful music with the tunes of famed composer Stephen Sondheim as his classic show A Little Night Music makes its rounds at the Arden Theatre. Opening this week, the show is set to run from May 23 to June 30. Based on the book by Hugh Wheeler, A [...]

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May 21, 2013

Tour The Historic Amistad While It Docks On The Delaware River At The Independence Seaport Museum, May 24-29

Just in time for the upcoming holiday weekend, the Independence Seaport Museum welcomes the schooner Amistad for a multiday visit to Philadelphia. The Amistad will be docked at the Independence Seaport Museum from Friday, May 24 to Wednesday, May 29, and the museum will remain open until 7 p.m. on Friday, May 24 and Saturday, [...]

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May 20, 2013

Roundup: Our Top Picks For Celebrating Memorial Day Weekend In And Around Philadelphia

Ready for summertime, Philadelphia? Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start to the summer season (the first day of summer is June 21), but a great time to welcome longer days and balmy weather. A number of locations in Philadelphia and the countryside are hosting celebratory events in honor of the long weekend. Some of [...]

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May 20, 2013

The Awesome Fest’s Free Outdoor Film Series Set To Bring The Movies Of The ’80s To Drexel Park For Eight Weeks, Starting June 20

This summer, University City’s verdant Drexel Park is set to be the site of Eighties-themed awesomeness every Thursday. Beginning Thursday, June 20, University City District and The Awesome Fest, in collaboration with Drexel University, kick off a free eight-week summer film series at Drexel Park, one of the city’s most scenic new green spaces. Films [...]

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May 17, 2013

Visit Franklin Square For A Multi-Cultural Celebration During The Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month Festival, This Saturday, May 18

This Saturday, Philadelphia is filled with festivals galore and the historic district is no exception. In Franklin Square, the Pan-Asian Association of Greater Philadelphia is set to present its annual Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration on Saturday, May 18 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event celebrates the history, culture and traditions of such [...]

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May 17, 2013

Visit Elfreth’s Alley To Take In The Brand New Exhibit, Making Ends Meet: 300 Years of Life on Elfreth’s Alley, Opening This Saturday, May 18

As the nation’s oldest continuously inhabited street, Elfreth’s Alley was home to 18th-century colonial Philadelphians. Located in the heart of Old City between Front and 2nd Streets just north of Arch, the Elfreth’s Alley Museum is one of few landmarks dedicated to the everyday American. This weekend, the Elfreth’s Alley Museum welcomes a new exhibition [...]

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May 16, 2013

Celebrated Author Alice Walker Comes To The Central Library To Discuss And Sign Her Latest Books, Wednesday, May 29

On Wednesday, May 29, esteemed author Alice Walker, will be on hand at the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Central Libraryto discuss her newest works, answer audience questions and sign books. Best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple, Walker has been writing novels, short stories, children’s books and poetry for more than 40 [...]

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