May 15, 2013
Parks and playgrounds in all corners of the city host spring open house events this weekend in part with Park and Recreation’s spring open house day. On Saturday, May 18, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 40 parks all over Philadelphia are welcoming guests with family-friendly activities, refreshments, volunteer opportunities, giveaways and more. For the [...]
Read more»May 14, 2013
Puerto Rican-born Rafael Ferrer’s art has been seen at many of the premier museums across the globe, and tonight his monumental and influential sculpture created just for the Association for Public Art will be rededicated to Fairhill Square after being in storage for decades. El Gran Teatro de la Luna, or The Huge Theater of [...]
Read more»May 14, 2013
On Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18 some of the best high-school crews from all over the United States and Canada compete along the Schuylkill River at the annual Stotesbury Cup Regatta, the largest and oldest high-school regatta in the country. Look for teams from 194 schools racing along the Schuylkill this weekend. Cheer [...]
Read more»May 10, 2013
Shop a vast collection of image-based books from local and national artists and publishers all day long at the annual Philadelphia Photo Arts Book Fair on Saturday, May, 18 from noon to 6 p.m. at the expansive Crane Arts Building. Add some swag to your coffee table or bookshelf with one (or more) of these [...]
Read more»May 9, 2013
This Saturday, May 11, Philadelphia is set to pay tribute to its 10 sister cities with the Sister Cities Park International Festival, a free festival also celebrating Love Your Park Week. Be transported around the world with a number of activities honoring the rich culture of Philadelphia’s sister cities, which include Florence, Italy; Tel Aviv, [...]
Read more»May 1, 2013
Spring and summer are synonymous with flowers and plants of all sort. Get ready to prep your home and garden for the warmer weather this weekend at Chestnut Hill’s Home and Garden Festival. From 11 a.m to 5 p.m on Sunday, May 5, Germantown Avenue between Rex and Willow Grove Avenues blooms with colorful plants, [...]
Read more»April 30, 2013
Come spring, every First Friday starts to feel like a fantastic festival. The weather is perfectly mild, Philadelphians are excited to say goodbye to colder temps and artists seem to come out of hibernation. Plus, as of April, Old City expanded its First Friday event to First Friday Weekends. Now, for the entire first weekend [...]
Read more»April 26, 2013
Put your dancing shoes to good use at Philadelphia’s fourth-annual World Dance Day celebration at The Piazza at Schmidt’s. Presented by the 954 Dance Movement Collective, World Dance Day celebrates it all — swing steps, fox trots, hip hop, salsa and more through professional performances and dance lessons at this free and family-friendly event. Local [...]
Read more»April 22, 2013
Philadelphia is lucky enough to call 10 cities around the globe its sister cities, and on Saturday, May 11 Sister Cities Park celebrates each one of its sister’s cultures with a daylong free festival. Philadelphia’s sister cities include Florence, Italy; Tel Aviv, Israel; Torun, Poland; Tianjin, China; Incheon, Korea; Douala, Cameroon; and Aix-en-Provence, France. Truly [...]
Read more»April 9, 2013
The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre hosts two blockbuster shows this spring season, Othello which runs until Saturday, May 18 and Much Ado About Nothing which runs until Sunday, May 19. Each play is performed on opposite days for a specific reason — both plays feature the same cast. That’s pretty cool, if you ask us. The [...]
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