May 22, 2013
University City District’s highly anticipated Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll makes a grand return this summer with more vendors than ever before. This year, a whopping 35 businesses are set to offer dollar food, drinks and other goodies. West Philadelphia favorites like Dock Street Brewery, Milk and Honey Market, Mariposa Food Co-op, The Gold Standard Cafe [...]
Read more»May 20, 2013
Enjoy live music on your lunch break at locations all around Center City this summer. Every Wednesday from noon to 1:30 p.m., June 5 to August 28, locations ranging from The Gallery at Market East to Sisters Cities Park host musicians for some live (and free!) music to pair with your lunchtime sandwich. The first [...]
Read more»May 15, 2013
Hear, hear! Clark Park hosts a merry gathering (and its first beer garden!) this Saturday, May 18. Enjoy local beer from Dock Street Brewery and food from The Cow and the Curd, MiniTrini, Taco Angeleno and Lil’ Pop Shop. Be sure to raise your Dock Street brews to the first-ever (legal) beers consumed in Clark [...]
Read more»May 15, 2013
Wine and jazz make beautiful music together this weekend at Penns Woods Winery. The annual Wine and Jazz Festival returns for its third year of flowing vino of all varieties and plenty of live tunes. From 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, enjoy your favorite Penns Woods Winery varietal while listening to jazz [...]
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
Watch Tangle Movement Arts put on a high-flying show of dance, acrobatics, live music and more this weekend during its aerial dance performances. The feminist history-themed show features seven talented women who dance and dangle from the Rotunda at UPenn’s 40-foot ceilings. The unique performance incorporates monumental figures in women’s history, influential styles of dance [...]
Read more»May 13, 2013
Young professionals from all fields are set to come together to raise money for multiple sclerosis on Saturday, May 18 at the inaugural Preakness at the Piazza event. Ladies, don your derby hats, and gentlemen, put on your most stylish bow tie. This evening of merriment celebrates the historic Preakness Stakes horse race while raising [...]
Read more»May 13, 2013
Fairmount’s neighbor, Brewerytown, greets spring with arts and crafts, food trucks, live music and much more during its annual Brewerytown Spring Festival on Saturday, May 18. Girard Avenue from 27th to 28th Streets shuts down to traffic and opens up for spring festival fun from noon to 5 p.m. More than twenty of Philly’s favorite [...]
Read more»May 13, 2013
Listen up, wheat beer lovers. The South Philadelphia Tap Room’s all-time favorite event, the Wheat Beer Fest, is back for its eighth year of brew-fueled goodness. On Saturday, May 18 from noon to 8 p.m., more than 30 wheat beers flow for just $3 a piece. Available beers include Wheaties from Philadelphia Brewing Company and [...]
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, [...]
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