March 21, 2013
Eastern State Penitentiary welcomes spring and flings its doors open wide to unveil a collection of artifacts that date back to the the days when Eastern State was a fully-functional state prison. The all-new exhibit, Pop-Up Museum! features four cases full of a variety of artifacts selected from the hundreds in the penitentiary’s treasury, and [...]
Read more»December 19, 2012
Starting today, Wednesday, December 19, through Sunday, December 30, DJ Nigel Richards and his lifestyle brand 611 will transform a vacant Rittenhouse Square garage into a unique retail boutique. The annual 611 holiday pop-up, open daily from noon-7 p.m., will feature fashion-forward apparel and accessories from 611’s “DJ Life” and “Luxe Life” collections, as well [...]
Read more»November 27, 2012
It’s officially gift-giving holiday heyday, and there’s no time like the present (get it?) to stock up on Philadelphia-made crafts, clothes, food and more for the lucky ones on your list. Luckily, Philadelphia shops, boutiques and neighborhood districts are making holiday shopping easy this year by hosting a slew of craft bazaars, holiday markets, sidewalk [...]
Read more»November 19, 2012
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, the group behind the largest indoor flower show in the world, is holding a pop-up holiday store to help you deck the halls for all of your garden-savvy friends and family. The festive 400 square-foot space, located across from the Chestnut Hill Hotel on Germantown Avenue, will be adorned with birch [...]
Read more»November 19, 2012
The National Constitution Center’s very cool Prohibition exhibition American Spirits is up and running, with 5,000 square feet of more than 120 rare artifacts and a re-created speakeasy complete with a bar, dance floor, bandstand, and powder room. Even cooler, the exhibition is franchising itself with awesome partnerships throughout the city, including the first-ever SEPTA [...]
Read more»October 26, 2012
Tired of boring eyewear? Warby Parker, the hip, affordable, vintage-inspired eyewear brand launched in 2012 by four Penn students, is taking a “class trip” and coming right to you. Now through November 4, look for this cool line of glasses in an equally cool yellow school bus, currently touring the country and hitting nine cities [...]
Read more»October 24, 2012
In honor of National Food Day 2012, an annual celebration of healthy, affordable and sustainable food, the Philadelphia Mobile Food Association is assembling a special National Food Day Food Truck Pop-Up today, Wednesday, October 24, inside the City Hall courtyard. It’s the first time ever that food trucks will be serving lunch inside the City [...]
Read more»October 1, 2012
The Opera Company of Philadelphia is just days away from the free, big-screen broadcast of Puccini’s romantic blockbuster La bohème, an innovative modern production inspired by masterpieces from The Barnes Foundation and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This Saturday, October 6 at 7 p.m., Independence Mall will play host to a huge pop-up movie [...]
Read more»September 18, 2012
Back in Philadelphia by extraordinarily popular demand is Montreal-based 7 Fingers, bringing Sequence 8 to the Kimmel Center’s Merriam Theater tonight, Tuesday, September 18, through Sunday, September 23. Want a sneak peek preview before you shell out for a ticket? The spectacular urban circus troupe will be treating crowds to a lunch-break takeover at both Reading Terminal [...]
Read more»September 17, 2012
Celebrate five years of Park(ing) Day in Philadelphia as the event returns for its fifth anniversary on Friday, September 21. Park(ing) Day is a worldwide event that invites activists, artists, architects and other citizens to transform metered parking spaces into temporary pop-up public parks. It originated in 2005 in San Francisco, and kicked off in [...]
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