Past Events

Penn Museum is pleased to announce a film series addressing the theme of cultural adaptation. This month's film, Future Remembrance, is a delightful, exuberant documentary about the role of photography, photographers and the art of image making in Ghana. Dr. John Jackson Jr. Anthropology Department, University of Pennsylvania, will introduce the film and lead discussion afterwards. All programs are free with Museum admission donation.  

In its 11th year, The Philadelphia Wine Festival continues to be one of the most anticipated tasting events in the Philadelphia region. Here, Philadelphia Magazine and PA Wine & Spirits Stores partner to bring together a fantastic selection of wineries from around the world. A silent auction, benefiting The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, will take place during the entire evening. Guests can bid on rare and spectacular items throughout the night - all for a great cause. Guests of both tastings will each receive a commemorative 2012 Philadelphia Wine Festival wine glass, courtesy of Lexus, and a tasting book with room for tasting notes.

Explorers Sans Frontières (ESF), in partnership with SCI West, The Partnership CDC, Penn Medicine, People's Emergency Center, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, and other community organizations, present a day filled with workshops, FREE medical screenings, entertainment, and of course, food! Read more about the many wellness workshops and health-education opportunities available at this Spring into Health event, here in the ESF newsletter.

The Global LGBT Summit celebrates the cultural and political legacy of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. This four-day event includes includes 25 panels, International Equality Dinner, SundayOUT! at The Piazza, six parties, 13th Annual Gay and Lesbian Art Exhibit, theater, and special events all in collaboration with regional, national and international organizations. Each year, the Summit features one nation. This year this global LGBT summit is highlighting the achievements of the State of Israel in giving equal opportunities to all sexual orientations. There is no registration fee and all panels are free.

The Philadelphia International Cricket Festival is an annual sporting charity event staged during the first weekend in May to promote cricket in the region, encourage national and international sporting ties, and support youth development through charitable donations. Members of the public are invited to join in the festivities on Sunday May 6th starting around noon for the Event Final being staged at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. A celebrity guest (to be announced) will be in attendance at the 2012 Event.

Scribe Video Center Producers’ Forums presents Niños de la Memoria, a documentary film by Philadelphia-based filmmaker, María Teresa Rodríguez. Ms. Rodríguez will be on hand to meet attendees beginning at 6 PM, in a pre-screening reception sponsored by Philadelphia Independent Film and Video Association. The 64-minute film, which tells the story of the search for hundreds of children who disappeared during the Salvadoran Civil War, screens at 7 PM. Following the screening, a panel of experts in human rights struggles and Salvadoran politics will discuss the film and answer audience questions.

Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture is pleased to launch a concert series presenting a resident music ensemble performing classical Arab music repertoire that features a different guest soloist for each program. This month's guest artist is flutist Maron Khoury. Maron will perform Western and Arab Classical Music with an amazingly talented trio: Hanna Khoury on violin, Kinan Abou-afach on cello, and Hafez El Ali Kotain on percussion.

The Grammy-nominated South African band of Sharon Katz & The Peace Train -- and special guests -- present an Afro-Rock-Folk-Jazz-Fusion benefit concert and luncheon fund-raiser to help educate children living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Sharon Katz & The Peace Train are known as the band that worked for Nelson Mandela to end apartheid, and they've been using their concerts and CD sales ever since to promote human rights, end poverty, build schools and feed the children. Purchase tickets online at this link, or by making a tax-deductible contribution of $50 for concert & luncheon payable to their non-profit organization: Friends of The Peace Train, 7207 Bryan St., Phila, PA 19119.

As the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia wraps this year's Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival, the Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo are preparing for their first visit to the U.S. to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Japan’s gift of the cherry blossom trees to the United States. On their first U.S. tour, the Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo makes their debut in Philadelphia's Kimmel Center with conductor Thierry Fischer leading the orchestra in the music of Mozart and Beethoven, including Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major with soloist Yu Kosuge, and Beethoven's ''Eroica'' Symphony. Proceeds from this concert will be donated to music activities in the areas affected by the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami.