Thursday, August 8, 2019 - 6:00pm
The Parkside Fresh Food Fest is a five (5) event series that seeks to build community, utilize common public space, and provide fresh food access. Each event is free and open to the public and will include a chef led cooking demonstration with free samples as well as a variety of entertainment, education, and civic engagement opportunities. All event dates are rain or shine!
All of the fresh produce and product included in the subscription is provided by Reading Terminal Market Merchants!
September 5 & October 10 are also events date.
Thursday, August 15, 2019 - 7:00pm - Thursday, September 12, 2019 - 9:00pm
Hidden Lives Illuminated will bring the often invisible stories of people living in prisons to light against the backdrop of Eastern State Penitentiary's dramatic stone walls. The series will feature nightly screenings of newly-commissioned, animated short films created by currently-incarcerated artists living in Pennsylvania correctional institutions.
Thursday, August 29, 2019 - Wednesday, January 1, 2020
This exhibit celebrates the region’s historical medical firsts, from Colonial America to today’s world-renowned reputation for its medical schools, teaching hospitals, pharmaceutical industry, medical related businesses, and research.
Tuesday, September 3, 2019 - 10:00am - Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 5:00pm
For many of us alchemy conjures up images of mysticism or a fool’s quest for gold. But alchemy’s golden age was much more. In this era of experimental discovery and practical skill, physicians and chymists worked to heal the human body. They studied the secrets of the natural world. These men and women ushered in change, creativity, and scientific inquiry. This era was stranger than fiction and more curious than myth. We invite you to step into the real Age of Alchemy.
Thursday, September 5, 2019 - Sunday, October 13, 2019
A shady businessman turns to politics, using gangster instincts to grab and hold power. He rapidly learns how to sway a crowd using fear and false promises. Will the people reject his appeal or succumb to his demands? In the midst of a world war, Bertolt Brecht brought forth this brilliant drama that remains an insightful parable for our time.
Thursday, September 5, 2019 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Citizen Diplomacy International's First Thursdays are fun and interesting monthly cocktail receptions where you can meet State Department guests from abroad, Sister City representatives, international business professionals, foreign-born university students and expats from all over the world.
Thursday, September 5, 2019 - 6:00pm
Philadelphia's designation as a World Heritage City (the first in the United States) connects us to a community of more than 300 other World Heritage Cities across the globe. Together, we will be celebrating our unique heritages and common bonds by marking World Heritage Cities Solidarity Day on September 5th.
Thursday, September 5, 2019 - 6:00pm
The Parkside Fresh Food Fest is a five (5) event series that seeks to build community, utilize common public space, and provide fresh food access. Each event is free and open to the public and will include a chef led cooking demonstration with free samples as well as a variety of entertainment, education, and civic engagement opportunities. All event dates are rain or shine!
All of the fresh produce and product included in the subscription is provided by Reading Terminal Market Merchants!
This event also occurs on October 10th.
Friday, September 6, 2019 - 4:30pm - Friday, October 11, 2019 - 1:40pm
A Time for Farewells has arrived. In a contemporary moment fraught with unprecedented economic, political, and social turbulence, art has the power to instigate change and offer a vision for the future. Casting aside the constraints of traditional notions and existing power structures, the artists of the exhibition presents sculptures, drawings, videos, and photographic works that collectively imagine a future radically different from our present, in the hope that the act of imagining can be an impetus for change.
Friday, September 6, 2019 - 7:00pm - Friday, September 20, 2019 - 9:00pm
Saturday, September 7, 2019 - 10:00am - 3:00pm
Experience the best five hours in Philly at Campus Philly's CollegeFest on September 7, 2019, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.! Explore the museums and cultural institutions that make the city of Philadelphia so unique with free admission and transportation for college students, plus an all-day festival at Dilworth Park with live music from student groups, outdoor games, prizes and giveaways from local Philly vendors, and so much more.
FREE museums include Philadelphia Museum of Art, National Museum of American Jewish History, Penn Museum, PAFA and more.
Saturday, September 7, 2019 - 5:00pm
Experience a FREE musical celebration of West Philadelphia presented by the Philly POPS! Members of The Philly POPS BIG Band will fill Malcolm X Park with the sounds of West Philadelphia with a one-hour concert celebrating musicians with West Philly connections.
This event is presented by the City’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy as part of Performances in Public Spaces, a summer series of FREE cultural performances in parks and plazas across Philadelphia neighborhoods.
Sunday, September 8, 2019 (All day)
The Organization of the World Heritage Cities was created on September 8, 1993, in Fez (Marocco). In commemoration of this big event, September 8 was declared “Solidarity Day of the World Heritage Cities” and all these cities are welcomed to commemorate it every year by organizing different activities that aim at highlighting their uniqueness.
Sunday, September 8, 2019 - 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Celebrating 35 years of community and sharing to the beat of live music, dance, activities for the family, we invite you to be part of Feria del Barrio 2019! (Feria). This free alfresco celebration of Latino art and culture, now in its 35th year, takes place in the heart of the Centro de Oro along the Bloque de Oro.
Sunday, September 8, 2019 - 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Brazilian Day Philadelphia celebrates the Brazilian Independence Day. The festival celebrates, promotes, and shares Brazilian arts and culture while fostering intercultural exchange and uniting the Brazilian community. The festival presents a high energy experience with Brazilian arts and culture designed to engage, educate, and inspire participants in the Greater Philadelphia region. In addition, the festival empowers and unifies the Brazilian community by celebrating the diverse ethnic heritage that makes Brazil unique and rich in cultural pride.
Sunday, September 8, 2019 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
The festival will feature renown dancers and rising stars from International Ballet Theater and Brilliant Ballroom Dance School with special guest performer, famous Ukrainian opera and pop singer, Lenna. Come out to enter a whole new world of music and dance.
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 12:40am
Every month the Philadelphia Global Business Alliance brings together international businesses and organizations in the region for comprehensive resource and information sharing.
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Join the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia at the third US-Japan Business Meetup Philly, presented by AGC Chemicals and Hosted by Volpe and Koenig, P.C. We will welcome Dr. Mary Collins, Provost at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology and David Janes, Senior Advisor for Institutional Development at OIST and Managing Director of the OIST Foundation.
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 6:30pm
Join us for our 3rd Annual PAAFF Asian Chef Experience fundraiser!
The Asian Chef Experience is an event that highlights the incredible talent and diversity of cuisine within our local community of culinary artists.
This year we are featuring Han Chiang, the Executive Chef of Han Dynasty. With multiple locations around Philadelphia and NYC, Han Dynasty brings Szechuan cuisine to a wide and diverse audience thus, making Han a fitting choice to highlight for this years fundraiser.
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
The Geographical Society of Philadelphia invites you to explore 'A Barge Trip in France', 'South India: Kerala and Tamil Nadu', and the 'Masked Pastorela Dances of Mexico' with fellow travelers and explorers, sharing their recent stories - in pictures! We will be sharing photographs, stories, experiences, and tips, Crossing Borders. We look forward to hearing your story!
