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Tuesday May 20, 2025

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9 am – 5 pm

Wayne Art Center 2025 Plein Air Festival Exhibition

Art
Free

Wayne Art CenterWayne

Beautiful effect with Shibori Dying process

10 am – 4 pm

Through the Eyes of Philadelphia’s New Americans: Art, Resilience, and Community

American Swedish Historical MuseumPhiladelphia

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6 – 7:30 pm

Author Daniel Brook discusses and signs The Einstein of Sex at Barnes & Noble Philadelphia

Barnes & Noble PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia PA 19103

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6 – 7:30 pm

Garden Embroidery Workshop at PHS Pop Up Garden South Street

PHS Pop-Up GardenPhiladelphia

Buddha Shakyamuni

7 – 8 pm

Transcending Suffering: The Buddhist View of Emptiness

Common Space County Line Road301 E. County Line Road

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8 pm

Squid

Music

Underground ArtsCallowhill

Wednesday May 21

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All day

Exhibition – Unforeseen Matter

Art
Free

East MarketPhiladelphia

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9 am – 5 pm

Wayne Art Center 2025 Plein Air Festival Exhibition

Art
Free

Wayne Art CenterWayne

Beautiful effect with Shibori Dying process

10 am – 4 pm

Through the Eyes of Philadelphia’s New Americans: Art, Resilience, and Community

American Swedish Historical MuseumPhiladelphia

4 – 5 pm

Mindfulness Meditation | Practice Session

Classes
Free

Parkway Central LibraryPhiladelphia

5 – 6:30 pm

Teen Art Class

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Classes
Family

Cherry Street PierPhiladelphia

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5 – 8 pm

WOMEN’S WAY 47th Annual Celebration

Crystal Tea RoomPhiladelphia

Thursday May 22

Poster_UnforeseenMatter (1)

All day

Exhibition – Unforeseen Matter

Art
Free

East MarketPhiladelphia

Plein Air_25_Logo_Peri_Rasb_Grape Air_Stacked (1)

9 am – 5 pm

Wayne Art Center 2025 Plein Air Festival Exhibition

Art
Free

Wayne Art CenterWayne

Beautiful effect with Shibori Dying process

10 am – 4 pm

Through the Eyes of Philadelphia’s New Americans: Art, Resilience, and Community

American Swedish Historical MuseumPhiladelphia

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5 – 7 pm

Exhibit Opening: Across the Atlantic: Sloopers and the First Organized Emigration from Norway to America

Art
Boating

American Swedish Historical MuseumPhiladelphia

5 pm

L.E.A.D. Fest Carnival

Westfield Garden State PlazaParamus

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6 – 8 pm

KOP Town Center Presents: Live Music on the Green

Free
Music

King of Prussia Town CenterKing of Prussia

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6:30 – 8 pm

National Tap Dance Day

Cherry Street PierPhiladelphia

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7:30 – 9 pm

Old Crow Medicine Show

Music

Annenberg CenterPhiladelphia

Chris Kasper Photo

7:30 – 9:30 pm

Chris Kasper at Lansdowne Folk Club on May 22

Music

Lansdowne Folk ClubLansdowne

8 – 10 pm

An Evening with Steve Poltz

Music

Arden Gild HallArden

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8 pm

Lucius

Music

Union TransferPhiladelphia

Friday May 23

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All day

Metallica’s M72 World Tour ’25

Music

Lincoln Financial FieldStadium District

Poster_UnforeseenMatter (1)

All day

Exhibition – Unforeseen Matter

Art
Free

East MarketPhiladelphia

Plein Air_25_Logo_Peri_Rasb_Grape Air_Stacked (1)

9 am – 5 pm

Wayne Art Center 2025 Plein Air Festival Exhibition

Art
Free

Wayne Art CenterWayne

Beautiful effect with Shibori Dying process

10 am – 4 pm

Through the Eyes of Philadelphia’s New Americans: Art, Resilience, and Community

American Swedish Historical MuseumPhiladelphia

Philadelphia Marketplace 2025

Noon – 6 pm

Philadelphia Marketplace at Dilworth Park

Free

dilworth ParkPhiladelphia

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1 – 2:30 pm

The Great Philadelphia Comedy Magic Walking Tour

Ages: 9 and up
Attractions
Comedy
Family

Philly Magic ToursPhiladelphia

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5 – 6 pm

Remember the Ladies

Christ Church Burial GroundPhiladelphia

5 pm

L.E.A.D. Fest Carnival

Westfield Garden State PlazaParamus

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