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Monday July 21, 2025

Poster_UnforeseenMatter (1)

All day

Exhibition – Unforeseen Matter

Art
Free

East MarketPhiladelphia

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All day

Outdoor Dining at CO-OP Restaurant & Bar

Food & Drink

CO-OP Restaurant & BarPhiladelphia

Gecko_pollinators

10 am – 5 pm

Morris Arboretum & Gardens Garden Railway: World Pollinators

Ages: All
Family
Outdoors

Morris Arboretum & GardensPhiladelphia

10 am – 6 pm

Free art exhibit- Absurd Spectaculars

Art
Free

Black Moth GalleryArdmore

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10 am – 5 pm

The Short Line

Michener Art MuseumDoylestown

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6 – 7:30 pm

Fern Mounting Workshop at PHS Pop Up Garden Manayunk

PHS Pop-Up Garden ManayunkPhiladelphia

6 – 8:30 pm

The Giving Stage Jazz Series Presents: The Prester & Samargia Quintet with Special Guest, acclaimed Brazilian guitarist Phill Fest

Free
Music

Upper Merion Township Building Park GazeboKing Of Prussia

6 – 8:30 pm

Travel to Brazil – Prester & Samargia Quintet w special guest Brazilian Jazz Icon Phill Fest

Free
Music

Upper Merion Township GazeboKing of Prussia

Chase Strangio

7 – 9 pm

HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY Documentary Screening & Q&As

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary FilmNew York, NY

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7 pm

Micro Wrestling

Sports

Penn Medicine ParkLANCASTER

Tuesday July 22

Poster_UnforeseenMatter (1)

All day

Exhibition – Unforeseen Matter

Art
Free

East MarketPhiladelphia

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All day

Outdoor Dining at CO-OP Restaurant & Bar

Food & Drink

CO-OP Restaurant & BarPhiladelphia

9 – 11:30 am

Prester & Samargia Quintet, with acclaimed Brazilian Jazz guitarist Phill Fest

Free
Music

Bob & Barbara’s LoungePhiladelphia

Gecko_pollinators

10 am – 5 pm

Morris Arboretum & Gardens Garden Railway: World Pollinators

Ages: All
Family
Outdoors

Morris Arboretum & GardensPhiladelphia

10 am – 6 pm

Free art exhibit- Absurd Spectaculars

Art
Free

Black Moth GalleryArdmore

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10 am – 5 pm

The Short Line

Michener Art MuseumDoylestown

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6 – 7:30 pm

Fern Mounting Workshop at PHS Pop Up Garden South Street

PHS Pop Up Garden South StreetPhiladelphia

Gloria_BookTour

6 pm

Author Talk| A Protest History of the United States

Parkway Central LibraryPhiladelphia

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6 – 7:30 pm

Jo Piazza celebrates “Everyone is Lying to You”

Books & Readings

Barnes & Noble PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia PA 19103

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6 – 9 pm

Drag Bingo at Insatiable

InsatiablePhiladelphia

HEarts

7 – 8 pm

Meditation Class Series: How to Meditate on Love

Classes

Common Space County Line Road301 E. County Line Road

Chase Strangio

7 – 9 pm

HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY Documentary Screening & Q&As

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary FilmNew York, NY

Wednesday July 23

Poster_UnforeseenMatter (1)

All day

Exhibition – Unforeseen Matter

Art
Free

East MarketPhiladelphia

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All day

Outdoor Dining at CO-OP Restaurant & Bar

Food & Drink

CO-OP Restaurant & BarPhiladelphia

TCU TSA July 2025

9 am – 4 pm

Textiles Close Up

Museum of the American RevolutionPhiladelphia

Gecko_pollinators

10 am – 5 pm

Morris Arboretum & Gardens Garden Railway: World Pollinators

Ages: All
Family
Outdoors

Morris Arboretum & GardensPhiladelphia

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10 am – 5 pm

Judith Schaechter: Super/Natural

Art

Michener Art MuseumDoylestown

10 am – 6 pm

Free art exhibit- Absurd Spectaculars

Art
Free

Black Moth GalleryArdmore

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10 am – 5 pm

The Short Line

Michener Art MuseumDoylestown

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3 – 5 pm

Science in the Summer – Welsh Road Library

Ages: 5 – 12
Community
Family
Free

Welsh Road LibraryPhiladelphia

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5 – 8 pm

W Philadelphia Pours + Prose

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W PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia

6 – 8 pm

Neighborhood Walking Tours with the Preservation Alliance

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