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Saturday Aug. 16, 2025

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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

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9 – 10 am

Summer Sweat Series at King of Prussia Town Center

King of Prussia Town CenterKing of Prussia

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9:30 am – 5 pm

“Jaw-some Adventure” at Adventure Aquarium

Adventure Aquarium1 Riverside Drive

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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 – noon

Neighborhood Walking Tours with the Preservation Alliance

Philadelphia

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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10 am – 4 pm

Warren County Winery Train

delaware river railroad excursionsPhillipsburg

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11 am – 1 pm

Kids’ Drop-In Craft

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Family
Free

Historic St. George’s Museum and ArchivesPhiladelphia

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Noon – 6 pm

Revelations: An Evolution of Introspection

InLiquid GalleryPhiladelphia

Monthly Bingo Poster – August 2025

Noon – 3 pm

Saturday Monthly Bingo – Middletown Senior Center – 10 Games for $10

Fundraisers

Middletown Senior Citizens AssociationLevittown

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1 – 2:30 pm

August Garden Tour at PHS Meadowbrook Farm

PHS Meadowbrook FarmMeadowbrook

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1 – 4:30 pm

Kanzashi Flower Ornament Workshop

Art
Classes

Raymond Farm Center for Living Arts and DesignNew Hope

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1:30 – 3:30 pm

The Labyrinth, Mythology, and You: Session 1 – Ancient Greece

Art

Utility Works – Creative CommunityLansdowne

WA Indoor Museum Looking Up

2 – 4 pm

Watson Adventures’ Whodunit at the PMA Scavenger Hunt

philadelphia museum of artPhiladelphia

2 – 6 pm

Live Music at the Vineyard!

Crossing Vineyards & WineryWashington Crossing

Slayed by the Bell

3 – 4:30 pm

Slayed By the Bell

Theater

Red Rūm TheaterPhiladelphia

Slayed by the Bell

4 – 5:30 pm

Slayed By the Bell

Theater

Red Rūm TheaterPhiladelphia

Big Bang Fest SOBs 1.13.14

6 – 9 pm

Arte en las Calles: Fiesta de Verano

Teatro EsperanzaPhiladelphia

Slayed by the Bell

7 – 8:30 pm

Slayed By the Bell

Theater

Red Rūm TheaterPhiladelphia

8.16.25 Comedy Show at Old York Cellars

7 – 10 pm

Wine & Comedy Show at Old York Cellars Winery

Old York CellarsRingoes

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8 – 10 pm

A Puppeteer with The Palsy Performs Scenes from Shakespeare or, the Ghost in the Machine

Theater

Theatre ExilePhiladelphia

Sunday Aug. 17

Poster_UnforeseenMatter (1)

All day

Exhibition – Unforeseen Matter

Art
Free

East MarketPhiladelphia

CO-OP_EXTERIOR_060 FINAL Credit Jason Varney

All day

Outdoor Dining at CO-OP Restaurant & Bar

Food & Drink

CO-OP Restaurant & BarPhiladelphia

Adventure-Aquarium-digital-5-23-324

9:30 am – 5 pm

“Jaw-some Adventure” at Adventure Aquarium

Adventure Aquarium1 Riverside Drive

Gecko_pollinators

10 am – 5 pm

Morris Arboretum & Gardens Garden Railway: World Pollinators

Ages: All
Family
Outdoors

Morris Arboretum & GardensPhiladelphia

Schaechter – January 2025-3

10 am – 5 pm

Judith Schaechter: Super/Natural

Art

Michener Art MuseumDoylestown

10 am – noon

Neighborhood Walking Tours with the Preservation Alliance

Philadelphia

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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