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Monday Aug. 18, 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

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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

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

Tuesday Aug. 19

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

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

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

HEarts

7 – 8 pm

Meditation Class Series: How to Meditate on Love

Classes

Common Space County Line Road301 E. County Line Road

Wednesday Aug. 20

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

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

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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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Noon – 6 pm

Revelations: An Evolution of Introspection

InLiquid GalleryPhiladelphia

Joseph P. Illidge

Noon – 2 pm

Author event with Joseph Illidge (Shadow Cabinet, Batman, Bloodletter)

Free

MultiversePhiladelphia

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3:45 – 5:15 pm

Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story at the New Hope Film Festival

Film

New Hope Arts CenterNew Hope

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5 – 8 pm

W Philadelphia Pours + Prose

Food & Drink

W PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia

6 – 8 pm

Neighborhood Walking Tours with the Preservation Alliance

Philadelphia

Artist Workshop

6 – 8 pm

Workshop Wednesdays at Independence Blue Cross RiverRink Summerfest

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Independence Blue Cross RiverRink SummerfestPhiladelphia

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7 pm

Disney Descendants/Zombies

Music

Wells Fargo CenterSouth Philadelphia East

Thursday Aug. 21

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

2025 CDP-58

8 am – 11:30 pm

Cirque De Paris at MarketFair

MarketFairPrinceton

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

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