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Wednesday May 14, 2025

5 – 6:30 pm

Teen Art Class

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Classes
Family

Cherry Street PierPhiladelphia

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8 pm

Durand Bernarr Presents:

Music

Union TransferPhiladelphia

Thursday May 15

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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

CASHMAN OT GRAPHIC

11:30 am – 1:30 pm

Lunch & Learn: Kareem Rosser

Vernick FishPhiladelphia

JM BLACK SUIT

3 – 4:30 pm

NAPO-GPC Presents Julie Morgenstern: Becoming the Go-To Expert From the Inside Out

Talks

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6 – 8 pm

KOP Town Center Presents: Live Music on the Green

Free
Music

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6:30 – 8:30 pm

Rare Evening Inside One of Philadelphia’s Hidden Treasures

Academy of Vocal ArtsPhiladelphia

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6:30 – 8:30 pm

Let’s Talk Preview Reception at National Liberty Musuem

National Liberty Museum 321 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106PHILADELPHIA

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7 – 8:30 pm

Author Ocean Vuong discusses The Emperor of Gladness with Barnes & Noble Philly

Books & Readings

First Unitarian Church of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia

Wine and Cheese

7:30 – 9 pm

Artisanal Wine & Cheese Pairing

Wine School of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia

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8:30 pm

Samiam + Iron Chic

Music

Underground ArtsCallowhill

Friday May 16

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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

Philadelphia Marketplace 2025

Noon – 6 pm

Philadelphia Marketplace at Dilworth Park

Free

dilworth ParkPhiladelphia

4 pm

Bubble Show Bonanza

Ages: All
Family
Free

Bergen Town CenterParamus

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4 – 9 pm

FAN EXPO Philadelphia 2025

Festivals

Pennsylvania Convention CenterPhiladelphia

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5 – 6 pm

Remember the Ladies

Christ Church Burial GroundPhiladelphia

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5 – 10 pm

28th Annual FirstGlance Film Festival

Film Society BoursePhiladelphia

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6 – 8 pm

Sarah Tremain Pop Up Reception

Utility Works – Creative CommunityLansdowne

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6 – 8 pm

Music In The Park

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Konrad SquarePhiladelphia

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7 pm

Superheaven

Music

Union TransferPhiladelphia

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7 – 9 pm

CATO (Remixed)

Theater

Carpenters’ HallPhiladelphia

7 – 8:30 pm

Intro to watercolor

Cherry Street PierPhiladelphia

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8 pm

Trisha Yearwood

Music

Keswick TheatreGlenside

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8 pm

Amyl and The Sniffers

Music

Franklin Music HallCallowhill

Saturday May 17

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All day

Power in the Pines Airshow

Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, New Jersey

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All day

Exhibition – Unforeseen Matter

Art
Free

East MarketPhiladelphia

2025 OAON ALD Health (Facebook Cover)

9 am – 5 pm

Uhuru African Liberation Day Health Festival + Flea Market

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