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Thursday July 17, 2025

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10 am – 5 pm

The Short Line

Michener Art MuseumDoylestown

Glen Foerd

10:30 – 11 am

Storytime at Glen Foerd Mansion

Ages: 4 and under
Attractions
Community
Family

Glen FoerdPhiladelpha 19114

S&D Landscape

10:30 – 11:30 am

STORYTIME + DESIGN

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

design gymPhiladelphia

5:30 pm

National Liberty Museum’s Third Thursday

National Liberty MuseumPhiladelphia

Friday July 18

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10 am – 5 pm

The Short Line

Michener Art MuseumDoylestown

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6 – 8 pm

Music In The Park

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Konrad SquarePhiladelphia

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

Saturday July 19

9 am – 1 pm

Community Day

Community

Veterans LandingLansdowne

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10 am – 5 pm

The Short Line

Michener Art MuseumDoylestown

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10 am – noon

Design A Doodad: COOKIE GARDEN

Design Gym LLC, 179 W Berks St #101, Philadelphia, PA 19122Philadelphia

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1 – 2:30 pm

July Garden Tour at PHS Meadowbrook Farm

PHS Meadowbrook FarmMeadowbrook

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2 – 4 pm

MOCACREATE: Summer Sun Prints with Teaching Artist Yu Rong

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Museum of Chinese in AmericaChinatown

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2:30 – 3:15 pm

MOCAKIDS Author Meet & Greet with Livia Blackburne

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Museum of Chinese in AmericaChinatown

4 – 7 pm

Arte en las Calles: Timbalona

Marz Auto CentralPhiladelphia, PA 19140

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

Sunday July 20

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10 am – 5 pm

The Short Line

Michener Art MuseumDoylestown

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

Monday July 21

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10 am – 5 pm

The Short Line

Michener Art MuseumDoylestown

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

Tuesday July 22

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10 am – 5 pm

The Short Line

Michener Art MuseumDoylestown

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

TCU TSA July 2025

9 am – 4 pm

Textiles Close Up

Museum of the American RevolutionPhiladelphia

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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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6 – 8 pm

Community Partners Program Kick Off

Gilda’s clubWarminster

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6 – 7:30 pm

Can You Say That? Cancel Culture, Free Speech, and the Future of Public Debate

Community

National Liberty Museum 321 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106PHILADELPHIA

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6 – 7 pm

Relaunching mars : Same space, new place

Germantown Mennonite ChurchPhiladelphia

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

Thursday July 24

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All day

North Philadelphia History Festival

North PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia

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10 am – 5 pm

The Short Line

Michener Art MuseumDoylestown

S&D Landscape

10:30 – 11:30 am

STORYTIME + DESIGN

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

design gymPhiladelphia

SOW25

1 – 2 pm

Snakes Alive!

Ages: 5 and up
Animals
Attractions
Family

Welsh Road LibraryPhiladelphia

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