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Thursday May 29, 2025

Poster_UnforeseenMatter (1)

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

Tull, 24 x 30 inches, casien and clay ground on panel, 2025

10 am – 5 pm

Working Pattern, a solo exhibition by artist Gianna Commito

Art
Free

PentimentiPhiladelphia

Invisible Strings Front

10 am – 5 pm

“Invisible Strings”, a group exhibition featuring six gallery- represented artists.

Free

Brooklyn

sullivan oconnell event

Noon – 1 pm

The Disaffected in The Revolutionary City, A Conversation

Free
Talks

American Philosphical SocietyPhiladelphia

Main (1080 x 1350 px)

6 – 8 pm

KOP Town Center Presents: Live Music on the Green

Free
Music

King of Prussia Town CenterKing of Prussia

Westbrook promo poster

6 – 8:30 pm

Westbrook Lecture—Beyond the Binaries: The New Science of Sex and Gender

Wagner Free Institute of SciencePhiladelphia

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6 – 10 pm

Sip City Mixer – Women/Trans Pride in the Garden

Free

PHS Pop-Up Garden South StreetPhiladelphia

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7 – 10 pm

Joiri Minaya: Venus Flytrap

Art
Free

Bartram’s GardenPhiladelphia

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7 – 9 pm

BREW HA HA: Dad Joke Quizzo @ Two Locals Brewing

Two Locals BrewingPhiladelphia

Friday May 30

Poster_UnforeseenMatter (1)

All day

Exhibition – Unforeseen Matter

Art
Free

East MarketPhiladelphia

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8 am – 4 pm

Glow and Flow Philadelphia: Free Vein Health Awareness Event and Luncheon

USA Vein ClinicsPhiladelphia

Plein Air_25_Logo_Peri_Rasb_Grape Air_Stacked (1)

9 am – 5 pm

Wayne Art Center 2025 Plein Air Festival Exhibition

Art
Free

Wayne Art CenterWayne

Tull, 24 x 30 inches, casien and clay ground on panel, 2025

10 am – 5 pm

Working Pattern, a solo exhibition by artist Gianna Commito

Art
Free

PentimentiPhiladelphia

Invisible Strings Front

10 am – 5 pm

“Invisible Strings”, a group exhibition featuring six gallery- represented artists.

Free

Brooklyn

Philadelphia Marketplace 2025

Noon – 6 pm

Philadelphia Marketplace at Dilworth Park

Free

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6 – 9 pm

The Jersey City Jazz Festival! May 30th-May 31st @Exchange Place FREE MUSIC! Don’t miss the magic!

Free
Music

1 Exchange PlJersey City

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6 – 10 pm

Sip City Mixer – Women/Trans Pride Weekend Kickoff

Free
LGBTQ+

tattooed momPhiladelphia

7 pm

cinéSPEAK Under The Stars 2025

clark parkPhiladelphia

Saturday May 31

Poster_UnforeseenMatter (1)

All day

Exhibition – Unforeseen Matter

Art
Free

East MarketPhiladelphia

NGM Bird Walks

8 – 10 am

Bird Walks at Newlin Grist Mill

Newlin Grist MillGlen Mills

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9 am – 5 pm

Wayne Art Center 2025 Plein Air Festival Exhibition

Art
Free

Wayne Art CenterWayne

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9 am – 1 pm

Pride Market & Community Celebration

Free

Veterans Landing 30 North Lansdowne Ave Lansdowne, PA 19050Lansdowne

Team Foster to Host Annual Ruff Ride Philly 24-Hour Spin Fundraiser

10 am – 11:59 pm

Team Foster’s “Ruff Ride Philly” 24-Hour Spin Fundraiser

23rd Street ArmoryPhiladelphia

Tull, 24 x 30 inches, casien and clay ground on panel, 2025

10 am – 5 pm

Working Pattern, a solo exhibition by artist Gianna Commito

Art
Free

PentimentiPhiladelphia

Invisible Strings Front

10 am – 5 pm

“Invisible Strings”, a group exhibition featuring six gallery- represented artists.

Free

Brooklyn

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11 am – 4 pm

Historic Rittenhouse Town Fair

Historic RittenhouseTownphiladelphia

Philadelphia Marketplace 2025

Noon – 6 pm

Philadelphia Marketplace at Dilworth Park

Free

dilworth ParkPhiladelphia

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Noon – 4 pm

Music in the Parlor

ClivedenPhiladelphia

3013049

Noon – 9 pm

The Jersey City Jazz Festival! May 30th-May 31st @Exchange Place FREE MUSIC! Don’t miss the magic!

Free
Music

1 Exchange PlJersey City

CLOTHING-SWAP-SAMPLE

Noon – 5 pm

Clothing Swap at STITCH AND DESTROY

STITCH AND DESTROYPhiladelphia

American Revolution

2 – 6 pm

Pop-Up Theater: The American Revolution at King of Prussia Town Center

King of Prussia Town CenterKing of Prussia

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