An exploration of Philadelphia through art, Piecing it Together explores two distinct areas of Philadelphia through assemblage. The Wissahickon Valley Park and Kensington District share a similar history: both are ancestral homes of the indigenous tribe, the Lenni Lenape, and both were part of the 18th- and 19th-century industrial boom, with mills and manufacturing dominating.
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A new exhibition at The Fabric Workshop and Museum celebrates the boundless possibilities of tapestry. “You Stretched Diagonally Across It: Contemporary Tapestry” presents works by twenty-five artists who have magnified and challenged the material, ideological, and narrative conventions of the age-old medium. The exhibition invites audiences to reconsider tapestry as a pivotal medium for questioning
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Join us on Wednesday, June 10th in the Print and Picture Collection and on Saturday, June 27th in the Rare Book Department to create your own pins based on images from the Free Library’s Special Collections. Events will run from 1 pm – 3 pm. Stop by anytime to make a button!
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Esperanza Arts Center presents SanSe Filadelfia Tony Mendez & Los Bomberos de la Calle in partnership with American Composers Forum TEATRO ESPERANZA, GRAN SALON & PLAZA 5/30/26, 3:00pm $15 General Admission, Free for Students & Seniors (60+) EAC Artist in Residence, 2024 Philadelphia Cultural Treasures Artist Fellow, Tony Mendez and Los Bomberos de la Calle
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Bring the whole family for a fun, creative afternoon at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA). Family Art Day is a completely free, all-ages event designed to get everyone making art together. Enjoy our monthly make & take art activity—perfect for budding artists of all ages. Explore the Museum, try out new materials,
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Join us for a conversation with Michael Rex in a more intimate and relaxed setting. Following the talk, dinner will be served allowing for more discussion with the artist and among guests. Rex’s artistic inspiration is deeply personal and two-fold. As a child, he watched his mother and grandmother knit yarn into intricate patterns, an
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Join us for the opening cocktail reception on First Friday for our new exhibition featuring Michael Rex!
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Rittenhouse Sound, Philadelphia’s premier lower-voice a cappella chorus, invites you to “Looking For America: A Soundscape of Democracy” on Saturday, June 13th at 4:00 PM, Philadelphia Ethical Society, 1906 Rittenhouse Square. “Looking For America” is about rediscovering patriotism through a soundscape of song and the spoken word of great American thinkers, poets, and dreamers. The
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BARRIO TELEVISION (work in progress) by Christina DiPasquale (USA, 2026, TBD) BARRIO TELEVISION uncovers the story of Puerto Rican activists who produced the first bilingual Latino television series to air nationwide called “Realidades.” After tracing U.S. complicity in the 1973 coup in Chile, “Realidades” received backlash and the Nixon administration moved to cut public-media funding,
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The Resource Exchange’s reFlea is Philadelphia’s vendor market uniquely focused on local remakers, vintage & secondhand refurbishers, upcyclers and DIY creatives. If you are interested in sustainability, creative reuse, and contributing to Philly’s circular economy, then come join us for a day of deals!
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