Saturday, June 17, 2023 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and Sunday, June 18, 2023 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Juneteenth Tours Join the Peter Wentz Farmstead in observation of Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the emancipation of Black enslaved people in America. UGR3DAY Conductor Dee Patterson will be here at 10:00 am on Saturday,
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Now + Then Marketplace returns to The Block at Sono St. Patty’s Day weekend with over 80 local vendors inside and out. The vacant storefront next to Target & Yards on 5th Street will once again be activated by N+T Marketplace a year later, inantely proving their initiative to occupy empty storefronts in the ‘Meantime’.
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Saturday, February 25th and Saturday, March 4th from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm Maple Sugaring Join our farmers as they create maple sugar from trees right here at the Farmstead! Watch as they tap the trees, collect the sap, and create the syrup. Learn about the Indigenous origins of maple sugaring and how the process
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Fishtown BID and Fishtown Co, the minds behind Fishtown FestivAle, are excited to announce another year of our new frosty event, the Fishtown Freeze & Winter Wonderland! Now entering its fourth year, the event is a day-and-night-long family-friendly festival that brings dozens of custom-designed ice sculptures and an ice bonfire, carved by Ice Sculpture Philly,
MoreA Startup Turns 1 by Emily Kovach Red Brick Distillery opened in October 2015 in a 900-square-foot warehouse in Kensington. The tiny operation currently makes four products: single malt whiskey, barrel strength whiskey, sugar wash rum and pineapple rum. Grid chatted with founder and distiller Brian Forrest about Red Brick’s first year in the business.
MorePhoto Courtesy of Good Spoon Foods Riding the Wavelength by Emily Kovach A coffee roaster takes processed “green” beans, purchased from importers or sometimes directly from coffee farmers, and uses a combination of heat and time to coax out the best flavors possible. We asked local small-batch roaster Rick Malwitz, founder of Concave Coffee Roasters,
MorePhoto courtesy of Function Coffee Labs The Scientific Method by Emily Kovach Ross Nickerson possesses two of the greatest traits a barista could ask for: the unwavering precision of a scientist and the chatty good nature of a neighborhood bartender. Working behind the counter of Function Coffee Labs, he and his fiancée Megan McCusker’s new
MorePhoto courtesy of Karen Katz Bearing Fruit by Emily Kovach Adesola Ogunleye moved to the United States from Nigeria at age 6 and spent her childhood moving around the East Coast. She attended high school and college in North Carolina, where she studied textiles and printmaking, moved to Baltimore after graduating and then came to
MorePhoto courtesy of Peggy Baud-Woolsey by Emily Kovach If you’re looking for a place to celebrate a happy birthday, or just a happy hour, here are some of our favorite cocktail spots in the city. Get comfy at the bar and get up close and personal with a coupe glass or two. 1 Tippling Place 2006
MorePhoto courtesy of Coeur by Emily Kovach These small-plate-focused experiences aren’t supporting acts—they’re the main event. One of the best ways to experience a restaurant is, oddly enough, to not sit at a table and delve intothe full menu. Drinks and a few snacks at the bar let you soak up the atmosphere and sample the
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