Raise a Glass, Raise Literacy! Tree House Books invites you to join us for our annual celebration and fundraiser! Enjoy an evening of great brews, amazing raffle baskets, brewery tours & cheer! This year we’re honoring Lynn Washington, owner of Books and Stuff, as our 2024 Champion of Literacy!
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Our first all outdoor Now + Then Marketplace of the year, taking place at the recently reopened Greensgrow Farm, that has been closed for over 2 years in Fishtown. The NKCDC is resuming activity at the farm with programming and our market is the first big event since the gates have reopened. The market is
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Do you feel overwhelmed by the news about climate change? Do you talk to your kids about how they feel about it? Riverbend and the MLCPRI want to help families have these conversations and take action together. Join us in Riverbend’s Snider Barn where you and your family will find a safe space to tackle
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Get ready, foodies! The ultimate culinary celebration is back. Taste of Fairmount – 19th Edition! 
Date: November 16th 
Time: 6-9pm 
Location: Divine Lorraine Hotel Savor the rich culinary scene of the Greater Art Museum District, enjoy free drinks, sample dishes and beverages from the neighborhood’s top businesses and vote on your favorite
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,
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