In collaboration with Bird Town, PA, Riverbend invites you to our Fall Bird Walk. New for the Fall of 2024: We are offering separate start times for adults and families. Adult Bird Walk (12 and up) : 9:00am – 10:30am Family Bird Walk Led by Suzanne Safran: 10:30am – 11:30am Walk with birder and conservationist
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Overview The League of American Bicyclists’ mission is to build a Bicycle Friendly America for Everyone, improving lives and strengthening communities through bicycling. Our successes to date are thanks in part to the growing bike movement, a network of changemakers leading at the national, state, and local levels. To achieve even more wins for better
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A CULTURAL EXPERIENCE Family Fun, Guest Speakers, Fashion & Talent Showcase Vendors,Food, EDUTAINMENT Hosted: Bigga Dre “Amun Sen Hotep Re” Over 60 years, first begining as individuals and later in marriage, Dr. Rosalind and Leonard Jeffries have began their Great and Majestic Walk with African Peoples and our Great Culture. Their Walk has spanded more
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Philadelphia, PA- Join us for a Free Family Day at the American Swedish Historical Museum! In collaboration with FDR Park and the Dandelion Project, we will have family-friendly activities and crafts inside and outside of the Museum to help us take care of the Earth! Programs include paper making and solar printing workshops, a pollinator
MoreSaturday, April 20th from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm Sheep Shearing Day Experience springtime on a colonial farm! Watch our farmers shear our sheep to get them ready for the warm weather. Then, follow the “wool to wardrobe” process as our living historians demonstrate spinning, weaving, and other textile crafts. Hear about all the various
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A solo exhibition by Philadelphia-based artist Krista Dedrick-Lai. February 10 – March 23, 2024 Ravel is an interesting word. A contranym. It can be both a noun and a verb. It can mean both tangle and untangle. And isn’t that how life can be sometimes? We find ourselves in a great big mess. And the
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Saturday, February 10th from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm Weathering the Winter Winters were harsh in the 18th century, but even in cold and snowy weather there was still plenty of work to do around the farm. Fires had to be built, food preserved and cooked, and animals needed tending. Visit the Farmstead on February
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Saturday, February 24th and Saturday, March 2nd from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm Maple Sugaring at Peter Wentz Farmstead 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
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November 4th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Harvest Festival For a colonial farm family like the Wentzes, the fall harvest was the most important time of the year. Join us as we prepare for the cold 18th century winter during our Harvest Festival! Watch demonstrations of traditional farming practices like cider pressing, corn shelling,
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The Philadelphia Honey Festival returns to Bartram’s Garden with a day of bee-themed family fun. Join us and the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild as we educate about and celebrate our busy, buzzing friends who make the world go ’round! Activities include: Children’s activities such as story times, crafts, and parade: 11 am- 2 pm Open Hive
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