On view at the Center for Art & Social Engagement in Westby Hall from October 4 through December 21, Gaia Theory, an exhibition of Emily Erb’s collage and silk paintings. Erb embeds within the boundaries of a larger-than-life human form, navigational charts such as road, topography, and war campaign maps to represent the different facets of the human physiological system. Road maps become the nervous system, topographical maps become the circulatory system, and war maps become the lymphatic system. Each work in the series stands at 9.5 feet high by 4.5 feet wide which are within the same dimensions as

Join us at the lab for an easy to learn beginners melt and pour soap making class. This is a two part class.Join us at the lab for an easy to learn beginners melt and pour soap making class. This is a two part class. We will be using cosmetic safe coloring and scents, but please be mindful of any sensitivities you may have to aromas We will be making our soap bars using shea butter and goats milk soap bases. This is a class for adults only, as we will be pouring hot melted soap.Two Sessions from 6:00pm-8:00pm, November

Would you like to be part of keeping Wissahickon Valley Park beautiful and sustainable? Then join long-time steward of the Wissahickon and the FOW Volunteer of the Year (2019), David Bower, on a variety of stewardship projects at Thomas Mansion! At this very special part of The Wissahickon Valley, we’ll be sustaining recent FOW plantings of native trees, shrubs, and wildflowers, and we’ll be caring for some of the beautiful and historic gardens that have been cared for by generations of other volunteers. We’ll also remove invasive vegetation and windfall tree limbs, and we’ll occasionally do some maintenance on nearby trails.

Stop by Glen Foerd on November 6 for a free plastic fusion workshop & beer tasting with artist, Michael Konrad, in the basement Rathskellar.What do time, temperature, and pressure have in common? They are the three elements needed to fuse plastic bags into a single fabric, as well as the conditions needed for sweet barley wort to ferment into carbonated beer. Stop by Glen Foerd on November 6 for a free plastic fusion workshop & beer tasting with artist, Michael Konrad, in the basement Rathskellar. During this 3-hour drop-in workshop, Michael will teach visitors how to fuse plastic bags into