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Event Series Echoes of Change and Origin

Echoes of Change and Origin

The National Apartments 121 N 2nd St, Philadelphia

Echoes of Change and Origin presents a compelling exploration of humanity’s complex relationship with the natural world. Featuring the works of Deborah Moss Marris and Demetra Tassiou, whose layered approaches uncover profound narratives of transformation, memory, and connection. Marris delves into the urgent themes of climate change and pollution. Through meticulously layered images of nature and animals, her work juxtaposes the beauty of the natural world with its fragility in the face of atmospheric and environmental degradation. Her pieces evoke a visceral sense of how external landscapes mirror the internal, the shifting climates within us shaped by a planet in

Free

On-Demand Tree Tenders Virtual Training

Online

Become a neighborhood greening hero! Learn about tree care and planting by participating in a PHS Tree Tenders training. This eight-hour course* will be offered through recorded sessions available until July 31. Workshop topics include tree biology, identification, planting, and proper care. You will be joining one of the nation’s oldest, most respected volunteer urban tree-care programs. Tree Tenders are given the tools to plant and nurture trees in their own neighborhoods. Regionally, there are over 6,200 Tree Tenders from 100 + neighborhoods! Join a group or form your own Tree Tenders group, by attending the training with two neighbors. For

Off Screens and Outside – Virtual Presentation

Join Riverbend’s Education Specialist, Jill Shashaty, for a virtual presentation about getting kids outside.Jill is a parent, educator, PA Master Naturalist, Girl Scout Troop leader, and Scouts BSA Merit Badge Counselor. She will share her successful strategies for connecting children with nature, encouraging free play and exploration, and creating fun family memories together outdoors.This is a free event intended for parents of elementary-age children. Please register on our website to receive the meeting link.

PRISM Quartet with Miguel Zenón – World Premiere of El Eco del Tambor (pay-what-you-wish)

Settlement Music School, Mary Louise Curtis Branch 416 Queen Street, Philadelphia

PRISM Quartet joins forces with the Grammy Award-winning composer/saxophonist, MacArthur Fellow, and long-time collaborator Miguel Zenón for the world premiere of Zenón’s newest work, El Eco del Tambor (The Echo of the Drum). Zenón writes, “El Eco del Tambor is an extended, multi-movement saxophone quintet that draws on rhythmic traditions from around the globe, focusing specifically on drumming from West Africa and its extension into Afro-Caribbean music. The title is an allusion to both the percussive elements within the piece and to the idea of music as an ancient language that is in constant evolution.” The program also includes Zenón’s

$10 – $35