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Event Series Ecological Landscape Design

Emerging Art Collectors Preview for The Print Center’s Benefit Auction

The Print Center 1614 Latimer St, Philadelphia, P, United States

Join The Print Center for a special free evening where guests can preview the artwork up for bid in our 2024 Benefit Auction and hear about the works from some of the artists who created them. Guests can also ask questions about buying and caring for artworks, and learn about approaches to collecting. The Print Center’s 2024 Benefit Auction is our major fundraising event of the year! Proceeds support a full year of excellent and compelling exhibitions, public programs, educational activities and publications. This year’s Benefit will honor two outstanding contributors to our city’s cultural life: Sarah McEneaney, artist and

Free
Event Series Wayne Art Center CraftForms 2024

Wayne Art Center CraftForms 2024

Wayne Art Center 413 Maplewood Avenue, Wayne, P, United States

Wayne Art Center is excited to announce the 29th anniversary of CraftForms, the International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft. CraftForms 2024 will debut with a ticketed Preview Party on Friday, December 6 from 6-10pm. The exhibition will be open to the public from December 7, 2024 through January 25, 2025. Dedicated to enhancing the public’s awareness of fine contemporary craft, CraftForms 2024 provides an exquisite venue for established and emerging artists to share their creative endeavors with the Wayne Art Center community and the greater Philadelphia area. Located in the Davenport Gallery, the exhibition features work created by 102

Holiday Wreath-Making Workshop

Riverbend Environmental Education Center 1950 Spring Mill Road, Gladwyne, PA, United States

Do you have invasive vines growing in your yard? Join Riverbend staff for the first event in our Sustainable Living Series to learn how to remove vines and turn them into something beautiful. We’ll begin the workshop outside with some easy-to-follow instructions on removing invasive vines like English Ivy and five-leaf akebia. Clippers and work gloves will be provided. Next we’ll move inside Riverbend’s barn to turn the vines into a decoration you can enjoy in your own home or gift to a loved one. Every participant will receive a wooden wreath frame and have access to tools and supplies

$40
Event Series Lucia & Christmas Market

Lucia Christmas Market

American Swedish Historical Museum 1900 Pattison Ave, Philadeplhia, PA, United States

Don’t miss this unique magical holiday experience! The outdoor Christmas Market includes your favorite holiday deli items, Christmas decorations and gifts, and SWEA bakery treats. The Swedish Christmas Café will sell holiday foods and sweets for refreshment. Enjoy live music holiday music by the Last Chance duo throughout the day. During the market, shoppers can experience the Lucia children’s program twice daily. The Market will take place in our heated tent outside, and Lucia performances will be in the Grand Hall. Shoppers can enjoy the day, rain or shine! Tickets are available at the gate or pre-purchase online. Saturday: $10

$5 – $10

Dot Dot Dot

Da Vinci Art Alliance 704 Catharine Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

You see an … (An ellipsis, that is.) Is it a pause? A trailing thought? A suggestion of something unsaid? In a lingual system made up of definitions, the ellipsis defies defining—so what are we to make of these three dots? In “...”, an exhibition proudly presented by Da Vinci Art Alliance, artists Daisy Diamond and Olivia Guarnieri explore this symbol of ambiguity, and the myriad meanings it can contain. This exhibition will be on view from December 5 - December 22, with an opening reception on Saturday, December 7 from 4-7 pm.

Free

PERENNIAL VISIONS VI

Da Vinci Art Alliance 704 Catharine Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

This December, support local Philadelphia artists and start your art collection with Da Vinci Art Alliance’s annual Members Exhibition, “Perennial Visions.” From printmaking to sculpture to weaving, the multi-disciplinary artworks on view showcase the individual talents, perspectives, and creative impulses that can be amplified by collective care. The exhibition will feature over 50 small works (10”X10” or smaller) by local artists intentionally designed to be accessible for the new art buyer. With prices starting at $20 and a median price of $175, this exhibition makes an art collection more achievable for the gallery-goer. On top of that, with more of

Free
Event Series Lucia & Christmas Market

Lucia Christmas Market

American Swedish Historical Museum 1900 Pattison Ave, Philadeplhia, PA, United States

Don’t miss this unique magical holiday experience! The outdoor Christmas Market includes your favorite holiday deli items, Christmas decorations and gifts, and SWEA bakery treats. The Swedish Christmas Café will sell holiday foods and sweets for refreshment. Enjoy live music holiday music by the Last Chance duo throughout the day. During the market, shoppers can experience the Lucia children’s program twice daily. The Market will take place in our heated tent outside, and Lucia performances will be in the Grand Hall. Shoppers can enjoy the day, rain or shine! Tickets are available at the gate or pre-purchase online. Saturday: $10

$5 – $10

Made at Bok Winter Market

BOK Building - West Gym 821 Dudley St, Philadelphia, United States

Gift locally this holiday season by shopping a selection of products made by artists and designers based here in Bok.

Free

Naomi Shihab Nye Prize 2024 Award Ceremony

Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture 310 Master Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Join Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture (located at 310 W Master St.) on December 14th at 1 PM to celebrate the winners of our inaugural Naomi Shihab Nye Prize, honoring Arab American and Arab Canadian voices in middle-grade fiction! Our First Place winner, Alia Yunis, will share from Making Miracles in Minnesota, and Second Place winner, Pauline Kaldas, will read from A Place So Far Away. The event will also feature a special reading by Naomi Shihab Nye herself, the renowned poet for whom the prize is named. These readings showcase captivating stories for young readers ages 8-12, but adults will

Event Series The Philadelphia Rare Book and Print Fair

Profs & Pints Philadelphia: What Awaits the Naughty

Black Squirrel Club 1049 Sarah St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Profs and Pints Philadelphia presents: “What Awaits the Naughty,” a guide to supernatural beings around the world who keep kids in line and Christmas weird, with Linda Lee, lecturer in folklore and fairy tales at the University of Pennsylvania. The song says “Santa Claus is coming to town,” not “Santa Claus is coming specifically to your house.” In many parts of the world, children who misbehave expect entirely different visitors, unwelcome bringers of punishment and fear. Come to Fishtown’s Black Squirrel Club to get the lowdown on strange beings that prowl the long nights during the Christmas and Yule season.

$13.50 – $17

MAMBO LEGENDS: THE MUSIC NEVER ENDS

Galeria 4261, P, United States

MAMBO LEGENDS: THE MUSIC NEVER ENDS WHYY/EAC Latin Rhythm & Reels Miniseries Latin Food, Live Music, Screening, and Conversation Thursday, December 19, 2024, 6:00pm 6:00pm Reception, Live Music & Dancing 7:00pm Film Screening 8:00pm Conversation and Q&A GRAN SALON & PLAZA, GALERIA ESPERANZA FREE: General Admission The Mambo Legends Orchestra is committed to keeping the sounds of the great Afro Cuban bandleaders Machito, Tito Puente, and Tito Rodriguez alive for future generations. Comprised of several former members of these legendary orchestras, The Mambo Legends provide a link to the golden era of music in New York in the early 1940s, when the Machito Orchestra fused the

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