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  • Goldenrod Herbal Studies: Immune System Herbs Materia Medica

    Bartram’s Garden Conference Room 5400 Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, United States

      ​Do you… Want to expand and deepen your understand of some of the primary herbs to keep in your home apothecary? Want to study herbal medicine with others, in person?  Have a hard time finding reliable, well sourced info when trying to research herbal medicine online?  Want to know the best way to use each herb and what dosage to take Enjoy lecture-style learning? The Immune System Herbs Materia Medica workshop is part of the Goldenrod Herbal Studies series, taught by Clinical Herbalist Kelly McCarthy of Attic Apothecary. This workshop is divided into two days: December 3-4, 9am-3pm. It can

  • West Craft Fest

    West Craft Fest
    The Rotunda 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

      West Craft Fest returns to the Rotunda for TWO full days, Saturday December 3rd and Sunday the 4th, from 10 to 4, indoors and out. Find special and unique holiday gifts, like artisan jewelry, cozy hand knits, ceramics, art prints and originals, ornaments, children's gifts, bath and body care, candles, calendars, cards, and so much more -- all by creative local makers. With DIFFERENT vendors on Saturday and Sunday, there are over 130 in all! 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia PA, 19104. Masks must be worn in indoor spaces. The vendor application deadline has passed. Big thanks to Sarah Ryan for

  • West Craft Fest

    West Craft Fest
    The Rotunda 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

      West Craft Fest returns to the Rotunda for TWO full days, Saturday December 3rd and Sunday the 4th, from 10 to 4, indoors and out. Find special and unique holiday gifts, like artisan jewelry, cozy hand knits, ceramics, art prints and originals, ornaments, children's gifts, bath and body care, candles, calendars, cards, and so much more -- all by creative local makers. With DIFFERENT vendors on Saturday and Sunday, there are over 130 in all! 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia PA, 19104. Masks must be worn in indoor spaces. The vendor application deadline has passed. Big thanks to Sarah Ryan for

  • Feminist Flea Mini Market

    Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night at Dave and Buster’s – Philadelphia
    Bok 1901 South 9th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    “Feminist Flea Mini Market” is an evening market curated by Zissel of Feminist Flea Market & Craft Fair and designer Bokeum Jeon to highlight local artists and makers for the holiday season. Featuring 10 unique vendors, 50+ local artists currently selling at Baby Tooth, and the 1ST-floor shops of BOK, the market makes shopping from local small businesses for the holiday season easy! The market will be on December 9, 2022 from 6:00-10:00 PM at Building Bok, 821 Dudley Street. Masks recommended. For vendor list and more info, visit: www.babytooth.xyz and follow them on Instagram @feminist_flea @babytooth.xyz

  • Winter Wonderland at Smith Memorial Playground

    Smith Memorial Playground 3500 Reservoir Drive, Philadelphia, United States

    Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse invites families to its historic 6 ½ acre Playground and indoor play space in East Fairmount Park to celebrate all things frosty and fun in the midst of the holiday season! Families will enjoy an ice carving demonstration by local sculptor Roger Wing, s'mores roasting over fire pits, an array of winter-themed crafts, and tasty treats. Admission is $10 per child or free for adults, Smith members, and ACCESS card holders. This event is rain or shine.

    $10

  • NEW ART EXHIBITION: Ursula Sternberg: Daydream

    InLiquid Gallery 1400 North American, Suit 108, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Ursula Sternberg: Daydream is a celebration of the career of Philadelphia area artist, the late Ursula Sternberg. Sternberg’s life and career spanned many mediums and multiple continents taking her from Nazi occupied Germany to Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. From the 1970s to her death in 2000, Sternberg was actively involved in the Philadelphia art scene, fostering maker spaces that brought together the local community of artists for an opportunity to socialize, inspire, and be inspired. InLiquid invites the public to spend time with fleeting scenes immortalized in ink and pigment across any surface she could get her hands on in Ursula

    Free

  • Holiday Open House at Historic Waynesborough

    Come and join us for the Holiday Open House at Historic Waynesborough! Family friendly crafts and snacks will be in the Carriage House where you can create Victorian holiday cards, pomanders, and paper German gingerbread hearts. Candlelight tours of the house will share stories of traditional holiday practices from Anthony Wayne and his family's era. Dress in your favorite holiday costumes to take photos in front of beautiful historic backgrounds. Tickets are: Children $5 Adults $10 Groups up to 4 people $25

    $5 – $25

  • ART RECEPTION: Ursula Sternberg Daydream

    InLiquid Gallery 1400 North American, Suit 108, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Join us at The InLiquid Gallery on January 12 from 6 - 9 PM for the Reception for our newest exhibition "Ursula Sternberg: Daydream"

    Free

  • Philly Talks Trash- From Packaging to Pollution

    Zoom, Online Only

    It’s the annual season for gift giving and that time of year when the U.S. sees an almost 25% increase in waste. This is a bonanza for the packaging industry, a significant boost in demand for plastic products, and further rationale for the fossil fuel industry to continue fracking. Join us virtually on Thursday, December 15, 6:30 - 8:00pm, for our next Philly Talks Trash Program, “From Packaging to Pollution,” a discussion led by experts who will provide a detailed look at how the fossil fuel industry is responsible for the huge rise in plastic manufacturing. We’ll discuss how this

    Free

  • Interconnected

    Awbury Arboretum 6336 Ardleigh St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Interconnected features artwork by members of local women’s arts group, Artessa Alliance, reflecting each artist’s relationship with the more-than-human world. Some works are based on close observation of nature; others are inspired by natural forms and systems. Many incorporate foraged and natural materials. Through a variety of styles and media, Interconnected is a creative meditation on the web of life.

    Free

  • Raking Light Reception + Artist Remarks

    InLiquid is excited to invite you to take an evening to slow down, relax, enjoy light refreshments, and hear some short remarks from the artists of Raking Light. As summer turns to fall, the angle of the sun’s rays becomes more acute and the shadows they cast grow more pronounced. This new light alters which details are accentuated or recede. In Raking Light, the interplay of light and shadow features prominently in the works of the four artists on view. Through distinct processes artists Polly Bech, Jean Burdick, Meegan Coll,and Jennifer Brinton Robkin encourage a renewed examination of our surroundings

    Free

  • PRISM Quartet Meets Bang on a Can

    With over 300 commissions to its credit, the intrepid PRISM Quartet (Timothy McAllister, Zachary Shemon, Matthew Levy, Taimur Sullivan) presents a portrait of Bang on a Can‘s visionary co-founders in an all-saxophone program featuring the premiere of In a delirium by Michael Gordon alongside performances of Cha by Julia Wolfe and Revolutionary Etudes by David Lang. Both PRISM and Bang on a Can were founded in the 1980s with a common dedication to new music, and both evolved independently over decades to present programs of powerful contemporary work on tour and in self-produced concert series and festivals; to establish robust

    $20 – $25

  • “A Look Ahead”: Vanguard at a Crossroads

    Vanguard took the side of polluters when it backed out of its biggest climate commitment last month. Vanguard is at a crossroads now – will it continue to cave to right-wing pressure and invest in fossil fuels, propelling us further down the path of climate chaos, or will it make the courageous choice to stand by climate commitments and invest in community-led solutions? Join us for an action to confront Vanguard with the question: which future will you choose? Vanguard calls its New Year’s customer webinar A Look Ahead; we’ll use art and our voices to offer a real glimpse

  • Walking The Edge Exhibit

    Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagy's Mill Road, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Walking the Edge is a communal display on the experience of walking in nature. We are inviting the public to share their creative impressions, reflections and encounters on walking borders, limits and perimeters in nature as they are expressed through art. Curated by Jacques-Jean Tiziou of “Walk Around Philadelphia”, our fourth bi-annual community exhibition embraces walking as an artistic practice that reflects on our interconnectedness with nature.

  • Unquiet Fury Exhibition – Public Open Reception

    InLiquid Gallery 1400 North American, Suit 108, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Join us at The Crane Local Gallery on February 9 from 6 - 9 PM for the Public Reception for the poignant exhibition "Unquiet Fury" From January 28 through March 11, 2023 the InLiquid is pleased to present Unquiet Fury: The Women's Uprising in Iran a solo show by the Iranian American, Nazanin Moghbeli that was made in response to the cultural uprising that began in 2021 and was led by women. Moghbeli’s work abstracts traditional Persian calligraphy and combines it with Farsi poetry and fragments of CIA documents, capturing the undulating course of Iranian culture and national identity.

    Free

  • SuperCellular: Carolyn Healy & John Phillips

    Zoom, Online Only

    SuperCellular A new site-specific immersive art gallery experience by Carolyn Healy and John JH Phillips January 30 - March 25, 2023 Opening Reception: February 2, 5-7 pm GLASSBORO, NJ—Rowan University Art Gallery is pleased to present SuperCellular, a new collaborative site-specific immersive art gallery experience by Carolyn Healy and John JH Phillips. Debuting on January 30, the exhibition will be on view through March 25, 2023 with an opening reception and artist’s talk on February 2, from 5-7 pm. The talk begins at 5:30 pm. SuperCellular combines sculpture, light, sound, and moving imagery as a reflection of the astonishing and

    free

  • SuperCellular: Carolyn Healy & John Phillips

    Zoom, Online Only

    SuperCellular A new site-specific immersive art gallery experience by Carolyn Healy and John JH Phillips January 30 - March 25, 2023 Opening Reception: February 2, 5-7 pm GLASSBORO, NJ—Rowan University Art Gallery is pleased to present SuperCellular, a new collaborative site-specific immersive art gallery experience by Carolyn Healy and John JH Phillips. Debuting on January 30, the exhibition will be on view through March 25, 2023 with an opening reception and artist’s talk on February 2, from 5-7 pm. The talk begins at 5:30 pm. SuperCellular combines sculpture, light, sound, and moving imagery as a reflection of the astonishing and

    free

  • SuperCellular: Carolyn Healy & John Phillips

    Zoom, Online Only

    SuperCellular A new site-specific immersive art gallery experience by Carolyn Healy and John JH Phillips January 30 - March 25, 2023 Opening Reception: February 2, 5-7 pm GLASSBORO, NJ—Rowan University Art Gallery is pleased to present SuperCellular, a new collaborative site-specific immersive art gallery experience by Carolyn Healy and John JH Phillips. Debuting on January 30, the exhibition will be on view through March 25, 2023 with an opening reception and artist’s talk on February 2, from 5-7 pm. The talk begins at 5:30 pm. SuperCellular combines sculpture, light, sound, and moving imagery as a reflection of the astonishing and

    free

  • Arch Enemy Arts presents TABERNACLE by Maryann Held and WAX & WANE by Brian Serway

    Arch Enemy Arts 109 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 Arch Enemy Arts is thrilled to present: TABERNACLE, an enchanting series of 10 new and original paintings by Maryann Held. In this solo feature, the local artist continues her explorations in design and color through acrylic paint and gold ink, with each work reverently housed in hand-picked vintage frames WAX & WANE, a solo feature highlighting debut works by Brian Serway. A collection of 7 mixed media paintings, the series depicts an array of mystic woodland creatures captured in the Tennessee artist’s distinctive and haunting style. Also on view through February

    Free