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  • Shiverfest Fall festival

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

    Every fall, Riverbend Environmental Education Center transforms into a spooooook-tacular family festival. Shiverfest brings together food trucks, live entertainment, animals, crafts, and community, all set against the backdrop of the preserve. Shiverfest is a fundraiser that helps Riverbend provide free and accessible nature education to kids. Every ticket, sponsorship, and donation directly supports that mission. Discounted tickets available for SNAP/EBT/ PA ACCESS cardholders. Email tmountain@riverbendeec.org.

  • Arts and Crafts Supply Swap

    Arts and Crafts Supply Swap
    (Philadelphia, PA) Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Do you have gently used or new art and craft supplies that are collecting dust? Are there things you bought for projects you're never going to get to or lost interest in? Do you want to try a new hobby but need inspiration and means? Let's share materials that are in good condition! The Art Department and Special Collections invite you to come by the library with supplies that you no longer want or need and pick up something else in exchange. You do not need to bring materials to take something. Join us at Parkway Central in the Heim

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  • Shiverfest Fall festival

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

    Every fall, Riverbend Environmental Education Center transforms into a spooooook-tacular family festival. Shiverfest brings together food trucks, live entertainment, animals, crafts, and community, all set against the backdrop of the preserve. Shiverfest is a fundraiser that helps Riverbend provide free and accessible nature education to kids. Every ticket, sponsorship, and donation directly supports that mission. Discounted tickets available for SNAP/EBT/ PA ACCESS cardholders. Email tmountain@riverbendeec.org.

  • de/composition 1.2: Native Trees, Sonic Roots

    Bennett Compost 5650 Rising Sun Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    de/composition 1.2: Native Trees, Sonic Roots is an immersive multimedia performance driven by ambient soundscapes, dynamic visuals, narrative storytelling and movement grounded in ecological stories. Real-time audio converted from the bio-electric inputs of trees and worms are merged with live electronic music and Latin folk percussion. Led by composer and producer June Lopez, alongside narrator and contemporary dance performer Dr. Jamé McCray, with visual artists Samara Talkin and Neil Cippon, this evolving performance spotlights the surrounding environment of the Tookany/Tacony–Frankford Watershed. Where: Bennet Compost, 5650 Rising Sun Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19120 When: Saturday, October 3rd, 2026 @ 7 PM Featuring:

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  • Monarch Butterly Celebration and Sustainability Fair

    Jenkintown Town Square Greenwood Ave & Leedom St, Jenkintown, United States

    Join us on Sunday, October 4, for a Monarch Butterfly Celebration and Sustainability Fair in the Jenkintown Town Square from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. We'll have a presentation on the Monarch Butterfly at 12:30, followed by a butterfly tag & release (conditions permitting) as part of the Monarch Watch Tagging Program. The Monarch Watch Tagging Program is a large-scale community science project initiated in 1992 to help understand the dynamics of the monarch's spectacular fall migration through mark and recapture. Info at monarchwatch.org Representatives from Bird Town PA, Back to Earth Compost Crew, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed