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Join us for the last Movie Night of the summer, in partnership with KenCrest and Envision New Possibilities,! Bring your picnic blankets, bug spray, and snacks, and enjoy a free, family-friendly movie under the evening sky on the Gingko Lawn. No registration is necessary. We’ll watch Encanto (2021), starting at 7:30pm. Come early for “Intro to Birding” with The Pennsylvania Game Commission from 6-7pm
Stop by for an interactive, nature science-based lesson and craft, featuring special guest Haley from the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Learn about some of the animals that inhabit PA while exploring mammal furs and skulls. Get a close-up look at what these mammals look and feel like, while also determining their niche just based off of their skulls. While supplies last. All ages are welcome, no registration is required. Pop-Ups are outdoors and may be canceled in the case of inclement weather.
Stop by for an interactive, nature science-based lesson and craft! We’ll use the power of the sun to make solar prints. While supplies last. All ages are welcome, no registration is required. Pop-Ups are outdoors and may be canceled in the case of inclement weather.
Stop by for an interactive, nature science-based lesson and craft! Use leaves from around the Garden to make your own unique art. While supplies last. All ages are welcome, no registration is required. Pop-Ups are outdoors and may be canceled in the case of inclement weather.
Stop by for an interactive, nature science-based lesson and craft! Make an artful kite to ride the wind. While supplies last. All ages are welcome, no registration is required. Pop-Ups are outdoors and may be canceled in the case of inclement weather.
Join us for a summertime Movie Night! Bring your picnic blankets, bug spray, and snacks, and enjoy a free, family-friendly movie under the evening sky on the Gingko Lawn. No registration is necessary. We’ll watch the animated film Migration (2023), starting at 8:30pm. Come early at 7pm for nature-based pre-movie activities with The Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Stop by for an interactive, nature science-based lesson and craft! This week we’ll make our own terrariums! While supplies last. All ages are welcome, no registration is required. Pop-Ups are outdoors and may be canceled in the case of inclement weather.
Join us for a special presentation of a performance and screening celebrating contemporary Japanese video artists with cinéSPEAK. ABOUT THE PROGRAM Community of Images: Japanese Moving Image Artists in the US, 1960s-1970s is an exhibition that explores experimental moving images created by Japanese artists and their connections to North America. Covering a wide range of practices and themes; including avant-garde film, performance, design and healing, ecology, expanded cinema, independent documentary, music, race, feminism, video art, community-based video, technology and communication, and others, the project features works and activities that took place in Japan and in the U.S. As part of
Stop by for an interactive, nature science-based lesson and craft! We’ll use the power of the sun to make solar prints. While supplies last. All ages are welcome, no registration is required. Pop-Ups are outdoors and may be canceled in the case of inclement weather.
Stop by for an interactive, nature science-based lesson and craft! This week we’ll make our own terrariums! While supplies last. All ages are welcome, no registration is required. Pop-Ups are outdoors and may be canceled in the case of inclement weather.
Join us for the first Movie Night of the summer! Bring your picnic blankets, bug spray, and snacks, and enjoy a free, family-friendly movie under the evening sky on the Gingko Lawn. No registration is necessary. We’ll be watching the classic The Wiz (1978), starting at 8:30pm. Come early at 7pm for nature-based pre-movie activities with The Pennsylvania Game Commission and info table with the West Philadelphia YMCA.
Join us at Bartram’s Garden for a special outdoor presentation of Bill Gunns’ Ganja and Hess with a pre-show performance by Contour and a post-show Q&A with composer Sam Waymon. BYO seating, beverages, and snacks. Movie concessions will also be available for purchase. Costumes encouraged! 25% of all ticket sales will be donated to Prevention Point. Prevention Point Philadelphia is a nonprofit public health organization providing harm reduction services to Philadelphia and the surrounding area. Learn more here. Event flow: 6:oopm: Doors open and performance by Contour 7:oopm: Film begins Q&A with Sam Waymon to follow! ABOUT THE FILM:
Join us at Bartram’s Garden for a special outdoor presentation of Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s film Memoria, with a pre-screening performance by Sunken Cages and DJ Ripley.,presented by CineSpeak. BYO chairs or blanket (seating is first-come, first-served). Refreshments will be available for on-site purchase, but attendees are welcome to bring their own as well. This event is outdoors, rain or shine. If it is rainy (but not stormy), we will relocate the event to a big tented area. Look for updates via email and social media. Event Flow 7pm: Doors open 7:30pm: Pre-screening performance by Sunken Cages and DJ Ripley. 8:00pm: Film
