The Avenue of the Arts is Philadelphia’s signature street. It has grown to become the heart of our city aesthetically, socially,
economically, and culturally. The Avenue is one of the most vibrant and successful performing arts, residential, educational, commercial, and tourist destinations in the United States.
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Join Friends for Book Club The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd September 22, 2016, 2016 at 5:45 NEW […]CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
Mosaic Mural Workshops with Isaiah Zagar
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens
April 23rd, 2016 - October 23rd, 2016
SPECIAL EVENTS
PHS Pop Up Garden - South Street 2016
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
June 1st, 2016 - September 30th, 2016
Returning for the third year to its popular flagship site, 15th and South Streets, the Pop Up Garden will be operated by the renowned Khyber Pass Pub.
This year designer Karen Regan, of Tallulah & Bird, will unveil a new look for the garden that enhances beloved elements while designing new intimate and social spaces for the ultimate visitor experience. The soothing plant palette will include bursts of roses; fragrant herbs; cocktail cucumbers; a fluffy canopy of pink crape myrtles; climbing vines of hops, wisteria and clematis; a multi-textured perennial mix, including feather grass, ferns, Queen Anne’s Lace and an illuminated, towering mulberry tree.
VISUAL ARTS
Happiness, Liberty, Life?: American Art and Politics
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)
June 30th, 2016 - September 18th, 2016
TOURS
MARKET EAST ARCHITECTURE WALKING TOUR
The Barnes Foundation
September 10th, 2016 - September 10th, 2016