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Saints at the Shore Saints at the Shore will take place on Saturday, Aug. 2, from 3-7 p.m. at Keenan’s Irish Pub, in North Wildwood. Graduates and friends of Southeast Catholic, Bishop Neumann, St. John Neumann, St. Maria Goretti and Neumann-Goretti are invited. Tickets are $30 in advance and $40 at the door. The event […]
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June 19 Lil Baby – At the Wells Fargo Center, rap star Lil Baby and the WHAM World Tour. Special guests include BigXthaPlug, NLE Choppa and Loe Shimmy. Tickets at whamtour.com. June 21 Summer Solstice Midday Pause – From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Magic Gardens Studio, 1002 Watkins St. Join Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens for a rejuvenating Midday Pause to celebrate the […]
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Free gym memberships for students The City of Philadelphia, in partnership with the School District of Philadelphia, teamed up with local Planet Fitness clubs ahead of the 2025 High School Summer Pass program. The initiative provides teenagers ages 14-19 with free access to any participating Planet Fitness gym from June 1 through Aug. 31. “I […]
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June 14 Gateway to Play – from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at FDR Park. Join Fairmount Park Conservancy for a fun-filled Saturday. To celebrate the opening of the Gateway Plaza at Broad and Pattison as well as the launch of the Conservancy’s Fair Play Campaign, all of FDR Park will be buzzing with free activities, […]
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$40 Million soil remediation facility launches in SW Philly Alterra IOS, a player in the industrial outdoor storage sector that has acquired over 300 sites nationwide, announced the completion and grand opening of a $40 million soil cleanwashing facility in partnership with Eco Materials, which works in construction resource recovery. The new plant offers a sustainable […]
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May 31-June 1 Roots Picnic – The two-day festival returns to its longtime home of The Mann in Fairmount Park. R&B singer D’Angelo will headline the festival alongside The Roots, marking the Black Messiah musician’s return to Roots Picnic. Lenny Kravitz will take the stage to perform hits as well as his latest studio album Blue Electric Light. Meek Mill will also make […]
New fields, courts and more at Murphy Rec
Play ball! The Lawrence E. Murphy Recreation Center on Shunk Street in South Philly’s Whitman neighborhood is now open for business after a $7.5 million Rebuild renovation project was completed. City officials gathered at the park on May 20 to unveil new synthetic turf fields, basketball courts and other improvements to the 4.9-acre park. “I […]
Investing in the Navy Yard
Gov. Josh Shapiro visited the Philadelphia Navy Yard to highlight a $30 million investment of transforming 54 acres into advanced manufacturing, life science and commercial use sites. The money was awarded through the Pennsylvania Strategic Investments to Enhance Sites program and aims to create jobs and grow the state’s economy by developing the Navy Yard’s Greenway […]
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$11 opera tickets return Opera Philadelphia’s 2025-26 season, the first curated by General Director and President Anthony Roth Costanzo, will once again feature tickets for as low as $11, or a higher price of your choosing, in the company’s second year of its successful Pick Your Price initiative. Single tickets are on sale now. “For 50 years, Opera Philadelphia […]
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May 22 Old Crow Medicine Show – At 7:30 p.m. at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Old Crow Medicine Show makes its Penn Live Arts debut with a mix of traditional country, old-time string music, bluegrass and folk. The six-piece band was discovered by bluegrass legend Doc Watson and since then has earned two Grammy Awards, […]