Places To Go, Things To Do | Week of FEB 10, 2020

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Getaway at the Greenhouse
Feb 1, 2020 to Feb 16, 2020
10:00 AM until 10:00 PM
Registration requested but not required
https://myphillypark.org/event/greenhouse-1/
COST: FREE

Fairmount Park Horticulture Center
100 North Horticultural Dr.
Phila. , PA

The pop-up park in the Horticulture Center greenhouse in Fairmount Park returns.</

Weekly Events:

Mondays: Nature Read-a-Loud and Activity, 11-11:30am & 2-2:30pm

Wednesdays: Story Time & Design with Design Philly, 11am-12:30pm

Fridays: HRTS in the Park with Easy Denim, 11am-1pm

Sundays: Let’s Rock Recess, 12noon-5pm

Special Events:

Tuesday, Feb. 11: Mister John’s Music, 11-11:45am & 12-12:45pm

Saturday, Feb. 15: Elmwood Park Zoo, 12-3:30pm

Evenings offer food, drinks and entertainment for adults.

Phone: 215-988-9334

Contact email: info@myphillypark.org


Community Night
Third Mondays — February 17 to Nov 16, 2020 @ 5:00PM

This event occurs monthly, on the third Monday of January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November.

The Franklin Institute
222 N. 20th St.
Philadelphia, PA
https://www.fi.edu/special-events/community-nights
No registration needed

Check out permanent exhibits, hands-on activities and live science shows.

Garage parking is discounted to $6 during the event. Parking tickets must be validated prior to departure at the Security Desk located in the Atrium. Parking is limited and space is not guaranteed. The garage is located at 271 N. 21st St.

Cost: FREE


Voices of Hope: A Black History Month Celebration
Thursday, Feb 20, 2020 at 6PM
Please Touch Museum
Philadelphia, PA
https://manncenter.org/voicesofhope
Registration required

Hosted in partnership with the neighboring Mann Center for the Performing Arts, the event features performances by PHILADANCO, Philadelphia Heritage Chorale, Monique Brooks Roberts, Sister Cities Girlchoir and CAPA String Quartet.

Cost: FREE


Sundays on Stage: Freedom Stories
Sunday Feb 23, 2020
02:00 PM until 03:00 PM
Parkway Central Library
1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia, PA
http://freelibrary.org

Cost: FREE / No registration needed

Storyteller TAHIRA shares tales of freedom fighters in this dramatic performance. A look at the people who took extraordinary risks, focusing on the Underground Railroad and including freedom songs like “John the Rabbit,” which contained coded messages used by enslaved Africans to devise a plan of escape.

Contact email: sundaysonstage@freelibrary.org


Places To Go, Things To Do is heard LIVE on Monday afternoons on #TheRideHome with @RadioRobyn on the :40s between 3PM – 5PM ET!