Germantown Community Events Calendar

Hosted by Awbury Arboretum Description (from host) Awbury’s 56-acre landscape tucked away in Germantown is a serene escape from the fast pace of the city of Philadelphia. Join us on our Wellness Walks and immerse yourself in nature as we take a moderately paced stroll through gardens, woodlands, roam around the farm, and our ponds and meadows. Join us Monday’s & Thursday’s from 7:00 am – 8:00 am at The Farm at Awbury for our Wellness Walks led by wellness…

Hosted by BuildaBridge Description (from host) **REGISTRATION IS CLOSED AS OF 1/15/2024.  **WE'LL OPEN UP REGISTRATION AGAIN IN 2-3 WEEKS. **THE NEXT PROGRAM SHOULD BE BEGINNING IN MARCH **FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR NAME TO THE WAIT LIST **WE'LL BE IN TOUCH IF SPACE OPENS UP Build A Bridge is sponsoring The Music Studio @ The Lonnie Young Recreation Center from 4:00 PM to 5:30PM, Monday and Thursday, 1100 East Chelten Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19138. The program is free. In…

Let’s talk about our bodies, our health, and our power to access care. Join Resolve Philly for a community conversation about: Understanding anatomy Navigating menstrual health and hygiene Accessing local health services and resources through the Equally Informed Philly text line This event is open to anyone who identifies as a girl, woman, or femme—including trans and gender-expansive folks. Our goal is to create a supportive, inclusive space where everyone feels welcome to ask questions and share. Bring a…

Hosted by Awbury Arboretum Description (from host) Awbury’s 56-acre landscape tucked away in Germantown is a serene escape from the fast pace of the city of Philadelphia. Join us on our Wellness Walks and immerse yourself in nature as we take a moderately paced stroll through gardens, woodlands, roam around the farm, and our ponds and meadows. Join us Monday’s & Thursday’s from 7:00 am – 8:00 am at The Farm at Awbury for our Wellness Walks led by wellness…

Hosted by BuildaBridge Description (from host) **REGISTRATION IS CLOSED AS OF 1/15/2024.  **WE'LL OPEN UP REGISTRATION AGAIN IN 2-3 WEEKS. **THE NEXT PROGRAM SHOULD BE BEGINNING IN MARCH **FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR NAME TO THE WAIT LIST **WE'LL BE IN TOUCH IF SPACE OPENS UP Build A Bridge is sponsoring The Music Studio @ The Lonnie Young Recreation Center from 4:00 PM to 5:30PM, Monday and Thursday, 1100 East Chelten Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19138. The program is free. In…

Bring your instrument, words, and ears to enjoy a time of sharing ancestorial space. Vendors, Food, and Live Entertainment for this monthyl gathering! Our featured artist will be Chioma Sheri. Chioma Sheri is a human, storyteller, poet, creative cultivator, sometimes performer, all times learner, lover of God, & bearer of laughs. She is driven by the potential of language and deeply believes in the power of storytelling and community record-keeping, specifically with regards to how we hold and support stories from…

Every Friday from 9:30 am to 10:30 am, St. Luke's Church opens its doors for our Food Pantry. Come and collect groceries to support you and your family. Let’s build a stronger community together!

The plant nursery opens in just over a month! The greenhouse is filling up with veggie seedlings, and I'm starting to organize overwintered perennials and shrubs to see what we need this year. Please reach out - soon - if there's a tree or shrub or other ornamental you need for your garden, so I can try to find it and include it in my spring orders.We open in person on April 5th, but will be open for online orders…

Hosted by Lonnie Young Advisory Council Description (from host) The Lonnie Young Advisory Council invites you to an afternoon of line dancing! Every Saturday from 12-2pm. Free & fun fitness!

Announcing!3 new exhibitions by @amlyles_visualartist, @jmaz79 and @delilahblueness1. @imperfectgallery is very excited to invite YOU to the Opening Reception on Saturday, May 17 (6-9pm). See what has been keeping these artists busy these days. Amir’s layered mixed media paintings will welcome you in the front room of the gallery, José’s captivating street photography from Philly and his native Guatemala, will hold you in the back room for a bit, and then... you’ll step into the wild world of Tina Baylor in the GReaT GLaSS eLeVaToR, her…

Enjoy an afternoon of clay play! Children will have a great time creating marvelous, magical, wondrous, animated, objects of art! Ages 5-8: April 6: Coil Creations May 18: Animal Wall Pockets June 8: Sun Medallions Ages 9-12: April 27: Fun Face Mugs June 1: Garden Inspired Tiles June 22: Creative Wall Pockets

And next up at @wildindigo.poetry are the incredible, grounded, visionary, word magic makers @kirwynsutherland and @yeseniamontillapoet  These two poets are BELOVED in every room they enter and each have a knack for activating the collective heart while bending time and space to reveal the deeply intimate with individual and collective struggle. If you go to any Philly poet event, you are highly likely to see Kirwyn, always celebrating poets! Kirwyn Sutherland is a Ciinical Research Professional and poet who makes poems centering the black experience…