Date: StrEAT Food Festival: September 14, 2017 Manayunk Restaurant Week: September 15-28, 2017 Overview Manayunk celebrates its diverse dining scene during the biannual Manayunk StrEAT Food Festival & Restaurant Week. Held in the spring and the fall, the festival of food highlights neighborhood eateries, food trucks and entertainment. The celebration kicks-off with the StrEAT Food Festival featuring dozens of the city’s top food trucks, local vendors and the shops and restaurants that line Main Street in Manayunk. Main Street is closed to traffic for the day-long celebration, which also fe ..read more

For many, spring is synonymous with Phillies season — not baseball season, Phillies season. The Fightin’ Phils take to the mound at 3:05 p.m. on March 28, 2024, for this year’s home opener against the Atlanta Braves. And this season is different. Sure, we’ve said that before. But now we’re fresh off of two, back-to-back playoff runs. We know what’s possible and what it takes to make it to the postseason. Plus, this team is stacked with hard-hitting talent: Bryce Harper, Trea Turner, Bryson Stott. This really, truly could be our year. That’s the magic of Philly sports: We’re all in the game. Wh ..read more

Philadelphia is filled with famous destinations known around the world. But beyond those celebrated institutions are a slew of museums, galleries, parks, and historical and cultural attractions even many lifelong Philadelphians might not be as familiar with. In other words, if you thought you’d seen everything there is to see in Philly, think again. Look past the Philadelphia Museum of Art to boutique galleries concentrating in media like clay (The Clay Studio), wood (Museum for Art in Wood) and fabric (Fabric Workshop and Museum). Go beyond the Bell to historical museums like the Antique Ice ..read more

Philadelphia’s culinary story is enjoying an exciting chapter — which means the city deserves an exciting event to celebrate the industry’s strides and its possibilities. Enter: The Chef Conference. Evolved from founder Mike Traud’s long-running partnership with Drexel University, this four-day event invites the whole of the food community — award-winning restaurateurs and beloved hospitality vets, celebrity chefs and food personalities, food writers and the diners at the heart of the whole enterprise — to the nation’s most captivating and collaborative food city for four days of conversation ..read more

Philly’s journey to becoming an international culinary capital was less of a renaissance and more of an evolution, one that has attracted the attention of trusted publications the world over — and shows no signs of slowing. Want receipts? The City of Brotherly Love just snagged a place on Eater’s list of “The Best Food Cities to Travel to” in the world. Alongside international destinations like Busan, South Korea; Seychelles and Cairo, Egypt, Philly is just one of 3 U.S. cities to make the cut. Eater points to Philly’s record showing at the 2023 James Beard Awards and the winning restaurants ..read more

Over the years, Museum of the American Revolution visitors have only gotten a glimpse at George Washington’s headquarters tent and into its history. Now, Witness to Revolution: The Unlikely Travels of Washington’s Tent brings over 100 artifacts (think: Washington’s military belongings, historic artwork and letters) together to tell the full story of our first president’s headquarters tent, which served as his battlefield center of command, sleeping quarters, office and more. Witness to Revolution runs now through January 5, 2025 ..read more

Philadelphia is a winning city, raking in awards and accolades on the regular. Case in point: Philly was recently named one of Lonely Planet’s best cities in the world to visit in 2024. In 2023, the city’s culinary scene brought in more James Beard Awards than any other city. On the entertainment front, Philly’s own Quinta Brunson just scored an Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series for Abbott Elementary. And a golden year could be brewing for Philly at the upcoming Oscars, with Colman Domingo, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Bradley Cooper earning five nominations in all. Which brings ..read more

Everything just clicks as the world’s largest LEGO art exhibition returns to The Franklin Institute. Back in Philly for the first time since 2015, The Art of the Brick showcases over 100 intricate works of LEGO art, including several large-scale, never-before-seen creations. The ticketed LEGO exhibition features a multi-block exhibit hall and an expansive play space, with bricks spread across five family-friendly activity stations. The Art of the Brick runs from February 17 through September 2, 2024 ..read more

The secret treasure that is Philly’s restaurant scene got out a long, long time ago. Since then, local restaurateurs have only turned up the heat, blowing diners’ expectations out of the water and racking up accolades in the process. The latest example: the recent announcement of the nine (!) Philadelphia-area James Beard Award semifinalists. 2024’s nominees include: a.kitchen+bar for Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program My Loup for Outstanding Restaurant Isgro Pastries for Outstanding Bakery Cantina La Martina’s Dionicio Jiménez for Outstanding Chef Bolo’s Yun Fuentes for Emerging C ..read more

This spring, Greater Philadelphia will experience a phenomenon not witnessed for 40 years. A total eclipse of the sun will traverse the country on Monday, April 8, 2024, during which the Philly region will be plunged into a partial solar eclipse reaching over 90% of totality. The event — where the path of the moon crosses in front of the sun — will cover nine-tenths of the sun’s surface locally. That makes this a “deep partial” solar eclipse, where the sky will get noticeably darker, brighter stars will be visible and the sun’s profile will be reduced to a slender crescent. (Viewing success is ..read more