Helen Oyeyemi, author of ‘The Opposite House’, and ‘The Icarus Girl’, will speak and sign books, tonight June 19th at the Central Library on the Parkway at 7pm. It is free and doors open 45 minutes before event.
June 21 at 7pm Dennis Ross, America’s long serving Middle East envoy and former U.S. Ambassador will sign and discuss his new book, ‘Statecraft’.
Driving home from a friend’s house along Spruce Street just a little while ago, I passed what seemed like an apartment’s worth of stuff on the sidewalk, waiting for the morning trash collection. There were armchairs, a bed and a dresser that I could see, and most of it looked to be in pretty good shape. So if you are a collector or stuff, or looking for some furniture bargains, you might want to swing by the 1600 block of Spruce before morning. You might just find something wonderful.
As part of their AIDS Education month series, Philadelphia FIGHT will present a Global Forum on Women and HIV tomorrow night. For anyone who might be interested in attending: Global Forum: Women & HIV
Date: Thursday, June 14th
Time: 4:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street
Registration: Register online or call 215.985.4448, ext. 250
The growing feminization of the AIDS pandemic will be discussed by exploring the gender inequality underlying rising incidence rates among women and girls. Please join us for 3 workshops examining global policies, conditions for women in Sub-Saharan Africa, and HIV among African women in the U.S., followed by a presentation and discussion by C.H.A.N.G.E (Center for Health and Gender Equity) on the critical campaign: Women Won’t Wait! This campaign calls attention to the intersection between rising HIV/AIDS among women and gender-based violence and demands global funding accountability to support programs that address this relationship.
(A light dinner will be provided.)
At the Cecilian Center for Earth, Arts and Spirit, 100 W. Carpenter Lane, Philadelphia ,19119
Phone 215 849 3364
Dom Roberti, Ph.D.
Threats to our life support systems on earth challenge us to a new spirituality based on an entirely new way of looking at the natural world, taking into account results from empirical science, from our personal experience, and from our various faith traditions, including the Bible. The four sessions will be devoted to Teilhard de Chardin’s sacred cosmology, biological evolution, the universe story, and entropy and chaos. Each session will have a presentation by the instructor and at least an hour for dialogue among the participants.
Four sessions
Wednesday
May 2, 9, 16, 23
9:30 - 11:30 am
Free will offering
This Sunday is the annual Wissahickon Day Parade in Wissahickon Valley Park. The day starts off with a horse show at the Northwestern Equestrian Facility at 9:00 AM. Then, a parade of 20 classic horse drawn carriages and dozens of individual riders will parade south through the park from there on Forbidden Drive to Valley Green. The oldest continuing equine parade in the country beings at 11:15 AM. The weather is meant to clear up by Sunday, so if you’re into horses come on up to Chestnut Hill and enjoy!
Saturday and Sunday, April 21 and 22, from 11am-7pm in and around the Central library at 19th and Vine, on the Parkway.Two days of great fun for family, friends, and booklovers.
Author Appearances
A Street Fair of Literary Exhibitors and Independent Authors
Children’s Programs and Entertainment
Live Musical Performances
All Events are FREE!
Come to the Festival
You might have seen that Youtube clip where the man walks around with a sign, stating that he is offering ‘Free Hugs.’ For the first bit of the video, he gets turned down and people look at him like he is crazy, and then suddenly, everyone is taking him up on the offer of free hugs.
He has actually succeeded in starting a worldwide movement where people mimic what he did, in an attempt to bring a little joy/happiness/friendliness into the lives of others. Well, some folks are organizing themselves to do some free hugging here in Philly this Saturday, April 14th at 1 pm in Love Park (seems appropriate). If you want to be a free hugger, make a sign and go on down there. If you just want a singular free hug, make sure to stop by. If you have any questions about this, email Jason.
Although the weather does not support this truth, today is the first day of spring. Among the many things this means for gardeners, fashionistas and astrologers, it also means that Dunkin’ Donuts is giving away free iced coffee all day long. So, while it may not break 50 degrees today, go confirm for yourself that spring is truly here with a free drink.
It’s a regatta, not a Philadelphia-based zombie movie. The latter would be fun, too, though. I digress. This Saturday the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta starts very early at 7:00 AM and continues though to dinner time with the last race at 5:15. Competitors range in age from high school through to masters in their 50’s and boats range from singles to those huge 8 person deals. My rowing jargon is not very good, so I’ll defer to the official web site to offer you more information: http://www.hosr.org/.
I find some people have the misconception of a regatta as a snooty event populated by Bree Vandekamp types wearing cashmere twinsets and sun hats. Not at all. There are all kinds of people there from every age group. It’s a fun family event, and the fall foliage on the river should be just about at peak.
PhotoLounge, which I remember from the days when it was still CBOP, is offering a collection of free services in their attempt to be the single stop in the city for all things photography. I’m on their mailing list because I’ve had them do prints of my digital pictures more than once, and I like to go in occasionally and ogle the cameras on display. The most recent email I got from them included an offer for a free photo coaching sessions this Saturday, September 16th. Eric Mencher will be there from 11 am until 12 noon to share tips on how to take pictures like a photojournalist and Sarah Miller of Sarah Miller Photography will offer expert tips from 1-3 pm. If you want to go, let them know by RSVPing here.
The PhotoLounge is at 1909 Chestnut St.
