First Friday Doylestown

08-05-2005 - 01-01-2037

Doylestown

http://www.firstfridaydoylestown.com

Doylestown - Doylestown PA 18901

Admission: 0

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Doylestown holds a First Friday celebration each month, which is free to the public First Friday Doylestown offers: • Live local music • Exhibits of local fine artists • Extended hours for participating merchants • Plenty of free parking

First Fridays On Vine

08-05-2005 - 08-06-2010

Jose Sebourne Graphic Design

Jose Sebourne Graphic Design - 1209 Vine Street Philadelphia PA 19107

Admission: 5

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First Friday on Vine is an artistic venue that supports and celebrates the Philadelphia art scene Stop by every 1st Friday of the month from 7 to 10 PM to celebrate art through free form expressions of poetry, spoken word, and music An eclectic mix of local poets, musicians, storytellers and artists get together for open mike with students, insurance agents, stock brokers, laborers, nurses, merchants and anyone else who has an appreciation for art

Children and their parents can enjoy and take home original children's picture book paintings, hand painted mirrors, shelves, table sets and other exquisite decor Fancy a one-of-a-kind hand-made greeting card, children's jewlery, and wooden toys Everything can be customized on site by artists for free!

Open to both children and adults Learn the foundations of visual arts hands on, exploring different types of media and techniques Enjoy a watercolor class where you learn proper use of the tricky medium or partake in a class for Children's Picture book illustration All classes are one on one with a professional picture book artist

Gimme Shelter

05-09-2009 - 05-09-2010

Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education

http://www.schuylkillcenter.org

Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education - 8480 Hagy's Mill Road Philadelphia PA 19128

Admission: 0

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Gimme Shelter is a showcase of six semi-permanent, functional woodland shelters which will enhance the experience of visitors to the Schuylkill Center The project is meant to build awareness of the applied possibilities and meaning of sustainability and its impact on our lives and our connection to the natural world The competition encouraged collaboration between artists, designers and architects, in order to demonstrate and promote new, unique, and inspiring approaches to sustainable design and building techniques The six finalists will build their shelters at the Schuylkill Center in the spring, with an opening reception on Saturday May 9, 2009

Whole of Nature and the Mirror of Art

01-01-2009 - 12-31-2009

Chemical Heritage Foundation

http://www.chemheritage.org/exhibits/ex-nav3-whole.html

Chemical Heritage Foundation - 315 Chestnut Street Philadelphia PA 19106

Admission: 0

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Alchemy's most familiar pursuits--transmuting lead into gold and producing an elixir to prolong life--seemed reasonable in their day, though even then they were the subject of learned study and debate Although alchemy ceased to be considered a serious scientific endeavor by the mid-18th century, its ideas and symbols remain embedded in our culture Current scholarship is still rediscovering what alchemy was to past practitioners and thinkers

The Whole of Nature and the Mirror of Art examines the world of the alchemist through photo-reproductions, mounted on glass panels, of engravings from alchemical books published in the 17th century These beautiful, fantastically detailed engravings depict a wide range of topics, including the secrets of the Philosopher's Stone and fanciful images of the search for knowledge and attempts to understand the natural world

Transmutations

01-01-2009 - 12-31-2009

Chemical Heritage Foundation

http://www.chemheritage.org/exhibits/ex-nav3-transmute.html

Chemical Heritage Foundation - 315 Chestnut Street Philadelphia PA 19106

Admission:

215-925-9222

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In artistic depictions of alchemy, science and art blend to tell nuanced stories about the cultures that produced the two fields The tone of European alchemical art from across the centuries can range from representational to humanizing, often using caricature, subtle satire, and theatrical gestures and poses

Transmutations features depictions of chemistry and alchemy from the 17th through the 19th centuries The paintings' subjects include detailed scenes of busy workshops where alchemists perform distillation, metallurgy, uroscopy, and tooth pulling Portrayals of alchemists range from a figure of human folly to that of an honest laborer Later paintings show a romanticized view of alchemy and illustrate how changes in artistic taste and convention also fueled misunderstandings about the practice of alchemy Representations like those featured in the exhibit provide insight on the kind of work that alchemists did and on the ways that they have been revered, reviled, and remembered

Admission is by appointment only; please call the number above to schedule your visit

Nineteenth-Century Patent Models: Innovation in Miniature

04-25-2009 - 12-31-2009

Hagley Museum and Library

http://www.hagley.org

Hagley Museum and Library - Route 141 PO Box 3630 Wilmington DE 19807

Admission: 11

302-658-2400

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See dozens of patent models dating to the nineteenth century US patent applicants were required to submit miniature working models of their inventions in addition to supporting documents The exhibit will include patents created by women inventors, transportation-related models, inventions for facilitating household chores, and more Use Hagley's main entrance off of route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware

Odili Donald Odita: Third Space

09-05-2008 - 12-06-2009

Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)

http://www.icaphila.org

Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) - S 36th Street and Sansom Street University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA 19104

Admission: 0

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Odili Donald Odita's large-scale, abstract wall paintings operate at the intersection of Western modernism and African culture Borrowing strategies of destabilized perception from Op art--a tradition condemned by formalist criticism--and adding narrative and multicultural inflection, Odita both embraces and critiques the modernist tradition His vast, animated expanses of fractured, rhythmic planes, equally informed by television test band patterns, African textiles, post-colonial discourse, sensory overload, and digital technology, speak to a contemporary experience of dislocation and decenteredness

Painted Metaphors: The Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya

04-05-2009 - 01-31-2010

Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

http://paintedmetaphors.museum.upenn.edu/

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology - 3260 South Street Philadelphia PA 19104

Admission: Admission donation: $10 adults; $7 seniors; $6 students with ID, children 6 to 17 Free for children 5 and younger, Penncard holders, Penn Museum members

Start Time(s): Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 4:30pm Sunday, 1 to 5pm

Penn Museum's unique collection of brilliantly painted Chama vessels opens a window into the lives of the ordinary Maya of 1,300 years ago, and the way they dealt with the challenge of forced change

Earn 2 Try-Its in 1 workshop! Choose from Watching Wildlife and Animals or Eco Explorers and Senses Check the website for dates and times

Choose from Oil Up, Eco Action, or Rocks Rock Check the website for dates and times

Work on Brownie Try-Its and Junior Badges during a fun-filled night of interactive activities including a live animal show! Then stay all night and sleep right next to the museum exhibits Check out the website for dates and details

Work on Webelos Badges, Cub Scout Achievements, and Academic Pins during a fun-filled night of interactive activities including a live animal show! Then stay all night and sleep right next to the museum exhibits Check out the website for dates and details

Choose from Rock the World or Wildlife Conservation Check out the website for dates and details

Earn 2 Badge in 1 day! Choose from Forester and Naturalist or Geologist and Scientist Check out the website for dates and details

Choose from Environmental Science, Mammal Study, or Reptile and Amphibian Study Check out the website for dates and details

Brown Bag Lecture: Abigail Schade

12-01-2009 - 12-01-2009

Tuesday

Chemical Heritage Foundation

http://chemheritage.org/events/event-detail.asp?id=486

Chemical Heritage Foundation - 315 Chestnut Street Philadelphia PA 19106

Admission: Free and open to the public Registration is required

https://chemheritage.org/purchase/signin.asp?target=event-register.asp?id=486

Start Time(s): 12 pm

Baghdad mathematician al-Karaji wrote his treatise, sometimes called the “oldest hydrology textbook,” on the characteristics of groundwater in the 11th century Experts in the modern field of geohydrology have praised Karaji’s work as remarkably accurate Since Karaji’s work focused on traditional methods of groundwater drilling in his native Iran, this how-to manual provides a glimpse of historical agricultural techniques and hydrological expertise usually not available to the historian in such detailed written form

This topic is part of the author’s dissertation on traditional technologies of groundwater irrigation in arid regions of the ancient and medieval world This dissertation in international/global history is being completed in the Department of History at Columbia University, where the author is a Whiting Fellow for the 2009–2010 academic year

Brown Bag Lecture: Matthew Shindell

12-08-2009 - 12-08-2009

Tuesday

Chemical Heritage Foundation

http://chemheritage.org/events/event-detail.asp?id=487

Chemical Heritage Foundation - 315 Chestnut Street Philadelphia PA 19106

Admission: Free and open to the public Registration is required

https://chemheritage.org/purchase/signin.asp?target=event-register.asp?id=487

Start Time(s): 12 pm

This talk will consider Urey’s religious upbringing in the Brethren Church and his lifelong struggle with religious ideas Although Urey became an atheist early in life, his work as a public spokesman for science indicates that he carried many of these ideas (and perhaps a rural attitude toward morality and family life) into his later life and incorporated them into his understanding of science’s ideal role in public and political life Because he participated in the great demographic shift of the 20th century from rural to urban life, a study of Urey’s life and career promises to illuminate the effects that this change in lifestyle, along with participation in more cosmopolitan scientific circles at UC Berkeley, Columbia University, and the University of Chicago, may have had on the development of the 20th-century “scientific conscience”

Matthew Shindell is a PhD candidate in the history of science and science studies at the University of California, San Diego He is currently writing a dissertation concerning the life and career of the American physical chemist Harold C Urey This dissertation has received support from the National Science Foundation, the Chemical Heritage Foundation, and the UCSD Science Studies Program

The Brown Bag Lecture Series is a project of the Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry and the Othmer Library of Chemical History

Brown Bag Lecture: Richardson Dilworth

12-15-2009 - 12-15-2009

Tuesday

Chemical Heritage Foundation

http://chemheritage.org/events/event-detail.asp?id=488

Chemical Heritage Foundation - 315 Chestnut Street Philadelphia PA 19106

Admission: Free and open to the public Registration is required

https://chemheritage.org/purchase/signin.asp?target=event-register.asp?id=488

Start Time(s): 12 pm

Central-city infrastructure development in the 19th and 20th centuries, in areas such as sewerage, water supply, street lighting, and street paving, was an important cause of suburban municipal autonomy by the time of the Great Depression Suburban autonomy was in turn an important factor in the racial and economic transformations that were visible in central cities by the 1950s, in the overall decline in central-city populations on the East Coast and in the Midwest, and thus in the radically changed position of cities in American politics after World War II This talk traces the path from urban technological development and diffusion, to the changing legal jurisdictional structure of metropolitan regions, to the changing role of urbanization in national politics and policy making

Richardson Dilworth is an associate professor of political science and the director of the Center for Public Policy at Drexel University He is the author of The Urban Origins of Suburban Autonomy (2005) and the editor of two books: The City in American Political Development (2009) and Social Capital in the City: Community and Civic Life in Philadelphia (2006) In 2008 he was appointed by Mayor Michael Nutter to serve on the Philadelphia Historical Commission, where he is chair of the Historic Designation Committee

Great Archaeological Discoveries of the World

10-07-2009 - 06-02-2010

Wednesday

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

http://www.penn.museum/college-and-adults/324-great-discoveries-lecture-series.html

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology - 3260 South Street Philadelphia PA 19104

Admission: $5 per lecture or $35 for full lecture series subscription in advance; free for Penn Museum members

Start Time(s): 6

From the intact tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh to the enigmatic ancient sculptures of Easter Island, some of the world’s greatest archaeological discoveries are featured at the Penn Museum’s new monthly lecture series, offered the first Wednesday of every month, October 2009 through June 2010

Oct 7 - Everywhere the Glint of Gold: The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun

Nov 4 - Ankor! Deep in the jungles of Cambodia, ruins of a forgotten kingdom called Angkor came to the attention of 19th century Europe with the publication of sketches by naturalist Henri Mouhot

Dec 2 - Pompeii AD 79: The Treasure of Rediscovery

Jan 6 - China’s First Emperor: Man and the Empire for all Eternity

Feb 3 - Machu Picchu and the Incas

March 3 - Lascaux In ancient caves in the south of France, boys in 1940 discovered 17,000 year old paintings and artifacts made by our early ancestors

April 7 - Lucy in Our Eyes with Diamonds

May 5 - The Easter Island Statue Project

June 2 - The Sutton Hoo Ship Burial and the Origins of the English Speaking Peoples

Visit http://wwwpennmuseum/college-and-adults/324-great-discoveries-lecture-serieshtml for more information!

At Zoo School, 4 to 6-year-olds explore science in an exciting, interactive environment In addition, Zoo School prepares children with the intellectual and social skills they need for school With the Zoo as the classroom, you will discover interesting aspects of the animal kingdom by meeting animals up-close, creating crafts, singing songs, and much more! Each month focuses on a different animal-related theme You must register each month To learn more, visit the offical website

This month’s sleepover program welcomes Girl Scouts ages 6 to 15 and their families or chaperones to an overnight “expedition” of the Museum The night’s activities take intrepid explorers on a journey through time and across continents, with hands-on opportunities through games, crafts, and more—all while working toward badges! A scavenger hunt and a flashlight expedition through the galleries offer new ways to connect with the ancient artifacts awaiting discovery Later in the night, explorers roll out their sleeping bags—to doze at the foot of the third largest granite Sphinx in the world!

Penn Museum invites explorers ages 6 to 12 and their families or chaperones to an overnight “expedition” of the Museum The night’s activities take intrepid explorers on a journey through time and across continents, with hands-on opportunities through games, crafts, and more! A scavenger hunt and a flashlight expedition through the galleries offer new ways to connect with the ancient artifacts awaiting discovery Later in the night, explorers roll out their sleeping bags—to doze at the foot of the third largest granite Sphinx in the world! 40 Winks with the Sphinx concludes with a continental breakfast in the children's lunchroom and time to explore the galleries by day and visit the children’s gift shop

Hear two Penn Museum researchers offer updates on their latest work! Simon Martin, Associate Curator, American Section, and one of the foremost experts on Maya writing and history, summarizes his work on hieroglyphs of Calakmul, Mexico, the largest city in Classic Maya civilization, and provides details on some of the new finds that are shedding light on the social, cultural and political development there Dr Lauren Ristvet, Dyson Chair and Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, talks about Penn Museum’s excavations in Azerbaijan (the first American excavations in that country) at the ancient fortress site of Oglanqala, inhabited between 1200 and 200 BCE Through excavation and survey work, the team is revealing a complex landscape of fortresses, cemeteries and nomadic settlements that are helping to illustrate what it meant to be on the edge of several empires

Body Worlds 2 & The Brain

10-17-2009 - 02-21-2010

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

The Franklin Institute

http://www2.fi.edu/bodyworlds2/

The Franklin Institute - 20th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia PA 19103

Admission: $10-$27 Tickets are timed and dated Advanced reservations are recommended Save up to $10 off daytime admission Discount offer is valid for $2 off admission for up to 5 people, before 5 pm only, 7 days a week at time of purchase Valid October 17-January 15, 2010 Redeem at Ticketing or online Enter code BWTour

1877TFITIX

http://www.fi.edu

Start Time(s): Body Worlds will be open from 9:30 am-9 pm, seven days a week Last entry 7:30 pm (hours are subject to change) Exhibit will be closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day

Take an eye-opening journey through the inner workings of the human body in this follow-up to 2005's extremely popular Body Worlds exhibition! Experience the human body in all its elegance and complexity in the exhibition of entire bodies in dramatic poses Body Worlds 2 & The Brain presents a broad collection of authentic human specimens, and, for the first time in Philadelphia, a special presentation on the brain Featuring some of the latest findings in neuroscience on brain development, function and disease, this exhibit will inspire a greater understanding of and respect for the mysterious world of the brain All specimens in Body Worlds exhibitions are preserved by the revolutionary process of Plastination, invented by anatomist Dr Gunther von Hagens Body Worlds is the only public anatomical exhibition associated with an established body-donation program

Naturally Illuminating: The Science Behind Luminescence

11-21-2009 - 11-21-2009

Saturday

Wagner Free Institute of Science

http://www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org

Wagner Free Institute of Science - 1700 W Montgomery Avenue Philadelphia PA 19121

Admission: Free

Start Time(s): Noon - 4 pm 1 pm Children's Presentation

How do living and non-living things glow in the dark? Come celebrate the Year of Science and find out the difference between photoluminescence and chemoluminescence through hands-on experiments for children 6-12 Hunt through the Wagner's collection for materials that did or still do luminesce - including our newly refurbished fluorescent mineral display!

New York Magazine called artist Walton Ford “Audubon-on-Viagra" His large-scale, highly detailed watercolors of animals may remind some people of the 19th-century illustrations by John James Audubon and Edward Lear But a closer look reveals a complex, sometimes disturbingly anthropomorphic universe full of symbols, sly jokes, and allusions to the 'operatic' nature of traditional natural history themes Ford, whose works are in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, will discuss the inspiration behind some of his paintings and sign copies of the recently published, beautifully illustrated retrospective of his work, Pancha Tantra This large-format edition will be available for purchase at the event 

New York- and San Francisco-based photographer Richard Barnes has a fascination with natural history exhibits His behind-the-scenes photographs are beautifully haunting reminders that there is nothing natural about a natural history museum Animal Logic, the recently published mid-career survey of his work, looks critically at both the natural world and the ways in which people attempt to institutionalize and classify nature within museums Through his lens, sights and objects normally hidden from public view—half-installed dioramas, exploded skulls, and taxidermied animals in shipping crates—take on a strange beauty Animal Logic will be available for purchase at the event RSVP requested: 215-299-1060 For more information: wwwansporg/adult-programs/lecturesphp

2010 Family New Year's Eve Science Party

12-31-2009 - 12-31-2009

Thursday

Da Vinci Science Center

http://www.davinci-center.org

119 Arts Center - 119 South Street Philadelphia PA 19147

Admission: $39 for adults, $29 for kids 12 and under Da Vinci Science Center members pay $35 for adults and $25 for kids

4846641002, Ext 129

Start Time(s): 6-10 pm

Guests at the Da Vinci Science Center’s 2010 Family New Year’s Eve Science Party – presented by Lehigh Valley Mall – will help the Center create the region’s biggest new year’s blast The celebration will culminate with an outdoor Mystery Blast created by party guests shortly before 10 pm Party entertainment will be provided by the much-anticipated return of “Balloon Freak” John Cassidy – a comedian and magician who holds several Guinness World Records and has delighted crowds around the world John Cassidy’s performances will be presented by Wal-Mart Party guests will enjoy a dinner buffet, an Ice Cream World dessert station, noisemakers, and hands-on science fun for all ages Each guest also will receive a Swag Bag of gifts from party sponsors 

Vintage Race Car Demonstration

11-28-2009 - 11-28-2009

Saturday

Simeone Foundation

http://www.SimeoneMuseum.org

Simeone Foundation - 6825-31 Norwitch Drive Philadelphia PA 19153

Admission: $12- Adults $10 - Seniors $8 - Students Children 8 and under, free Rain Date is the next day, Sunday, at Noon

Start Time(s): 12 Noon - 1 PM

This is one of the Simeone Museum's monthly Demonstration Days and will feature two of the most popular cars in the collection: a 1964 Cobra Daytona Coupe and a 1966 Ford GT40 The Simeone Museum is one of the few automotive museums in the world where visitors actually can see and hear famous racecars being driven on the Museum's 3-acre back lot Dr Simeone provides a brief history of the cars before they are driven

Watson Adventures' Murder at the Franklin Institute Scavenger Hunt

12-12-2009 - 02-20-2010

Saturday

Watson Adventures

http://watsonadventures.com

The Franklin Institute - 20th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia PA 19103

Admission: $3250

877-9GOHUNT

http://watsonadventures.com/schedule_philadelphia.html

Start Time(s): 2 pm

Join Watson Adventures on a unique murder mystery scavenger hunt for adults! Someone, or something, has been bumping off Franklin Institute staffers involved in the recent discovery of a long-lost invention by Benjamin Franklin This “infernal machine” has a murky past: Freemasons supposedly used it as part of a secret ritual Are the deaths caused by the invention, or part of the fabled “Curse of the Freemasons”? Or is a serial killer on the loose? Your team of sleuths will have to crack a secret code and uncover the museum’s secrets to solve the mystery and stop the killings This hunt is for adults only 

The Da Vinci Science Center offers its popular Math Midway exhibit during the winter holiday season along with a Winter Toyland, sponsored by Toy Magic, for minds both young and young at heart Visitors will experiment with different types of tops to see which spins the longest, take toys apart to see how they work, race wind-up toys, and create the ever-popular instant snow All Winter Toyland activities will be included with paid Da Vinci Science Center admission

CHF, The Chemical Heritage Foundation gets into the holiday spirit this First Friday Participants are invited to the final Manual Science event of the year to make Christmas ornaments out of papier-mache and learn about the science behind the process Manual Science programming will resume in March Making Modernity, the museum's permanent exhibit, and sLowlife, the museum's temporary exhibit (on display until January 13), will also be open