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5/23

University City Mix

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University City District hosts a networking mixer with free appetizers and drink specials. The Common is a brand-new New American restaurant in University City.

1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

The Common, 3601 Market St.

5/6

May Moth Storyslam

Exterior of World Cafe Live with signage
As part of the Philadelphia Moth Storyslam, aspiring storytellers participate by placing their name in a hat to be chosen as one of 10 featured performers for the evening. Audience judges select a winner, who will then go on to compete in a GrandSLAM Championship later this year against nine other storytellers.

3:30 p.m.

World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.

5/11

Grave Garden Tour

This Mother's Day grave gardens guided tour explores the more than 100 gardens that cover the Victorian cemetery. The tour also covers the history of the site.

6:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

The Woodlands,

5/9

Learning with Waters

Card describing a step of the Embodied Scientist Parkour course
The Penn Program in Environmental Humanities, in collaboration with the Wolf Humanities Center and Perry World House, hosts a gathering of scientists, artists, historians, educators, and community partners for a series of lectures, roundtables, and performances that evaluate academia's role in combatting climate change.

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Williams Hall, 255 S. 36th St.

5/31

40 Winks

The Museum invites kids age 6 to 12 and their chaperones to this sleepover featuring games, a flashlight expedition, and a scavenger hunt. Guests are asked to bring their own sleeping bags.

1:30 p.m. - 5:00 a.m.

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

5/9

Museum Mile

Museum guests are invited to take a one-mile group stroll through the galleries as part of their morning walking routine.

4:30 a.m. - 5:30 a.m.

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

5/5

Order, Reorder, and Disorder

The Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies hosts the 25th Annual Gruss Colloquium, aims to reorder the social, cultural, political, and economic contexts that traditionally encompass how modern Jewish and Islamic life is considered.

7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St.

5/1

Philly Who?

Philly Who? podcast host Kevin Chemidlin welcomes restaurateurs Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook, who will share their stories of coming up in the Philadelphia food scene. A Philadelphia chef and restaurateurs roundtable will follow their segment.

3:00 p.m.

World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.

5/5

Irish Day

Irish music is performed at various locations of the garden and historians tease out the details of the Duffy's Cut pandemic that killed 57 Irish immigrant railroad workers.

7:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Morris Arboretum, 100 E. Northwestern Ave.

4/26

Immersive Storytelling

Woman with VR headset smiling
For the Wolf Conference 2019, experts in cinema studies, English, technology, and business strategy discuss how augmented reality and virtual reality are being used for narrative storytelling. The day ends with a reception featuring demonstrations.

4:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Kislak Center, 3420 Walnut St.

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