These 60 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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Sun, May 23 · 1:00 PM
Barnes Foundation · Center City
Art born from injustice: this exhibition showcases Japanese American artists and designers who created iconic work in the shadow of WWII incarceration. Powerful, beautiful, and long overdue.
Sun, May 23 · 10:00 AM
Barnes Foundation · Center City
An art tour where you call the shots: pick up to four favorite artists, from Van Gogh to Soutine, and a docent builds a private tour around them for your group of up to nine.
Sun, May 23 · 10:00 AM
Barnes Foundation · Center City
Wander a billion-dollar Impressionist collection in total privacy, choosing which artists your guide dives into. The Barnes' famous "ensembles" group Renoir beside African masks and metalwork, revealing one collector's radical, deeply personal vision.
Tue, May 25 · 7:00 PM
Strangelove's · Washington Square West • $5
Hello Uglies: Dragula Season 7 hits the big screen weekly at Strangelove's, with Philly drag monsters Pi and Onyx hosting the chaos. Expect blood, tea, and horror-tinged drag alongside a room full of fellow fiends.
May 29 at 2am
Skyline Stage at Highmark Mann · West Philadelphia
Philly's rising drag stars battle it out monthly with new themes, live critiques from local legends, and a $100 prize. Come cheer on fresh talent and catch tomorrow's names before they blow up.
May 23 at 6pm
Suzanne Roberts Theatre · Rittenhouse Square
Baroque opera gets the sitcom treatment. Four twenty-somethings stumble through trouble, adventure, and romance with the wrong octopus in this world premiere chamber opera.
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Mon, May 24 · 7:00 PM
Club 624 · Bella Vista
$$
Mon, May 24 · 9:00 PM
The 700 · North Philadelphia
Free
Mon, May 24 · 8:00 PM
Wissahickon Brewing Company - East Falls · Northwest Philadelphia
Mon, May 24 · 8:00 PM
Wissahickon Brewing Company - East Falls · Northwest Philadelphia
Tue, May 25 · 11:30 AM
David Cohen Ogontz Library · North Philadelphia
Tue, May 25 · 8:00 AM
Bok · East Passyunk Crossing
Tue, May 25 · 10:00 AM
Paschalville Library · Elmwood Park
Free
Tue, May 25 · 4:00 PM
Little Walter’s · East Kensington
$$$
Sun, May 23 · 8:00 AM
Tea Around Town · Center City East
$79
Tue, May 25 · 10:00 AM
FDR Park · South Philadelphia
Sun, May 23 · 10:00 AM
Franklin Square · Center City East
Tue, May 25 · 4:00 PM
Attic Brewing Company · Northwest Philadelphia
Wed, May 26 · 10:30 AM
Sky Zone Trampoline Park · Northeast Philadelphia
Wed, May 26 · 6:00 PM
Franky Bradley's | B.West · Washington Square West
Free
Wed, May 26 · 11:00 AM
Dave & Buster's Philadelphia - Franklin Mills · Northeast Philadelphia
$$
Wed, May 26 · 7:00 PM
Wissahickon Brewing Company - East Falls · Northwest Philadelphia
Mon, May 24 · 2:00 PM
Barnes Foundation · Center City
Thu, May 27 · 7:00 PM
Yamitsuki · Center City East
$$
Thu, May 27 · 9:00 PM
Bar X · Washington Square West
$5
Mon, May 24 · 7:00 AM
The Farm at Awbury Arboretum · Northwest Philadelphia
Sun, May 23 · 11:30 AM
Barnes Foundation · Center City
Thu, May 27 · 11:00 AM
Dave & Buster's Philadelphia · Old City
$$
Thu, May 27 · 7:30 PM
Wissahickon Brewing Company - East Falls · Northwest Philadelphia
Thu, May 27 · 6:30 PM
Dock Street Brewery South · Point Breeze
Free
Thu, May 27 · 7:00 PM
Attic Brewing Company · Northwest Philadelphia
$10
Sun, May 23 · 12:00 PM
Barnes Foundation · Center City
Free
Fri, May 28 · 8:00 PM
Percy Diner & Bar · North Philadelphia
$$
Fri, May 28 · 10:00 AM
Queen Memorial Library · Point Breeze
Mon, May 24 · 8:30 AM
Clark Park · University City
Free
Fri, May 28 · 11:00 AM
Ramonita G. de Rodriguez Library · North Philadelphia
Fri, May 28 · 3:00 PM
Attic Brewing Company · Northwest Philadelphia
Fri, May 28 · 7:00 PM
254 · Washington Square West
$$
Fri, May 28 · 10:30 AM
Chestnut Hill Library · Chestnut Hill
Fri, May 28 · 10:00 AM
Charles Santore Library · Bella Vista
Sun, May 23 · 10:00 AM
Woodmere Smith Hall · Chestnut Hill
$10
Sat, May 29 · 9:40 AM
Lloyd Hall Recreation Center · West Philadelphia
Sun, May 23 · 10:00 AM
Children's Studio at Woodmere Maguire Hall · Chestnut Hill
Sat, May 29 · 10:30 AM
Punch Line Philly · North Philadelphia
Sat, May 29 · 12:00 PM
Punch Line Philly · North Philadelphia
Sun, May 23 · 7:00 PM
South Bowl · South Philadelphia
Sun, May 23 · 11:00 AM
Wissahickon Brewing Company - East Falls · Northwest Philadelphia
$20
Sun, May 23 · 7:00 PM
Mercado Latino · South Philadelphia West
Mon, May 24 · 11:30 AM
Fishtown Community Library · North Philadelphia
Mon, May 24 · 11:00 AM
Dave & Buster's Philadelphia · Old City
$$
Mon, May 24 · 2:00 PM
Charles L. Durham Library · Mantua
Mon, May 24 · 10:30 AM
Philadelphia Museum of Art · West Philadelphia
Mon, May 24 · 5:00 PM
Calder Gardens · Center City
Mon, May 24 · 6:00 PM
The Church of Saint Luke & The Epiphany · Washington Square West
Free
Fri, May 28 · 10:00 PM
254 · Washington Square West
Free
Tue, May 25 · 7:00 PM
Dock Street Brewery South · Point Breeze
Free
Sun, May 23 · 2:00 PM
Independence Seaport Museum · Center City
Sun, May 23 · 10:00 PM
Midnight & The Wicked · Center City West
$$
Sun, May 23 · 2:00 PM
Walnut Street Theatre · Center City East
$55
Sun, May 23 · 12:00 PM
Walnut Street Theatre · Center City East
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