Better
Living
Through
Chemicals
A new museum featuring …
chemicals
From cosmetics to computers, chemistry
affects our lives in more ways than most of
us have ever contemplated. Now, visitors to
“Making Modernity,” the permanent exhibition
at The Chemical Heritage Foundation’s new
museum, can do just that. The exhibit traces
the journey chemicals make from the lab to the
factory to our homes, bringing to life the story
of how science has shaped the modern world.
215-925-2222; chemheritage.org.
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Date
CENTER CI T Y
the
Philadelphia
Museum
of Art
Craft Show
Nov. 13-16
Handmade textiles,
je welry and housewares
highlight this popular
sale at the Pennsylvania
Convention Center.
philamuseum.org/
pmacraft
BEN FRANKLIN PARKWAY
The First
Dinosaur
Skeleton
Nov. 22-April 19
The Academy of Natural
Sciences offers a rare
look at the first com-
plete dinosaur skeleton
discovered in America.
ansp.org
CITY GUIDE
Philadelphia
First
Person
Festival
Celebrating its
seventh year as
the only event in
the nation dedicated to presenting
multidisciplinary
art based on real-life experience,
the First Person
Festival of Memoir
and Documentary
Art draws an impressive group of
local and nationally
known artists eager
to share their most
personal work. Provocative documen-taries, stories by
respected authors,
personal journeys
sparked by food,
Xmas in the Garden
travel and memory,
workshops for
aspiring artists and
art exhibits are
just a few of this
year’s offerings.
The documentary
competition and a
standoff among the
storytellers from
the group’s First
Person StorySlams
are yearly highlights. Nov. 11-16.
800-838-3006;
firstpersonarts.org.
With its half-million
lights outside
and thousands of
poinsettias inside,
“A Longwood Gardens Christmas”
is one of the city’s
most spectacular
holiday traditions.
Inside, Longwood’s
4.2-acre conservatory overflows
with adorned
trees, flowers and
wreaths. Organ sin-galongs are in the
ballroom, and local
choral and choir
groups perform in
the music room.
Outdoors, fountains dance to seasonal music in the
open-air theater,
carolers stroll the
gardens singing
holiday favorites,
and ice skaters
offer exciting
per-formances on
the rink. For train
en-thusiasts, a
mini-ature railway
weaves its way
through lush foliage
in the Palm House.
Nov. 27-Jan. 11.
610-388-1000; long
woodgardens.org.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
PARK WAY
Thanksgiving
Day Parade
Nov. 27
We love a parade and
this annual turkey day
staple features the best
floats, marching bands
and local celebrities the
city has to offer.
wpvi.com
AVENUE OF THE ARTS
George
Balanchine’s
The Nutcracker
Dec. 12-31
No holiday season
would be complete
without a viewing of
this ballet classic, cho-
reographed by a dance
legend. kimmelcenter.org
AVENUE OF THE ARTS
The
Philadelphia
Orchestra: New
Year’s Eve
Dec. 31
Ring in the new year
with favorites from
Philly’s top classical
musicians, a vast
improvement over
drunken choruses of
“Auld Lang Syne.”
kimmelcenter.org
