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Event

FLATstrap Launch Party

The Rotunda · 12:00 PM

Free
Event

Ginkgo Watch

The Woodlands · Through Nov 18

Event

FLATstrap Launch Party

The Rotunda · 12:00 PM

Free
Art & museums

Play Without Boundaries

Please Touch Museum · 7:00 PM

2 more dates through Jan 17
Music

Handel at Home

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Event

Comm University Vogue Commentating Class

The Rotunda · 6:00 PM

Free
Art & museums

A conversation with Mallary Tenore Tarpley

Kelly Writers House · 12:00 PM

Art & museums

The Poetic Record

Kelly Writers House · 6:00 PM

Music

EL & NYC Tribe

The Rotunda · 8:00 PM

Free
Music

Weekly Improvised Music Drop-in Jam Session

The Rotunda · 12:00 PM

1 more date through Nov 25
Art & museums

The Re-Declaration Project: The Historical Imagination and an Iconic Document

Kelly Writers House · 6:00 PM

Music

Experimental Music Ensemble: Fall Concert

Pearlstein Gallery · 5:00 PM

Free
Art & museums

Sacred Houses

Kelly Writers House · 6:00 PM

Art & museums

Philly Filmmaker Works-in-Progress Showcase

The Rotunda · 6:30 PM

From $10
Event

Game Design and Production Senior Project Playtesting

URBN Center Lobby · 12:30 PM

Art & museums

Delve into the Hip Hop Metaverse

URBN Lobby · 4:00 PM

Theater & dance

Compagnie Hervé Koubi: Sol Invictus

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through Nov 21

1 more date through Nov 21
Music

Pitch Please

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through Nov 21

Theater & dance

Sweeny Todd

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through Nov 21

Music

Bowerbird presents Treatise Revisited with Arcana New Music Ensemble

The Rotunda · 8:00 PM

Free
Music

The Veldt with Noun and Sun Within

The Rotunda · 7:00 PM

Event

Tellabration: Foundations, Stories That Made Us

The Rotunda · 2:00 PM

Music

Hot Peas 'N Butter

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Music

Louis Cato

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Event

Vogue Practice Session

The Rotunda · 6:00 PM

Free
Festivals & markets

Rusty Holiday Pop Up

The Rotunda · 9:00 AM

Music

Event Horizon presents All My Friends Are Ghosts, Dimension Step and Dreamware

The Rotunda · 8:00 PM

Free
Festivals & markets

Animal ACTivists of Philly Holiday Bizarre and Indoor Flea Market featuring KRAMPUS

The Rotunda · 11:00 AM

Free
Event

Vegan Potluck Open to All

The Rotunda · 5:00 PM

Free
Art & museums

The Deep Dig: The Real World Behind Homer's Odyssey

Penn Museum · Through Dec 15

Music

Fusion Band and Rock Ensemble: Fall Concert

Drexel Westphal College Events (Mandell Theater) · 7:30 PM

Free1 more date through Dec 2
Event

Mind and Mood Recharge

Penn Museum · 5:00 PM

Art & museums

Archaeology Institute of America Lecture: New Research on the Ancient Port of Kommos

Penn Museum · 6:00 PM

Free
Music

Jazz Orchestra and Jazztet: Fall Concert

Drexel Westphal College Events (Mandell Theater) · 7:30 PM

Free
Art & museums

Queer Games, Platform Censorship, and Alternative Distribution

URBN Annex Screening Room · 6:00 PM

Music

Drexel University Symphony Orchestra: Fall Concert

Drexel Westphal College Events (Mandell Theater) · 7:30 PM

Free1 more date through Dec 6
Event

Hands on History: Caring for Culture Through Conservation

Penn Museum · 10:00 AM

Free
Music

Gospel Choir: Fall Concert

Drexel Westphal College Events (Mandell Theater) · 7:00 PM

Free
Festivals & markets

Christmas Celebration

Please Touch Museum · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Solo Performance Ensemble

Black Box Theater · 7:00 PM

Free
Comedy

Advanced Improv Ensemble: Fall Showcase

Black Box Theater · 8:30 PM

Free
Art & museums

Becoming American: Philadelphia's Story Film Screening and Q&A

Arthur Ross Gallery · 7:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Hanukkah Celebration

Please Touch Museum · 7:00 PM

Event

Masterclass: Isaiah J. Thompson

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Music

Isaiah J. Thompson: A Guaraldi Holiday

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Event

Visionaries Preview: Egypt Galleries Life and Afterlife

Penn Museum · 5:30 PM

Music

A Very Sw!ng Out Holiday

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through Dec 12

Theater & dance

Sister's Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi's Gold

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through Dec 13

Festivals & markets

Egypt Galleries Opening Celebration

Penn Museum · 10:00 AM

Festivals & markets

Winter Wonder

Please Touch Museum · 7:00 PM

Music

Choir! Choir! Choir!: Un-Silent Night: An Epic Holiday Sing-Along

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Event

Guided Tour: Life and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt

Penn Museum · 2:00 PM

Event

Winter Solstice Bird Walk

The Woodlands · 3:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Kwanzaa Celebration

Penn Museum · 11:00 AM

Free
Festivals & markets

Kwanzaa Celebration

Please Touch Museum · 7:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Countdown to New Year

Please Touch Museum · 7:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Up Late with the Sphinx

Penn Museum · 5:00 PM

Event

Teacher Open House: Egypt Galleries Life and Afterlife

Penn Museum · 10:00 AM

Event

Hands on History: Investigating Ancient Ceramic and Metalworking Techniques

Penn Museum · 10:00 AM

Free
Theater & dance

Cirque Éloize: ID EVOLUTION

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Music

Delbert Anderson Quartet

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Music

Daymé Arocena

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Music

Branford Marsalis & Dianne Reeves: Celebrate John Coltrane

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Music

Third Coast Percussion & Glenn Kotche

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Music

Dallahan

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Music

Martin Hayes Duo: Special Guest Béla Fleck

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Music

Nora Brown with Stephanie Coleman: Special Guest James Shipp

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Music

Open Session with Béla Fleck & Martin Hayes

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Tall Stories Theatre Company: The Gruffalo

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Black Grace

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through Feb 20

Music

I Fagiolini

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Music

Dan Blacksberg's Freilachs Music: FREE Concert

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Music

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through Mar 8

Theater & dance

Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia: The Three Little Pigs and Other Tales

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through Mar 9

Music

123 Andrés

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

1 more date through Mar 8
Theater & dance

TheaterWorksUSA: Rosie Revere, Ada Twist & Iggy Peck: The Questioneers

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through Mar 13

Music

Endea Owens & The Cookout

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Music

Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu: The Ghosts of Hamlet

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Event

Masterclass: Sarah Elizabeth Charles

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Gibney Company

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through Apr 17

Music

Fontaines D.C. with Westside Cowboy

Highmark Mann Center · 7:00 PM

Music

Philip Glass Ensemble: Koyaanisqatsi: Live with Film

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

John Scott Dance: Ancestral Movements

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through May 1

Theater & dance

Dance Theatre of Harlem

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · Through May 9

Music

Kings of Leon World Tour 2027 with special guests Band of Horses

Highmark Mann Center · 7:00 PM

Music

Two Friends Big Bootie World

Highmark Mann Center · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

An Evening with Audra McDonald

Penn Live Arts (Annenberg Center) · 7:00 PM

Music

Matchbox Twenty 30th Anniversary Tour with David Gray

Highmark Mann Center · 7:00 PM

Music

Leon Bridges The Happiness Anytime Tour with special guest Kokoroko

Highmark Mann Center · 7:00 PM

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