19th Annual Doylestown Arts Festival Location: Downtown Doylestown Neighborhood: Doylestown Date: September 11th, 2010 thru Sep 12, 2010 Time: 10am-5pm Price: Free
Do you want a weekend fill with live entertainment, diverse and distinctive food, and original arts and crafts? Then head to the 19th Annual Doylestown Arts Festival on September 11-12th from 10am-5pm. The Festival take place in beautiful and historic Downtown Doylestown, so bring the entire family for the free and unique festival showcasing Doylestown artistic side.
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Philadelphia Honey Festival Location: Wagner Free Institute of Science; The Wyck Association; Bartram's Garden Neighborhood: North Philly Date: September 10th, 2010 thru Sep 12, 2010 Time: --- Price: Free
The Philadelphia Honey Festival provides a weekend of fun for the whole family! The festival provides a variety of events at a number of locations. Bartram's Garden features the history of beekeeping and has a bee-inspired art exhibit; Wyck has information if you want to start your own apiary and features honey extractions and demonstrations; a marker will be placed at Langstroth's Philadelphia home; and Wagner Free Institute of Science will have fun-filled family programs about pollinators and will be the perfect spot for children (plus, they're giving away free Haagen-Dazs ice cream!). The festival helps to show the importance of bees to our environment, the local economic impact of honey, and to promote urban beekeeping! Visit www.phillyhoneyfest.com for more information, some events require registration.
East Fairmount Park Philadelphia, PA 19121 Location: Art Museum/Fairmount Phone: 215-764-4325
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Description: Nestled within the vast woods of East Fairmount Park lies SMITH the Kids' Play Place in the Park, a century-old Philadelphia attraction. Built in 1899 as a rural escape for Philadelphia's children, SMITH represents a return to simple, old-fashioned play- a kind of play that places a higher premium on imagination than on software downloads. The SMITH playtime experience has two parts: the Playground and the Playhouse.
The six-acre playground (for kids 10 and under) includes of 50 pieces of brand-new, state-of-the-art equipment featuring unique designs and arrangements meant to stimulate both physical and imaginative play. The hallmark of the Playground is the Ann Newman Giant Wooden Slide: a 39'-long by 13'-wide slide built into the rolling hills of SMITH's grounds that kids will enjoy over and over. The Playhouse (for kids 5 and under), though seemingly a Victorian mansion, was built solely as a play space for children, never as a residence. Within the 4-story, 24,000-square-foot, Playhouse, children can build towers in the block room, play "house" or drive a "train," ride away on a tricycle in "Smithville" or just kick back with a book.
If you are looking for a place for the kids to let off some steam, but the spending budget for this family vacation is dried up, visit SMITH: it's FREE and open to the public Tuesday through Sunday. No batteries required.
