Events

WACHOVIA FUN –

Oct. 23,Gymnastics Superstars.

Nov. 22, Playhouse Disney Live!

Information: (215) 336-2000.





AT THE PA CONVENTION CENTER – Nov. 13-16, Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. This premier show and sale of contemporary crafts will include 195 of the finest and most dynamic craft artists in the United States. Guest artists from Israel will be featured.

Information: (215) 418-4700.



THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE – America’s oldest parade of its kind will stroll down Market Street to the Art Museum on Nov. 27. The parade celebrates the start of the holiday season with elaborate floats, celebrities, musicians, giant balloons, performers and the first glimpse of Santa Claus.

Information: (215) 581-4529.



YULETIDE RIDE – It’s lovely weather for a train ride together with you! Bring the kids and camera and take a magical train ride with Santa Claus Saturday, Nov. 29 from Woodcrest Station in Cherry Hill to Center City Philadelphia. Enjoy live music, clowns, balloons, and more beginning at 9 a.m.  NEW THIS YEAR - TWO TRAINS !  Yuletide Ride is free one way from Woodcrest. Return trip tickets for passengers ages 5 and up will be available.

Information: (856) 772-6968.

Shopping

PHILADELPHIA -

From exclusive boutiques at Liberty Place and Rittenhouse Row to Old City’s galleries and antique shops, the city offers all a shopper could ask for. Macy’s, The Gallery and the thriving Market & Chestnut Street centers are all just a short stroll from a PATCO station. Don’t miss Restaurant Week (Sept. 14-19) or Gallery Night on Oct. 17.

Sports

Zip to the stadiums on PATCO and SEPTA. Loads of free parking at PATCO stations. Discount roundtrip SEPTA transfers are only $2.10 from vending machines located at all NJ stations. Exit PATCO at 12th & 13th and Locust St. station and follow signs in the concourse to the Broad St. Line South. Go teams! Go PATCO!

PHILLIES -

Take yourself out to a ball game at Citizens Bank Park.

FLYERS -

Watch our team fire up the ice at the Wachovia Center. Most games start at 7:00 p.m

EAGLES -

Donovan and a new crew gear up for the new season. Preseason action at Lincoln Financial Field: Aug. 14, Carolina Panthers (8 p.m.); Aug. 17, Eagles Carnival and Auction (3-8 p.m.); Aug. 28, New York Jets (6:30).

PHILADELPHIA DISTANCE RUN -

Sept. 21. The annual 13.1 mile half marathon will also include a children’s run and a fitness and merchandise expo.

Theaters

ARDEN THEATRE -

40 North 2nd Street

OPERA COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA -

at the Academy of Music.

PHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY -

at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad Street.

WALNUT STREET THEATRE -

825 Walnut Street

WILMA THEATER -

Broad and Spruce Streets.

Music & Dance

THE KIMMEL CENTER -

Broad & Spruce Streets.  The Avenue of the Arts’ spectacular showplace offers exciting shows at four venues: Verizon Hall (VH), Perelman Theater (PT), Innovation Studio (IS), and the Academy of Music (AM).

PENNSYLVANIA BALLET -

at the Academy of Music. Oct. 29 - Nov. 2, Balanchine & Beyond – a program that includes the premiere of Twyla Tharp’s Push Comes to Shove and Mauro Bigonzetti’s Kazimir’s Colours.

PETER NERO AND THE PHILLY POPS -

at the Kimmel Center. Oct. 5, 8, 10, 11 & 12, the season opens with Broadway Showstoppers.

THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA -

at the Kimmel Center. Throughout the 2008-09 season maestro Charles Dutoit will focus on the music of Hector Berlioz and pieces written for the Ballets Russes.

Exhibitions

The PHLASH is the quick, inexpensive and easy way to get around the city - just $1 per ride. Hop on and off daily, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. , through Nov. 30.

ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCE - 19th Street and the Parkway. The museum features dinosaurs, gems, mummies and wildlife specimens.
Information: (215) 299-1000 or www.acnatsci.org

ATWATER KENT MUSEUM - 15 South 7th Street. The Atwater Kent Museum is the gateway to Philadelphia history.
Information: (215) 685-4830 or www.philadelphiahistory.org

“FIRST FRIDAY” IN OLD CITY - More than 40 art galleries and shops stay open late the first Friday of the month.
Information: (215) 592-7752

FRANKLIN INSTITUTE SCIENCE MUSEUM -

20th Street and the Parkway

PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS - Broad & Cherry Streets
Information: (215) 972-7600 or www.pafa.org

PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART - Parkway at 26th Street
Information: (215) 763-8100 or www.philamuseum.org

Information and events listed in JOYRIDES are subject to change and/ or cancellation.