5pm to 7pm
June 13 - I Street and Ramona Ave
June 14 - Whitaker Ave and E Loudon St
June 15 - E Tabor Rd and E Olney Ave
Take a walk through a Story Trail, play games at the Creekmobile, learn about other organizations and community resources, arts and crafts, and more! FREE and all ages welcome.
Rain Dates: June 20-22
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5pm a 7pm
13 de junio - I Street y Ramona Ave
14 de junio - Whitaker Ave y E Loudon St
15 de junio - E Tabor Rd y E Olney Ave
Dé un paseo por un Story Trail, juegue con las actividades en el Creekmobile, aprenda sobre otras organizaciones y recursos comunitarios, arte y manualidades, ¡y más!
Este evento es GRATIS y todas las edades son bienvenidas. Fechas de lluvia: 20-22 de junio
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Capturing the TTF
June 13 to July 31
Launching at Tacony Creek Park Block Parties!
The eligible coverage area is the entire TTF Watershed. We welcome your creativity and point of view on our watershed!
Five photo entries allowed per person: an individual is eligible for only one winning entry.
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¡Le damos la bienvenida a su creatividad y punto de vista en nuestra cuenca! Se permiten cinco entradas de fotos por persona; sin embargo, cualquier individuo es elegible para una sola entrada ganadora.
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Mapping our Watershed:
Life Beneath our Feet: Learning About Soil
Sunday, June 18 from 10am-12pm
FREE!
Harry Renninger Park: 180 East Waverly Road, Glenside 19038
A hands-on workshop to learn all about the beauty and function of soil in watershed health!
Join ecological artist and TTF Streamkeeper Rebecca Schultz and Dr. Alain Plante, Soil Scientist/Professor in the Department of Earth & Environmental Science at PENN, for a closer look at soil in our watershed. Learn about qualities and basic properties, take cores, and make a drawing of layers (or horizons). Wear shoes that can get wet or dirty.
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June 24 Watershed Happenings! |
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10am-2pm, FREE!
RSVP for tour logistics
See award-winning Jenkintown Creek Restoration Project sites, learn about challenges and successes, future plans, and solutions! Visit sites with restored streambanks, enhanced wetlands, hundreds of native trees, and rain gardens, all improving creek health and communities. Sites: Alverthorpe Park, Manor College, Sisters of Saint Basil, Conklin Pool.
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Revival Walk
Tacony Creek Park
10am-12pm, FREE!
Tabor Rd & Olney Ave, Philadelphia 19120
Journey through Tacony Creek Park in Olney to honor the sun, wind, trees, birds, and nature.
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Field Trip! Independence Seaport Museum FREE!
Sunday, June 25, 1:30pm-4:30pm
1101 E Cayuga St, Philadelphia 19124
TTF is excited to provide FREE monthly field trips to the Independence Seaport Museum (ISM) on the following Sundays: June 25, July 23, August 13, September 24, October 22, and December 17.
Trip schedule:
- 1:30pm – Meet at Ferko Playground, 1101 E Cayuga St, Philadelphia 19124
- 4:30pm – Arrive back at Ferko Playground
*Trip valued at $60 per person. Please notify with 48hrs notice from departure if you are no longer able to attend.
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TTF proveerá excursiones mensuales GRATIS al museo del Independence Seaport Museum (ISM) en los siguientes domingos: 25 de junio, 23 de julio, 13 de agosto, 24 de septiembre, 22 de octubre, 17 de diciembre.
Horario del viaje:
- 1:30pm – Encuentro en Ferko Playground – 1101 E Cayuga St, Philadelphia 19124
- 4:30pm – Regreso al Ferko Playground
*Este viaje tiene un valor de $60 por persona. Notifique con 48 horas de anticipación a la salida si ya no puede asistir.
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Mapping our Watershed:
The Art of Soil
Monday, June 26 from 6pm-8:30pm
FREE!
Cheltenham Center for the Arts
439 Ashbourne Road, Cheltenham 19012
A hands-on workshop at which we’ll make and use paint from soil We'll make pigments from soils gathered in the Cheltenham watershed and try our hand at painting with soil watercolors!
Artworks created during the workshop will be incorporated into Mapping Our Watershed, a mixed-media piece by local artist Rebecca Schultz inspired by the watershed in Cheltenham Township.
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Saturday, June 10 from 10am-1pm
Raindate: Sunday, June 11
825 Easton Rd, Glenside 19038
Upper parking lot of Copper Beech Elementary, next to playground
Let's preserve the wetlands that feed Baeder Creek in partnership with the Abington Shade Tree Commission! We'll remove invasive vines and collect trash on the Abington School District campus. Baeder Creek is a tributary of the Tookany.
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Creek Care Days
Tacony Creek Park
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Saturday, June 10, 10am to 12pm
I St & Ramona Ave, 19124
Wednesdays, 3pm to 5pm
June 21: Whitaker Ave & E. Loudon St 19120
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Bennett Compost Cleanups Tacony Creek Park |
Wednesdays, 11am to 12pm
5650 Rising Sun Ave, Phila 19120
Join Bennett Compost to clean Tacony Creek Park every Wednesday (New day! Changed from Tuesdays). Support this local business in improving our environment and neighborhood!
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Lenape People in Pennsylvania, Past and Present |
Tuesday, June 13 at 7:30pm
Historical Society of Frankford
1507 Orthodox St, Phila 19124
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SUBMERGED:
A Changing Global Climate
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Now through July 29 FREE
Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center
640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia 19130
The goal of this special exhibition, centered on flooding and Global Climate Change, is directed by Karen Young for the Fairmount Water Works (FWW) and curated by Thom Duffy, is to bring focus to historic and current extreme weather events impacting the survival of our region and planet. |
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The exhibit speaks to the history of FWW and flooding of the Schuylkill River to open discussion of causes and effects of Global Climate Change. Learn more here.
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Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Inc.
Globe Dye Works
4500 Worth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19124
215.744.1853
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