INDEPENDENCE MALL Headed to the White House A three block area that can transport you back to the National Constitution Center • Feb 12 - Nov 8 signing of the Declaration of Independence and the Uniquely created to engage visitors with the writing of the Constitution. Stop in the Independence excitement of the election season. Join the race, Visitor Center for tour information, tickets, tips from earn the nomination and win the election as experts and more! artifacts, interactives and hands-on activities take Address: 6th and Market Streets you from the campaign trail and into the Oval Phone: 800-537-7676 Office – all in one visit. National Constitution Design Philadelphia • October 5-16 Center The oldest design festival of its kind in the Independence Visitor Center country. Highlights the work of thousands of local Free Quaker Meetinghouse designers, architects, and creative professionals. Liberty Bell Center The Pennsylvania Ballet Congress Hall Cinderella - Academy of Music • Oct 13 - Oct 23 Independence Hall Old City Hall Wells Fargo Center - Drake and Future • Oct 13 Carpenter’s Hall Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra - CHRIST CHURCH, OLD CITY E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial • Oct 14-16 Founded in 1695, is a wonderful place to explore Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Colonial and Revolution-Era history. Its burial ground, DRAWN TO DINOSAURS • Oct 15 - Dec 31 which includes the tomb of Benjamin Franklin, is an authentic historic site for learning about the lives of Electric Factory - Kongos • Oct 16 early Americans Kongos is a South African-born American Address: 20 N American St. | Phone: 215-922-1695 alternative rock band consisting of four brothers: Johnny, Jesse, Daniel, and Dylan Kongos. Trocadero - Twiztid • Oct 17 Twiztid is an American hip hop duo from Detroit, MI Kimmel Center Presents Lampedusa: Concert for Refugees • Oct 19 Intimate evening of acoustic performances featuring renowned singer-songwriters Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller, The Milk Carton Kids, and additional very special guests to be announced. ELFRETH’S ALLEY HISTORIC DISTRICT, OLD CITY A street in Philadelphia which is referred to as 25th Annual Philadelphia Film Festival • Oct 20-30 “Our nation’s oldest residential street,” dating to 1702. The eleven day festival features dozens of films As of 2012, there are 32 houses on the street, which from around the globe along with appearances were built between 1728 and 1836. from special guests from the world of cinema. Address: 124-126 Elfreths Alley | Phone: 215-627-8680 MCGILLIN’S OLDE ALE THE BARNES FOUNDATION HOUSE, MIDTOWN VILLAGE Established in 1922 by Continually operating since Albert C. Barnes, the Barnes 1860, McGillin’s is the oldest Foundation is an American tavern in Philadelphia and educational art and features a vast beer selection, horticultural institution. The pub fare, and karaoke. Barnes holds one of the finest collections of impressionist, Hours: M-Sun 11 am - 2am post-impressionist, and early modern paintings, plus Address: 1310 Drury St. textiles, metalwork, African sculpture, Native American Phone: 215-735-5562 ceramics and jewelry, and Pennsylvania German furniture. Hours: M, W-Sun 10 am - 5 pm THE DANDELION, RITTENHOUSE SQUARE Address: 2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy. A modern take on British cuisine and pub culture, Phone: 215-278-7200 the Dandelion offers an inviting atmosphere, wide range of craft beers, and unique meals and cocktails. READING TERMINAL MARKET FORK, OLD CITY Hours: M-F 11:30 am - 11 pm; Sat 10 am - 12 pm; A famous indoor farmer’s Be it evening dinner or Sunday brunch, Fork will sate Sun 10 am-10 pm market with diverse fare, your palate with sophisticated New American cuisine. Address: 124 S 18th St. | Phone: 215-558-250 wares, crafts, and area Hours: M-Sat 5:30-10 pm; Sun. 11am - 9:30 pm specialties since 1892. The Address: 306 Market St. | Phone: 215-625-9425 OYSTER HOUSE, market features several RITTENHOUSE SQUARE restaurants, ranging from AMADA, OLD CITY Oysters, lobster & other Profi’s Creperie, Molly Jose Garces puts a modern spin on tapas and East Coast-style seafood Malloy’s, and the Rib Stand contemporary Spanish cuisine. Enjoy some wine feature at this stylish Hours: M-Sat. 8 am - 6 pm; to Wursthaus Schmitz and and sample the Iron Chef’s creations. eatery open since 1976. Sun. 9am - 5 pm the Soul Food Cafe. Hours: 11:30 am - 2:30 pm, 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Address: 51 N 12th St. | Phone: 215 922-2317 Mon. - Sun. Hours: M-F 11:30 am - 10 pm; Address: 217-219 Chestnut St. Sat. 11:30 am - 11 pm EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY (ESP) Phone: 215-625-2450 Address: 1516 Sansom St. | Phone: 215-567-7683 With Halloween drawing near, the sights and stories of ESP are all the more fitting for Philadelphia explorers. Once the TALULA’S GARDEN TRIA TAPROOM, RITTENHOUSE SQUARE most famous and expensive prison in the world, ESP now With a chic farmhouse Everything’s on tap (beer, wine, cider & soda) at lies in ruin, a haunting world of crumbling cellblocks and setting and summer garden, this polished bar serving flatbreads & cheese. empty guard towers. Some of America’s most notorious come and enjoy seasonal Hours: M-Thurs. & Sun. 12 am - 12 pm; criminals were housed within American food inspired by Fri. & Sat. 12 am - 1:30 pm its vaulted, sky-lit cells, leaving farm and garden. Address: 2005 Walnut St. behind more than stories in Hours: 5:00 PM - 10:00 pm, Phone: 215-557-8277 their wake. Terror Behind the Mon. - Sun., Sun. brunch Walls tours run until Nov. 5th. 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Hours: M-Sun. 10 am - 5 pm Address: (last entry 4 pm) 210 W Washington Sq. Address: 2027 Fairmount Ave. Phone: 215-592-7787 Phone: 215-236-3300