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Paintings, photography, “Covenant” (1974) sculptures, antiques, plus 9 Alexander Liberman exhibitions to see now 21 DINING XX Morgan’s Pier Beer Garden Tasty Philly restaurants, from fine dining to fast casual, in more than a dozen neighborhoods XX 28 ENTERTAINMENT 40 Philadelphia Your Way Fun bars, hip lounges, world- Our picks for seeing the city class theater and many more with the gals, old souls, beach ways to enjoy the arts lovers—or all three. 8 GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA EAT POP-UPS FOR TASTY BITES EXPLORE THE CITY OF PUBLIC ART PLAY PHILLY FOR OLD SOULS where now & BEACH BUMS JULY 2018 6 ’Tis the Season wheretraveler.com Summer in the city means culinary pop-ups ON THE COVER Wawa Welcome America! festival fire- for tasty bites. BY AMY GORDON works over the Philadelphia Museum of Art. ©G. WIDMAN/VISIT PHILADELPHIA 8 Party Like It’s 1776 How to celebrate America’s birthday with MAPS CONNECT WITH US parades, concerts and, of course, fi reworks. Explore the city from north to south 9 Sculpt Tour and A to Z The city’s art shines in the museums and in page 36-39 READ US ON MAGZTER (CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT) EAST PASSYUNK AVENUE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT; ©ISAAC ARJONILLA; COURTESY VANGO; ©M. EDLOW/VISIT PHILADELPHIA® VANGO; ©ISAAC ARJONILLA; COURTESY BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT; AVENUE (CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT) EAST PASSYUNK the streets—all free for the asking. 1 YOUR TRAVELING COMPANION SINCE 1936® EDITOR’S ITINERARY ANNE KIMDANNIBALE PHILADELPHIA NEWS TO TRAVEL BY MVP | EDITORIAL & DESIGN Essential Philadelphia GROUP EDITOR Anne Kim-Dannibale EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Alexander Oliveira Happy birthday America! We may be a little biased, but ART DIRECTOR Dusty Martin CONTRIBUTING WRITER Amy Gordon there’s no better place than this city, where the country MVP | CIRCULATION was founded, to celebrate the Fourth of July. 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