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They recognized a lack of any local events dedicated to Polish-Americans, despite a significant population of Polish-Americans in the Philadelphia, upstate Pennsylvania and mid-Atlantic regions. The ‘original’ festival was an informal picnic organized by volunteers, their families and friends, and took place in the same year as the Shrine ...
OutFest Philadelphia is one of the LGBT Pride Events associated with National Coming Out Day. [1] It is an annual event taking place in the heart of Philadelphia's gay village in Washington Square West (historically known as the Gayborhood in Philadelphia) and attracts over 15,000 people. It takes place every year in mid-October.
Sidewalk Parade 2008 -- An event of the Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia. Sakura Sunday, an outdoor Japanese cultural fair that takes place at the Horticulture Center in Fairmount Park, is the festival's largest event. Family and friends come together under the blossoms to experience performances, meet visitors from Japan ...
Philadelphia's main Independence Day celebration was started in 1993 by Welcome America, Inc., a non-profit organization. The first event highlighted the opening of the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The series of events have relied heavily on corporate sponsorship, which enables the organization to keep all of the events free to attend. [1]
Philadelphia Gayborhood street sign on 13th Street near Washington Square West. The development of LGBT culture in Philadelphia can be traced back to the early 20th century. . It exists in current times as a dynamic, diverse, and philanthropically active culture with establishments and events held to promote LGBT culture and rights in Philadelphia and bey
The William Way LGBT Community Center is a nonprofit organization serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and nearby communities, located at 1315 Spruce Street in Philadelphia in the Gayborhood. [1] Chris Bartlett has been the center's executive director since 2010. [2]
It's one of a handful of directed efforts from the city and the police department to better address mental health concerns in the community. More than 2,000 of Philadelphia's roughly 6,000 police ...
The Philadelphia Science Festival is an annual free science festival held in Philadelphia. The festival is organized and managed by the Franklin Institute. The inaugural event was held from April 15, 2011, through April 28, 2011. [1] [2] Subsequently, the festival has been held every year in the second half of April. The festival stretches over ...