Philadelphia weekender: Flower Show, Dinos After Dark and Blue Man Group
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🦕 Dinos After Dark takes over the Academy of Natural Sciences tonight from 5-8pm. Science exhibits, food, drinks, music and dancing. Tickets are pay-what-you want.
🪽 The Wings, Philly's indoor lacrosse team, takes on Georgia tonight at 7pm at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Even better: It's $1 ice cream night. Tickets: $14+
🌻 The Philadelphia Flower Show kicks off today! This year's theme is rides the semiquincentennial wave by exploring the people, places and traditions that shaped American gardening. Open through March 8.
- Snap selfies at the entrance garden, take a crafting workshops and shop at the marketplace. Plus, hang with butterflies at the Butterflies Live! exhibit. Tickets: $20-$100, kids under 5 are free.
❄️ The winter wonderland at Penn's Landing runs through Sunday. Get those last-minute skating sessions in, plus enjoy the light display, games, hot cocoa, heated igloos and boardwalk rides while you can.
🎭 Another last chance: InterAct Theatre's Company's production of "Plantation Black" runs through Sunday. The two-hour play centers on who is the rightful heir of a Civil War plantation. Tickets: $40
🔵 Check out the Blue Man Group's high-energy shows at the Miller Theater, running through Sunday. It's a blend of rock, comedy and theater. Tickets: $47+
🎨 The printPHILLLY fair is 10am-4pm on Sunday at Parkway Central Library. Expect dozens of artists and vendors, along with a printmaking workshop.
🥇Another first: Stop by the Historic Germantown Mennonite Meetinghouse as the city recognizes the first public protest against slavery on Saturday from 11am-1pm.
⚽ The Union are back in action against New York City at 4:30pm on Sunday at Subaru Park. Tickets: $41