Philly weekender: Summer strolls, math festivals and block parties
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🇮🇹 Passyunk goes Italian with its Passeggiata — or evening stroll — tonight starting at 5pm with happy hour specials at bars and restaurants, extended retail business hours and a live jazz popup.
🍽️ Last call to score discounts at restaurants in West Philly during the area's annual Dining Days.
- More than a dozen restaurants are offering $20-$40 lunch and dinner deals through Sunday.
🚶 Head to Manayunk tonight for the Stroll After Hours event that brings food trucks, family activities, an outdoor movie and vendors from 6-10pm.
- Many of the activities will take place on the 100 blocks of Cotton and Grape Streets, which will be closed to traffic.
🧠 Some of the brightest minds in the world are in Philly now through the weekend for the International Congress of Mathematicians at Pennsylvania Convention Center.
- Free public events include family-friendly math festivals (Friday and Saturday), public lectures, and film screenings.
- Registration ($98-$620) is required for everything else.
🛍️ Chestnut Hill's Royal Rummage Sidewalk Sale runs Friday through Sunday with 40+ participating businesses.
- Look for sidewalk sales and seasonal deals. Hours generally run from 10am-5pm.
⚽ The World Cup may be over, but you can still get your soccer fix when the Philly Union take on the Seattle Sounders at 7:30pm on Saturday at Subaru Park in Chester.
- Tickets: $52+
🕺 Dance Day is Saturday at Philly Dance Fitness in Rittenhouse Square. Free workshops are running throughout the day, including Zumba, Bollywood fitness, a dance-party bootcamp and striptease.
- The day will wrap with a dance showcase at Plays & Players Theatre from 7:30-9:30pm. Tickets: $12.51
🎂 Franklin Square will celebrate it 20th birthday on Saturday with free cupcakes, crafts, games and giant bubbles.
🎨 This week's Firstival celebrates the nation's first art school at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 11am-1pm. Count on storytelling, live music, giveaways and family fun.
💃 Join the summer block party at El Centro de Oro in North Philly at 5th Street and Lehigh Avenue from noon-5pm on Saturday.
- Expect salsa music, live bands, crafting, family activities and obstacle course for the kids.
🎉 Roxborough is the spot for the Jazzing on Ridge Festival on Saturday from noon-6pm. Enjoy live music, giveaways and activities for the kiddos, along with free food at the event, located on the 2200 block of Ridge Avenue.