Philly weekend: Music festival, art show and ballet
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🪴 Join in on the Philly Plant Crawl starting today at more than a dozen shops across the city and 'burbs.
- Look for discounts, deals and a raffle. Runs through Sunday.
🍽️ Chow down for cheap. Manayunk's Restaurant Week runs through Sunday with participating restaurants — including Bar Jawn, Blondie and Yanako — offering prix-fixed meals ($15-$45 per person).
🇮🇹 Italy has landed in Philly. The international touring project — Italia é Moda — will showcase Italian fashion, textiles, footwear, jewelry and goldsmithing through Sept. 26 at Drexel U's Main Building.
✨ Philly Fashion Week is putting on design competitions, a panel discussion, and catwalks through Saturday. Pay as you go.
- Or check out the Philly Fashion Awards at tonights Avantgarde Ball at Vault XXVII in Center City from 7-11pm. (Tickets: $30)
🦸 Be a Civic Hero! Stop by the National Constitution Center's front lawn to check out the new outdoor playground and little free library, which opened yesterday.
- The installation is part of nearly a dozen citywide that have popped up.
🍻 You can party like it's 1787! The First Bank of the U.S. is throwing a bash from 6-9pm tonight that will recreate the farewell event for George Washington at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention.
- Beer and mead and whiskey are on the menu, along with refreshments. Tickets: $50.
🖼️ Browse and buy artwork this Friday at Odunde's Art Sho from 10am-4pm at Love Park in Center City.
🎸 Get ready for three days of outdoor music on the Camden waterfront! Headliners for the XPoNential Music Festival include Daws, Budos Band, Cyril Neville, Tyler Ballgame and Fat Mezz. Runs Friday-Sunday.
- Tickets: $101.55+
🧑🩰 The Philadelphia Ballet will unveil its new HQ in North Philly to the public at free open house and celebration on Saturday from noon to 5pm.
- Expect to see ballet performances, take guided tours, take part in family-friendly crafts, and join in on beginner dance classes. Register in advance.