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Weekend in the Woodshop
Nov 8
Nov 8, 2025 – Nov 9, 2025
12:00 PM12:0012:00 PM
Weekend in the Woodshop
Nov 8, 2025 – Nov 9, 2025
12:00 PM12:0012:00 PM

Learn basic woodworking skills to create and customize your very own wooden picture frame!

Nov 8, 2025 – Nov 9, 2025
12:00 PM12:0012:00 PM
Geography Storytime with the Free Library-Australia
Nov 13
Nov 13, 2025
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM10:30 – 11:3010:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Geography Storytime with the Free Library-Australia
Nov 13, 2025
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM10:30 – 11:3010:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Enjoy a special storytime with the geography lady at the Main House.

Nov 13, 2025
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM10:30 – 11:3010:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Free Community CPR Training (Non-Certification)
Nov 15
Nov 15, 2025
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM11:00 – 12:0011:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Free Community CPR Training (Non-Certification)
Nov 15, 2025
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM11:00 – 12:0011:00 AM – 12:00 PM

In this training, the staff from the Mobile CPR Project, a Penn Medicine community-based group, will cover how to recognize and respond to a cardiac arrest, how to perform effective hands-only CPR, and how to use an AED.

Nov 15, 2025
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM11:00 – 12:0011:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Worms at Work: Build Your Own Vermicompost System
Nov 16
Nov 16, 2025
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM11:00 – 12:3011:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Worms at Work: Build Your Own Vermicompost System
Nov 16, 2025
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM11:00 – 12:3011:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Participants will learn about the importance and benefits of vermicomposting (composting with worms) through demonstration, and then will work to build their own bins to take home.

Nov 16, 2025
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM11:00 – 12:3011:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Lily P.A.D.S. KPop Demon Hunters
Nov 17
Nov 17, 2025
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM16:30 – 17:304:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Lily P.A.D.S. KPop Demon Hunters
Nov 17, 2025
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM16:30 – 17:304:30 PM – 5:30 PM

SOLD OUT

Come out for a KPop Demon Hunters session, filled with art, make-up, music, and more!

Nov 17, 2025
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM16:30 – 17:304:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Lily P.A.D.S. Eagles Mania
Nov 19
Nov 19, 2025
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM16:30 – 18:004:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Lily P.A.D.S. Eagles Mania
Nov 19, 2025
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM16:30 – 18:004:30 PM – 6:00 PM

SOLD OUT

Celebrate Eagles mania with screen-printed shirts and more crafts designed for kids.

Nov 19, 2025
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM16:30 – 18:004:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Festive Wine Cork Turkey Workshop
Nov 20
Nov 20, 2025
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM18:00 – 20:006:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Festive Wine Cork Turkey Workshop
Nov 20, 2025
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM18:00 – 20:006:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Make a festive decoration for your Thanksgiving table! This event is BYOB.

Nov 20, 2025
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM18:00 – 20:006:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Classroom Films of the Silent Era from The Secret Cinema
Nov 21
Nov 21, 2025
7:30 PM – 10:00 PM19:30 – 22:007:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Classroom Films of the Silent Era from The Secret Cinema
Nov 21, 2025
7:30 PM – 10:00 PM19:30 – 22:007:30 PM – 10:00 PM

The Secret Cinema will revisit an unusual program concept not tapped since we last used it 16 years ago: EARLY EDUCATIONAL: CLASSROOM FILMS OF THE SILENT ERA.

Nov 21, 2025
7:30 PM – 10:00 PM19:30 – 22:007:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Yoga in the Mansion
Nov 22
Nov 22, 2025
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM10:00 – 11:0010:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Yoga in the Mansion
Nov 22, 2025
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM10:00 – 11:0010:00 AM – 11:00 AM

During the cooler months, we are excited to offer yoga classes in the dining room of the mansion led by Northeast Philadelphia yoga teacher Melissa Gyuraki.

Nov 22, 2025
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM10:00 – 11:0010:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Sounds of the Season with Organist Isza Wu
Dec 4
Dec 4, 2025
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM19:00 – 21:007:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Sounds of the Season with Organist Isza Wu
Dec 4, 2025
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM19:00 – 21:007:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Ring in the holidays with a special pipe organ recital featuring organist and Curtis Institute Fellow Isza Wu.

Dec 4, 2025
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM19:00 – 21:007:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Create, Don’t Waste: Sustainable Holiday Crafting
Dec 11
Dec 11, 2025
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM16:30 – 18:004:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Create, Don’t Waste: Sustainable Holiday Crafting
Dec 11, 2025
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM16:30 – 18:004:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Join the Environmental Team and their intern from Holy Family University in creating winter holiday crafts from recycled materials.

Dec 11, 2025
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM16:30 – 18:004:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Winter Solstice Celebration
Dec 21
Dec 21, 2025
3:00 PM – 5:30 PM15:00 – 17:303:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Winter Solstice Celebration
Dec 21, 2025
3:00 PM – 5:30 PM15:00 – 17:303:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Join us in our annual celebration of the shortest day of the year!

Dec 21, 2025
3:00 PM – 5:30 PM15:00 – 17:303:00 PM – 5:30 PM

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