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Announcement

Expanded curfew hours for park areas through March 31, 2025

Philadelphia Parks & Recreation will close certain parks from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily from December 1, 2025 through March 31, 2025. The expanded curfew hours will take place at these parks:

Bartram’s Garden
Cobbs Creek Park
FDR Park
Pennypack Park
Tacony Creek Park
Wissahickon Valley Park

All trails, parking lots, and other areas in these parks will be closed to all pedestrian, bicycle, equestrian, and vehicular traffic. The expanded closing hours are being implemented to ensure public safety while deer control activities are being conducted in these parks.

Announced on: Philadelphia Parks & Recreation
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CDBG-DR Hurricane Ida Recovery Open Hours on Thursday Dec. 12 @ 6pm EST

The CDBG-DR Hurricane Ida Recovery team will hold an online open hours session on Thursday, Dec. 12 from 6pm – 7pm EST. This session will give residents time to pose questions and make suggestions to CDBG-DR staff about key programming. Please send in your question or comment ahead of time by using this Google Form: CDBG-DR  Hurricane Ida Recovery Open Hours Submittal Form.

Use the Zoom link below to join the session:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2617073367?pwd=Sjc1SUwzcmxZcmVoWG1VTDBUbTdwdz09

Meeting ID: 261 707 3367
Passcode: yUwm8w

Announced on: Office of the Director of Finance
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Take our Disability Access Survey

The OPD Disability Access Survey is still available. The survey addresses access to resources in your neighborhood. Our office values your input on making the city of Philadelphia a better place.

Announced on: Office for People with Disabilities
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Protect yourself with a free flu shot and COVID-19 vaccine

Do you live in Philadelphia? You can get free vaccines for the flu and COVID-19 at City health centers. You don’t need to be a registered patient to get a vaccine at these locations. Find out more.

Announced on: Air Pollution Control Board, Board of Health, Department of Public Health

Upcoming events

  • Nov
    28
    Event
    Christmas Village in Philadelphia at LOVE Park and City Hall
    All Day
    JFK Plaza (Love Park), Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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    Christmas Village in Philadelphia at LOVE Park and City Hall

    November 28, 2024
    All Day
    JFK Plaza (Love Park), Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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    Every year, LOVE Park transforms into the open-air Bavarian holiday marketplace Christmas Village in Philadelphia. Over 100 vendors set up in wooden stalls offering gifts, ornaments, accessories and wintry apparel along with tasty treats like raclette sandwiches, spiced wine, apple cider, strudels and more. At the LOVE Park Visitor Center (the “flying saucer”), the event’s Festival of Trees offers an indoor lineup of nearly 20 stunning Christmas conifers on display, decorated by local designers and artists. Across the street at City Hall, find more vendors, plus the double-decker Christmas Village Carousel in the City Hall Courtyard and the 65-foot Ferris wheel and Kids Express train along the building’s north apron. Kick off the holiday festivities early at the preview weekend November 23 to 24, 2024.
  • Nov
    28
    Event
    Comcast Holiday Spectacular
    All Day
    Comcast Center, 1701 John F Kennedy Blvd #300, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA
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    Comcast Holiday Spectacular

    November 28, 2024
    All Day
    Comcast Center, 1701 John F Kennedy Blvd #300, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA
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    There’s no holiday tradition in the world like the Comcast Experience’s annual Comcast Holiday Spectacular in the Comcast Center’s seven-story lobby, now in its 16th year. The free 15-minute show — a 28 million 2.6-mm pixel presentation displayed on a 25-foot-high, 85-foot-wide, over-8K HD LED video wall — depicts a photo-realistic virtual sleigh ride over the city interspersed with a performance of The Nutcracker from the Philadelphia Ballet. The event runs daily from Thanksgiving Day to New Year’s Day, every hour on the hour from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (excluding 5 p.m.), with sensory-friendly showings at 2:30 p.m.
  • Dec
    9
    Event
    Friends of Rittenhouse Holiday Tree at Rittenhouse Square Park
    All Day
    Rittenhouse Square Park, 1800 Walnut Street
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    Friends of Rittenhouse Holiday Tree at Rittenhouse Square Park

    December 9, 2024
    All Day
    Rittenhouse Square Park, 1800 Walnut Street
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    Enjoy hot cocoa served by Parc alongwith sweet & salty bites provided by Scarpetta. Meet Santa while enjoyingdance performances, music & singing for the whole family to enjoy!

    This is a free event and open to the general public!

  • Dec
    4
    Event
    Events with Benefitz BYOB Holiday Lights Trolley Tour
    All Day
    Urban Village Brewing Company, 1001 N 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19123, USA
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    Events with Benefitz BYOB Holiday Lights Trolley Tour

    December 4, 2024
    All Day
    Urban Village Brewing Company, 1001 N 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19123, USA
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    National company Events with Benefitz offers guided holiday tours in 10 cities, including Philly’s BYOB Holiday Lights Trolley Tour rolling party. The heated and festively decorated vintage trolley makes stops at LOVE Park, Franklin Square, Smedley Street, Macy’s and more (subject to change) over the two-hour tour, with trivia and prizes while on board. But the fun begins beforehand as attendees meet up an hour ahead at the tour-start location — Urban Village Brewing in Northern Liberties — to check-in, meet your tour guide, and receive a complimentary snack and souvenir gift. Like all the other tours on this list, this one is BYOB for those 21 and over only.
  • Nov
    22
    Event
    Wild Lights at the Elmwood Park Zoo
    All Day
    Elmwood Park Zoo, 1661 Harding Blvd, Norristown, PA 19401, USA
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    Wild Lights at the Elmwood Park Zoo

    November 22, 2024
    All Day
    Elmwood Park Zoo, 1661 Harding Blvd, Norristown, PA 19401, USA
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    You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen. Why not make a few more furry friends this holiday season? Norristown’s Elmwood Park Zoo shines (quite literally) during the holiday season, with millions of LED lights illuminating the Montco attraction’s 16 acres during Wild Lights. The walk-through experience features brilliant light displays, live entertainment, animal meet-and-greets and photo ops with characters and Mr. Claus during the evening hours. Tickets are required.
  • Nov
    22
    Event
    Yuletide at Liberty Hill
    All Day
    Union League Liberty Hill, 800 Ridge Pike, Lafayette Hill, PA 19444, USA
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    Yuletide at Liberty Hill

    November 22, 2024
    All Day
    Union League Liberty Hill, 800 Ridge Pike, Lafayette Hill, PA 19444, USA
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    A European Christmas market, a live music festival or a community carnival … which do you choose? You don’t have to pick just one thanks to this gorgeous Yuletide celebration. This picturesque holiday attraction transforms the sprawling grounds of the Union League Liberty Hill golf course into a literal winter wonderland with free fair rides (including a giant Ferris wheel), an ice skating rink (requires an additional cost), lots of live music, craft drinks (hot chocolate, cocktails and more), locally sourced eats, and over 30 high-end holiday fair vendors. Tickets are required.
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