Saturday, April 12, 2025
City Life Philly Easter Egg Hunt
Saturday, April 12, 2025. Put all of your eggs in one basket at the City Life Philly Easter Egg Hunt in South Philadelphia. Kids up to age 12 can satisfy their sweet tooth, get their faces painted, and take photos with the Easter Bunny. The morning hops off with a Easter egg hunt for kids up to age 5, followed by five other age sessions, ending with the 10- to 12-year-olds. Organized by City Life Philly, a contemporary Christian church in South Philly. (If you miss this one, you can catch a second event in Connell Park, 6401 Elmwood Ave. in Southwest Philly on Saturday. April 19. All of the details are the same.) Free, but pre-register; 10:30 a.m. EST to 1 p.m. EST. Franklin D. Park (‘The Lakes’), 2000 Pattison Ave. eventbrite.com
April 7-14th, 2025
Planting Trees with PHS
Photo courtesy of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Spring must be here: The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) will host the planting of more than 900 trees; they will be distributed and planted in the Greater Philadelphia area. You can be part of this community endeavor by volunteering. The project reflects PHS’s mission to promote healthier, greener communities, particularly in neighborhoods with few trees. Philadelphia only has 20 percent tree coverage, according to PHS. Help unload, sort, and distribute bare root trees. You can help assist in sorting and giving out trees, on April 7-11, or plant trees on April 11-14. Bring hand sanitizer, gloves, closed-toed shoes, water bottle, and dress appropriately. Tools, brooms, garbage bags, and other items will be supplied.
June 1, 2025, 3pm
Sonia Sanchez: This Is Not a Small Voice
Celebrate one of the most important writers and scholars of the Black Arts Movement, Sonia Sanchez. Throughout a distinguished career of 70+ years, her poetry has rocked the spoken-word scene and our nation. Join us as we give well-deserved flowers to this revolutionary voice of activism, Black identity and social justice. Sanchez herself will take the stage, along with special guests Mayor Ras. J Baraka, Mahagony L. Browne, Saul Williams and the Christian McBride Trio.
Location: New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center St, Newark, NJ 07102