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Karen Stabenow: Purple Rain
Purple Rain, oil on wood panel painting by Karen Stabenow. Included in the exhibition Beyond Time and Place, April 25 - May 19, 2018. Note: Painting will ship at end of exhibition. H 12" x W 24"
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Thursday May 10 5-7pm visit Bache-Martin for ...

Thursday May 10 5-7pm visit Bache-Martin for a family friendly open house and fundraiser for Bache-Martin Elementary School. Our goal is to help support the Give and Go Athletics Recess program with a silent auction, raffle, face painting, childrens activities and food and beverages. The Bache-Martin after school choir and strings will perform and the school will be open for tours of our garden and library. http://ow.ly/NfTe30jqqEL

Friends of Bache-Martin
Friends of Bache-Martin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 189 likes · 14 talking about this. Friends of Bache-Martin provides financial resources and facilitates community engagement to enhance the...
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Would you like to help our garden, while orde...

Would you like to help our garden, while ordering seeds, plants, bulbs...and more? Go to Flower Power Fundraising http://www.flowerpowerfundraising.com/campaign?campaign_id=25881 Order through Flower Power, and our garden gets 50% of what you spend with them! Do not wait, this fundraiser only goes until May 1st!

I am participating in a fundraiser for The Spring Gardens Community Garden and need your help!
Click this link and go to our special home page on the Flower Power Fundraising site where you can purchase top-size flower bulbs and perennials to support my group. The Spring Gardens Community Garden keeps 50% of everything you spend, Flower Power ships directly to you and gives a 100% money-back guarantee.
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Andrea Lyons: Grained Houses
Grained Houses, oil on wood panel painting by Collective Member Andrea Lyons. From her solo exhibition April 7 - May 5, 2018. Note: Painting will ship at end of exhibition. H 31.5" x W 16"
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Friends of Waring shared Philadelphia Public ...

Laura Waring is proud to have been one of them!

From new paint to outside cleanup, 10 Philly schools benefit from Comcast Cares Day
Alexander Adaire Elementary was one of several Philadelphia schools to get spruced up on Saturday, April 21, as part of Comcast Cares Day. The 17th annual event saw volunteers from Comcast...
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Amy D. Herzel: Multiplicity of Nature
Multiplicity of Nature, graphite on clayboard drawing by Collective Member Amy D. Herzel. From her solo exhibition April 7 - May 5, 2018. Note: Drawing will ship at end of exhibition. H 12" x W 12"
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Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse shared ...

On Tues, April 24, members of The Goldenberg Group gave the Little Playhouse, located on the Playground, a much-needed makeover. They worked hard to rehab the interior of the playhouse with a new table, bench and shelving, as well as a new paint job! The volunteers also built and installed a giant, wood xylophone that will be the start of an "everyday item" music zone. The wonderful volunteers from the Goldenberg Group donated 60+ hours of labor. On behalf of all the children that visit Smith - thank you so much!

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The Goldenberg Group added a new photo - with Gina Milner and Joan Elsasser Englebert.
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Chris Feiro: 2nd Floor (East View)
2nd Floor (East View), charcoal on paper drawing by Collective Member Chris Feiro. From his solo exhibition April 7 - May 5, 2018. Note: Drawing will ship at end of exhibition. H 59.5" x W 34"
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This year’s Philadelphia Science Festival fea...

This year’s Philadelphia Science Festival features a variety of events that look at the Science of Food, culminating tomorrow night with a Science Night at Reading Terminal Market. http://bit.ly/2HTCGiV Limited tickets to ‘Brain Food’ are still available: http://bit.ly/rtmpsf18

Lots of thought for food at '18 Philly Science Festival
People usually stop by Reading Terminal Market for the juicy roast pork sandwiches, the freshly made scrapple, and the gooey apple dumplings. But for the next week, the Philadelphia Science Festival will pull back the curtain and show people how much science takes place at the market every day to make those dishes so delectable.
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See you later tonight for our Crowdfunding wo...

See you later tonight for our Crowdfunding workshop! CultureWorks is partnering with Vision Driven Artists to provide you with tips+tools for your next crowdfunding campaign. We are also sharing community with two incredible facilitators: Meet Educator, Activist, and Filmmaker Nuala Cabral of POPPYN. The organization raised over $7k to send youth from PHL to South Africa to deepen their understanding of global connectedness and youth power across borders! Also, in the house this evening is Liza Goodell of Spiral Q. They work with nearly 5,000 individuals each year and brings their public work to over 30,000 folks. More so, they help to envision a world of abundance that mobilizes its resources to nurture shared vitality, which takes hard work and funding! There is still time to register: save your seat.

[VDA@CW] Crowdfunding
Vision Driven Artists and CultureWorks are partnering on a monthly workshop series for artists and arts organizations! This month we will: Learn from the crowdfunding experiences of the panelists Discover the pros and cons of various crowdfunding platforms Receive tools to help plan an actual crowdfunding campaign Presented by Brittany Campese (VDA), featuring a panel of crowdfunders including Nuala Cabral (POPPYN), Liza Goodell (Spiral Q), and others TBA.
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Pia De Girolamo: Southwest Vista
Southwest Vista, acrylic on canvas painting by Collective Member Pia De Girolamo. From her solo exhibition April 7 - May 5, 2018. Note: Painting will ship at end of exhibition. Frame size: H 48" x W 48"
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The Franklin Institute added 4 new photos.

On this day in 1990, The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed into low Earth orbit by the crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery. One of the most important instruments in the history of astronomy, The Hubble Space Telescope has been integral in a myriad of discoveries, and, despite being 28 years old today, is thought to be capable of continuing to provide scientists data and imagery well into the 2030s. https://go.nasa.gov/2HXj9y2

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IMAGE: Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is clearing the cargo bay during its deployment on April 25, 1990 | 1990 | NASA
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Susan D'Alessio: Tom's Fire 8pm
Tom's Fire 8pm, oil on linen painting by Collective Member Susan D'Alessio. From her solo exhibition April 7 - May 5, 2018. Note: Painting will ship at end of exhibition. H 30" x W 30"
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How does the tender and tangled story of a fa...

How does the tender and tangled story of a father and son, two artistic titans of their times also become a story of painting and cinema? Opening May 6, Renoir: Father and Son/Painting and Cinema unravels the riveting relationship between celebrated filmmaker Jean Renoir and the great impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Celebrate at the preview party on First Friday, May 4. Book your tickets: http://bit.ly/Renoir-PreviewParty #dadandme 🎨 Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The Artist's Family (La Famille de l'artiste), 1896.

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How does the tender and tangled story of a father and son, two artistic titans of their times also become a story of painting and cinema? Opening May 6, Renoir: Father and Son/Painting and Cinema...
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PLEASE SHARE. If you have any information, yo...

PLEASE SHARE. If you have any information, you can call the Philadelphia Police tipline at 215-686-8477 or the Southwest detectives at 215-686-3183.

$5,000 offered for information in shooting of father, son in SW Philly
The Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police is offering a $5,000 reward Tuesday for any information leading to the arrest of a suspect in last week's shooting in Southwest Philadelphia that injured a 21-year-old father and his 21-month-old child. Police say the shooting happened after 8:30 p.m.
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Celebrate National Park Week with one of our ...

Celebrate National Park Week with one of our favorite Philadelphia Science Festival events, Science in the National Park on Thursday, April 26, 2018. http://bit.ly/2pJrPjZ

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Center City District tempers good news about job growth with a warning
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) -- For the eighth year in a row, the Center City business district reported growth in jobs and development, making this the longest period of economic expansion in the city for the last 50 years. The district's annual report says more than a billion dollars of development projects were completed in Center City last year.
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Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio shared their...

Final Week! Cerulean Arts is accepting submissions to our 6th Annual Juried Exhibition. This year's juror is artist Patricia Traub. Deadline: Friday, April 27.

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CALL FOR ARTISTS! https://ceruleanarts.com/pages/cerulean-arts-6th-annual-juried-exhibition
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Join Yanni in celebrating 25 years of his ico...

Join Yanni in celebrating 25 years of his iconic "Live at the Acropolis" concert and album on May 12 at the Mann. Tickets are selling fast!

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Join Yanni in celebrating 25 years of his iconic "Live at the Acropolis" concert and album on May 12 at the Mann. Tickets are selling fast!
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Interested in the Wilma's HotHouse Summer Int...

Interested in the Wilma's HotHouse Summer Intensive? Dive into José Raúl Mangual's blog to explore an inside look into the #WilmaHotHouse Intensive experience.

HotHouse Intensive: Corporal Sequence
The HotHouse Intensive is a deep dive into the acting methodologies of Blanka Zizka and the Wilma HotHouse Company. HotHouse practice is grounded in the Method of Theodoros Terzopoulos and focuses on fostering embodied acting through exercises that draw actors out of their heads and into their bodies.
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"Sometimes known as 'sea nomads,' the Bajau h...

"Sometimes known as 'sea nomads,' the Bajau have lived at sea for more than 1,000 years, on small houseboats that float in the waters off Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines." https://theatln.tc/2qRFzcJ

How Asia's Super Divers Evolved for a Life At Sea
One gene, known as PDE10A, stood out. It does many things, but it's especially active in the thyroid gland, and controls the release of hormones. The version of PDE10A that's common in the Bajau is associated with higher levels of thyroid hormones, and those hormones, in turn, make spleens grow bigger-at least, in rodents.
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The Mothers Day Photo Booth will be open on M...

The Mothers Day Photo Booth will be open on Monday, May 7 through Wednesday, May 9. Photos will cost $5 and will come in a magnetic frame, perfect for display on a fridge or office. Students will be able to purchase photos for special ladies in their life who they love- mom, grandma, aunt, etc. Our Tigers have a lot of fun with the photo booth props and we love having the opportunity to capture their beautiful smiling faces for a keepsake photo. We can also arrange sibling photos if you let us know! Email Aimee if you have any questions, if you are able to volunteer, please consider signing up by clicking here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050e4aafae28a02-mothers1 ​

Bache Martin Volunteers: Mothers Day Photo Booth
In celebration of Mothers Day, students will be able to have their photo taken and the print will be provided in a magnetic frame- Perfect Gift for Mom, Grandma, Aunt, or other special lady in their life. Photos will be sold for $5 each and the photo booth will be available on May 7th, 8th, and 9th.
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Center City District shared The Philadelphia ...

Jerry Sweeney Has a Vision for Philadelphia's Future
A couple of years ago, I found myself at a nerdy conference about the life of cities, and I heard Kasim Reed, the-then mayor of Atlanta, say something that helped me zero in on a fundamental Philadelphia challenge.
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Experiments in Motion: Photographs from the Collection

Experiments in Motion: Photographs from the Collection

Philadelphia Museum of Art - Exhibitions - Experiments in Motion: Photographs from the Collection
Photography distills the flow of time into singular, still moments. The artists in this installation stop, extend, and rearrange time for their own creative ends, whether to convey personal memories, render visible overlooked aspects of nature, contemplate mortality, or document the passage of time.
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Check out Philadelphia Magazine's piece today...

Check out Philadelphia Magazine's piece today for a Q&A with CCD President and CEO Paul Levy about our just-released "State of Center City" report. For more: www.centercityphila.org/socc

CCD's Paul Levy: "Obsolete" Tax Structure Is Holding Philly Back
The CEO of Center City's business improvement district says its 2018 "State of Center City" report shows reasons for both optimism and pessimism about Philly's future. As the founding chief executive of the Center City District, Paul Levy has played a hand in each of the business improvement district's annual "State of Center City" reports over the past two decades.
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The “Great and Good Friends: 200 Years of U.S...

The “Great and Good Friends: 200 Years of U.S.-Thai Friendship” exhibit opened on March 21, 2018, at the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles in Bangkok, Thailand, and continues through June 30, 2018. United States Ambassador to Thailand Glyn Davies had the idea for the exhibition. You can learn more about the exhibit and the role of the National Archives in making it all possible on the AOTUS blog: https://aotus.blogs.archives.gov/2018/03/29/great-and-good-friends-national-archives-loans-artifacts-to-thai-exhibition/

Great and Good Friends: National Archives Loans Artifacts to Thai Exhibition
The National Archives played a major role in the grand opening last week of a new exhibition in Bangkok, Thailand, at the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles. An international group effort, the exhibit-"Great and Good Friends: 200 Years of U.S.-Thai Friendship"-features more than 40 records and gifts loaned from the National Archives.
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Join us on Friday, May 4, 6-8pm, for a FREE b...

Join us on Friday, May 4, 6-8pm, for a FREE benefit concert by Hill Top Preparatory School for our partners and the students at the Community Partnership School! More information about it here. https://www.gofundme.com/achord-night-benefit

Click here to support Hill Top aChord Night Benefit organized by Marion Kassab
Hello, my name is Sarah Donovan and my fellow classmates and I are learning entrepreneurial skills in our myBIZ class at Hill Top Prep School. This semester we are excited to apply those business skills to our social venture and charitable endeavor, aChord Night. We have created aChord night to...
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The Barnes Foundation added 2 new photos.

In our interactive Art of Looking program, students compare works of art and participate in a hands-on classroom project before their Barnes visit. In our 6th grade classroom lesson, students recreate the paintings they will be seeing in our galleries. Don’t you think they did an amazing job with Matisse’s “Three Sisters?” Sign up for emails about our K-12 programs to be notified of all opportunities! http://bit.ly/Curate-inbox 🎨 Henri Matisse. “Three Sisters with an African Sculpture (Les Trois sœurs à la sculpture africaine)”, between May and mid-July 1917.

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The Barnes Foundation added a new photo.
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It's time for a workday! Saturday, April 28, ...

It's time for a workday! Saturday, April 28, from 9:30am to 12pm. Come on out and start the gardening season with a bang!

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Fairmount Park Conservancy shared Philadelphi...

Thanks to Philadelphia -- visitphilly.com for this fantastic roundup highlighting Philly's best parks, from The Oval to Fairmount Park!

The 25 Best Parks & Outdoor Spaces in Philadelphia
Article Since the city's founding, Philadelphia has enjoyed and promoted its incredible parks and green spaces. William Penn was so inspired by the eastern hardwood forest that greeted him in the New World that he named his colony Penn's Woods, or Pennsylvania.
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The Franklin Institute shared Philadelphia Sc...

Join us for the Philadelphia Science Festival now through April 28, 2018. http://bit.ly/p-s-f

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It was an event-full first weekend of the Philadelphia Science Festival. Join us through April 28 to #GetNerdyPHL. bit.ly/p-s-f
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Job growth has been sufficient to lower the f...

Job growth has been sufficient to lower the formal rate of unemployment, but not enough to get Philadelphia back to 1990 job levels or reduce the high poverty rate. Philadelphia still has 5% fewer jobs than in 1990, while our suburbs are up 26%. Find out the reasons and potential solutions in State of Center City 2018, coming tomorrow. #SOCC2018

State of Center City Preview - Unemployment
The Center City District (CCD), Central Philadelphia Development Corporation (CPDC) and Center City District Foundation (CCDF) work together to enhance the vitality and competitiveness of Philadelphia's downtown. In 1991 the business leadership organization CPDC created the CCD business improvement district to deliver daily services with the goal of making Center City clean and safe.
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"While the average American diet amounts to a...

"While the average American diet amounts to about 5 kg of carbon dioxide emissions per day, the typical meat- and dairy-heavy diet amounts to three times that. By bringing those resource-intensive diets more in line with the average American diet, we could save 0.27 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in a single day – that’s the equivalent of removing 661 million cars off the road." http://bit.ly/2qSwikW

A Surprising Solution to Lowering Our Greenhouse Gas Emissions
This April marks the 48th Earth Month, offering us an opportunity to reflect on our collective impact on the one and only planet we call home. Many simple life changes can make a big difference - switching our household electricity provider to renewable or carbon-neutral energy sources, replacing inefficient household electronics, using cold water to wash our clothes, signing up for a composting service, and recycling, just to name a few.
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Friends of Bache-Martin shared Bache-Martin H...

And what a great day we had Sunday too! Extra special thanks to High Point Cafe and PhilaGorilla Movers, LLC for their generous contributions yesterday!

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Bache-Martin Home & School Association added a new photo.
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AFAR has chosen Renoir: Father and Son / Pain...

AFAR has chosen Renoir: Father and Son / Painting and Cinema as one of the “10 Art Exhibitions in the U.S. Worth Traveling for This Spring!” This exhibition, which features paintings, ceramics, drawings, and films, examines the tender and tangled story between a father and son, and how their relationship illuminates intersections between painting and cinema. On view May 6 – September 3, 2018. Book your tickets: http://bit.ly/Renoir-Father-Son

10 Art Exhibitions in the U.S. Worth Traveling for This Spring
This spring, U.S. museums are exploring the rise of the machine, sculptural attempts to replicate the human body, and unsung voices in contemporary art. Here are 10 shows (including a new permanent installation) worth a trip, including stimulating stops in New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Denver, and Philadelphia.
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"If local growth since 2009 was robust enough...

"If local growth since 2009 was robust enough to make us just average, attaining the 2.3 percent growth rate of America’s largest cities, Philadelphia would have added 45,400 more jobs -- one homegrown Amazon -- on top of existing growth of 55,100 for a total of 100,500 new jobs." More in CCD President Paul Levy's op-ed on philly.com.

Sure, Philly is growing. But not fast enough | Opinion
The Philadelphia story is not a tale of two cities; it's a tale of one city not growing fast enough to address problems we've inherited, when we can count less on higher levels of government for help. - Paul R. Levy, Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News
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The way we see it, art goes beyond walls––it’...

The way we see it, art goes beyond walls––it’s everywhere. In curating his collection, Dr. Albert Barnes gave us a fresh new lens to view not only art, but also the world. By arranging works according to color, light, line, and space, we’re invited to make unexpected and exciting connections between pieces from different eras, places, and cultures. Your perspective shifts: Colors seek synchrony. Diverse themes find unity. The effect is so inspiring, it stays with you––long after you’ve left our building. Come on in this spring! Discover why after every visit, you’ll never stop #seeingtheBarnes.

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The way we see it, art goes beyond walls--it's everywhere. In curating his collection, Dr. Albert Barnes gave us a fresh new lens to view not only art, but also the world. By arranging works...
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Did you know that 17.3% of Philadelphians bet...

Did you know that 17.3% of Philadelphians between 21-64 identify as having a disability? #ICYMI: CultureWorks Engagement Director attended Art-Reach's Cultural Accessibility Forum & Exchange session on 4/14. The session covered best practices across marketing and communications that better serve and positively impact folks with disabilities. Read the full recap below to learn more about best practices your organization can implement to ensure that people with disabilities feel welcome in our spaces and can understand the full scope of accessible events, program, and services through marketing and communication. Small changes and updates can lead to big impact!

Report Back: Art Reach's Cultural Accessibility Forum & Exchange (CAFE)
CultureWorks recently attended Art Reach's CAFE, an acronym for their Cultural Accessibility Forum and Exchange sessions. The April 4th session, The Digital Welcome Mat: Is Your Website and Marketing Accessible to the Disability Community , encouraged arts and culture professionals to take a deep
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SEPTA advances with sustainability initiatives
In general, experts agree that one of the most environmentally beneficial things the average person can do is to leave their car at home and ride mass transit. But at SEPTA, the carbon footprint is diminished a little more due to the diverse sustainability initiatives underway, from acquiring more electricity-powered buses to using renewable energy and even simpler tasks like recycling rainwater to wash buses.
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Bache-Martin Home & School Association added ...

Did you know that we had over 50 volunteers that came on Saturday, for #ComcastCaresDay at Bache-Martin? They helped us spruce up our garden, getting it ready for Bache in Bloom Silent Auction and Raffle, they helped give our school a good spring cleaning, filling up a 40' dumpster, organized Ms. Pierce's closet, AND helped us enter more of our books into the library system (getting us closer to that opening goal). How amazing is that?! A huge THANK YOU to all these wonderful volunteers both from Comcast, and Friends of Bache-Martin; from the students, faculty, and parents!

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The Franklin Institute was live.

It's a beautiful day to #GetNerdyPHL! We are using our EarthCam to take a live look at the City of Brotherly Love as the Philadelphia Science Festival enters its fourth day. Don't forget that the Festival continues through Saturday, April 28 and there is so much more to discover. Check out the schedule of events: http://bit.ly/2Hl7Qzy

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The Franklin Institute is live now.

It's a beautiful day to #GetNerdyPHL! We are using our EarthCam to take a live look at the City of Brotherly Love as the Philadelphia Science Festival enters its fourth day. Don't forget that the Festival continues through Saturday, April 28 and there is so much more to discover. Check out the schedule of events: http://bit.ly/2Hl7Qzy

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Bache-Martin Home & School Association added ...

A big thank you to all of you who participated in Bache-Martin's Donation Drive yesterday! All of your donations, went to Big Brothers Big Sisters; giving them a second life, and keeping them away from landfills. We couldn't have done it without the generous donors in our community, our tireless volunteers, local businesses High Point Cafe -who kept volunteers and donors fed and caffeinated-, and PhilaGorilla Movers, LLC, who helped us transport the donations. THANK YOU!! Together, we continue to make a difference!

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