Fabulous Families are fun! Create a family portrait bag, a mousterpiece diorama, and a family tree.

Zalben, author/artist of over 50 books, will give a talk, read, answer questions, and sign books. In partnership with the Central Library Children’s Department.

By Laurence Anholt
Julie visits Claude Monet’s garden. After the reading and dancing, make your own garden. Best for ages 2–5.

A high-energy blues-rock band with a Southern vibe and charismatic funk-pop sounds.

Dr. and Mrs. Barnes spent decades developing their lovely, eleven- acre private estate into a living laboratory of rare plant specimens collected from all over the world.  Intended for use by students of the Barnes Arboretum School, begun in 1941, today it is home to over twenty state champion trees along with collections of roses, lilacs, peonies, ferns, and other ornamental species.  As an intact example of early 20th century landscape design, the Barnes Arboretum also provides a perspective into the unique personalities and pedagogical philosophies of its founders.

By Laurence Anholt
Julie visits Claude Monet’s garden. After the reading and dancing, make your own garden. Best for ages 2–5.

Gund Family Chief Curator Judith Dolkart talks with James Meyer, National Gallery of Art curator, and David B. Brownlee, Penn’s Frances Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Professor, about this piece’s role in Philadelphia’s urban landscape.

Rotimi is an accomplished musicologist and songwriter who plays the trumpet, flugelhorn, saxophone, keyboards, and African drums in world music that blends jazz and folk.