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Eakins Oval

Arts and Entertainment

Logan Square: Pop-up Park at The Oval Open For Four Weeks This Summer

July 20, 2019Dee Patel and Christopher Malo

The Oval+ returns to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway this summer at Eakins Oval. This year’s theme is “make,” “hear,” and “play.” It is designed to encourage visitors to spend more time playing, creating, and hanging

Abandoned Property

Amateur Sports: Nonprofits Help Homeless Beyond Athletics

December 18, 2015Stephen T Godwin

Street Soccer USA On any given night in the United States, there are approximately 564,708 people who are counted as homeless. On any given night in this country, there are also 39,907 unaccompanied youth between

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Amateur Sports

Amateur Sports: Five Runs You Need To Know About

June 6, 2014

There are a lot of fun things to do in Philadelphia, but for the amateur athlete who loves to run, there are many unique ways to get involved. Whether it’s dressing up in your favorite

Arts and Entertainment

Fairmount: The Awesome Fest Commemorates 80th Anniversary of Drive-in Movies

November 25, 2013

Movie-goers enjoyed a month of excitement, laughs and thrills this month at a makeshift drive-in movie theater. Eakins Oval was turned into a drive-in movie theater by members of The Awesome Fest, a local roaming

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