# The Philly Bulletin — Wednesday, October 14, 2026 — Philadelphia (49 events)

Line format: name — time · venue · neighborhood · cost · score/10 ↻ — the judge's one-line reason. Scores are 0–10 community potential (six-dimension rubric, judged per recurring series). ↻ = recurs weekly/biweekly/monthly — go twice and you're a regular.
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- SOPO General Meeting — 7:00 PM · Kensington Engagement Center · Kensington · 7.0/10 ↻ — The South Port Richmond Civic Association exists specifically to build ongoing neighborhood civic relationships.
- First-Time Homebuyer Workshops — 9:30 AM · Kensington Engagement Center · Kensington · 5.7/10 ↻ — No cost listed for this community-development-corporation homebuyer class.
- 5A | Botanical Watercolor (2/3) — 10:00 AM · Woodmere Art Museum · Northwest Philly · 5.6/10 ↻ — A structured class with individual instructor attention is a solid solo-friendly format.
- Read to a Therapy Dog at Parkway Central Library — 4:00 PM · Parkway Central Library · Logan Square · 3.7/10 ↻ — Free public library programming with a certified Comfort Caring Canines therapy dog.
- Wish Wall at Parkway Central Library — 9:00 AM · Parkway Central Library · Logan Square · Free · 3.5/10 — Free access to a civic-engagement art installation is good value.
- (Daily) Botany of Nations at The Academy of Natural Sciences — 10:00 AM · The Academy of Natural Sciences · Logan Square · 3.4/10 — No price is listed, but standard museum admission for a co-curated special exhibit is a fair trade for the content.
- Ministry of Awe — 11:00 AM · Ministry of Awe · Old City · 3.4/10 — Cost isn't listed; immersive art experiences like this typically carry a real ticket price, so value is uncertain.
- Behind the Gallery: The Mary McFadden Lending Library — 11:00 AM · Woodmere Art Museum · Northwest Philly
- Navy Yard 5k — 11:30 AM · Navy Yard · South Philly
- Camp Out for Hunger Drive (10/14-11/18) — 12:00 PM · Navy Yard · South Philly
- SUB & SURFACE TOASTMASTERS CLUB — 12:00 PM · Navy Yard · South Philly ↻
- ARTZ @ The Museum — 1:30 PM · Barnes Foundation · Logan Square · Free
- Members-Only Online Tour: Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America — 2:00 PM · Barnes Foundation · Logan Square
- Boktoberfest Pumpkin Painting — 4:00 PM · Bok · South Philly ↻
- Free Family Fishing — 4:00 PM · Boathouse at FDR Park · South Philly ↻
- Patchwork Potholder — 4:00 PM · The Fabric Workshop and Museum · Center City East
- Babalouie BBQ — 4:00 PM · Wissahickon Brewing Company - East Falls · Northwest Philly ↻
- Free Family Fishing with Discovery Pathways — 4:00 PM · FDR Park · South Philly · Free ↻
- 10/14/26 Unconventional: Traditional Technique, Ancient Roots, Fresh Flavors — 5:00 PM · Jet Wine Bar · Rittenhouse
- Ultimate Guide to Oil Changes: 1:1 BYO Car — 5:00 PM · West Philly Tool Library - WPTL · South Philly ↻
- Know To Grow: The Gravel Garden: Visionary, Drought-Defying, Naturalistic Designs with Jeff Epping — 5:00 PM · PHS Pop Up Garden at South Street · Graduate Hospital · Free
- Alchemy X Fitness – Yoga Flow — 5:30 PM · Navy Yard · South Philly ↻
- Behn Gillece Vibes — 5:30 PM · Time Restaurant · Washington Square West ↻
- The Original Transit-Oriented City: Transit-Oriented Communities and Philadelphia's Next Era — 5:30 PM
- The Empathy Games — 6:00 PM · Ethical Society of Philadelphia · Rittenhouse
- Philly Trivia — 6:00 PM · Other Half Brewing Philadelphia · Northern Liberties ↻
- Profs & Pints Philadelphia: Tales Told to Scare Children — 6:00 PM · Black Squirrel Club · Fishtown - Lower Kensington
- Karaoke Night w/ Alyssa Marie (8PM - 11PM) — 7:00 PM · Lucy's · Rittenhouse ↻
- ChesCo Branch General Meeting — 7:00 PM
- Malcolm Gladwell The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic — 7:00 PM · Parkway Central Library · Logan Square · Free
- Digba Ogungiyi Trio — 7:00 PM · Cellar Dog · Rittenhouse
- Cinema with Comrades Happy Hour + Movie Meetup — 7:00 PM
- Autobahn, Semi Trucks, and Circle of Fire — 7:00 PM · Ortlieb's · Northern Liberties · $15
- Quizzo — 7:00 PM · Fringe Bar · Delaware Waterfront ↻
- Fauré, Bottesini, and more — 7:30 PM · Curtis Institute of Music · Rittenhouse · Free
- Knumears — 7:30 PM · First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia · Rittenhouse
- Kiera Sankey Group — 7:30 PM · Chris’ Jazz Cafe · Rittenhouse
- Honky Tonk Hustle — 7:30 PM · Secondhand Ranch · Fishtown - Lower Kensington · $7 ↻
- Say Gay — 8:00 PM · Claude's Comedy Club & Bar · Passyunk Square
- Hump(!) Wednesdays -free weekly burlesque show at 254 — 8:00 PM · Free ↻
- Ryan Beatty - Arms Over Armor North American Tour '26 — 8:00 PM · Theatre of Living Arts · Queen Village
- Show Me The Body — 8:00 PM · Union Transfer · Northern Liberties
- moony ~ Liam Bauman ~ Angel Envy — 8:00 PM · Silk City · Northern Liberties · $18.35, 21+
- Fraxiom//Datacats — 8:00 PM · The Dolphin · Passyunk Square · $11.84-$17.25
- Gilla Band — 8:00 PM · Underground Arts · Old City · $25.43-$30, 21+
- Joe Kenney Enterprises Presents… — 9:00 PM · Time Restaurant · Washington Square West
- Leadership and Democracy in a Changing World — all day · Perry World House · University City
- Socio-Sonic Histories of Modern South India — all day · Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St. · University City
- Density 2036: A New Ecosystem for Contemporary Music — all day · Penn Museum, 3260 South St. · University City