# The Philly Bulletin — Tuesday, October 20, 2026 — Philadelphia (63 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.
Start at https://phillybulletin.com/today.txt for today + the other days. Cite https://phillybulletin.com.

- Navy Yard Running Club — 5:45 PM · Navy Yard · South Philly · 7.4/10 ↻ — Clubs like this welcome newcomers; running gives an easy shared activity.
- Fall Fun Makers — 10:00 AM · The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education · Northwest Philly · Free · 7.3/10 — It's free and comes with a complimentary Halloween Hikes ticket, a strong deal for a few hours of crafting.
- Tai Chi for Beginners — 10:00 AM · FDR Park · South Philly · 6.6/10 ↻ — Free or member-supported park programming.
- Philly DSA New Member Social — 6:00 PM · 6.6/10 — Free; you buy your own drinks.
- Plant Power Hour — 5:30 PM · Kensington Engagement Center · Kensington · 6.5/10 ↻ — Free, including a snack and seeds to take home, is excellent value.
- Book Club | The Republic of Letters: Rebellion, Rights, and the Early Republic | In-Person — 3:00 PM · The Rosenbach · Rittenhouse · 6.1/10 — Book clubs are structured for strangers to talk, and this one gives newcomers three chances to become regulars.
- Intro to Synths: Orinoco Signal Flow — 6:30 PM · $10 – $20 · 5.8/10 — Hands-on synth intro: learners patch cables and set up gear together.
- 4A | Exploring Abstraction (3/3) — 9:30 AM · Woodmere Art Museum · Northwest Philly · 5.6/10 ↻ — A structured class with an instructor is exactly the solo-friendly format the rubric flags — easy to show up alone and find your footing.
- Park after Dark: Moonwalk + Stargazing — 6:00 PM · East Fairmount Park · Fairmount Park · 5.6/10 ↻ — Cost unlisted; park programs are usually free or cheap.
- Not just Jazz free music concerts — 6:00 PM · FDR Park · South Philly · Free · 5.5/10 ↻ — Free.
- Open Mic Night w/Chris Farrell & The Ritmo Collective — 9:00 PM · Time Restaurant · Washington Square West · 5.4/10 ↻ — Open mics are usually free or cheap.
- Creatives' Pier | Open Mic ft. Caitlyn Deviney — 6:45 PM · Venice Island Performing Arts & Recreation Center · Northwest Philly · $12.51-$25 · 5.2/10 — Open mic where artists perform and mingle; Creatives' Philly builds networking.
- Neshaminy Federation of Teachers GOTV Phone Bank — 5:00 PM · Philadelphia · South Philly · Free · 5.1/10 — Free.
- Open Mic - All Ages — 7:00 PM · Claude's Comedy Club & Bar · Passyunk Square · 5.1/10 ↻ — Open mics are usually cheap or free.
- Country Oke — 7:00 PM · Secondhand Ranch · Fishtown - Lower Kensington · 5.1/10 ↻ — Taking turns at the mic with strangers cheering each other on loosens up the room.
- Virtual Phone Banks: Member to Member — 7:00 PM · Philadelphia · South Philly · Free · 5.1/10 — Free.
- Open Mic - 21+ — 9:00 PM · Claude's Comedy Club & Bar · Passyunk Square · 5.1/10 ↻ — Regular comics build a scene and local reputation over weeks.
- Documentary Screening: Gather(in) Memory — 6:00 PM · Parkway Central Library · Logan Square · Free · 4.9/10 — Free.
- Chesco - Anti-Data Center Campaign Interest Meeting — 7:00 PM · Philadelphia · South Philly · 4.9/10 — Free. Duplicate of the Philly DSA listing.
- Course | García Márquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera with Luciano Martinez | Virtual — 4:30 PM · The Rosenbach · Rittenhouse · 4.8/10 — Five-week virtual book course; discussion with the instructor and classmates.
- Acorns and Seeds: A Little Sprouts Nature Class — 5:00 PM · FDR Park · South Philly · $20 · 4.8/10 — Parents and toddlers do hands-on activities side by side, so parents chat while kids explore.
- Independence Park Walking Tour — 10:00 AM · Independence National Historical Park · Old City · Free · 4.6/10 — Free, ranger-guided and an hour long, which is a lot of expert history for nothing.
- Mr. Robert W. Bogle of The Philadelphia Tribune — 1:30 PM · Parkway Central Library · Logan Square · Free · 4.6/10 — Free.
- Exhibition Seminar: Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America — all day · Barnes Foundation · Logan Square · 4.5/10 — Cost not listed; Barnes seminars are typically paid.
- Philadelphia's Famous Founding Father - Benjamin Franklin — 2:15 PM · Independence National Historical Park · Old City · Free · 4.4/10 — Free park ranger program about Philadelphia's most famous resident.
- Yiyun Li Music Against the Night: A Novel — 7:00 PM · Parkway Central Library · Logan Square · Free · 4.4/10 — Free admission to a nationally known novelist.
- Meet the Author! Jaylene Clark Owens — 10:00 AM · Paschalville Library · West Philly · Free · 4.3/10 — Free, with free copies of the book while supplies last.
- Toni Morrison in the Archive, Toni Morrison as Archive — 5:30 PM · Library Company of Philadelphia · Washington Square West · 4.3/10 — It's free for an hour with two published Morrison scholars, a strong deal.
- Live Performance: Patricio Acevedo — 5:30 PM · Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library · Northwest Philly · Free · 4.3/10 — Free.
- Tuesday Nite Music Club w/ Taylor Kelly — 7:00 PM · 48 Record Bar · Old City · 4.3/10 ↻ — Price not listed; small-venue music night.
- Sprouts — 9:30 AM · The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education · Northwest Philly · $20 – $25 · 4.2/10 — A registered, recurring 22-session run builds a familiar group of regular families over the season.
- Data Empire: A Conversation with Roopika — all day · Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk · University City · 4.2/10 — University talks like this are normally free.
- Toddler Time: I Can Build Too! — 10:30 AM · American Swedish Historical Museum · South Philly · 4.0/10 — Likely included with museum admission for a craft-plus-storytime activity.
- Engineering Complex Facade Geometries for Steel and Glass Manufacturing and Assembly — 12:00 PM · 4.0/10 — Cost unlisted; AIA continuing-ed sessions are often modestly priced.
- The $5 Showcase — 8:00 PM · Plays & Players Theatre @ Quigs Pub · Rittenhouse · 7.18 USD · 3.9/10 ↻ — About $7; cheap for a live comedy lineup.
- Vaccines This Winter: Making Sense of the Science and Policy — 2:00 PM · Mütter Museum · Rittenhouse · Free · 3.7/10 — Free. Same event as the Do215 listing.
- Vaccines This Winter: Making Sense of the Science and Policy — 6:00 PM · Mütter Museum · Rittenhouse · Free · 3.7/10 — Free. Same event as the Mütter listing.
- 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.
- Live From the Museum: A Look at Elections — 12:00 PM · National Constitution Center · Old City · Free · 3.5/10 — Free.
- (Daily) The Declaration’s Journey at the Museum of the American Revolution — 10:00 AM · Museum of the American Revolution · Old City · 3.4/10 — No price listed; standard museum admission for a marquee 250th-anniversary exhibit is a reasonable trade.
- Toddler Time (NOT FREE) — 10:30 AM · FDR Park · South Philly · Free · 3.4/10 — Title says NOT FREE and the description says $5 per child, while the cost field says Free.
- 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.
- Mike Lorenz Trio +2 & Mosaico — 7:00 PM · Nostalgia Fishtown · Fishtown - Lower Kensington · 3.1/10 — Cost unlisted; a big band for a likely modest cover.
- Matt Kahn Quartet — 7:30 PM · Chris’ Jazz Cafe · Rittenhouse · 3.0/10 — Cover not listed; a quartet at Chris' is usually reasonably priced.
- Joe Block — 8:00 PM · Cellar Dog · Rittenhouse · 3.0/10 — Cost not listed; likely a modest cover.
- Mike Lorenz — 8:00 PM · Nostalgia Fishtown · Fishtown - Lower Kensington · 2.9/10 — Cost not listed; likely a small cover. May duplicate the Mike Lorenz Trio +2 listing the same day.
- The Snuts — 8:00 PM · The Foundry · Northern Liberties · 2.9/10 — Cost unlisted; a club show ticket.
- Sweet Gloom, Rat Jester, and Milkspiller — 7:00 PM · Ortlieb's · Northern Liberties · $18.39, 21+ · 2.8/10 — $18.39 for three bands; fair.
- YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING — 7:40 PM · PFS Bourse Theater · Old City · 2.7/10 — Typical arthouse ticket price.
- Tuesday Pasta Night — 5:00 PM · Fringe Bar · Delaware Waterfront · 2.6/10 — Price unlisted; pasta specials are usually cheap.
- Film | The Night of the Hunter — 7:00 PM · Woodmere Art Museum · Northwest Philly · 2.5/10 — One date in an ongoing film series, not a rare booking.
- The Great Gatsby — 7:30 PM · Academy of Music · Rittenhouse · 2.4/10 — A three-night run of a touring musical.
- From the Boot — 4:00 PM · Wissahickon Brewing Company - East Falls · Northwest Philly · 2.0/10 — Pizza priced as at any truck; no cost listed.
- Silver Sneakers in the Park! — 10:30 AM · Borski Park · Northeast Philly · Free ↻
- TENZING — 12:45 PM · PFS Bourse Theater · Old City
- THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE — 5:55 PM · PFS Bourse Theater · Old City
- Sewing Machine Basics — 6:30 PM · West Philly Tool Library - WPTL · South Philly ↻
- NEVER AFTER DARK (First Run) — 8:20 PM · PFS Bourse Theater · Old City
- Tuesday Date Nights at Mind Escape: 20% Off Private Games for Couples! — all day · MindEscape · Society Hill ↻
- Quizzo @ Sam Gritz Pub House — all day · Samuel Gritz Public House · Queen Village ↻
- Tuesday Night Yoga at Full Moon Blends — all day · Full Moon Blends · Queen Village ↻
- Urban Princess FB LIVE SALE — all day · Urban Princess Boutique · Queen Village ↻
- Karaoke @ Marsha’s — all day · Marsha's · Queen Village ↻