Community Events

Museums return, dining out in Chestnut Hill, drive-in movies and music

This week, as we start winding down to the official end of summer (way too soon) there are a variety of events that tease the senses, from sight to touch.

Things to do this week in the Delaware Valley include the BlackStar film fest, drive-in concerts, and Family Fun Month.

The annual event, which usually draws thousands of nude cyclists for a trip around Philadelphia and its tourist sites, had been set for later this month.

The digitally streaming music festival offers longtime fans a way to camp through their laptops.

More venues are opening up at reduced capacity and with other COVID-19 protocols, including mandatory mask-wearing.

As we embrace the dog days of summer — there’s still plenty of fun, family-friendly activities to discover in our region.

In the Philadelphia region, people are finding new ways to enjoy the outdoors and public spaces with coronavirus mitigation efforts in place.

Drive-ins are the socially distant live music venues of the summer of 2020. “I don’t ever want it to stop,” said one concertgoer at People’s Light in Malvern.

One year after celebrating its 100th birthday, the Delaware State Fair cautiously opens with lots of restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Parking lots in the region are gearing up to host in-person, on-stage performances.

Now in our fourth month of social distancing, venues continue to slowly reopen around the Delaware Valley — with lots of public health protocols in place.

This week, more cultural institutions are reopening around the Delaware Valley.

There is good news this week in the arts and culture community as some of Philadelphia’s most popular museums announced their plans to reopen.

The content won’t go away, says the CEO — it’ll be folded into the parent brand.