Philadelphia

Valley Forge Casino Resort (1160 First Avenue) will host Queen of Southern Cuisine Paula Deen for the 17th Annual Philadelphia Festival of Food, Wine and Spirits on October 16-18, 2015. Paula’s Fall Favorites, will run from 3:00pm to 5:00pm on Saturday, October 17, 2015. Deen and VFCR will transform the new Valley Beach Poolside Club into an outdoor Fall Festival with seasonal cocktails and culinary creations inspired by her classic fall favorites.  Deen has lost over 40 pounds and will share her favorite recipes lightened up on stage.

Valley Forge Casino Resort (1160 First Avenue) will host Queen of Southern Cuisine, Paula Deen, for the 17th Annual Philadelphia Festival of Food, Wine and Spirits on October 16-18, 2015. Chef on Stage will run from 1:00pm to 2:00pm on Saturday, October 17, 2015, and include a seated cooking demo with recipe secrets, cooking techniques and southern charm on stage at The Venue.

Clean Air Council’s 10th Annual Greenfest Philly returns to Headhouse Square (2nd and South Street) on Sunday, September 13, 2015, from 10am-4pm. The tri-state region’s largest environmental festival is bigger than ever with an outdoor beer garden, organic food and drinks, free demos, handmade and green shopping, Mom’s Organic Market Kids’ Corner, a twenty-five foot rock wall, edible bugs and live music (The Lawsuits, TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb, Levee Drivers, Nathan Earl and Rachel Joy). Admission is free.

The Manayunk StrEAT Food Festival on Sunday, September 13th is a kickoff celebration to Manayunk Restaurant Week, running from Monday, September 14th – Friday, September 25th. Some of Manayunk’s finest eateries will be highlighting exclusive three course meals which will be offered at $15, $25, and $35 price ranges. This is an affair that you don’t want to miss out on! For more information on participating restaurants and menus, please check out our website.

Take a stroll along historic Main Street with your family and friends and taste everything from savory burgers to sweet desserts from over 50 of Philadelphia’s best food trucks, purchase goods and sweets from the gourmet food vendors. Participating vendors will be highlighting dishes with the fall ingredient – apples!

The Philadelphia Artists’ Collective presents The Captive by Edouard Bourdet, from September 1 through 20, 2015, during the 2015 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. The Captive will be produced inside Society Hill’s Physick House at 321 S. 4th Street. This well-mannered tragedy tackles issues of sex, domesticity and class manners. Deeply controversial in its time, productions of this 1926 play were censored, and its producers and actors jailed.