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Holiday

Donate toys to children with incarcerated parents this holiday season at Eastern State Penitentiary

Eastern State Penitentiary Toy Drive

Festivals

Halloween Nights at Eastern State Penitentiary to return with three new attractions

Halloween Nights Eastern State Penitentiary

Entertainment

Eastern State Penitentiary to host immersive play about U.S. prison system

Eastern State Penitentiary The Box End of Isolation tour

Entertainment

Where to celebrate Halloween in Philadelphia this year

Nightmare Before Tinsel

Festivals

Halloween Nights replaces Terror Behind the Walls at Eastern State Penitentiary

Halloween Nights

Shopping

Fairmount Vintage Flea Market setting up at Eastern State Penitentiary this September

Flea market Eastern State Penitentiary

Shopping

Shop furniture, art, jewelry at flea market outside Eastern State Penitentiary

Eastern State Flea Market

Tours

Eastern State Penitentiary night tours, beer garden coming this summer

Eastern State Night Tours Summer

Museums

Eastern State Penitentiary reopening with expanded tour offerings

eastern state penitentiary reopening

Museums

Philly museums begin reopening after city eases COVID-19 restrictions

Philly museums reopening COVID-19

Museum

Five Museums in Philly announce 6-week closure amid pandemic surge

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Tours

Eastern State Penitentiary offering nighttime tours this fall

Eastern State Night Tours

Museums

Eastern State Penitentiary to reopen with COVID-19 health and safety protocols

Eastern State Penitentiary

Arts & Culture

Philly museums announce reopening plans with health, safety protocols

Philly museums reopening

Museums

Terror Behind the Walls suspended for 2020 as Eastern State Penitentiary grapples with COVID-19 impact

eastern state layoffs cancel

Protests

Peaceful demonstrations continue across Philadelphia on Sunday in wake of George Floyd’s death

Philadelphia George Floyd protests

Protests

No curfew or road closures in place for Sunday as peaceful protests expected to continue across Philly

Philadelphia curfew road closures

Family-Friendly

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. weekend in Philadelphia

MLK on Lancaster Avenue

Halloween

'Terror Behind the Walls' at Eastern State Penitentiary adds new interactive experiences for 2019

Terror Behind the Walls at Eastern State Penitentiary

History

Eastern State Penitentiary adds new LGBTQ history stop to audio tour

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Eastern State Penitentiary

PHOTOS: This guy just climbed Eastern State Penitentiary

Carroll - Artist Alexander Rosenberg Climbing Eastern State Penitentiary

Family-Friendly

MLK Day 2019: Celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at these 5 places

MLK on Lancaster Avenue

Weekend

Time to make weekend plans with our guide to what's going on in Philly

Oktoberfest South Street

Halloween

'Terror Behind the Walls' revamps its haunted hospital attraction for 2018

Terror Behind the Walls at Eastern State Penitentiary

Arts & Culture

Students can visit Philly's museums for free during CollegeFest

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Entertainment

There's still time to audition for 'Terror Behind the Walls' at Eastern State Penitentiary

Carroll - Terror Behind the Walls Makeup

Food & Drink

Where to find Bastille Day events and specials around Philly

Bastille Day

Food & Drink

Wands & Whiskey at Eastern State Penitentiary to benefit PAWS

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History

Eastern State Penitentiary will host its final Bastille Day celebration this year

BastilleDay

Game Of Thrones

For third year, Eastern State will transform into the Seven Kingdoms

Game of Thrones

Fitness

Enjoy weekly yoga classes behind Eastern State Penitentiary this summer

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Art

Visitors to Eastern State Penitentiary can create art for prisoners in solitary confinement

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Family-Friendly

5 ways to participate in Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2018

MLK on Lancaster Avenue

Charity

Toy drive at Eastern State Penitentiary benefits children with incarcerated parents

Eastern State Penitentiary

Halloween

The haunted attractions you need to visit this Halloween season

Halloween

'Terror Behind the Walls' at Eastern State Penitentiary prepares for 2017 season

Terror Behind the Walls

Proposals

8 perfect places to pop the question in Philly

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Auditions

'Terror Behind the Walls' hosting auditions for zombies

Carroll - Terror Behind the Walls Makeup

Grants

The Pew Center awards 53 grants to Philly artists, cultural centers

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Art

Storybook art unraveled from a single cut of paper in 'Long/Gone'

An excerpt from "Long/Gone."

Game Of Thrones

Brewery Ommegang and the Iron Throne will return to Eastern State Penitentiary

Game of Thrones

Theater

Theatre Exile to host cocktail party to celebrate 20th anniversary

Theatre Exile

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