Multicultural Day is an event by the Friends of Mifflin Square Park group, with the purpose of celebrating the cultural diversity of the park community members by offering ethnic food and performances, as well as providing information to attendees about the friends group and other community groups in the South Philadelphia region. Since park events cease during the cold months, this event is a great way to continue Friends efforts year-round.
Dates: March 10, 2012
Times: 12:30-3 pm
Where: Murphy Recreation Center
4th and Shunk Streets , Philadelphia, PA 19148
Ticket: FREE
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Faces of Others is a series of international film festivals featuring selections from Poland, Netherlands, South Africa, Israel, Palestine, Argentina, France, Germany, Austria, Greece, Norway, Iran, Korea, Romania, Russia and Pittsburgh. Every year, the Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival challenges its participants to view the world with an open mind and through a myriad of multicultural lenses. In 2012, the tradition continues as the selected festival films explore this year’s theme: Faces of Others. The Other is something that every person on this planet experiences, but it is also something that baffles scholars, psychologists and philosophers alike. The festival invites you to explore the concept of the Other and enjoy the minds of numerous national cinematic traditions.
We en ... 
A spring celebration of the culture, craft and cuisine of Japan.
Welcome to the world of the cherry blossoms (sakura). Few things in nature can equal their delicate beauty. Come celebrate it with us! This spring, from March 23 – April 21, Philadelphia’s beautiful flowering trees will come into bloom for Sakura Matsuri – the Cherry Blossom Festival.
When: March 23 – April 21, 2012
Where: 4700 States Drive, Japanese House and Garden, Philadelphia, PA 19121
Contact: (215) 790-3810
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Designed to complement the African American Iconic Images Mural Tour, this family-friendly workshop invites participants to delve further into themes highlighted along the mural tour. Participants will have an opportunity to learn to create art in response to the murals they see along the tour. Tour participation not required for workshop participation.
For more information on the African American Iconic Images Mural Tour, visit http://iconic.muralarts.org/.
When: March 31, 2012
Time: Noon-1 pm
Where: African American Museum in Philadelphia
701 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19106
Ticket: FREE! with museum admission. Also Included in African American Iconic Images Mural Trolley Tour fare.
Phone: 215-574-0380
Madame Saito, sushi-making instructor at Temple University, presents the 7th annual Amateur Sushi Making Contest. Judges will evaluate contestants’ original sushi creations and prizes will be awarded. Spectators can watch the sushi being made while enjoying sushi and sake.
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When: Thursday, April 19, 2012
Time: 6:30 PM
Where: The Headhouse
122 Lombard St, Philadelphia, PA 19147, 2nd Floor
Contact: 215-922-2515
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Now in its 28th year, the widely acclaimed Philadelphia International Children’s Festival brings professional theater created specifically for children to a variety of performance venues in and around the Annenberg Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Performers and companies from across the globe converge in University City to share theater that goes beyond simplistic themes and cartoon-like characters.
Past years have seen productions from Canada, Britain, Japan, Belgium, China, Uganda and Italy — just to name a few — exploring issues as diverse as the Holocaust, family, love and gender equality. Children and adults alike have been amazed at the acrobatic feats of Cirque Eloize, mesmerized by the rhythms of blues guitarist and storyteller Guy Davis and astonished by the worlds creat ... 
Philadelphia’s South 9th Street Italian Market is the nation’s oldest outdoor market. Our merchants invite you to join them in a one-of-a-kind celebration on the 3rd weekend in May. It’s an extravaganza for the senses — streets lined with vendors offering every Italian delicacy possible, live entertainment, fun contests and more! Come on down for a cant’-miss day of family fun.
When: May 19 – 20, 2012
Time: 10am – 5pm
Where: Various locations throughout South Philadelphia
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KAZKA Ukrainian Folk Ensemble was founded in 1987 in order to preserve, promote, and enhance Ukrainian culture, music, and dance in the anthracite coal regions of Northern Pennsylvania. KAZKA is particularly dedicated to the preservation of the music and dance of the first wave of immigrants to the anthracite regions in the late 19th century and early 20th century. KAZKA seeks to share Ukrainian music and dance with a wide audience both at home in Schuylkil County, Pennsylvania and throughout the United States through performances, workshops, and lectures. KAZKA is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization in Pennsylvania.
When: July 2 – July 6, 2012
Where: The Ukrainian Homestead,
1230 Beaver Run Drive, Lehighton, PA 18235
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The 21st Annual Ukrainian Folk Festival will be held at the Ukrainian American
Sport Center — Tryzub (www.tryzub.org), County Line and Lower State Roads, Horsham, PA.
Exciting, spectacular, dazzling, breathtaking, exhilarating, spirited, soulful, enchanting, captivating, and intriguing – modest words which describe but by no means capture the essence of Ukrainian folk art, music, and dance. From the rich color and deep symbolism of the delicate “pysanka” (Ukrainian Easter Egg) to the thunderous, climatic, power, rhythm and strength of “HOPAK” – the world’s most exciting ethnic dance, and every brilliant “Kolomiyka” (polka) and soulful folk song in between, we invite you to experience the TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL UKRAINIAN FOLK FESTIVAL, celebrating the anniversary of our ancestral homela ... 
Starting on October, the 6th, 2012, The Ukrainian Community of Western Pennsylvania will held its 2nd annual “HOVERLA” Ukrainian American Film Festival named after the highest mountain in Ukraine. This multi-weekend event was fabulous and we thank you all – whether you attended, sponsored, volunteered, donated to, or collaborated with us to make this Film Festival such a success!!!
The objective of the “Hoverla” Ukrainian American Film Festival is to showcase quality cinema that brings to the big screen themes with Ukrainian content to help promote cultural recognition of Ukraine through the powerful medium of film and shape the image of Ukraine. In addition, our aim is to use film as a medium to help people understand who Ukrainians are, where we are from, what life is like for oth ... 
