Living - Activities - Groups - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Interest, community, and business groups; activities include clubs, hobbies, community centers, and organizations
- Chamber: Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
- WTC: World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia; international trade opportunities for members
- PDP: Philadelphia Development Partnership; works to support small business and self-employment in low and moderate-income neighborhoods
- PHLX: Philadelphia Stock Exchange; securities: 2,000 stocks, more than 1,500 equity options, 20 sectors index options and multiple currency pairs
- Bicycle Club: Bicycle Club of Philadelphia
- Ice Skating: The RiverRink at Penn's Landing
- Marathon: Philadelphia Marathon
- Sailing: Philadelphia Sailing Club
- Art Allens: Allens Lane Art Center; Mt. Airy community arts center
- Art Alliance: Philadelphia Art Alliance; multidisciplinary arts center; visual, literary, and performance arts
- Art Assoc: Fairmount Park Art Association; works to integrating public art and urban planning; commissions, interprets, and preserves public art in Philadelphia; founded in 1872
- Art Mural: Philadelphia Mural Arts Program; component of the Anti-Graffiti Network; vandals are invited to create murals instead of defacing property
- Art Sanctuary: North Philadelphia arts center
- Art Sketch: Philadelphia Sketch Club
- Art UC: University City Arts League
- Art Woodmere: Woodmere Art Museum
- Constitutional: Walking tour of Philadelphia historic sites; self-guide (free) tour is 5 km covering more than 30 historic sites; guided tour available (purchase tickets)
- Culture: Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance; arts and cultural institutions working together
- Dining PhillyMag: Dining section of Philadelphia magazine; includes restaurant finder
- Dining PCVB Members:
- Dining Holly Eats: Food writer's site; Hollister Moore reports on his home chomping grounds of Philadelphia; includes, of course, cheesesteak places (with grease stain ratings) as well as hamburgers, hoagies, hot dogs, Italian, and Mexican
- Fabric: Fabric Workshop and Museum; creating new work in fabric and other materials
- Folk Songs: Philadelphia Folksong Society
- German: German Society of Pennsylvania; devoted to furthering the understanding of German and German-American contributions to history and culture
- History, PA: Historical Society of Pennsylvania; gateway to historical resources related to the origins and development of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; building on Locust Street on the City of Philadelphia's Register of Historical Places, houses manuscripts, printed, and graphic items; family history library; Web site includes online exhibits
- History, UC: University City Historical Society
- History, US: Independence Hall Association; group of citizens overseeing and being consulted on matters concerning the Independence National Historical Park
- Horticulture: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; produces Philadelphia Flower Show, Philadelphia Green program; McLean Library
- Jewish: Jewish Community Centers of Greater Philadelphia
- Link: Neighborhood Link; neighborhood and nonprofit group information
- Literacy: The Mayor's Commission on Literacy
- Parks: Philadelphia Parks Alliance
- Philosophical: American Philosophical Society; scholarly organization founded in 1743 that aims to promotes useful knowledge; research; library holdings on the history of science and technology includes first editions of Newton and Franklin;
- Polish: Polish American Cultural Center and Museum
- Recreation: City of Philadelphia Recreation Department
- Theatre: Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia
- United Way: United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
- World: World Affairs Council of Philadelphia; discussion, events, learning about matters of national and international significance
- -USA Directories-: Search organization directories; there are hundreds of thousands of organizations, associations, societies, and nonprofits in the US covering many interests; many of these are in Philadelphia; these directories help you locate an organization
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