Bike sharing in Philadelphia took another step closer to becoming a reality yesterday when the city’s Office of Transportation and Utilities (MOTU) released some details during a public meeting at the Academy of Natural Sciences.

The proposal divides the city into two zones. The first would include Center City, University City and the streets near Temple University and would include 1,000 to 1,500 bikes. A second zone, which would include neighborhoods from near the navy Yard north to Lehigh Avenue, would see about 500-1,000 bikes, the Philly Post reports.

The bikes would be housed at stations and can be picked up at one station and dropped off at another. The program will likely require a membership (in Washington D.C.’s program this ranges from a day to a year) and a usage fee (around a couple of bucks an hour). You will probably have to supply your own helmet.

Bike share programs already exist in Boston, Denver and Washington D.C. New York and Chicago are considering plans. Those programs, like the one planned for Philly, are managed by private contractors. The company Alta Bicycle Share operates the program in Washington – Capital Bikeshare – and Boston – Hubway.

City officials believe the improvement in Philadelphia’s biking infrastructure – including more dedicated lanes – has helped prepare the city for a bike share program. The downside is that we’ll have to keep waiting. The program won’t be up and running until 2014.

 

Arts | Music | Science | Sports | Recreation/Other

Here is a list of summer camps that parents and kids around the neighborhoods might be interested in. The list will be continually updated. So if you know of a camp that’s not on here, drop us a line at editor [at] westphillylocal.com.

 

Arts

 

Time Travel Camp at UCAL

University City Arts League, 4226 Spruce Street

July 1-August 30, 2013

For children ages 5-10

Camp Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 4 p.m. (optional before care and after care available)

Session 1 (July 1 – July 12): The Ancient Ones: Greeks, Romans and Egyptians
Session 2 (July 15 – July 26): The Middle Ages: Castles, Knights and Fair Maidens
Session 3 (July 29 – August 9): 1500 to 1800: Italian, French and Dutch Masters
Session 4 (August 12 – August 23): 1900′s: Spots of Light, Fractured Shapes and Wild Dreams
Session 5 (August 26 – August 30): Modern & Contemporary: Anything Goes

Register before May 1 and receive discounted pricing.

Session 1: $380 (member), $405 (non-member) – early; $415 (member), $450 (non-member) – after 5/1.

Sessions 2, 3 & 4: $420 (member), $450 (non-member) – early; $465 (member), $495 (non-member) – after 5/1.

Session 5: $210 (member), $225 (non-member) – early; $232 (member), $247 (non-member) – after 5/1.

For more information and to register, go to: http://www.ucartsleague.org or call: 215-382-7811.

 

Curio Summer Theatre Camp

Curio Theatre, 4740 Baltimore Avenue

Session 1: July 1- July 12 

Session 2: July 15-July 26

For children ages 7 – 17

Camp Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Extended care is available.

Each camp includes basic acting, improvisation, dance, playwriting, singing, and an introduction to costumes and props. The camp is divided into age appropriate groups with each group working on a short play to be performed on the last day of camp.

Cost per Camp: $395 if you register before May 15th. A registration fee of $50.00 is required to hold your place in camp.

For more information and to register, visit: http://www.curiotheatre.org/theatre-school.html.

 

Brooke Lanier Fine Art Summer Camps

Brooke Lanier Fine Art, 201 S. Camac Street

June 24‐28 – Bookmaking, July 8‐12 – Drawing, July 15‐19 & July 22‐26 - Acrylic Painting, July 29‐ August 2 – Water‐Based Monotype Printmaking, August 12‐16 – Words and Images: Poetry, August 19‐23 – Words and Images: Comics and Graphic Novels

For students entering grades 6 through 8 (limited to 10 students per session)

Hours: noon – 3 p.m.

Camp fees: $165 per session.

Contact brooke.lanier@gmail.com for registration or questions. http://brookelanier.com

 

Summer Art Camp

Fairmount Art Center, 2501 Olive Street; Queen Village Art Center, 514 Bainbridge Street

June 17 – August 30, 2013. Weekly sessions.

For ages 4-14

The Art Centers orchestrate outstanding camp programs through smart, discovery-based curriculum that fosters out-of-the-box thinking. With NEW discounts this year– the more weeks, the more you save– your children can attend one week or the entire summer! Curriculum is always different and exciting.

Each day campers spend the morning in the studios building skills in a wide range of media, followed by walking field trips and playground time in the afternoon. Artists are grouped by age and developmentally appropriate curriculum challenges them with support from experienced and passionate art educators.

Camp rates: 25% off 10+ weeks—$250 a week; 20% off 8+ weeks—$268 a week; 15% off 5+ weeks—$285 a week; 10% off 3+ weeks– $300 a week; 1 or 2 weeks-$335/week; 1/2 day camps: $250/week (select weeks only).

To register, go to www.phillyartcenter.com. Call with questions: 215.765.2787.

 

WHYY Film and Journalism Summer Camps

150 N. 6th Street

Camp Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 4 p.m, M-F.

For teens currently in 9th-12th grade.

WHYY Young Journalists Summer Camp

June 24- August 16, 2013. Two-week sessions.

This award-winning, hands-on camp gives you the opportunity to use WHYY production equipment to develop and produce news stories based on your interests while under the tutelage of experienced media instructors.

Member tuition per session: $1200
Non-member tuition per session: $1350

WHYY Film Academy

July 6-26, 2013

Learn to script, shoot, act and edit movies as you create your own short film from script to screen, over three fun-filled weeks.

Member tuition: $1800
Non-member tuition: $1950

 

Scholarships available. For more information and to register for both camps, go to: whyy.org/camps or call: 215-351-3318.

 

Summer FUNdamentals Art Camp

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 128 N. Broad Street

July 1 – August 16, 2013. Week-long sessions.

Camp Hours: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Additional after camp session available until 5:30 p.m.).

For all creative campers ages 5 – 15

PAFA’s summer camp offers enriching and creative experiences for campers in PAFA’s historical galleries, the art studios of the school and around the city. Week long fun and imaginative sessions give campers a chance to learn new skills, create art work and make new friends. Sessions are designed to appeal to all levels and interests of young artists.

Registration before June 1st: $250/members, $270/nonmembers
Registration after June 1st: $280/members, $300/nonmembers

For more information and to register visit www.pafa.org/camp or call 215-972-2054.

 

Art: Summer at Penn

University of Pennsylvania

June 30 – July 27. Residential or Day Programs available

Ages 14-18

The University of Pennsylvania School of Design offers a four-week summer art program for high school students. This pre-college art program prepares students for college admissions and allows them to work with Penn faculty and other young artists from around the world, experiment with different artistic disciplines, learn new skills and build a visual portfolio. Residential students live at the University of Pennsylvania in Penn’s Quad and experience evening activities and weekend trips to places such as Washington D.C, NYC, and NJ beaches.

To register click here. Contact info: imagine@jkcp.com, phone: 610-265-9401.

 

Architecture: Summer at Penn

University of Pennsylvania

June 30 – July 27. Residential or Day Programs available

Ages 14-18

The University of Pennsylvania School of Design’s Architecture Summer program for high school students prepares students for college admission as they experience college life and create a portfolio. The architecture studio introduces the fundamentals of design with assignments in freehand drawing, technical drawing, and model building. Students also visit local architecture firms and can speak with today’s industry leaders. Residential students live at the University of Pennsylvania in Penn’s famous Quad and experience evening activities and weekend trips to places such as Washington D.C, NYC, and NJ beaches.

For more information visit: http://www.jkcp.com/architecture. Contact info: imagine@jkcp.com, phone: 610-265-9401.

 

Movement Mix Up Summer Camp

Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine Street

July 8-12 – Dance & Spoken Word. July 15-19 – Dance & Visual Arts. August 12-16 – Dance & Photography.

For ages 11-18

Hours: 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Movement Mix Up’s mission is to give young artists a chance to express themselves through a multi-disciplined artistic practice by exploring the connections between movement, voice, and visual art. Teachers will show by example the process of collaboration by co-teaching with professional artists in cross discipline art making. Students are guided by professionals in the field to make a dance based performance that draws on personal reflection of their surroundings including the studio at the Painted Bride to the street where they live. Students will participate in dance classes, watch and discuss relevant dance performances, read and create original poetry, see slides, and discuss current events, all to influence and develop a small performance that they can share on our last day each week.

Camp Fees: One week ‐ $325, Two weeks ‐ $600, Three weeks ‐ $900.

For more information and to register, visit: www.paintedbride.org/events/movementmixup/ Tel: 215.925.9914; e-mail Shannon@paintedbride.org.

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Music

 

Future Summer Music Camps

Rock to the Future, 2139 E Cumberland St

July 8 – 19, 2013

For ages 9-17, all levels

Rock to the Future Summer Music Camps are free for lower-income Philadelphia youth (scholarship application must be filled out and approved) and are only $250 for non-Philadelphia lower-income youth (the fee helps offset scholarship costs for lower-income youth). Experience is not necessary and instruments will be provided.

GUITAR STAR

Monday July 8th – Friday July 12th, 2013

9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (early drop off and late pick up available), LIVE performance Friday night!

Learn to play acoustic AND electric guitar! You get to learn the basics or expand your current skills, and collaborate with other guitarists. Students will have the opportunity to learn song writing, play lead and rhythm guitar, and will perform LIVE at the end of the week!

ROCK-A-DELPHIA

Monday July 15-  Friday July 19, 2013 , 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (early drop off and late pick up available), LIVE performance Friday night!

Spend a week learning how to play music, write songs, and collaborate with other musicians. Students will arrive at Rock to the Future at 8am and have a fun filled day of learning their choice of guitar, bass, keyboards or drums. Students will attend workshops on singing, songwriting and collaborating. Students will form bands, write music, and even perform for a live audience at the end of the week!

For more information visit: www.RocktotheFuturePhilly.org

 

Girls Rock Camp

University of the Arts (Terra Hall), 211 S. Broad Street

August 5-11, 2013

For girls ages 9 – 17

Girls Rock Philly’s Summer Camp, is a week-long program featuring instrument instruction, workshops, visiting artists, band practice, a showcase and a day in the studio recording their original songs. Campers have instrument instruction ever day in groups of 3-5 organized by skill level and age. Campers also attend workshops on topics ranging from songwriting to improvisation to healthy relationships. At the end of the week, bands perform their original song at a showcase and then spend the next day recording their song in a professional studio.

Tuition: $450.00 – this is for the entire program: the week of camp, the showcase & the recording.

For more information and to register go to: http://www.girlsrockphilly.org/programs/campers/

 

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Science

 

Anthropologists in the Making

Penn Museum, 3260 South Street

July 1–August 23, 2013. Week-long sessions.

Camp Hours: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. After-camp care is available.

For children ages 7 – 13

Each week-long session has a different theme.

Camp fees:
Register by May 1: $255 Museum members per week, $275 non-members per week.
Register after May 1: $275 Museum members per week, $295 non-members per week.

For more information and to register go here.

 

Discovery Camp

The Franklin Institute, 222 North 20th Street

June 17 – August 30, 2013. One and two-week sessions.

Camp Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 4 p.m. Extended day program is available.

For children Pre-K – 8.

Camp fees:

Campers entering K-8 Grade 1 week session	Member $300	Non-member $325
Pre-K campers 1 week session Pre-K half days available	$325	$375

For more information and to register, go here.

 

Academy Explorers Camp

Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway

July 8 – August 23, 2013. One-week sessions. Campers-only Safari Overnight on August 24.

Camp Hours: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Optional before and after care available.

For children ages 5 – 12

Academy Explorers Camp invites campers to learn about natural science in a safe, fun, and engaging way. Each week of camp explores an exciting new theme and features an off-site field trip!

Camp fees: Members pay $295 per camper per weekly session. Non-members pay $335 per camper per weekly session.

For more information and to download Registration Form, go here.

 

ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp

Temple University College of Science and Technology, 1803 N. Broad Street

July 7 – 19, 2013

For students entering 6th, 7th, or 8th grade

The EMBHSSC is a two-week, academic, residential camp that emphasizes increasing students’ mathematics and science knowledge and skills while introducing them to college life and stimulating their interest in science and engineering as a potential career path. The ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp (EMBHSSC) is organized to provide activities, experiments, projects, and field experiences for students entering 6th, 7th, or 8th grade in the fall of 2013. The camp promotes science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and supports historically underserved and underrepresented students with limited opportunities.

Students attend the camp free of charge. Students currently in grade 5, 6, or 7 who have an interest in science and mathematics, at least a B average in science and mathematics courses and a passing score on the state’s standardized science and mathematics tests are eligible to apply.

For more information and to apply, go to: http://www.theharrisfoundation.org/sitecontent/658/temple-university/category/466/embhssc-universities.aspx

 

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Sports

 

University City Field Hockey Day Camp

Drexel University, Buckley Field, 43rd and Powelton

June 17-28, 2013. Two one-week sessions.

Hours: 9 am – 3:00 pm (before and after care available at no additional cost)

For children ages 5 – 12

Equipment supplied: Field hockey stick, balls and mouth guards.

Fee: $330 per one week session with early bird sign-up (by May 17th) ($350 after 5/18); $620 for BOTH sessions with early bird sign-up (by May 17th) ($650 after 5/18). Sibling Discount: 5% off total fee for your second child.

To register please follow this link. For more information contact Steve Wagner at: steve@goalkeeping1-on-1.com, phone: 215-901-6880.

 

Julian Krinsky School of Tennis and Golf

Haverford College or Villanova University

June 3 – Aug 30. Weekly sessions. Residential, half day, and full day programs available.

Ages: 10-13 or 14-17

Julian Krinsky School of Golf and School of Tennis has world-class professional instructors. They take each player’s game to the next level through daily instruction, personalized coaching, competitive play, video analysis, and mental and physical conditioning. All levels are welcome. Summer programs are held at Haverford College and Villanova University. Students play at dozens of area golf courses and tennis courts.

For more information click here. Contact info: imagine@jkcp.com, phone: 610-265-9401.

 

2013 Penn Camps

University of Pennsylvania

Starting June 11, 2013

A variety of sports camps is available, including swimming, basketball, football, soccer, gymnastics, tennis and more. For more information and to register online click here.

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Recreation/Other

 

“Peter Pan” (3-day ZoomDance Mini-Camp and Performance)

Studio 34, 4522 Baltimore Ave.

Hours: 10 a.m. – noon

For ages 3-5 and 6-8.

Kids will dance their way through Peter Pan with movement, theater, games, and messy art projects to create a performance for the last day of camp. ZoomDance involves the kids in shaping the show and there’s space for all their favorite moves, most-loved characters, and unique ideas.

Camp schedule hasn’t been posted yet. Visit website for updates:  www.zoomdance.com or contact Sarah (info@zoomdance.org  or  215-326-9613).

 

Al-Bustan Camp: An Arabic Language and Cultural Day Camp

Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, 8000 Cherokee Street

July 1-12, 2013

Camp Hours: Mon-Fri 9 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.

For children entering K – 12th grades

At Al-Bustan Camp, children and teens appreciate Arab culture, while developing new language skills. Open to participants of all backgrounds. ‘Al-Bustan’, Arabic for ‘The Garden’ encourages dialogue, understanding respect and a celebration of diversity. Al-Bustn Camp provides a fun and enriching environment. In 2013, campers will explore the life and times of preeminent Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum.

Camp fees:

One week: $300 by May 1, 2013; $320 by June 1

Two weeks: $560 by May 1; $590 by June 1

For more information and to register, go here.

 

Camp Jamison

Pocono Environmental Education Center (two hours from Philadelphia; transportation will be provided from a specific pick up location in Philadelphia)

July 15-19, 2013

For ages 8 – 14

Camp Jamison is a diverse, inclusive, and affordable summer program that includes:

NATURE ACTIVITIES
-Wildlife Study — Explore the world of wildlife through hands-on learning
-Tracking and Stalking — Practice the art of tracking and stalking wild animals
-Astronomy — Study the stars, the moon and the planets in the night sky

RECREATION
-Canoeing — Learn the basics of canoeing followed by a paddling adventure on a pond
-Hikes — 5 different trail available for various hiking experiences
-Sports — fun and friendly games of basketball, kickball, and other games
-Campfire — Sit around the campfire and enjoy s’mores
-Team building — A series of challenges which promote team building and cooperation
-Conference Course – Increase confidence levels and develop trust between others

ARTS
-Nature Journaling– Write or draw about experiences in nature.
-Environmental Art–Using natural materials to create works of art
-Various other arts and crafts projects

Tuition:  $50-$200 determined by need.

For more information, visit: www.campjamisoncorp.org or www.facebook.com/campjamison

 

Camp Sojourner, Girls’ Leadership Camp

New Jersey School of Conservation, Stokes State Forest (Pocono Mountains), www.csam.montclair.edu/njsoc.

July 29 – August 3, 2013

For girls ages 8 – 16

The summer program is located in the Pocono Mountains at the New Jersey School of Conservation, about two and a half hours away from Philadelphia. Buses take girls up to the camp at the beginning of the session and bring them home at the end of the session. Camp office: Calvary Church, 48^th and Baltimore. Activities at camp include: swimming, boating, hiking, team-building, campfires, archery, and creative arts such as singing, dancing, drawing, painting, drumming, acting, sewing, and wood-working.

For more information and to register, visit: www.girlsleadershipcamp.org or call: 215-951-0330 x 2180.

 

Cycling Camp

Neighborhood Bike Works, 3916 Locust Walk (behind St. Mary’s Episcopal Church)

July 1 – August 23, 2013. Two-week sessions.

Camp Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

For children ages 8 – 12

Summer Cycling Day Camp offers youth the opportunity to recondition a bicycle and earn a bike, helmet and lock in just two weeks! Youth complete the Earn-A-Bike curriculum in two weeks, and participate in fun outdoor activities, go on educational field trips and learn about safe cycling, nutrition and healthy lifestyles.

Camp fee: $550 per session. Scholarships are available.

Click here for more information and to apply.

 

Epic Adventurez Camp

Chamounix Mansion in Fairmount Park, 3250 Chamounix Dr

July 15 – August 16, 2013. Weekly sessions. Overnight Camp for ages 12 + is August 12-16.

Hours: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Ages 8 and up

Day camps are full of capture the flag, character writing, magic systems and improv games. Epic Adventurez has the perfect day camp for enjoying beautiful summer days. Week long sessions bring players together to make new friends, play active sword games, create fascinating characters, build hilarious improv scenes, master our magic classes and embark on mystical quests. Players battle monsters, meet fairies and more.

Tuition: $250-$325 per week. Overnight camp tuition: $525. For more information and to register visit: http://www.epicadventurez.com/camp.htm

 

International Affairs: Learning Leadership Through Model UN

University of Pennsylvania

June 30 – July 27. Residential only

Ages 15-18

If you are interested in world politics, this program will increase your experience, knowledge and skills in this fascinating area. Living and working with students from around the world, you will gain a unique perspective on international affairs and how to achieve solutions through diplomacy. This program offers exploration of International Relations, Foreign Policy, and Diplomacy in a four-week session.

For more information visit: http://www.jkcp.com/program/world-leadership/. Contact info: imagine@jkcp.com, 610-265-9401.

 

Julian Krinsky Camps and Programs

Haverford College or Villanova University

June 23 – Aug 10. Weekly sessions. Residential, half day, and full day programs available.

Ages: 10-13 or 14-17

JKCP offers over 20 specialized experiences to middle and high school students. Students can choose one or two courses each week and can attend for half-day or full-day options. JKCP’s summer camp courses are taught by college professors and other professionals. Students are offered popular programming in Pre-College Enrichment, Middle School Xploration, Business Leadership, Fashion Design, Cooking, Technology, Robotics, Tennis, Art and more! Our summer programs are held at prestigious college and university campuses on Philadelphia’s Main Line at Haverford College and Villanova University.

For more information visit: http://www.jkcp.com/summer-programs-for-kids-teens/. Contact info: imagine@jkcp.com, phone: 610-265-9401.

 

Kids’ Place at PIC

Parent Infant Center, 4205 Spruce Street

June 24 – August 30, 2013. Two-week sessions.

Camp Hours: 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.

For children entering Grades K – 5

Session 1: Crafty Arts – Inspire & Collaborate
June 24 – July 5
Work and play together on collaborative projects, including artwork, comic books, costumes or cooking. Camp is closed on July 4.

Session 2: Fitness Fun – Camp Olympics
July 8 – July 19
Learn traditional and non-traditional games, build coordination and motor skills, and train for a camp-wide Olympic competition.

Session 3: Splish-Splash – Water, Water Everywhere!
July 22 – August 2
All kinds of water play, visit the Philadelphia Waterworks, Schuylkill River park, play games and enjoy activities focused on nature, watershed animal life, and conservation.

Session 4: Shining Stars – Dance, Drama and Song
August 5- August 16
Learn songs and dances, act out drama and comedy, and put on a show for fellow campers, friends and family.

Session 5: Adventures Abroad – Explore New Things
August 19 – August 30
Explore various cultures through cooking, art, music and more. Field trips may include a museum trip, theater performance or other event.

Tuition: $455 for a two-week session ($405 for Session 1).

For more information and to download Camp Enrollment and PIC Application forms, click here.

 

Penn Nursing Summer Institute

University of Pennsylvania

June 23 – July 20. Residential only

Ages 16-18

The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing offers a unique four-week intensive program for rising high school juniors and seniors that features cutting-edge research, the latest advances in virtual learning, and clinical experience in Philadelphia’s top hospitals. Working with Penn faculty and classmates from around the world, students will enjoy an innovative classroom curriculum that covers health-care topics such as current epidemics, genetics, bioethics and emergency nursing. The program uses state-of-the-art classrooms, advanced simulation laboratories, and shadowing of real nurses in every department.

For more information visit: http://www.jkcp.com/nursing. Contact info: imagine@jkcp.com, phone: 610-265-9401.

 

iD Tech Camps & iD Teen Academies

Villanova University, 800 E Lancaster Ave

June 17 – August 2, 2013

Camp Hours: Please check website

For ages 7 – 18

Build iPhone/Android apps, video games, programs in C++/Java, movies, and more at weeklong, day and overnight programs.  Small classes for ages 7-17 in a fun, challenging, un-school environment.  Also 2-week, teen-only Academies for ages 13-18: iD Gaming Academy (held at Villanova), iD Programming Academy, and iD Visual Arts Academy.

Tuition: $829-$879 for one week.

Visit iD Tech Camps in Philadelphia for more information and to register. Email: info@internalDrive.com. Phone: 1-888-709-TECH (8324).

 

Summer Internships at Penn

University of Pennsylvania

June 23 – July 13 and July 14 – August 3. Residential only

Ages 16-18

This program gives students the opportunity to explore work in your chosen field while living on the University of Pennsylvania campus, during the three- or six-week sessions. You will work with a personal internship adviser and be placed in a professional office or business located in the greater Philadelphia area. This is a chance to do meaningful, hands-on work in the field of your choice, such as law, marketing, entertainment, and more.

For more information visit: http://www.jkcp.com/internships. Contact info: imagine@jkcp.com, phone: 610-265-9401.

 

The Miquon Day Camp

2025 Harts Ln, Conshohocken PA (bus transportation from and to University City locations is provided by camp)

July 1 – August 23, 2013

Camp Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. After camp care is available.

For children ages 4 – 10.

The camp program includes: arts and crafts, music, drama, athletics, swimming, nature exploration, and small community-service projects.

Tuition: $2,125 for 4 weeks, $3,535 for 8 weeks.

Click here for more information and to register. E-mail: campdirector [at] miquon.org

 

Philadelphia Zoo Summer Camp

3400 West Girard Avenue

June 17 – August 16, 2013. Week-long sessions.

Camp Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. (9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. half-day camp). Extended care is available.

For children ages 3 – 15.

Fee: from $315 for members and from $340 for non-members for 1-week sessions.

Click here to register. Tel.: 215-243-5601.

 

Wharton Sports Business Academy

University of Pennsylvania

June 23 – July 13 and July 14 – August 3. Residential only

Ages 16-18

The Wharton Sports Business Academy (WSBA) is a summer institute that provides an opportunity for talented rising high school juniors and seniors to study sports business leadership at the Wharton School. The Academy examines academic disciplines such as management, law, negotiation, marketing and leadership as they apply to the sports industry, with an overview of intercollegiate, Olympic and professional sports enterprises. Students live and study at UPenn and also get to meet leaders in the sports business world and travel to high-profile sport venues to explore all areas of sports business.

For more information visit: http://www.jkcp.com/wsba. Contact info: imagine@jkcp.com, phone: 610-265-9401.

 

Kids’ Yoga Summer Camp

Studio 34, 4522 Baltimore Avenue

July 29 – August 9, 2013. Two weekly sessions.

For ages 5-12

Hours: 8:45 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.

This full-day camp will be filled with fun, educational activities, and games. Yoga camp is unique because your kids will spend time together as a team building trust and friendships that fall outside of a typical competitive sports camp, yet has all the benefits of developing a love for movement and play. Throughout the week, kids will practice yoga, learn about yoga history and philosophy, prepare ayurvedic snacks (and a Friday meal), learn about staying healthy, create art, play games, make music, and still have time for reflection, relaxation and rest.

Camp fees: Register before July 15th and pay only $225 for the week for 7-12 year olds, or only $125 for 5-6 year olds (half days)!

For more information and to register, visit: http://www.studio34yoga.com/2013/04/kids-kids-yoga-summer-camp-729-82-85-89/

 

WPCS Summer Camp

West Philadelphia Cooperative School, 4625 Baltimore Avenue

July 1 – August 23, 2013. Two-week sessions.

Hours: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

The West Philadelphia Cooperative School (WPCS) is welcoming non-member families to join in the fun for its summer camp program. There’s a limited amount of spaces. The summer curriculum will involve all types of backyard water activities, gardening and “messy play”.

Camp fees: Cost is $38 per day with a $10 per session activity fee (camp will be closed July 5). Please be aware you will be financially responsible for all of the days that you sign your child up for. Billing will happen shortly after May 15, and you must be fully paid by the start of camp, July 1.

Click here to sign up. For more information about WPCS visit: www.westphillycoopschool.com

 

Youth Summer Cooking Camp

The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College, 4207 Walnut Street

July 8 – 26, 2013

Camp Hours: 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

For children ages 7 – 15.

Tuition: All-day full week – $525; All-day two weeks or more – $450 each week. Tuition includes 1 Chef Jacket, Hat and Apron.

Registration deadlines: two weeks before the first day of camp unless sold out.

Click here to download Camp Registration Form. For more information, go here. Tel: 215-222-4200 Ext. 3067, e-mail: jmwood [at] walnuthillcollege.edu

 

YMCA West Philadelphia Branch Day Camp

5120 Chestnut Street

June 17 – August 30, 2013. One to two week-long sessions.

Camp Hours: Mon-Fri 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Extended care is available.

For children ages 4 – 14.

Camp fees: Full Privilege Members: $160/week; Program Members: $170/week.

Registration closes two weeks before each camp week begins. All campers must have a current Y membership.

To download the camp brochure, click here. Tel: 215-476-2700 ext. 2023.

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Here’s a great chance to help a woman entering or re-entering the workplace. Wash Cycle Laundry and Gearing Up will be doing pick-ups around Center City and West Philly of gently used, interview-ready professional attire for the fantastic non-profit Career Wardrobe, which works to support women transitioning to work. Studio 34 (4522 Baltimore Ave.) will serve as a drop-off point in West Philly.

Studio 34 will be collecting clothes now through Sunday, July 22. Bring your clothing in bags labeled “Career Wardrobe” to Studio 34′s front desk before 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 22.

Here are some guidelines from Studio 34:

• We accept clothes for all seasons!
• Donations should arrive ready to wear: clean, on hangers, with all buttons, working zippers, and no tears or stains. (If you don’t have hangers, don’t worry! the organization hosting this donations drive will find hangers for loose clothing. But if you have hangers, please include them.)
• Items not used for this program will be donated to other nonprofit organizations or sold at The Wardrobe Boutique, a recycled clothing boutique to benefit Career Wardrobe’s programs.

 

 

Philly-focused weekly online mag Flying Kite’s “On the Ground” initiative establishes temporary media hubs in vacant or under-utilized storefront and seeks to help transform the selected neighborhood through news coverage, events and social media for 90 days. Their current neighborhood camp is in the People’s Emergency Center building at 4017 Lancaster Ave, and as part of the “On the Ground” initiative, Flying Kite is presenting an inaugural art exhibition, Transformation 19104. It includes some of West Philadelphia’s most important artists working across multiple mediums. The show opens this Friday, June 8 in conjunction with Second Friday on Lancaster Ave. The reception and exhibition will take place from 6-9 p.m.

“From fiber and textiles to found sculptures, the Transformation of the space will showcase the neighbors who have been working and creating community and new art movements in their homes and studios,” says curator Bonnie MacAllister, who also curated ”Women of Lancaster Ave.” at 4017 Lancaster in the fall as part of the corridor-wide LOOK! exhibition. From Flying Kite: “Ellen Tiberino and Wendy Graves-Papadopoulos, two exhibitors in Women of Lancaster Ave., return for Transformation. Tiberino’s brother Gabe, part of the celebrated local family of Tiberino artists, is also part of the lineup. In addition, Jeff Dentz of Traction Company, the collaborative workspace and art center at 41st and Haverford, will exhibit.”All art in the show was created by artists who live or hold a studio in the 19104 zip code and all works are said to “represent transformation in their own way.”

Here are the artists’ bios (from Flying Kite):

Ndokaa Bundu
This native of 19149 was raised Lutheran, attended public schools and a private liberal arts college. He studied in Avignon (spring 1978), taught science in Gbarma, Liberia (1980-1981) and lived in the 11215 with a friend’s sister, winter & fall, 1983 before moving to 19104 in 1983, working in 19140 since 2001. Now an anarcho-marxist, Bundu is married with three cats, two Honda civics and one 3-speed bicycle.

Alexa de los Reyes
Alexa de los Reyes has studied color theory, portraiture, abstract and representational painting at Massachusetts College of Art, the Liga de Arte in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the School of Visual Arts. She has painted portraits and interior murals on commission for clients in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., and San Juan. After graduating from Harvard with a degree in History & Literature, Alexa worked as a writer and editor for several years in different mediums, contexts, and countries. She began painting seriously while living in South America in the late 1990s and has since made the passion into a discipline. Alexa currently resides in West Philadelphia with her husband and two young boys.

Catherine Gontarek
Gontarek’s mixed media paintings on board evoke a sense of impermanence through images that depict objects and places that seem to float in and out of hand painted patterns. Working on smaller panels that are then mounted together to form a larger whole, seems to add to the ephemeral feel of her paintings. In one piece an image of an empty chair is coupled with a casual rendering of her son. Gontarek’s work leads one to assume that the artist looks to her immediate surroundings for inspiration, resulting in paintings that seem to somehow blend intimacy with design. Catherine Gontarek lives in West Philadelphia with her family.

Wendy Graves-Papadopoulos
Graves-Papadopoulos has lived in West Powelton for 15 years. She volunteered at the University Arts League for 5 years. She is the co-founder of the Satellite cafe at 50th & Baltimore. Her current work involves hand-dyed natural fabrics which are assembled into blankets. She believes that there is something inherently valuable in art that you can use, i.e. ornamental utilitarianism. She also works in ceramics and silversmithing.

Et Green
Green is a graphic designer and illustrator from Philadelphia.

Bonnie MacAllister
MacAllister (WCA member) is a multimedia performance artist who works in oil, watercolor, film, theatre, and mixed media. She has recently shown her visual artwork at the Delaware Art Museum, Galeria 6 (Mexico), the Center for Green Urbanism (DC), University of Pennsylvania, Montclair State University (NJ), and Florissant Valley Art Gallery in St. Louis, MO. She studied under Jacques Derrida, Helene Cixous, and Agnes Varda. She is a Fulbright-Hays recipient to Ethiopia and a Pushcart Prize nominee. She has lived in Sanders Park since 2004.

Jeff Dentz
Dentz graduated from the College of General Studies at University of Pennsylvania and received a Certificate in Printmaking from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He currently teaches at Fleisher Art Memorial and exhibits his work locally. His work is part of the Print and Picture Collection at the Free Library of Philadelphia and the Printmaking Department Archives Collection at PaFA.

Maggie Machledt
Though born and raised in Indianapolis, Maggie has called West Philadelphia her home for nearly 4 years. Maggie is a papercutting artist who has expanded her craft to include creating botanically-shaped jewelry from flat bike tubes. She earned her Masters in Art Therapy from Drexel in 2011, and currently works with adults coping with chronic mental illnesses in North Philadelphia.

Sofya Mirvis
Unexpected interactions of material and image is the consistent motive behind my creative process. I am interested in all that lies beneath the surface of a landscape, person, or object, representing what can be felt but seldom seen or touched.Michael Persico
Persico is a professional photographer living and working in Philadelphia. He specializes in clean, thoughtful imagery that evokes feeling for, and from, his subjects. When not behind the lens, he’s happy spending time maintaining his ’66 Honda Motorcycle or making a break to beach for a few good waves on his classic longboard. When pressed to name his artistic inspirations, he cryptically says, “I am inspired by photographers of the past, and motivated by photographers of the present.” Michael has shot for New York Magazine, Anthem magazine, Plan B Magazine, Ace Fu Records, Anti Records, Philly Style and the Philadelphia Weekly.

Sara Suleman
Suleman was born in Karachi, Pakistan.  She works in various media ranging from photography to installation. Her works are tied to observations from daily life which are then abstracted and re-imagined. She has shown her work in exhibitions including Gender Games, International House Philadelphia 2012, Erasing Borders, Queens Museum of Art, and Aicon Gallery, New York, 2011, PECO Art in the Air program 2011, Newark Open Doors project 2011, and in various Film Festivals, such as the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, San Fancisco Women’s International Film Festival, and Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival. She is an active member of Women’s Caucus for the Art, Philadelphia Chapter and received a grant from PIFVA, Philadelphia Independent Film and Video Association in 2012.

Ellen Tiberino
Tiberino can claim a connection to the Lancaster corridor since birth. She is the daughter of distinguished artists Ellen Powell Tiberino and Joe Tiberino. She studied visual arts at Fleisher Art Memorial and Moore College as a child and during high school at Creative and Performing arts she studied the performing arts of drama dance and singing. Over the past five years, as well as teaching she directed her main energies to sculptural relief glass work (mural and easel size). She worked at times with artists Joseph Brenman and Gail Gruniger Scuderi on different mosaic mural projects and the community peace pole project (a joint project between the Ellen Powell Tiberino Memorial Museum and the West Park Cultural and Opportunity Center where students clay masks were affixed to a pole in mosaic.) Ellen curates shows at The Ellen Powell Tiberino Memorial, named for her mother and where she has executed two major murals “And Still I Rise” (2007) and “Tomorrows a New Day” (2008). She is currently working on several small mosaic pieces for upcoming shows.

Gabe Tiberino
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Tiberino is a mural artist who was truly born into art. Encouraged by his family as a child he was exposed to a variety of art forms. Tiberino graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 2005. Throughout his schooling, he assisted many of Philadelphia’s mural artist. He has assisted over twenty murals and has been the lead in several of his own. His paintings have been in numerous one man and group shows throughout the region. Tiberino gives us visual images, in acrylic and oil paint journalizing street experiences, thoughts, emotions and projected dreams. His work retains the freshness of direct observation. Reflecting his interest in rendering art in a more public way, all his paintings are concerned with people, locals and dealing with art as part of the real world. Clarity is his virtue.

- Emma Eisenberg

 

As we all know green is in. And I don’t mean the color of Kermit the Frog. Green as in clean, organic, natural. Sarah Holmes brings that idea of natural to a pretty fantastic line of health and beauty products, which she will show off on Saturday at VIX Emporium (5009 Baltimore Ave.) as part of the annual Go West! Craft Fest, which runs from noon to 5 p.m. at Cedar Park and nearby businesses.

Holmes, who owns Gritty City Beauty Co., is putting on a makeup workshop at VIX called Rock that Chartreuse Eyeshadow: Create Your Own Custom Color. Participants will learn how to blend natural mineral eyeshadows into the color you have always wanted. Stop by the workshop at VIX anytime between noon and 5 p.m. and Sarah will hook you up with everything you need. She’ll also show you how to make it happen. The cost for the workshop is $10. Folks can also check out all her products, from natural face wash to organic men’s aftershave.

Go West! will also include an all-day vintage and used bike sale at the friendly neighborhood bike shop Firehouse Bicycles (above Dock Street Brewing). A whole bunch of vendors will be set up in Cedar Park selling all manner of West Philly delights.  Singer/songwriter Loren Gilder will play at 1 p.m. A special children’s program begins at 2 p.m. with Pamela Draper playing kids classics. And, oh yes, there will be face painting and other fun kid stuff. The West Philly band Sour Mash (Facebook page) will play at 3 p.m.

Here’s an idea: someone on a bicycle comes to your place, picks up your laundry, does it for you – including folding – and returns it, also by bicycle. Clean and green.  This exists and it’s called Wash Cycle Laundry. If you think this is a good idea, then you are not alone. Echoing Green, an angel investor in socially conscious entrepreneurial businesses, has named Wash Cycle a semifinalist for one of its 2011 Echoing Green Fellowships.

Now to be honest there are a lot of semifinalists – 224 to be exact. But that is out of 2,854 applicants. About 15 of those semifinalists will be awarded fellowships, which include start-up money to pay for health insurance, a stipend and access to legal and financial help.

Gabriel Mandujano, the former executive director of the Enterprise Center Community Development Corporation in Walnut Hill, started Wash Cycle Laundry earlier this year. The company does pick-ups and deliveries in West Philadelphia and Center City. You may have seen their bike trailers loaded with large blue tubs.

Fellowship winners will be announced in May.