September 18, 2022
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3:00 pm
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5:00 pm
Join the Athenaeum of Philadelphia and the National Park Service for the 2nd Annual Sunday in the Square, a free musical celebration in Washington Square Park. Bring a blanket, a lawn chair, your neighbor, and enjoy an afternoon celebrating one of Philadelphia’s greatest parks!
Program:
Welcome Address
Beth Shalom Hessel, Phd, Executive Director of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia and Cynthia MacLeod, Superintendent, Independence National Historical Park
Airea D. Matthews, 2022-23 Poet Laureate of Philadelphia
Sax Amour: Aiwen Huang and Valentin Kovalev
State Representative Mary Isaacson
Chrystal E. Williams, mezzo with Felipe Hostins, accordion
Play on Philly High School Brass Ensemble
The U.S. Army Band Saxophone Quartet