Date: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30TH
Time: 11AM TO 2PM
Place: GOLD STAR PARK (on Wharton, between 6th & 7th Streets)

FREE! Parents, bring the kids! (bring the nieces and nephews too!)
Come on Kirkbride and Jackson students!!!!!

Fire Truck, Pony Rides, Balloons by Joe-Joe the Clown, Halloween Crafts & Treats!

Friends of Gold Star Park is seeking volunteers and donations of baked goods, candy, juice boxes, snacks, etc. Please email goldstarpark@passyunk.org.

Rain Date: Sunday, October 30th
Edited to add: Because of the 100% chance of rain that is being predicted for Saturday, this event WILL take place on Sunday, October 30th. Same time. Same place.

Date: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29TH
Time: 11AM TO 2PM
Place: GOLD STAR PARK (on Wharton, between 6th & 7th Streets)

FREE! Parents, bring the kids! (bring the nieces and nephews too!)
Come on Kirkbride and Jackson students!!!!!

Fire Truck, Pony Rides, Balloons by Joe-Joe the Clown, Halloween Crafts & Treats!

Friends of Gold Star Park is seeking volunteers and donations of baked goods, candy, juice boxes, snacks, etc. Please email goldstarpark@passyunk.org.

Rain Date: Sunday, October 30th

Gold Star Park’s Music in the Park series continues tonight at 7pm with the music of The Knife & Fork Band (according to their website: Too unpredictable for “folk,” too loud for “acoustic,” too unpretentious for “indie,” too complicated for “punk,” too rough for “chamber-pop,” and more band than “singer-songwriter”).

And for your eating enjoyment, the South Philly Food Co-op is sponsoring a Dessert Bake-Off:

Calling all you Betty Crockers and pastry-chef wannabees, or just lovers of chocolate and all things dessert. Bring your best sweet creation to the Gold Star Park and enter to win the first ever SPFC Dessert Throw Down – you could go down in history. A prize worthy of dessert awesomeness will be awarded.

The prize is $25 gift certificate to Fante’s. Even if you don’t win best of show, going home with a belly full of yummy treats is a good consolation prize!

The Co-op will also have volunteers available to answer your questions and accept new member-owners (so bring your checkbook).

Gold Star Park’s Music in the Park series continues tomorrow at 7pm with the music of The Knife & Fork Band (according to their website: Too unpredictable for “folk,” too loud for “acoustic,” too unpretentious for “indie,” too complicated for “punk,” too rough for “chamber-pop,” and more band than “singer-songwriter”).

And for your eating enjoyment, the South Philly Food Co-op is sponsoring a Dessert Bake-Off:

Calling all you Betty Crockers and pastry-chef wannabees, or just lovers of chocolate and all things dessert. Bring your best sweet creation to the Gold Star Park and enter to win the first ever SPFC Dessert Throw Down – you could go down in history.  A prize worthy of dessert awesomeness will be awarded.

The prize is $25 gift certificate to Fante’s. Even if you don’t win best of show, going home with a belly full of yummy treats is a good consolation prize!

The Co-op will also have volunteers available to answer your questions and accept new member-owners (so bring your checkbook).

With weather forecasters predicting a 100% chance of rain, tonight’s Music in the Park event has been postponed. We’ll see you for next Thursday’s installment!

July is cooking up to be full of great music and good food at Gold Star Park. The park, located at 6th and Wharton, underwent major transformation this spring and now has a fabulous green space perfect for Thursday night picnics and listening to music!

The South Philly Food Co-op is partnering to bring food fun to the well-established summer music series organized by Friends of Gold Star Park. They’ll also have membership applications and volunteers on-hand to answer questions. Bring your checkbook or your credit card and join the co-op on the spot!

Tonight features the following food and music:

July 7 – AMLA Youth Latine Jazz Ensemble and Local Fruit and Veggie Tasting
Music: Artístas y Músicos Latino Americanos (AMLA) Youth Latin Jazz Ensemble

Since 1982, AMLA has promoted the development, dissemination, and understanding of Latin music and culture in the Philadelphia area. AMLA’s programming emphasizes youth and family participation in the arts!

Food: The Co-op will be providing samples of in-season fruits and vegetables for everyone to sample. Bring your friends, bring your neighbors, bring your kids – this is a great way to become familiar with what is in-season in our region and maybe try something new.

They will also feature a blind “Taste-Test” pitting Local/Organic versus conventional produce. Do you think you can tell the difference?

At 7PM on every Thursday evening in July, Friends of Gold Star Park and the Passyunk Square Civic Association are hosting Music in the Park. In addition, at each of these events Gold Star Park will host representatives from the South Philly Food Co-op who will be on hand to answer questions and… accept new member-owners! So come out and enjoy the music, Gold Star’s new grass and help strengthen the community by becoming a member-owner of the Co-op.

All the info you need!

All events are FREE! Bring your own chair or blanket. Each event is subject to change or cancellation due to severe weather, which will be posted in the park and at the Gold Star Park website.

More information can be found at GoldStarPark.org.