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With Fall right around the corner, there are plenty of seasonal events going on in the Philadelphia area. Whether it’s Oktoberfest or Hispanic month, Fashion Week or Music Fest, Philly is full of fun this time of year. We’ve found the top - and affordable - choices of what to do this weekend.
SEPT 28-30
What: Hispanic Heritage Month
Philadelphia will honor and celebrate the Hispanic culture and heritage at a variety of events, including Mexican Independence Day and the Puerto Rican Day Parade, this month.
Where: Various locations.
When: Through Oct. 15
What: Festival 018
Opera Philadelphia hosts this 11-day festival with various operas and performances held throughout Philadelphia.
Where: Various locations
When: Through Sunday
Cost: Varies
What: Center City District Restaurant Week
Check out the city’s finest restaurants at fixed rate for three-course dinners or lunches.
Where: Participating restaurants in Philadelphia
When: Through Friday, Oct. 5
Cost: $35 for three-course dinners
What: Red Bull Music Presents: Hollerboard Redux
This music event will feature Hollerboard’s most renowned alumni, including A-Trak, Spank Rock, Cosmo Baker, Nick Catchdubs and Low Budget among others.
Where: Warehouse on Watts, 923 N. Watts St., Philadelphia
When: From 8 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday
Cost: $10 in advance, $15 at the door
What: Terror Behind the Walls
One of the country’s most popular Halloween attractions returns with more creepy zombies and ghosts that pop out as you explore the abandoned halls of this former penitentiary.
Where: Eastern State Penitentiary, 2027 Fairmount Ave., Philadelphia
When: Through Nov. 10 on select dates and times
Cost: Varies
What: Philly Fashion Week
Pop-up runways will showcase all the latest fashions, along with shopping events throughout the city.
Where: Various locations
When: Through Saturday.
What: Philly Music Fest
Celebrate Philly-only bands at this full weekend of shows at three locations. Performances include everything from jazz to rock.
Where: Johnny Brenda’s, World Cafe Live and Milkboy
When: Thursday through Sunday
Cost: Tickets start at $15
What: Leslie Odom Jr. Celebrating the Philly POPS' 40th Anniversary
Best known for his role in Broadway’s Hamilton, Odom will join the Philly POPS to perform American classics.
Where: Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St, Philadelphia
When: Friday through Sunday
Cost: Varies
What: MudHen Brewing Company Oktoberfest
This first-ever festival will feature live music, lawn games and plenty of beer.
Where: MudHen Brewing Company, 127 W. Rio Grande Ave., Wildwood, NJ
When: Friday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Cost: Starts at $15
What: Wildwood Monster Truck Beach Races
Check out these roaring monster tracks on the sand. Monster trucks will compete on a custom beach race course for a chance to win the title of “King of the Beach.”
Where: Lincoln Avenue and Beach, Wildwood, NJ
When: Friday from 6 to 10 p.m.; Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.; and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.
Cost: Varies
What: An Olde Time Italian Festival
Celebrate Italian culture at this festival filled with food, crafts, games, live entertainment and more. There will be a grape stomping contest and spaghetti eating contest too!
Where: Fox Park, Ocean Avenue between Burke and Montgomery avenues, Wildwood, NJ
When: Friday from 5 to 11 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 11 p.m.
Cost: Free
What: Ardmore Oktoberfest
Ardmore will be transformed into a Bavarian wonderland for Oktoberfest. Enjoy German fare and beer, live entertainment, dancing and more. Kids will love the cookie and pumpkin decorating, face painting and more.
Where: Cricket Avenue in downtown Ardmore
When: Saturday from 2 to 8 p.m.
Cost: Free
What: UpToberfest Oktobefest at Uptown Beer Garden
This beer garden will be filled with German fare, live music and more.
Where: Updatown Beer Garden, 1735 JFK Blvd, Philadelphia
When: Saturday from noon to 8 p.m.
Cost: Free
What: Harborfest
Live music, fresh seafood, crafts and entertainment will fill this bay-side festival.
Where: Marina Park, 347 42nd Place, Sea Isle City, NJ
When: Saturday, Sept. 29 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost: Free
What: Autumn Crafts and Collectibles Show
Celebrate fall at this craft show.
Where: Emlen Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St., Cape May, NJ
When: Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost: Free
What: ‘Wild Thang’ Chrysler Car Show
Stroll the boardwalk and check out these Chrysler cars on display.
Where: Wildwoods Boardwalk
When: Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Cost: Free to watch
What: Downtown Wildwood Saturday Fall Harvest Farmer’s Market
Visit this farmer’s market for fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers, baked goods and more.
Where: Byrne Plaza, Oak and Pacific avenues, Wildwood, NJ
When: Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Cost: Free parking
What: Chestnut Hill Fall for the Arts Festival
The community can stroll the streets and enjoy more than 150 artists displaying their wares. There will be food, music, crafts and more.
Where: Germantown and Rex avenues
When: Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Cost: Free
What: Puerto Rican Festival Parade
Celebrate the Puerto Rican cultural at this annual event filled with poetry readings, live performances and music and lots of food.
Where: Benjamin Franklin Parkway
When: Sunday from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
What: Ardmore Antique & Vintage Market
Shop for a wide variety of antiques, vintage and estate jewelry, clothing, furniture, glassware and more.
Where: Rittenhouse Place, 44 E. Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore
When: Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost: Free
What: OCNJ Half Marathon, 5K and 10-Mile Race
No matter your skill level, come out and enjoy a race down the shore.
Where: Ocean City Music Pier
When: Sunday
Cost: Free to watch
Their staffers have worked overtime, their partner organizations have offered assistance and their volunteers are doing everything in their power to help the dogs they care for.
But the Animal Care & Control Team of Philadelphia (ACCT Philly) dog kennels are at full capacity, with risk of euthanasia on the horizon.
This weekend, they’re asking the community for help.
Because it’s an open-admission, city-contracted animal shelter, the organization cannot turn away stray or surrendered pets — even when space is severely limited. So if animals arrive faster than the shelter can find homes for them, the population becomes increasingly difficult to manage.
ACCT Philly has received a little over 4,000 dogs so far in 2018. 547 dogs came into the shelter during September alone.
Those intake numbers haven’t been met with equally high adoption rates.
Audra Houghton, Interim Executive Director of ACCT Philly, says her staff and volunteers have been doing everything they can, but it hasn’t been enough.
“We desperately need people to open their homes to a homeless dog,” Houghton said.
The shelter’s medical director also said they’ve exhausted their final options for space management. It’s no longer sustainable for the shelter, or healthy for the animals, to house so many residents.
This leaves ACCT Philly with some difficult decisions.
“We hate having to consider euthanasia as an option for our animals,” says Houghton. “We fight to avoid it at all costs.” At the same time, she adds, “We are so full that we are at the point of needing to euthanize for space.”
She’s hoping, instead, that the community will step up to care for animals in need. To encourage this, the shelter is offering pay-what-you-wish adoption fees for dogs weighing more than 35 pounds from now through Sunday, September 30.
In their own words, they’re playing the Philly Special — except their version is 4th down-and-50 (dogs).
Pay-what-you-wish adoptions are taking place at both ACCT Philly’s main shelter and their Everyday Adoption Center (EAC). For more information on their work and on how you can adopt a pet, visit their website here.
Facebook has discovered a security issue affecting 50 million accounts, which could have let hackers take over the accounts and access users' personal information.
"Since we’ve only just started our investigation, we have yet to determine whether these accounts were misused or any information accessed. We also don’t know who’s behind these attacks or where they’re based," Facebook vice president of product management Guy Rosen said in a blog post Friday.
Rosen said the company discovered the issue on Tuesday and notified law enforcement. The attackers exploited a hole in Facebook's code related to the "View As" function, which lets people see what their profiles look like to other users.
A total of 90 million users will have their access tokens reset, the company said, which means they will have to log back in the next time they try to use Facebook. When they log in they will see a message at the top of their news feed explaining what happened.
Shares in Facebook fell sharply on the news. CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the issue in a post on his own page as well.
"While I'm glad we found this, fixed the vulnerability, and secured the accounts that may be at risk, the reality is we need to continue developing new tools to prevent this from happening in the first place," he said. (His post had more than 2,000 user comments within 20 minutes.)
The company did not specify whether users in any particular country were affected. In its most recent quarter, Facebook reported 1.47 billion daily active users worldwide.
The attorney general of North Carolina, Josh Stein, suggested in a Twitter post that his office would investigate the breach.
A boy has died after being struck by a SEPTA bus outside his middle school in Philadelphia's Frankford section, officials say.
The 12-year-old was hit around 3:15 p.m. Friday at Torresdale Avenue and Wakeling Street outside Warren G. Harding Middle School. SEPTA said the boy ran in front of a Route 25 bus traveling south along Torresdale Avenue.
The bus stopped and the boy was rushed to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children where he was later pronounced dead, SEPTA said.
The Philadelphia and SEPTA police departments are both investigating.
Philadelphia school district officials will have behavioral health support at the school from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday and noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday.
New security concerns are being discussed on Friday after Facebook said 50 million accounts could have been impacted by a data breach. Facebook says it discovered the hack on Tuesday.
An alert in South Jersey: police say someone is stealing mail right from mailboxes. The thieves are allegedly stealing checks and other mail.
This weekend's weather will be something to celebrate as temperatures climb into the 70s with plenty of sunshine. But when could we expect rain again? NBC10 meteorologist Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz has all the details you need.
A 4-day trek along the Jersey Shore, organized by military members, will honor those who lost their lives during the global war on terror. This year's run will be the 10th annual.
After Wilmington struggled for years with high-crime, residents say they finally feel safer and more comfortable in the city. And now, they're celebrating.
Some heroes fought for our country, but now they're missing some of their most prized possessions: medals and honors they were awarded for their service. Now, the Pennsylvania Treasury Department is stepping up to reunite those heroes with their lost history.
The drama in the Senate continued on Friday as an FBI investigation has now been requested into the allegations against Kavanaugh. Now, the president and senators are all reacting.
There will be a new way to visit a popular Jersey Shore resort area hopefully starting this weekend and you won't need your car. A new ferry service is hoping to get the all-clear to start serving patrons this weekend.
A Bethlehem-area school is facing $150,000 in debt and it all comes from school lunches. The district has been providing lunches for students who can't afford to pay, but a simple act of kindness may help erase the debt.
Lots of great matchups under the Friday Night Lights. Here's this week's High School Blitz.
After millions of people watched Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testify about what she says Brett Kavanaugh did to her, calls to sexual assault hotlines have surged. Local counselors and experts share more about the sudden influx of calls.
Sen. Chris Coons returned to his home state Friday night from Washington, D.C. for a town hall where he spoke with constituents about the dramatic confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE IS NOT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
I’m getting more than a little tired of this common consensus: "There’s no reason to change the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale."
For crying out loud, it’s been around for almost 40 years. What hasn’t changed in science in the past 40 years? Not much.
I’ve already made my case to add a Category 6 (currently, Category 5 is the highest level) — a suggestion that has gotten hurricane experts reacting like we were proposing to abandon science itself. But there are serious scientific reasons to do it:
FLORENCE, HARVEY, SANDY, KATRINA SHOW WHY
There actually was a change in the 1971 Saffir-Simpson scale in 2009. Yes, they made it WORSE. After all, isn’t the bottom line to get the public to understand what is about to happen, and what the danger will be?
Of course, a Category 5 is the worst-case storm. Unless it isn’t. Like when a former Category 5 Katrina in 2005 caused a record storm surge in Mississippi and the disastrous flooding in New Orleans AFTER IT WEAKENED to a Category 3.
It’s a whole lot simpler to think that a Category 5 is now a Category 3, so the danger has lessened significantly, right?
It’s not just the average person who gets confused.
In 2012, the Mayor of New York City told the world that former Category 3 Hurricane Sandy had now weakened to a Category 1, so the danger was less. I remember it distinctly, because I was yelling at the TV as he said it.
Fortunately, I was able to get on TV at NBC10 in Philadelphia and correct him for the folks in South Jersey. But he had already done his damage. And this is an obviously smart guy, with lots of smart people advising him. If Mayor Bloomberg didn’t get it, how could others?
Sandy also caused major problems with communication when it was changed from a Category 1 hurricane to a Post-tropical Cyclone.
Everyone outside of the meteorology profession probably said-or thought: 'What the hell is a Post-Tropical Cyclone?'
Was the impact of the storm going to change at all? NO!
So, why did they have to confuse the public as the most important storm in their lives was about to hit?
I had to spend a lot of my time on-air explaining the type of storm that I could have spent on the dangers. And I told the Director of the National Hurricane Center that loudly and publicly at the AMS Hurricane Conference the next year (and got the biggest applause of the conference).
Harvey and Florence were similarly misleading hurricanes. They both weakened as they approached landfall, leading to confusion.
I saw stories of more than 1,000 people who had already evacuated in North Carolina going back to their homes specifically because Florence had weakened. The rainfall and flooding forecasts hadn’t changed. But the storm category is an easy thing to remember.
And in many cases, it’s the wrong thing to remember.
SO, HOW DO WE FIX THIS?
There are three main threats to life and property from hurricanes: storm surge, wind, and rainfall. The change to the scale in 2009 was to remove storm surge from the category calculation. Not a good move.
Different hurricanes have different main threats. Some, like Florence and Harvey, have rain as the main threat. Hurricane Ike had the storm surge. And Hurricane Andrew had the wind.
Here’s my simple suggestion: A HURRICANE’S CATEGORY SHOULD BE AS HIGH AS THE MAIN THREAT.
So, Harvey would have been a Category 5 for rainfall; Katrina would have stayed as a Category 5 for storm surge. Once the category number is announced, it would be followed by explanations of the other threats.
But the most important thing-the category-would be easily remembered. Communication, isn’t that what we’re after?
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