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Summer travel is well underway, so let's think about the fall. The Philadelphia area, for example, will welcome autumn with special exhibitions, Halloween haunts and annual events for all ages. Princess Diana, Jim Henson, Henri Matisse and George Washington Carver lead the lineup, which also includes Body Worlds 2 at The Franklin Institute Science Museum, tattoos aplenty at the Independence Seaport Museum, "Terror Behind the Walls" at the Eastern State Penitentiary, and a variety of festivals.
As part of the new With Love, Philadelphia XOXO campaign, visitors who book one of the nearly 100 featured packages on www.gophila.com/withlove will receive a Philadelphia Privileges coupon book, a five-pack of With Love postcards, a With Love pin and Philly Fill-Ins word games, along with brochures, coupons and maps.Visitors can book packages online or by calling the hotels directly. Here are some of the events coming up in the Philadelphia region:
History and Science
Diana: A Celebration, a 10,000-square-foot National Constitution Center exhibition, showcases the life and work of the princess of Wales. Diana’s childhood, her engagement to Prince Charles, her lavish royal wedding, her children and her works as a global humanitarian are all part of the exhibit. Oct. 2-Dec. 31. 525 Arch St., 215-409-6700, www.constitutioncenter.org.
Visitors to The Franklin Institute can uncover the intricacies of human anatomy during Gunther von Hagens’ Body Worlds 2 & The Three Pound Gem. More than 200 specimens, including 20 whole bodies, healthy and unhealthy organs and body sections, provide an unprecedented view inside the human body. And The Three Pound Gem delves into the mysterious world of the brain. October 2009-spring 2010, with exact dates to be announced. 222 N. 20th Street, 215-448-1200, www.fi.edu
Born into slavery, George Washington Carver devoted his life to science, education and humanitarian efforts. Videos, hands-on activities and more than 150 artifacts at The Academy of Natural Sciences guide visitors through Carver's life and work. Nov. 12-Feb. 28. 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, 215-299-1000, www.ansp.org
The Arts, from Matisse To Kermit
Including about 35 paintings and sculptures, Matisse and Modern Art on the French Riviera at the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Perelman Building celebrates the French Riviera’s mythic allure for modern artists. Through Oct. 25. Fairmount & Pennsylvania Avenues, 215- 763-8100, www.philamuseum.org
The Independence Seaport Museum presents Skin & Bones – Tattoos in the Life of the American Sailor, a new and original exhibition using historical and contemporary images, objects and tattoos to illustrate sailors’ stories and recount the meaning of their tattoos and the belief in their power to protect sailors at sea. Through Jan. 3. Columbus Boulevard at Walnut Street, 215- 413-8655, www.phillyseaport.org
Jim Henson’s Fantastic World at the James A. Michener Art Museum documents Henson's visual thinking through works of art, photographs, documents, puppets and film and video clips. Sept. 12-Nov. 29. 138 Pine St., Doylestown, 215-340-9800, www.michenermuseum.org
During the 10th annual Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, known as POST to locals, visitors can look into the workshops of local artists across all mediums in neighborhoods throughout the city. Oct. 3-4, 10-11. 215-546-7775, www.philaopenstudios.com
It’s all about me at the First Person Festival of Memoir and Documentary Art, called the only event in the nation dedicated to artistic creation based on real-life experiences. The multidisciplinary festival features performance art, experiential tours, visual art exhibitions, concerts and film screenings at The Painted Bride Art Center. Nov. 4-8. 230 Vine St., 267-402-2055, www.firstpersonarts.org
Halloween All Month
A free family favorite, the 31st annual Scarecrow Festival at Peddler’s Village features scarecrow displays, pumpkin-painting workshops and pie-eating contests. Sept. 12-13. Routes 202 & 263, Lahaska, 215-794-4000, www.peddlersvillage.com
Thrill-seekers celebrate the Halloween season at Eastern State Penitentiary with Terror Behind the Walls, a haunted house inside an abandoned prison that once held notorious criminals like Al Capone. Sept.18-Nov. 1. 22nd Street & Fairmount Avenue, 215-236-3300, www.easternstate.org
Miniature ghosts and goblins can wear costumes, trick-or-treat throughout the park, watch Elmo’s Halloween show and take a hayride during The Count’s Halloween Spooktacular at Sesame Place. Weekends, Sept. 26-Oct. 31. 100 Sesame Road, Langhorne, 866-GO-4-ELMO, www.sesameplace.com
The area’s crafters display their best scarecrows for Morris Arboretum’s Scarecrow Walk (Oct. 3-18). After picking their favorites, visitors can catch the Great American Lighthouses-themed Garden Railway display (through Oct. 13). 100 E. Northwestern Avenue, 215-247-5777, www.morrisarboretum.org
Laurel Hill Cemetery can be unsettling even when programming doesn’t include happenings like Dead Men Do Tell Tales, the South Jersey Ghost Research presentation of paranormal investigations at Laurel Hill (Oct. 10); Halloween flashlight tours (Oct. 23-24, 30); or Fall Family Day, celebrating costumes and all-things Halloween (Oct. 25). 3822 Ridge Avenue, 215-228-8200, www.thelaurelhillcemetery.org
The revitalized Franklin Square, one of Philadelphia’s original public parks, gets fun in a creepy way in October with Spooky Mini Golf every Saturday and Sunday night, scary storytelling and pumpkin decorating (Oct. 10, 17) and a trick-or-treat trail (Oct. 24, 31). 6th & Race Streets, 215-629-4026, www.historicphiladelphia.org
The Philadelphia Zoo calls all kids to Boo at the Zoo, a masquerade party and trick-or-treating extravaganza. There are also storytelling, face painting, games and music. Oct. 24-25. 3400 W. Girard Avenue, 215- 243-1100, www.philadelphiazoo.org
Annual Festivals
Longwood Gardens’ Autumn’s Colors festival, monster pumpkins, unusual gourds, a garden railway and live entertainment fill the floral sanctuary. Sept. 7-Nov. 22. 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, 610-388-1000, www.longwoodgardens.org
The 27th annual Philadelphia Shell Show and Festival at The Academy of Natural Sciences features treasures of the seas on display and for sale. There will be free shells, naturalist presentations and crafts for youngsters. Oct. 10-11. 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, 215-299-1000, www.ansp.org
The free and fruity 38th annual Apple Festival at Peddler’s Village honors the healthy treat with old-fashioned country apple butter, apple cider, apple dumplings, apple fritters and caramel-dipped apples. Nov. 7-8. Routes 202 & 263, Lahaska, 215-794-4000, www.peddlersvillage.com
For more information about travel to Philadelphia, visit www.gophila.com or www.uwishunu.com or call 800-537-7676.
Trivial question
Name the U.S. state capitals that have "City" in their names. (Answer somewhere below.)
The healing power of Hawaii
It was an emotional reason that brought Rebecca Lane of Port Orchard, Wash., to Hawaii. "My son, who had cystic fibrosis for thirty years, passed away recently and and it turned my world upside down," she e-mailed me. "I desperately needed to do something to turn it right side up again ... I wanted to take some of his ashes someplace special. I knew it was Hawaii and I didn't want something "touristy." I found this place on line called Wellness With Aloha [on the Big Island] and something just clicked when I talked to them." She spent several days with energy and massage healers and writes, "If there ever was such a thing as Hawaiian Healing, I think this is it. After I got back, people said how I looked like I had found peace. I think I found something authentic on a different level in Hawaii and it helped heal my heart."
Fascinating fact
The Tigris river, which runs through Baghdad, is about 1,150 miles long. The name "Tigris" comes from Old Persian and translates as "the fast one."
By the sea, in Charleston
The Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina is offerings a Sullivan’s Island Beach Experience package starting at $129 per room, per night, including accommodations, transportation to and from Sullivan's Island, a boxed lunch and beverages for everyone registered in the room, and a cooler, too.
For more information, click here.
Trivial answer
The cities are Salt Lake City, Carson City, Oklahoma City and Jefferson City. Although there is a Kansas City in both Kansas and Missouri, neither is a capital.
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