
Liz Keough Orchestra With Silent Films Returns Sept. 12
For the second year, the local jazz band will perform against a backdrop of vintage cinema.

Catch Faces Places Under the Stars on Aug. 15
Visit the Karl Stirner Arts Trail on Aug. 15 at 8 p.m. for a screening of Faces Places, Agnès Varda and JR’s acclaimed documentary.

Lace Up for the Artful Dash 5K Run/Walk on Oct. 11
Support the Karl Stirner Arts Trail’s art and free community programs at the ninth annual Artful Dash 5K Run/Walk on Oct. 11.

Rock Band Old Lady to Perform Aug. 23
The New Jersey-based band Old Lady will blend country, rockabilly, and punk in a free concert on the Karl Stirner Arts Trail Sunday, Aug. 23, at 4 p.m.

Acclaimed Poet Ross Gay to Lead Poetry Workshop July 1
Poet and essayist Ross Gay will lead “Or We Could,” a poetry workshop, on Wednesday, July 1, at 4:30 p.m.
![Yolanda Wisher sits on a chair in the tunnel between the Karl Stirner Arts Trail and Easton Cemetery as she leads a listening party for her new audio artwork, Room for Error [Easton].](https://www.karlstirnerartstrail.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Room-for-Error-listening-party-8-300x177.jpg)
Audio Artwork Coming to Arts Trail
Yolanda Wisher’s Room for Error [Easton] will transform the Easton Cemetery tunnel into an immersive audio experience featuring music and poetry from the community.

Portraits in Verse
West Ward Market visitors got personalized mini-poems composed on a typewriter by poet Mary Ann Riker.

Listening Party With Yolanda Wisher on June 19
Join former Philadelphia Poet Laureate Yolanda Wisher on June 19 as she shares poetry excerpts from local poets set to music by her band, the Afro Eaters.

Six Words for You
Visit the West Ward Market from 5–8 p.m. on Thursdays in June and take home a personalized mini-poem, typed on a vintage typewriter by poet Maryann Riker.
