This Wednesday the Philadelphia Union – the city’s new major league soccer team – will host the English Premier League Champions, Manchester United. The teams will face off at the Lincoln Financial Center. In February 2008 the Union became the 16th Major League Soccer team. In April, in front of 34,870 fans the Union played its Home Opener, beating D.C. United 3-2.

In 2009, the team received a name, crest and color. The Union’s colors are navy blue and gold to represent the Continental Army’s uniforms during the Revolutionary War. The Union’s main crest is circular to symbolize unity, and the...

Until early September the Philadelphia Museum of Art will host Late Renoir – an exhibition of the works of the French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The exhibit captures the later, abundant and most innovative years of his career. His works display frolicking bathers, classical mythology and luminous images of the Mediterranean landscape. About eighty Renoir painting are currently on display, side by side twenty works by later artists who were inspired, including Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso.

Renoir’s fluid brushstrokes and dynamic use of color have earned him the title of the of the greatest artists. Late Renoir is organized...

Forty local and international artists teamed up to paint 50 walls along Market Street between 63rd and 45th streets last August. They created, under the guidance of longtime graffiti artist Stephen Powers, the Love Letters project. The painted walls show a series of witty and sentimental phrases and illustrations that narrate the evolution and power of love.

The project expands beyond painted walls. In addition to two books and a documentary film, the Love Letters project includes a sign school and shop that provides instruction for area youth and free signage for businesses on the Market street...

Starting this weekend, the City of Brotherly Love will be hosting the third annual Philly Beer Week. Friday Mayor Michael Nutter will kick off the events at 7:30 p.m. at the Independence Visitor’s Center in Old City.

Here's your chance to meet craft brewers from around the country, improve your beer knowledge and sample Philly’s best restaurants. The fun isn’t limited to downtown Philly. New Jersey events include a free tour and tasting at Flying Fish in Cherry Hill and the six hour Haddon Township Pub Crawl. All events and participating bars and restaurants are listed on the read more