Hawthorne Park

Hawthorne Park
Hawthorne Park is community park located at 12th and Catharine Streets in Philadelphia, PA

Please come and help us rake, weed, and prepare the beds for winter.
Whether you have 3 Minutes or 3 Hours we’d love to see you on Nov 11th !

2023 Event Calendar:

Event	Type	Date	Time	Rain Date
Love Your Park Day!	Volunteer Day	13 May 2023	10AM-1PM	20 May 2023
Cafe Con Pan	Jazz	18 May 2023	7:00 PM
Diane Monroe & Tony Miceli	Jazz	15 June 2023	7:00 PM	22 June 2023

Olivia Hughart	Jazz	20 July 2023	7:00 PM	27 July 2023
Street Movies!	Video	15 August 2023	7:30-9:30PM
Owen Valentine	Jazz	17 August 2023	7:00 PM	24 August 2023
Rev Theatre Company's Lil' Ol' Rodeo Show!	Theater	15 Sept 2023	7:00 PM
Love Your Park Day!	Volunteer Day	11 Nov 2023	10AM-1PM

FREE Fringe:
Rev Theatre Company's Honky Tonk Hoe Down - Lil' Ol' Rodeo Show returns to Hawthorne Park!

Friday September 15th, 2023 @ 7:00 PM

Jazz in Hawthorne Park

Thursday August 17th, 2023

7:00 - 8:30PM

Vocalist, Violinist, Composer

Rain Date: 24 August 2023

Scribe Video Center presents:
Street Movies!

Tuesday August 15th, 2023

A musical performance by drummer/multi-instrumentalist Julius Masri followed by a screening of:

JAZZ ON A SUMMER’S DAY
Bert Stern, USA, 1959; 85 minutes

Filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island and directed by world-renowned photographer Bert Stern, Jazz on a Summer’s Day features intimate performances by an all-star line-up of musical legends including Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Anita O’Day, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington, and closes with a beautiful rendition of The Lord’s Prayer by Mahalia Jackson at midnight to usher in Sunday morning. The film has been beautifully and extensively restored in 4K from the best surviving vault elements by IndieCollect.

Jazz in Hawthorne Park

Thursday July 20th, 2023

7:00 - 8:30PM

With jazz saxophonist:

(Rain date: July 27th)

POSTPONED: Rain date Saturday May 20th

PARK CLEAN-UP DAY

Saturday May 20th, 2023

10AM TO 1PM
in
HAWTHORNE PARK

Please come out on Saturday May 20th and join your neighbors to rake, weed, and pick up trash.

Bring tools if you have them but the Fairmount Park Conservancy will be providing rakes, shovels, and leaf bags. Whether you have 3 Minutes or 3 Hours we’d love to see you at the park on May 20th, 2023!

Jazz in the park starts 2023 season with:

Cafe Con Pan

Thursday May 18th, 2023 at 7:00PM
in
HAWTHORNE PARK

What started as an MC gig for Cafe Con Pan (Coffee and Bread) leader, Rick Rodriguez, turned into a Latin Jazz band with an expansive list of musicians with over 200 years of experience. Rodriguez was MCing the musical entertainment portion of the world’s biggest Hispanic motor sports event, Pan Am Nationals (2007), when Atco Raceway owner suggested Rodriguez put an official band together. It wasn’t long after that when Rodriguez called up some friends and had 20+ musicians to sub in for any upcoming gigs, with a core group of four, always willing to add special guests. Within the core group, they have band leader Rick Rodriguez (percussion), Hector Rios (percussion), Bill Murray (wind synthesizer) and Jimmy Lopez (keyboard/ director). Achievements consist of working with many household names, such as; Patti LaBelle, Lou Rawls, Marc Anthony, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Isidro Infante and many more. The Cafe Con Pan Latin Jazz Band plays music of tropical sounds, with African, Cuban, and American Jazz influences. Although the band has a core genre of Latin Jazz, they love to include rock, Salsa, classical music and other genres into their playlist.

Upcoming 2023 Events:

Event Type Date Time Rain Date

Love Your Park Day! Volunteer Day 13 May 2023 10AM-1PM 20 May 2023

Cafe Con Pan Jazz 18 May 2023 7:00 PM

Diane Monroe &
Tony Miceli Jazz
15 June 2023

7:00 PM
22 June 2023

Olivia Hughart Jazz
20 July 2023

7:00 PM
27 July 2023

Friends of Hawthorne Park is an all volunteer, nonprofit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization

Board of Directors

President: position currently open
Vice President: Raed Nasser
Treasurer: Michael Athay
Secretary: Maggie Robinson
Social Media Director: Chris Vecchio

Mailing Address:

Friends Of Hawthorne Park
c/o Michael Athay, Treasurer
1128 Christian St
Philadelphia, PA 19147-3710

Friends of Hawthorne Park
is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to preserving and maintaining Hawthorne Park. We take care of planting, weeding, and other gardening tasks and host "love your park" clean-up days several times a year. In addition to preservation and beautification, we also produce free events for the community. Over the past few years we have presented live jazz concerts, movie nights, Shakespeare performances, yoga, and arts fairs. These events are funded by grants along with community and local business donations. We welcome participation by anyone in the community. If you want to get involved, or have questions, please send us an email at:

or join our Facebook Group.

Get Involved:

JOIN!
our Facebook Group and learn about our "ADOPT (part of) A PARK" program!

SUBSCRIBE!
to our volunteer mailing list by sending an email to:

and we'll let you know about park clean up, planting, and other volunteer days.

DONATE!
Love this park? Every dollar helps!

Events

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Want to have an event at the park?
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Find information on obtaining park event permits here.

Note: Larger events may need insurance:
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How did this great park come to be?