Photo by Andrea Cipriani Mecchi
Jennifer Weiner
hometown on July 11 for an author event
at the Free Library of Philadelphia’s
Parkway Center Library. Promoting his
new novel “All the Demons Are Here:
A Thriller,” Tapper will speak with one
of the only Philadelphians more famous
than he is: retired Action News anchor
Jim Gardner.

Also on July 11, the one and only
Kenny G will appear for a concert at the
Keswick Theater. Despite appearing on
a recent album with Kanye West, the
saxophonist (real name Kenny Gorelick)
is, in fact, Jewish.

In what’s probably the biggest concert
of the summer, at least now that Taylor
Swift has left town, Beyonce brings
her Renaissance World Tour to Lincoln
Financial Field on July 12.

Another group with a huge Jewish
following, Phish, heads to the Mann
Center on July 25 and 26.

Regina Spektor, described as a
“Russian-Jewish-American singer,”
brings her latest tour to the Keswick
Theater in Glenside on Aug. 2.

Baylen Levine, the young social media
star, is bringing his live show to the TLA
on South Street on Aug. 8.

The Boss is coming to town, with
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street
Band headed to Citizens Bank Park on
Aug. 16 and 18.

Another bestselling author who is
Jewish and from Philadelphia, Jennifer
Weiner, will appear at the Free Library
on Aug. 30 for a talk on her latest novel,
“The Breakaway.”
And finally, the Made in America festi-
val, also on the Parkway, is set for Sept.

2 and 3, although headliners have yet to
be announced. ■
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