Events
There’s always something going on at PAC Center. Join us.
English Country Dancing with Jenny Beer
ECD is an ideal low-impact exercise that engages your body, mind, and spirit. Plus, it's a great way to socialize and make new friends. Every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month.
Sliding Scale $7 - $10
PAC Center Contra Dance
This fun social dance is easy to learn with live music and professional callers teaching the moves. There's lots of swinging and lots of brisk walking and lots of smiles.
Swarthmore Old Time String Jam
A welcoming jam for those who want to play bluegrass style music. Novices to seasoned players should bring their fiddles, banjos, mandolins, guitars, or other instruments. Listeners and BYOB welcome. Free for all. Hosted by Adam Silverman.
French Conversation Group
Join us in speaking French about a variety of subjects. Open to any skill level, but may be best suited for intermediate speakers. The primary purpose is for participants to practice speaking French and have fun doing it. Event is free.
Yoga Nidra with Suki
Yoga Nidra, “yogic sleep” is the practice of sleep with a trace of awareness. Yoga Nidra leads us into a deep state of consciousness, in which we rest in spacious awareness and presence. It has has been found to ease anxiety, stress, insomnia, chronic pain and the effects of living amidst the demands of this modern world.
Sound Bath Session
Sound Meditation, also known as a Sound Bath, utilizes the therapeutic application of sound frequencies and vibrations to provide a powerful and gentle way to shift consciousness and enhance well-being. It is an opportunity to embrace mindful practices and reconnect with our inner selves.
Rotary Arts Conversation: Author Martha Hodes
Tap into the minds of the creative talent in our community!
Martha Hodes is most recently the author of My Hijacking: A Personal History of Forgetting and Remembering, in which she explores her recollections of being held hostage on an airplane in 1970.
Myofascial Release Workshop
Myofascial Release relieves your tension and improve your range of motion with myofascial release! Enjoy 90 minutes of yoga, foam rolling, meditation, and extended relaxation in this workshop designed to leave your muscles and joints with a greater flexibility.
French Conversation Group
Join us in speaking French about a variety of subjects. Open to any skill level, but may be best suited for intermediate speakers. The primary purpose is for participants to practice speaking French and have fun doing it. Event is free.
Yoga Nidra with Suki
Yoga Nidra, “yogic sleep” is the practice of sleep with a trace of awareness. Yoga Nidra leads us into a deep state of consciousness, in which we rest in spacious awareness and presence. It has has been found to ease anxiety, stress, insomnia, chronic pain and the effects of living amidst the demands of this modern world.
A Damn Beautiful Journey - Delco Arts Week Event
An invitation into the creative process of works in progress in solo spoken word performance that trace the arc of human experience through voice and word.
Foundations of Ayurveda Workshop
Learn the fundamentals of Ayurveda, the original lifestyle medicine and ways to apply it to your daily life. By the end of the workshop, you’ll understand how to recognize dosha imbalances within yourself and have a list of inexpensive (even free!) ways to work back toward balance.
Park Avenue Concert Series: Lake Shore Quartet
In 2023, The Lake Shore Quartet reunited for a performance at Swarthmore’s Park Avenue Concerts. On October 19, the quartet returns with a program of classical gems that will bring two central pieces of the string quartet literature to our community
Swarthmore Song Circle
Pull up a chair, bring your instrument or just your ears for listening or your hands for clapping. All are welcome at the Song Circle! This welcoming jam is free for all.
French Conversation Group
Join us in speaking French about a variety of subjects. Open to any skill level, but may be best suited for intermediate speakers. The primary purpose is for participants to practice speaking French and have fun doing it. Event is free.
Swarthmore Song Circle
Pull up a chair, bring your instrument or just your ears for listening or your hands for clapping. All are welcome at the Song Circle! This welcoming jam is free for all.
PAC Center Contra Dance
This fun social dance is easy to learn with live music and professional callers teaching the moves. There's lots of swinging and lots of brisk walking and lots of smiles.
Swarthmore Old Time String Jam
A welcoming jam for those who want to play bluegrass style music. Novices to seasoned players should bring their fiddles, banjos, mandolins, guitars, or other instruments. Listeners and BYOB welcome. Free for all. Hosted by Adam Silverman.
Swarthmore Song Circle
Pull up a chair, bring your instrument or just your ears for listening or your hands for clapping. All are welcome at the Song Circle! This welcoming jam is free for all.
English Country Dancing with Jenny Beer
ECD is an ideal low-impact exercise that engages your body, mind, and spirit. Plus, it's a great way to socialize and make new friends. Every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month.
Sliding Scale $7 - $10
Sound Bath Session
Sound Meditation, also known as a Sound Bath, utilizes the therapeutic application of sound frequencies and vibrations to provide a powerful and gentle way to shift consciousness and enhance well-being. It is an opportunity to embrace mindful practices and reconnect with our inner selves.
Swarthmore Song Circle
Pull up a chair, bring your instrument or just your ears for listening or your hands for clapping. All are welcome at the Song Circle! This welcoming jam is free for all.
PAC Center Contra Dance
This fun social dance is easy to learn with live music and professional callers teaching the moves. There's lots of swinging and lots of brisk walking and lots of smiles.
Swarthmore Song Circle
Pull up a chair, bring your instrument or just your ears for listening or your hands for clapping. All are welcome at the Song Circle! This welcoming jam is free for all.
English Country Dancing with Jenny Beer
ECD is an ideal low-impact exercise that engages your body, mind, and spirit. Plus, it's a great way to socialize and make new friends. Every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month.
Sliding Scale $7 - $10
Mural and Mosaic Making Workshop, with STC
Join us for a talk by local artists followed by a hands-on mosaic making class. The pieces created will be included on a new mural at the Swarthmore Co-Op this summer!
*Space is limited to 25 participants per workshop timeslot, pre-registration is required though it is free of cost. Please register below for which timeslot you will be attending. The preceding artist talk is open to all.
Swarthmore Song Circle
Pull up a chair, bring your instrument or just your ears for listening or your hands for clapping. All are welcome at the Song Circle! This welcoming jam is free for all.
CANCELLED! PAC Center Contra Dance
*THIS WEEK’S CONTRA DANCE IS CANCELLED DUE TO EXTREME HEAT! *
This fun social dance is easy to learn with live music and professional callers teaching the moves. There's lots of swinging and lots of brisk walking and lots of smiles.
Celebrate International Yoga Day
Kids Yoga, Songs, Stories & Art! Join Allison for a fun, interactive outdoor yoga time of breathing, stretching, games, partner & group poses connecting to nature, ourselves and our community in honor of International Day of Yoga celebrated annually around the world. No experience necessary.
Suggested donation: $10 per family / $15 with 2+ kids or pay-what-you-wish. Proceeds support The PAC Center family programs.
Solstice Yoga & Sound Bath in the Amphitheater
Celebrate the summer solstice with an evening of tranquility and renewal in the Scott Arboretum’s outdoor amphitheater at Swarthmore College.
Swarthmore Song Circle
Pull up a chair, bring your instrument or just your ears for listening or your hands for clapping. All are welcome at the Song Circle! This welcoming jam is free for all.
English Country Dancing with Jenny Beer
ECD is an ideal low-impact exercise that engages your body, mind, and spirit. Plus, it's a great way to socialize and make new friends. Every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month.
Sliding Scale $7 - $10
Restorative Chi Yoga Retreat for Summer
Tap into the fire energy of summer with this relaxing and informative mini-retreat designed to reduce anxiety and reset the central nervous system to the “rest and refresh” response.
Swarthmore Old Time String Jam
A welcoming jam for those who want to play bluegrass style music. Novices to seasoned players should bring their fiddles, banjos, mandolins, guitars, or other instruments. Listeners and BYOB welcome. Free for all. Hosted by Adam Silverman.
Swarthmore Song Circle
Pull up a chair, bring your instrument or just your ears for listening or your hands for clapping. All are welcome at the Song Circle! This welcoming jam is free for all.
PAC Center Contra Dance
This fun social dance is easy to learn with live music and professional callers teaching the moves. There's lots of swinging and lots of brisk walking and lots of smiles.
Busy Moms Workshop: Plan Summer for YOU!
Do you know how you make summer plans for your kids starting in January, and then June comes around and you realize you haven't planned anything for yourself? Let's change that.
Swarthmore Song Circle
Pull up a chair, bring your instrument or just your ears for listening or your hands for clapping. All are welcome at the Song Circle! This welcoming jam is free for all.
English Country Dancing with Jenny Beer
ECD is an ideal low-impact exercise that engages your body, mind, and spirit. Plus, it's a great way to socialize and make new friends. Every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month.
Sliding Scale $7 - $10
Activity Group: For People Living With Disabilities, hosted by CADES
CADES facilitators lead guided games and activities to bring joy and social connection to participants. This group offers much-needed community connections for both individuals living with disabilities and their caregivers. Participation is free and open to all, no registration required.
Swarthmore Song Circle
Pull up a chair, bring your instrument or just your ears for listening or your hands for clapping. All are welcome at the Song Circle! This welcoming jam is free for all.
Activity Group: For People Living With Disabilities, hosted by CADES
CADES facilitators lead guided games and activities to bring joy and social connection to participants. This group offers much-needed community connections for both individuals living with disabilities and their caregivers. Participation is free and open to all, no registration required.
PAC Center Contra Dance
This fun social dance is easy to learn with live music and professional callers teaching the moves. There's lots of swinging and lots of brisk walking and lots of smiles.