Each month the Fourth Wall Arts Salon brings together a diverse array of artists and intellectuals for an interactive evening of fine art, music, dance, theatre, and topical lectures that inspire and engage the mind: “Art for art’s sake,” as one of the three co-founders put it. Check the website for the location of the next salon, held on the fourth Saturday of every month.

Find top-notch belly dance, yoga, pilates and other classes at Studio 1831 in the Art Museum neighborhood. Owner Valerie Rushmere has been teaching and performing around the region for more than two decades. In addition to her official Studio 1831 class offerings in “Studio A,” the adjacent “Studio B” is home to independent salsa and Zumba classes.

The City of Philadelphia’s Marian Anderson Recreation Center, located at 744 S. 17th St, has been providing free or low-cost recreation opportunities to residents of the Graduate Hospital neighborhood since 1953. Named for the contralto whose famed Lincoln Memorial concert in 1939 was a landmark moment in the Civil Rights movement, the center has long served as a focal point in the thriving community south of South Street. Stop by to watch a youth baseball game, explore the playground, participate in a community dance or martial arts class, shoot hoops on the basketball court or cool off in the outdoor pool. The center also runs a boxing gym, after-school programs, drug and alcohol support groups and numerous sports leagues.