Highlights

Join PHC and PCN for Humanities on the Road, a new arts and culture-themed TV show featuring journalist Tracey Matisak and talent from PHC's speakers bureau. With interactive presentations on topics ranging from Nancy Drew to African American folk traditions to Pennsylvania German culture. Filmed in front of a live audience, each episode shines a spotlight on some of Pennsylvania's most intriguing cultural landmarks and communities. Tapings begin with Can't Tell a Live, Peach Cobbler Pie! with storyteller Linda Goss on April 10. To be hosted by Jump Street at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg.

Read about PHC's impact throughout the state in our winter newsletter [777K PDF].

Pictured above: Linda Goss, courtesy of Philadelphia Magazine.

Grants in Action!

The Home Place Project
Through May 7

From Mexican festivals to African American storytelling, folk arts help many Philadelphians connect the new homes they've created with the ones they've lost, left behind or never knew. The Home Place Project explores how diverse people have experienced displacement and how folk arts are vital tools in their processes of resettlement and place-making. As part of the project, Under Autumn Moon: Reclaiming Time and Space in Chinatown uses photographs and block prints to document Chinatown’s Mid-Autumn Festival, a vital celebration of culture and community. Exhibit runs through May 7. Presented by Philadelphia Folklore Project.

Pictured above: Lion Dance teacher Sifu Cheung and students, courtesy Joan May Cordova.

Upcoming Events

"John Updike's Pennsylvania"
Wednesday, March 24
Swarthmore

Books on Screen
Wednesday, March 24
Mansfield

"The Phillies and Their Place in Philadelphia Baseball History"
Thursday, March 25
Feasterville

Books on Screen
Thursday, March 25
Murrysville

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