Calendar of Events

All of PHC's produced and funded programs are open to the general public. For details, please use the calendar of events that follows. While every effort is made to insure the information is accurate, PHC recommends that audience members verify the location, date and time with the contact person listed.

Events by county:

Ongoing

Through MarchMarvels and Monsters: Unmasking Asian Images in U.S. Comics, 1942-1986
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
Through AprilMaking It Better: Folk Arts in Pennsylvania Today - 2011
Harrisburg
Humanities Grant

February 2012

22 Greater Philadelphia Roundtable 2011
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
23 2011-12 Teen Reading Lounge Session #4 - ELANCO Library
New Holland
25 Economic Self Sufficiency in the African-American Community
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
26 Making Sense of the American Civil War @ Peters Township Public Library #1
McMurray
26 Economic Self Sufficiency in the African-American Community
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
27 Making Sense of the American Civil War @ Altoona Area Public Library #1
Altoona
28 2011-12 Teen Reading Lounge - Bridgeville Public Library
Bridgeville
28 Economic Self Sufficiency in the African-American Community
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
29 Marvels and Monsters: Unmasking Asian Images in U.S. Comics, 1942-1986
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
29 Economic Self Sufficiency in the African-American Community
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant

March 2012

1 Abraham Lincoln: A Study in the Paradox of Greatness
Lafayette Hill
Commonwealth Speakers
1 1812: Waynesboro and the War - The Impact, the Lifestyle, and the Music
Waynesboro
Humanities Grant
3 Randall Thompson's Requiem
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
8 2011-12 Teen Reading Lounge Session #5 - Plum Borough Community Library
Plum
8 Economic Self Sufficiency in the African-American Community
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
11 Sendak Program Series
Havertown
Humanities Grant
12 Swords, Sex and Surprises in Shakespear's Verona: Scholars In Conversation
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
14 2011-12 Teen Reading Lounge- Bridgeville Public Library
Bridgeville
14 Making Sense of the American Civil War @ Lancaster Public Library #1
Lancaster
15 2011-12 Teen Reading Lounge Session #6 - Plum Borough Community Library
Plum
15 Economic Self Sufficiency in the African-American Community
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
18 Bat Mitzvah Comes of Age
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
18 Bat Mitzvah Comes of Age
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
18 Bat Mitzvah Comes of Age
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
18 Sendak Program Series
Havertown
Humanities Grant
19 Middletown Mondays 2012
Media
Humanities Grant
19 Swords, Sex and Surprises in Shakespear's Verona: Scholars In Conversation
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
20 2011-12 Teen Reading Lounge Session #6 - Hazleton Area Public Library
Hazleton
22 2011-12 Teen Reading Lounge Session #5 - ELANCO Library
New Holland
22 Economic Self Sufficiency in the African-American Community
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
24 The Civil War Project
Bethlehem
Humanities Grant
24 The Civil War Project
Bethlehem
Humanities Grant
25 Making Sense of the American Civil War @ Peters Township Public Library #2
McMurray
25 Bat Mitzvah Comes of Age
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
25 Bat Mitzvah Comes of Age
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
25 Sendak Program Series
Havertown
Humanities Grant
25 Bat Mitzvah Comes of Age
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
26 Swords, Sex and Surprises in Shakespear's Verona: Scholars In Conversation
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
28 Greater Philadelphia Roundtable 2011
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
28 The Civil War Project
Bethlehem
Humanities Grant
29 2011-12 Teen Reading Lounge Session #6 - ELANCO Library
New Holland
29 Economic Self Sufficiency in the African-American Community
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant

April 2012

1 Sendak Program Series
Havertown
Humanities Grant
4 The Civil War Project
Bethlehem
Humanities Grant
5 Economic Self Sufficiency in the African-American Community
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
11 Making Sense of the American Civil War @ Lancaster Public Library #2
Lancaster
11 The Civil War Project
Bethlehem
Humanities Grant
11 1812: Waynesboro and the War - The Impact, the Lifestyle, and the Music
Waynesboro
Humanities Grant
12 The Titanic: A Salute through Dance
Allentown
Commonwealth Speakers
12 Economic Self Sufficiency in the African-American Community
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
13 Civil War Era Music
Meyersdale
Commonwealth Speakers
15 Sendak Program Series
Havertown
Humanities Grant
15 Sendak Program Series
Havertown
Humanities Grant
16 Chocolate: The Pennsylvania Connection
Kempton
Commonwealth Speakers
16 Middletown Mondays 2012
Media
Humanities Grant
18 Cheap 3-Minute Thrills: Darkrides and Funhouses as Genre
Emmaus
Commonwealth Speakers
19 The Civil War Project
Bethlehem
Humanities Grant
20 The Civil War Project
Bethlehem
Humanities Grant
21 The Civil War Project
Bethlehem
Humanities Grant
21 The Civil War Project
Bethlehem
Humanities Grant
22 Sendak Program Series
Philadelphia
Humanities Grant
23 Making Sense of the American Civil War @ Altoona Area Public Library #2
Altoona
26 One Book, One Norristown
Norristown
Humanities Grant
27 Bringing Culturally Diverse Children's Theatre to Our Rural Community through Timeless Stories
Tunkhannock
Humanities Grant
28 Bringing Culturally Diverse Children's Theatre to Our Rural Community through Timeless Stories
Tunkhannock
Humanities Grant
29 Making Sense of the American Civil War @ Peters Township Public Library #3
McMurray
30 Steeltowns, Coalfields and the Unbroken Circle
Johnstown
Commonwealth Speakers

May 2012

2 A Banjo Pickin' Girl
Everett
Commonwealth Speakers
9 Making Sense of the American Civil War @ Lancaster Public Library #3
Lancaster
9 Homegrown Heroes: Pennsylvania Communities in the Civil War
Conshohocken
Commonwealth Speakers
16 Based on the Book: Bestseller Cinema
Swarthmore
Commonwealth Speakers
18 Pennsylvania German Music, Instruments and Dance
Mountainhome
Commonwealth Speakers
20 Making Sense of the American Civil War @ Peters Township Public Library #4
McMurray
21 Middletown Mondays 2012
Media
Humanities Grant
22 Pennsylvania German Music, Instruments and Dance
Macungie
Commonwealth Speakers

June 2012

5 Civil War Era Music
Titusville
Commonwealth Speakers
13 Making Sense of the American Civil War @ Lancaster Public Library #4
Lancaster
21 Reverend Gary Davis: Genius of Piedmont Guitar--An Homage
Waynesburg
Commonwealth Speakers
22 Leonard Bernstein: American Idol, American Idealist
Lansdale
Commonwealth Speakers
22 Bringing Culturally Diverse Children's Theatre to Our Rural Community through Timeless Stories
Tunkhannock
Humanities Grant
23 Bringing Culturally Diverse Children's Theatre to Our Rural Community through Timeless Stories
Tunkhannock
Humanities Grant
24 Making Sense of the American Civil War @ Peters Township Public Library #5
McMurray
25 Making Sense of the American Civil War @ Altoona Area Public Library #3
Altoona
25 Homemade Music in Pennsylvania
Springs
Commonwealth Speakers
30 Homegrown Heroes: Pennsylvania Communities in the Civil War
Reading
Commonwealth Speakers

July 2012

11 Making Sense of the American Civil War @ Lancaster Public Library #5
Lancaster
31 Chocolate: The Pennsylvania Connection
Ephrata
Commonwealth Speakers

October 2012

3 Cheap 3-Minute Thrills: Darkrides and Funhouses as Genre
West Lawn
Commonwealth Speakers
14 Meet General George G. Meade
Muncy
Commonwealth Speakers
19 Bringing Culturally Diverse Children's Theatre to Our Rural Community through Timeless Stories
Tunkhannock
Humanities Grant
20 Bringing Culturally Diverse Children's Theatre to Our Rural Community through Timeless Stories
Tunkhannock
Humanities Grant
22 Making Sense of the American Civil War @ Altoona Area Public Library #5
Altoona

November 2012

15 Leonard Bernstein: American Idol, American Idealist
Yardley
Commonwealth Speakers

August 2012

27 Making Sense of the American Civil War @ Altoona Area Public Library #4
Altoona

Commonwealth Speakers presentations are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities including funds from its We the People initiative on American history.

Humanities Grant projects are supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities including funds from its We the People initiative on American history.

Humanities on the Road episodes are produced in partnership with Pennsylvania Cable Network and supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of its We the People initiative on American history, Library Services and Technology Act funds administered by the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and its Preserving African American Heritage in Pennsylvania funded by a National Park Service Preserve America grant, and Benzel's Bretzel Bakery, Inc.

Live & Learn Weekends are produced in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development's Quest for Freedom network.

Read About It! sessions are supported in part by federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds administered by the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries.

Teen Reading Lounge sessions are supported in part by federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds administered by the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries.