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 March2010 Live and Learn - Chambersburg Weekend #1
Chambersburg
April2010 Live and Learn - Harrisburg Weekend #1
Harrisburg
April2010 Live and Learn - Pittsburgh Weekend #1
Pittsburgh
April2010 Live and Learn - Lancaster Weekend #1
Lancaster
Through April"Making it Better: Traditional Arts in Action"
Erie 		Humanities Grant
April2010 Live and Learn - Philadelphia Weekend #1
Philadelphia
June2010 Live and Learn - Harrisburg Weekend #2
Harrisburg
June2010 Live and Learn - Pittsburgh Weekend #2
Pittsburgh
June2010 Live and Learn - Lancaster Weekend #2
Lancaster
June2010 Live and Learn - Chambersburg Weekend #2
Chambersburg
April to June"To Speak Her Heart" Exhibit
Pittsburgh 		Humanities Grant
July2010 Live and Learn - Philadelphia Weekend #2
Philadelphia
May to July"Making it Better: Traditional Arts in Action"
Gettysburg 		Humanities Grant
September2010 Live and Learn - Chambersburg Weekend #3
Chambersburg
October2010 Live and Learn - Harrisburg Weekend #3
Harrisburg
October2010 Live and Learn - Lancaster Weekend #3
Lancaster
October2010 Live and Learn - Philadelphia Weekend #3
philadelphia
September to November"Making it Better: Traditional Arts in Action"
Homestead 		Humanities Grant
May 2011 to August 2011"Making it Better: Traditional Arts in Action"
Doylestown 		Humanities Grant
November 2011 to April 2012"Making it Work: Traditional Arts in Action"
Harrisburg 		Humanities Grant

March 2010

24 "John Updike's Pennsylvania"
Swarthmore 		Commonwealth Speakers
24 Books on Screen
Mansfield 		Read About It!
25 "The Phillies and Their Place in Philadelphia Baseball History"
Feasterville 		Commonwealth Speakers
25 Books on Screen
Murrysville 		Read About It!
27 Pennsylvania Writers
Dalton 		Read About It!
27 "May I Have the Pleasure of this Dance?"
Norristown 		Commonwealth Speakers
27 "Only the Ball Was White"
Chester 		Commonwealth Speakers
30 American Life Stories
Pittsburgh 		Read About It!
30 "Your Home Away from Home: The Tourist, Settler, or Spy"
Clarks Summit 		Humanities Grant

April 2010

1 "Philadelphia-Area Women in the 20th Century: What Do We Know, and What Do We Need to Know?"
Philadelphia 		Humanities Grant
8 Detecting Women
Canonsburg 		Read About It!
10 "Can't Tell a Lie, Peach Cobbler Pie!"
Harrisburg 		Humanities on the Road
14 Books on Screen
Johnsonburg 		Read About It!
15 "Steeltowns, Coalfields and The Unbroken Circle"
Somerset 		Commonwealth Speakers
15 "Phillies and Their Place in Philadelphia Baseball History"
West Chester 		Commonwealth Speakers
20 American Life Stories
Pittsburgh 		Read About It!
20 Pennsylvania Writers
Hastings 		Read About It!
21 Facts in Fiction: The Civil War Era
Kittanning 		Read About It!
22 Books on Screen
Murrysville 		Read About It!
22 "Imagining Philadelphia’s Future: The Plans and the Realities"
Philadelphia 		Humanities Grant
23 Steeltowns, Coalfields and the Unbroken Circle
Springdale 		Commonwealth Speakers
24 Pennsylvania Writers
Dalton 		Read About It!
24 "Shakespeare's Daughters"
Oil City 		Commonwealth Speakers
24 Rachel Carson, Pennsylvania and the Nature Discovery Treasure Chest
Gallitzen 		Commonwealth Speakers
25 "To Speak Her Heart" Artist Lecture
Pittsburgh 		Humanities Grant
25 "The Pennsylvania German Groundhog Lodges"
Pennsburg 		Humanities on the Road
26 "The Music of World War II"
Johnstown 		Commonwealth Speakers
27 "The End: Authorship, Nostalgia and the Beatles"
Latrobe 		Commonwealth Speakers
27 "Your Home Away from Home: The Tourist, Settler, or Spy"
Clarks Summit 		Humanities Grant
28 Books on Screen
Mansfield 		Read About It!
28 Western Pennsylvania During the American Revolution
Emporium 		Commonwealth Speakers
29 Detecting Women
Canonsburg 		Read About It!

May 2010

1 Facts in Fiction: The Civil War Era
Butler 		Read About It!
2 Blacks and Jews on Stage and Screen
Broomall 		Commonwealth Speakers
2 Sevdalinka: A Musical Tour of Bosnia
Erie 		Commonwealth Speakers
2 "Alive to the Call: Women and History of Northeastern Pennsylvania"
Tunkhannock 		Humanities on the Road
4 Pennsylvania Writers
Hastings 		Read About It!
4 "The Messinger's Motives: How Media Works"
Pittsburgh 		Commonwealth Speakers
6 Facts in Fiction: The Civil War Era
Butler 		Read About It!
6 "The Humanities Challenge: Building the Future"
Philadelphia
8 "Alive to the Call: Women and History in Northeastern Pennsylvania"
Troy 		Commonwealth Speakers
9 "To Speak Her Heart" Mother's Day Event
Pittsburgh 		Humanities Grant
10 "The City Lights of Charlie Chaplin and Woody Allen"
Wayne 		Commonwealth Speakers
11 "Philadelphia’s Black Attorneys: Not Just Lawyers, But “Social Engineers”
Philadelphia 		Humanities Grant
12 "The Phillies and Their Place in Philadelphia Baseball History"
Allentown 		Commonwealth Speakers
12 Books on Screen
Johnsonburg 		Read About It!
13 "Francis Slocum: Child of Two Americas"
Lewistown 		Commonwealth Speakers
14 "African Arts of the Yoruba Diaspora"
Gettysburg 		Commonwealth Speakers
15 "Western Pennsylvania During the American Revolution"
Greensburg 		Commonwealth Speakers
17 The Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania
Mount Joy 		Commonwealth Speakers
18 "Can't Tell A Lie, Peach Cobbler Pie!"
Yeadon 		Commonwealth Speakers
18 American Life Stories
Pittsburgh 		Read About It!
19 Facts in Fiction: The Civil War Era
Kittanning 		Read About It!
20 Mexican Identity in the XXI Century
Gettysburg 		Commonwealth Speakers
20 "Franklin Delano Rooselvelt: Paradox of Leadership"
Broomall 		Commonwealth Speakers
20 "John Updike's Pennsylvania"
Scranton 		Humanities on the Road
22 Pennsylvania Writers
Dalton 		Read About It!
22 "Pennsylvania German Music, Dance and Instruments"
Kempton 		Humanities on the Road
25 "Your Home Away from Home: The Tourist, Settler, or Spy"
Clarks Summit 		Humanities Grant
26 Books on Screen
Mansfield 		Read About It!
27 Books on Screen
Murrysville 		Read About It!
27 Detecting Women
Canonsburg 		Read About It!

June 2010

2 Steeltowns, Coalfields and the Unbroken Circle
McKeesport 		Commonwealth Speakers
3 "American Indian Cultures in the 21st Century"
Philadelphia 		Humanities on the Road
6 "Saluting Camp William Penn"
Schwenksville 		Commonwealth Speakers
8 "Lenape Foodways"
Yardley 		Commonwealth Speakers
9 "The Phillies and Their Place in Philadelphia Baseball History"
Harleysville 		Commonwealth Speakers
10 "Blacks and Jews on Stage and Screen"
Wyomissing 		Commonwealth Speakers
10 The 1863 Gettysburg Civilians
Lewisburg 		Commonwealth Speakers
10 "My Name is Oney Judge"
Philadelphia 		Humanities on the Road
17 "Hex Signs and Himmelsbriefs: Pennsylvania Germans and the Paranormal"
Kulpsville 		Commonwealth Speakers
17 "On the Nose: Pinocchio's Life Lessons"
Bethlehem 		Humanities Grant
18 "The Music of World War II"
Towanda 		Commonwealth Speakers
18 "Can't Tell A Lie, Peach Cobbler Pie!"
Mt. Gretna 		Commonwealth Speakers
19 "African Arts of the Yoruba Diaspora"
Pittsburgh 		Humanities on the Road
19 "Can't Tell A Lie, Peach Cobbler Pie!"
Honesdale 		Commonwealth Speakers
22 "Can't Tell A Lie, Peach Cobbler Pie!"
Gettysburg 		Commonwealth Speakers
23 "On the Nose: Pinocchio's Life Lessons"
Bethlehem 		Humanities Grant
24 "Can't Tell A Lie, Peach Cobbler Pie!"
Philadelphia 		Commonwealth Speakers
24 "On the Nose: Pinocchio's Life Lessons"
Bethlehem 		Humanities Grant
24 "The (R)evolution of Nancy Drew"
Wilkes-Barre 		Humanities on the Road
26 "Teenie Harris' Photographs and Black Pittsburgh"
Pittsburgh 		Humanities on the Road
29 "Your Home Away from Home: The Tourist, Settler, or Spy"
Clarks Summit 		Humanities Grant
30 "On the Nose: Pinocchio's Life Lessons"
Bethlehem 		Humanities Grant
30 "Thaddeus Stevens: The Politics of Freedom"
Harrisburg 		Humanities on the Road

July 2010

7 A Banjo Pickin's Girl
Wayne 		Commonwealth Speakers
8 "Pennsylvania Environmental History: From Earth Day 1970 to Global Warming"
Stevens 		Commonwealth Speakers
8 "On the Nose: Pinocchio's Life Lessons"
Bethlehem 		Humanities Grant
8 "The Black Mozart: Joesph Boulogna Chevalier de Saint-Georges"
Philadelphia 		Humanities on the Road
14 "On the Nose: Pinocchio's Life Lessons"
Bethlehem 		Humanities Grant
28 Hex Signs and Himmelsbriefs: Pennsylvania Germans and the Paranormal
Gilbertsville 		Commonwealth Speakers

August 2010

8 "A Banjo Pickin' Girl"
Oil City 		Commonwealth Speakers
8 "Housekeeping Out of Doors: Pennsylvania Women and Conservation"
Wyomissing 		Commonwealth Speakers
20 "Jefferson's Daughters"
Cresco 		Commonwealth Speakers
21 "Celebrate Pennsylvania! A History in Story and Song"
Confluence 		Commonwealth Speakers
29 "Northern Pennsylvania Stonewall History, Tradition and Restoration"
Clifford Township 		Commonwealth Speakers

September 2010

11 The End: Authorship, Nostalgia and the Beatles
Reading 		Commonwealth Speakers
15 "Can't Tell A Lie, Peach Cobbler Pie!"
Pittsburgh 		Commonwealth Speakers
30 The Black Mozart: Joseph Boulogna Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Oil City 		Commonwealth Speakers

October 2010

5 "Celebrate Pennsylvania! A History in Story and Song"
Meyersdale 		Commonwealth Speakers

September 2010

17 2010 Live and Learn - Pittsburgh Weekend #3
Pittsburgh

April 2010

30 "Living the Tradition: Ballads for Now"
Lansdale 		Commonwealth Speakers

May 2010

23 "Ukrainian Immigration to the Coal Region of Northeastern Pennsylvania"
West Pittston 		Commonwealth Speakers

June 2010

18 The Phillies and Their Place in Philadelphia Baseball History
Hatboro 		Commonwealth Speakers
19 My Name Is Oney Judge
Washington Crossing 		Commonwealth Speakers

July 2010

20 "Can't Tell A Lie, Peach Cobbler Pie!"
Dunmore 		Commonwealth Speakers

September 2010

20 A Banjo Pickin' Girl
Springs 		Commonwealth Speakers


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

Commonwealth Speakers presentations are supported in part by the following sponsors: the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, the National Endowment for the Humanities including funds from its We the People initiative on American history, federal Library Services and Technology Act funds administered by the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries and Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania.

Read About It! sessions are supported in part by Library Services and Technology Act funds administered by the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of its We the People initiative on American history and Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania.