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

July"American Indian Living History Celebration"
Point Merion 		Our Stories, Our Future
Through August"Chinatown In/flux: Future Landscape" exhibition
Philadelphia 		Humanities Grant
August"Exploring the History and Artistry of Fraktur"
Harleysville 		Humanities Grant
Through September"Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania"
Philadelphia 		Humanities Grant
Through October"An Enduring Gaze: The Portraits of Cumberland County"
Carlisle 		Humanities Grant
Through December"Harmony in Wood"
Ambridge 		Humanities Grant
September to December"Day of the Dead Exhibit"
Scranton 		Humanities Grant

July 2009

8 "Show me the Franklins! Remembering the Ancestors, Slavery and Benjamin Franklin"
Philadelphia 		Humanities Grant
9 "Songs of the Labor Movement"
Cranberry 		Commonwealth Speakers
10 "Old Buildings for Young People"
Pittsburgh 		Commonwealth Speakers
19 Studio Workshop, "Burned, Turned and Colored"
Pittsburgh 		Humanities Grant
19 "Floral and Garden Imagery in Pennsylvania German Decorative Arts"
Gilbertsville 		Commonwealth Speakers
21 "Brazilian Music and Jazz"
Brockway 		Commonwealth Speakers
23 Film Premiere of "Concrete, Steel and Paint"
Philadelphia 		Humanities Grant
24 "Civil War Era Music"
Clifford 		Commonwealth Speakers
24 "Top Hats and Lace Dancers with Music by Tom Jolin"
Clifford 		Humanities Grant
25 "Civil War Living Historians"
Clifford 		Humanities Grant
25 "Pennsylvania Mountain Voices"
Barnesville 		Commonwealth Speakers
25 "Civil War Era Music"
Benton 		Commonwealth Speakers
28 "America's Game and the Culture of a Nation"
Lititz 		Commonwealth Speakers
30 "The Faces of the Civil War"
McMurray 		Commonwealth Speakers
31 "Ragtime Jazz and Stride Blues"
Wayne 		Commonwealth Speakers

August 2009

15 "Debate between John Brown and Frederick Douglass"
Chambersburg 		Humanities Grant
15 "Quincy Village - Dinner with Frederick Douglass and John Brown"
Chambersburg 		Humanities Grant
28 "From Page to Stage"
Elizabeth 		Commonwealth Speakers

September 2009

4 "Community, Sprawl and Taxes"
Lehighton 		Commonwealth Speakers
4 Live and Learn - Erie
Erie
5 "Rhythms and Rhymes of American Folk Music"
Hamburg 		Commonwealth Speakers
5 Live and Learn - Erie
TBD
6 "Jenny Wade's Bad Reputation"
Philadelphia 		Commonwealth Speakers
8 "How the Circus Helped Folks During the Great Depression"
Cranberry Township 		Commonwealth Speakers
9 "Intro to the Middle East"
Harleysville 		Humanities Grant
10 "Pennsylvania Mountain Voices"
Emporium 		Commonwealth Speakers
11 Live and Learn - Pittsburgh
Blairsville
11 "Concrete, Steel and Paint"
Philadelphia 		Humanities Grant
11 "How the Circus Helped Folks During the Depression"
Sewickley 		Commonwealth Speakers
12 Live and Learn - Pittsburgh
Blairsville
15 "The Music, Dance & Instruments of the Pennsylvania Germans"
Souderton 		Commonwealth Speakers
17 "Travelin' on the Main Line Canal"
Hollidaysburg 		Commonwealth Speakers
18 "Pennsylania's Vanished Industries in Post Office Art"
Cresco 		Commonwealth Speakers
19 "Based on the Book: Best-Seller Cinema"
Berwick 		Commonwealth Speakers
22 "Stories of Famous Escapes from Pennsylvania's Underground Railroad"
Broomall 		Commonwealth Speakers
23 "The Intractable Arab/Palestinian Conflict"
Harleysville 		Humanities Grant
26 "Alive to the Call: Women and History in Northeastern Pennsylvania"
Beachlake 		Commonwealth Speakers
26 "Reminiscing with a Pennsylvania Officer About the Civil War"
Greensburg 		Commonwealth Speakers
27 "Re-Imagining Mary Magdalene"
Philadelphia 		Commonwealth Speakers

October 2009

1 "Pennsylvania Mountain Voices"
Bellefonte 		Commonwealth Speakers
10 "From the Shores of Tripoli to the Banks of Euphrates: US & Middle East"
Harleysville 		Humanities Grant
13 Laflin Book Discussion Group
Laflin 		Humanities Grant
15 "Women in Russia Today"
Harleysville 		Humanities Grant
16 "Alive to the Call: Women and History in Northeastern Pennsylvania"
Towanda 		Commonwealth Speakers
16 Live and Learn - Lancaster
Lancaster
17 Live and Learn - Lancaster
Lancaster
18 "Singin' on the Rails"
Portage 		Commonwealth Speakers
18 "Seeing Your History Through the 21st Century"
Johnstown 		Commonwealth Speakers
18 "Pennsylvania German Riflemen on the Frontier and in the Revolution"
Wyomissing 		Commonwealth Speakers
20 "The Underground Railroad in Quilts?"
Fort Washington 		Commonwealth Speakers
23 Live and Learn - Philadelphia
Philadelphia
24 Live and Learn - Philadelphia
Philadelphia

November 2009

4 "Terrorism and Counter Terrorism"
Harleysville 		Humanities Grant
10 "Andy Warhol and His Critics"
Morton 		Commonwealth Speakers
10 Laflin Book Discussion Group
Laflin 		Humanities Grant
13 Live and Learn - Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
14 Live and Learn - Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
18 "Iron Clads, Elevated Railroads and Portland Cement: The Genius of Jose de Navarro."
Whitehall 		Commonwealth Speakers
19 "A World on Fire: George Washington's Military Career in PA"
Beaver Falls 		Commonwealth Speakers
20 "Drawn to the Northern Climes: Arctic Exploration and the Delaware Valley"
Phoenixville 		Commonwealth Speakers
20 "The Music, Dance and Instruments of the Pennsylvania Germans"
Kutztown 		Commonwealth Speakers
26 "Drawn to the Northern Climes"
Kennett Square 		Commonwealth Speakers

December 2009

8 Laflin Book Discussion Group
Laflin 		Humanities Grant

January 2010

12 Laflin Book Discussion Group
Laflin 		Humanities Grant
22 "SUPERGIRL! Panel Discussion"
Philadelphia 		Humanities Grant

February 2010

9 Laflin Book Discussion Group
Laflin 		Humanities Grant


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.