Projects:Humanities on the Road: Season 2 Lineup


Laurel Hill Cemetery is the site for the taping of Lincoln and the Widow Bixby. Photo courtesy of US National Park Service.

Season 2 of Humanities on the Road to tape at cultural venues across Pennsylvania beginning in 2011. Taping dates are TBD.

Taping Dates Organized by Region

Northwestern PA
  • TBD • Debence Antique Music World in Franklin to host Celebrate Pennsylvania! A History in Story and Song with performer Paula Purnell
Southwestern PA
  • TBD • August Wilson Center for African American Culture in Pittsburgh to host The Spirit of Carnival with dance educator Tracie Yorke

  • TBD • Mishler Theater at the Blair County Arts Foundation in Altoona to host Wampums, Wigwams, Warpaths and Dvorak's New World Symphony with conductor and composer Karl Middleman

  • TBD • Rivers of Steel Heritage National Heritage Area in Homestead to host Steeltowns, Coalfields and the Unbroken Circle with folk artist Tom Breiding
South Central PA
  • TBD • Ezra Lehman Memorial Library at Shippensburg University to host The Little Red Schoolhouse with historian Jonathan Zimmerman

  • TBD • Historic Schafferstown to host Hex Signs and Himmelbriefs: PA Germans and the Paranormal at the Alexander Schaeffer farm with curator Candace Perry
Northeastern PA
  • TBD • Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple to host May I Have the Pleasure of This Dance? with dance historians Nancy Walker and Jef Savage
Southeastern PA
  • TBD • The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia to host Rachel Carson and the Nature Discovery Treasure Chest with museum educator Vivienne Shaffer

  • TBD • Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia to host Lincoln and the Widow Bixby with historian Judith Giesberg

  • TBD • National Archives in Philadelphia to host Saluting Camp William Penn with journalist Donald Scott

  • TBD • Temple Sholom in Broomall to host Blacks and Jews on Stage and Screen with dramaturg Warren Hoffman

  • TBD • The Union League of Philadelphia to host Deserter Country: Civil War Opposition in Pennsylvania with historian Robert Sandow

For additional information on Humanities on the Road, contact us at humanitiesontheroad [at] pahumanities [dot] org.


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