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| Jan 29th, 2012 (Sun) -- Feb 4th, 2012 (Sat) |
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SEEKS OBJECTS FOR NEW TV SERIES
America's Lost Treasures, a new television series from National Geographic, is searching the country for objects that tell the story of our History! We are coming to Delaware the week of January 29, 2012. Do you have a Civil War era musket? Letters or documents from the founding fathers? Ancient Native
American artifacts, antique musical instruments, or pop-culture collectibles? If you've got a prized family heirloom, or found object, with a connection to history and a great story to tell, National Geographic may offer up to $10,000 to display your piece in a special year-long exhibit of America's National
Treasures.
Not sure if your item is the real deal? You'll have the opportunity to bring it down to the Winterthur Museum, and have it examined by experts to find out how your piece fits in to the rich tapestry of American history.
If you have something that relates to a person, place, or event that you think may have historical significance contact us ASAP as space is limited! Email us today to find out if you have one of America's Lost Treasures! AmericasNationalTreasures@gmail.com Or, submit an item today via: www.natgeotv.com/losttreasures
Winterthur Museum, Wilmington, DE |
| Feb 1st, 2012 (Wed) |
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
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Tanner After Hours
One of the first African American students at the PAFA, Henry Ossawa Tanner broke boundaries and centuries of tradition, moving beyond race and religious icons to express a very modern, universal view of spirituality. Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit brings together more than 100 paintings, drawings, photographs, prints and sculptures in a visual journey that won’t be seen again in a generation. Also visit companion exhibition After Henry Tanner: African American Artists since 1940 during these extended evening hours.
FREE
Penna. Academy of the Fine Arts, Hamilton Building, 128 N. Broad St. |
| Feb 1st, 2012 (Wed) |
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
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Ed Bacon Awards Ceremony & Reception
Honoring Janette Sadik-Khan and the winners of the 2011 Ed Bacon Student Design Competition
Join the Center for Architecture as it presents awards for both its annual Ed Bacon Student Design Competition and its Edmund N. Bacon Prize, this year presented to Janette Sadik-Khan, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation.
For this year's competition, students were asked to re-imagine the I-95 transportation corridor on the eastern edge of Philadelphia. Over 57 entries were received from around the world, with ideas that ranged from burying I-95 to demolishing I-95, to relocating I-95 to the middle of the Delaware River! See these and many more proposals at our awards ceremony and reception.
This year's Edmund N. Bacon Prize winner, Ms. Sadik-Khan, has implemented an ambitious program to improve safety, mobility and sustainability throughout New York City.
$75 General Public; $50 AIA/CFA Members; $25 Students (w valid ID)
To purchase tickets, click here.
Philadelphia Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street, Philadelphia
http://philadelphiacfa.org/events.php |
| Feb 5th, 2012 (Sun) |
2:00 PM |
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Celebrate Charles Dickens' 200th Birthday in Clark Park
The novelist's 200th birthday will be celebrated with music, dramatic readings, and tasty treats. Sponsored by Friends of Clark Park, in honor of the famous statue of Dickens that has graced the park since 1901. Jared ReedBritish folksinger David Jones will kick off the party with a medley of songs popular in England during the time of Dickens. Curio Theatre's Jared Reed will perform a scene from his adaptation of A Christmas Carol. The Kingsessing Morris Dancers, first place winners in the comic division at the 2012 Mummers Parade, will offer a sampling of English morris dancing. Also appearing will be Frank Chance, Ceil Mann, and Curio Theatre's Paul Kuhn with selected readings from David Copperfield, The Pickwick Papers, and Great Expectations.
Dickens was a literary superstar when the neighborhoods of West Philadelphia were developed with new housing, schools, and parks. The bronze Dickens was installed in Clark Park in 1901 and for over a century it was the only Dickens statue in the world, due to the novelist's request that no memorials or statues were to be erected in his honor. West Philadelphians meet annually on or near his birthday to commemorate the statue's special role in literary history.
Free
Griffith Hall at USciences, 43rd St and Kingsessing Ave (across the street from Clark Park)
http://www.universitycity.org/outside-events/celebrate-charles-dickens-200th-birthday-clark-park |
| Feb 6th, 2012 (Mon) |
6:30 PM |
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Architecture in Film
This series, which screens films that explore ideas and themes on architecture and architects, is hosted by John DeFazio, AIA (Architect & Associate Professor @ Drexel University) and Nick Groch, Assoc. AIA. Discussion is encouraged.
Join us before every film at 6:30pm for a wine and cheese reception and introduction to the film. Film screening starts at 7:15.
$5 Suggested donation at the door.
The schedule for the 2012 season is as follows:
Monday, February 6 - Mon Oncle (1958, Jacques Tati)
Monday, March 5 - The Architecture of Doom (1999, Peter Cohen)
Monday, April 2 - Strangers When We Meet (1960, Richard Quine)
Monday, May 7 - Philip Johnson: Diary of an Eccentric Architect (1996, Barbara Wolf) + selected short films by Charles & Ray Eames (1945-1970, Charles & Ray Eames)
Monday, June 4 - Brazil (1985, Terry Gilliam)
Philadelphia Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street, Philadelphia
philadelphiacfa.org |
| Feb 7th, 2012 (Tue) |
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
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"Visibly Invisible"
"Our Gadgets, Our Identities" with Regina Lee Blaszczyk Take a whirlwind tour of 150 years of consumer culture. Learn the hidden meanings and connections of everyday things- from the Victorian parlour, to cars and radios, to the I-want-it-now culture of Apple, Facebook, and Twitter.
Free, but seating is limited |
| Feb 8th, 2012 (Wed) |
6:00 PM |
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PhillyCAM Public Access TV Grand Opening
Join us to celebrate the opening of Philadelphia's first ever public access television station! Tour our new facility and learn how you can take advantage of all PhillyCAM has to offer the residents, non-profits and community based organizations of Philadelphia. Meet the activists who made this historic victory a reality and the team who brought the vision to life. Live music, refreshments and PhillyCAM's very first live television production from our new studios
699 Ranstead Street, Philadelphia, PA
https://phillycam.org/content/grand-opening |
| Feb 9th, 2012 (Thu) |
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
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LOOKING IN PHILADELPHIA
This panel brings together multiple and new perspectives on Philadelphia's spaces, as they are imagined, lived, and reborn. It features:
--Mary Seton Corboy, co-founder of Greensgrow Farms, the nationally recognized leader in urban farming. Greensgrow Farms comprises a nursery, a farm stand, and a 600-member Community Supported Agriculture program, all housed on one acre in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, the former site of a galvanized steel plant.
--Dr. Amy Hillier, Assistant Professor in City and Regional Planning in Penn's School of Design. Professor Hillier's research applies geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis methods to housing and health topics. She directs the Mapping the Du Bois Philadelphia Negro, a curriculum, research, and outreach project aimed at recreating W.E.B. Du Bois' 1896 foot survey of downtown Philadelphia using GIS.
--Dr. Rickie Sanders, Professor of Geography/Urban Studies at Temple University. Professor Sanders' research centers on issues of gender, race, and class in geography education. Her photography of the city was featured in a recent exhibit, "Images of the City: An Exploration of Geographic Concepts on the Urban Landscape".
The panel will be moderated by Kenneth Finkel, Distinguished Lecturer in Temple's American Studies Program.
Temple Gallery will be displaying a range of artworks, artifacts, and city planning materials to complement the discussion.
Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, 2001 North 13th Street, Suite 110Philadelphia
www.temple.edu/tyler/exhibitions |
| Feb 9th, 2012 (Thu) |
5:30 PM |
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Weeknights at the Wagner: What's Love Got To Do With It?
What's Love Got To Do With It? Fertilization Imagery in the Art of Gustav Klimt, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
An illustrated presentation by Dr. Scott Gilbert, Swarthmore College
How does an artist paint love? Many people use hearts and flowers, but a few unconventional artists depicted cells and embryos. This talk looks at the work of Gustav Klimt, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, each of whom used the language of modern science to speak about love, politics and society.
http://www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org/ |
| Feb 11th, 2012 (Sat) |
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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Preserving Pennsylvania: A Workshop for Communities
Preservation Pennsylvania partners with the PHMC, PennDOT and the Delaware County Planning Department to host a workshop
Registration will begin at 8:30am. In the event of inclement weather, the workshop will be held Saturday, February 25, 2012.
Details/registration: paprojectpath.org
Government Center Building, Delaware County Council Meeting Room, 201 W. Front Street, Media, PA |
| Feb 11th, 2012 (Sat) -- Feb 14th, 2012 (Tue) |
8:00 PM |
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Valentine's Ghost Tour of Society Hill
The tour includes a candlelight stroll through Society Hill and a tour of the Powel House, a haunted colonial-era mansion. A portion of proceeds benefits the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks.
With tales of love, loss, scandal and betrayal about famous scoundrels and socialites, the Valentine's Ghost Tour is a unique and memorable way for guests to mark the passing of Valentine's Day. The 75 minute walking tour, led by a costumed guide, explores Philly's lovelorn past by candlelight, including stops at the Physick House, St. Peter's Church Cemetery and Old Pine Church Cemetery, and entry to the Powel House, long believed to be one of the most haunted sites in Society Hill. Guests will hear some of Philly's most haunting love stories and see where their ghosts were left behind.
$18 (ages 13 and up only)
Advanced tickets sales: 215-413-1997 or www.ghosttour.com
Departs from the Powel House, 244 S. 3rd St. |
| Feb 16th, 2012 (Thu) |
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM |
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DISCOVER THE HIDDEN AND FORGOTTEN WATERWAYS OF PHILADELPHIA
As you walk on many of Philadelphia's sidewalks, beneath your feet is a hidden world of streams that once crisscrossed the city. Join us for a fascinating illustrated lecture by Adam Levine which will include rare artworks and artifacts drawn from the archives of the Philadelphia Water Department that will uncover part of Philadelphia's history that few people ever think about - the drastic changes made in Philadelphia's landscape since its founding in 1682. Historian and archivist Adam Levine has been digging into the history of the city's sewers and drainage systems since 1998, and his talk will focus on the systematic obliteration of hundreds of miles of surface streams. Buried deep underground in pipes as large as 20 feet in diameter, these former streams - some of which had watersheds that covered thousands of acres - became main drainage arteries in the city's 3,000 mile sewer system. These massive alterations to the landscape, undertaken over two centuries, have environmental repercussions that are still being felt today. This lecture is guaranteed to reveal a side of the Philadelphia you have never seen, and change the way you think about our sprawling urban environment.
FREE, but registration required: http://waterwaysofphilly-adamlevine.eventbrite.com/
Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, 2001 North 13th Street, Suite 110Philadelphia
www.temple.edu/tyler/exhibitions |
| Feb 18th, 2012 (Sat) |
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
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New Trails in the Schuylkill Highlands Walking Tour
A new trail is under development linking the Schuylkill River Trail with the Horse-Shoe Trail in French Creek State Park. Join us for an exploratory walk in the recently acquired parkland linking these two
key areas of open space and forest in the Schuylkill Highlands. Our walk will feature a climb up from the Schuylkill River Trail to a magnificent view all across the Schuylkill Valley. We’ll have a picnic lunch out on the trail, and conclude the day’s adventure over a warm dinner with a discussion of trails and conservation in the Schuylkill Highlands.
$30
Pre-registration required: 215-879-8159 or friends@philaparks.org to register
Click here for more information |
| Feb 18th, 2012 (Sat) |
1:00 PM |
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Freedom Bound: African American Women in 18th and 19th Century Philadelphia
Lecture by Erica Armstrong Dunbar examining the rocky road to emancipation experienced by African American women in the 18th and 19th century urban North. Tours of Stenton will follow the talk.
Free, but reservations requested: 215.329.7312
Stenton, 4601 N. 18th St. |
| Feb 21st, 2012 (Tue) |
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
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"Visibly Invisible"
"Hide and Seek" with Thaddeus Squire A guided trip through the secrets of our popular culture. Visit the prison fantasies of Piranesi, look thru Mayan drawings, hear the stories hidden behind Indiana Jones, Restoration Hardware, online gamming, "ruin porn" and then some.
Free, but seating is limited
CBS Hall/Hamilton Building, The University of the Arts, 320 S. Broad St., Philadelphia PA |
| Feb 23rd, 2012 (Thu) |
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
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Honoring Black History Month with the Alice Paul Institute
Dr. Natanya Duncan discusses African American women activists of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, who challenged notions of domesticity and “true womanhood” in the 1920’s and 30’s.
$10
www.alicepaul.org
Paulsdale, 128 Hooton Rd., Mount Laurel, NJ |
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A Guide’s View of Philadelphia
From the prominent to the obscure, from colonial houses to Center City skyscrapers-this 9-session course offered by the Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT), covers Philadelphia history, sites, architecture, sculpture and noted residents. Experienced APT guides will also share fascinating behind-the-scenes lore and anecdotes which have earned them recognition as among America's best tour guides.
Full lecture and workshop series $150.00; Individual evening lectures $25
20% discount for members of Landmarks or Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT); 30% discount for groups of 5 or more (for tour companies). Send check payable to the Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides for the "Guides Course" to J. Del Conner, APT Treasurer, Guides Course, c/o Landmarks, 321 South 4th St. Philadelphia, PA 19106.
If you plan to become a certified professional guide through the APT, you must attend all seven lectures and BOTH guiding techniques workshops, as well as pass the appropriate basic qualifying test to become either a Philadelphia City-wide Guide or a Historic District Guide. Certification Test will be conducted on April 16.
More information: Edward A. Mauger 215-627-8680 or philaonfoot@gmail.com
February 27 Introduction and Philadelphia Overview
6:00-6:30 Welcome, Brandi Levine/ Intro Bob Skiba
6:30-9:30 Three Centuries of Philadelphia in Architecture, Kenneth Hinde
March 5 William Penn, the Lenapes and the Frontier City
6:00-6:30 The Early Colony, Del Connor
6:30-8:30 William Penn and the Quakers, Nancy Webster
8:45-9:30 Arch St. Meeting, Nancy Gibbs
March 12 Franklin's Philadelphia
6:00-9:30 Dr. George Boudreau, author of Independence: A Guide to Historic Philadelphia (Book will be available for a discounted purchase.)
March 19 The Revolutionary and Federal Capital
6:00-8:15 Dr. Andrew Shankman, author of Crucible of American Democracy: Jeffersonian Pennsylvania
8:30-9:30 Joe Becton, Consultant, master guide, re-enactor
March 26 The Athens of America/The Industrial Powerhouse
6:00-9:30 Dr. Charlene Mires, author, Independence Hall in Memory, co-editor, Philadelphia Encyclopedia
April 2 The Civil War, Centennial and the Gilded Age
6:00-9:30 Dr. Jeffrey Cohen, senior lecturer, Bryn Mawr
April 9 The 20th Century City/Center City/Philly's Future
6:00-6:30 City of Visitors, Meryl Levitz, President and CEO GPTMC
6:30-8:30 The Twentieth Century City
8:30-9:30 Philly's Future, Alan Greenberger, Deputy Mayor
Guide Techniques Workshops cover everything from developing a tour narrative to managing a tour group - 1:00 - 3:00pm:
Sunday, March 25: Guiding Techniques Workshop I
Sunday, April 1: Guiding Techniques Workshop II
Individuals may take the entire course or attend individual sessions for personal enrichment.
Location for all events: Physick House, 321 S. Fourth St.
http://www.phillyguides.org/ |
| Feb 27th, 2012 (Mon) |
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM |
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African-American Life and Labor in the White House Neighborhood
In 2010, the White House Historical Association assumed management of the historic Decatur House on Lafayette Square. Plans call for the property to be reestablished as the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History at Decatur House. Renovations of the property are ongoing, with a proposed opening in 2013. The new Center will encompass not only programs and research on the history of the President’s House, but extend its reach to historic Lafayette Square.
The property at H Street and Jackson Place includes a two-story structure that was built as a work and living space for enslaved African Americans. Over the course of the building’s life, it also housed free African American and white servants that supported the various owners of the house until the 1950s. The association is conducting new research, and is interested in promoting work by scholars outside the organization, on themes that enhance understanding of the community in the President’s neighborhood.
St. John’s Church is well known for opening its doors to the local community. This is evidenced early on by the 19th-century St. John’s register noting numerous baptisms and marriages of African Americans, free and enslaved. We are grateful to our friends at St. John’s for sharing their beautiful and historic space with us.
Free and open to the public • Registration required
http://www.whitehousehistory.org/event/
St. John’s Church on Lafayette Square, 16th and H Streets NW, Washington, D.C. (1525 H Street NW) |
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