| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Uncle Sam's Trail to IndependencePresented by Uncle Sam's Philadelphia Tours August 9, 2010 - Ongoing Our walking tour of historic Philadelphia follows the very same roadways where many fought for independence. Experience numerous sites and stories that were a special part of Philadelphia as Washington, Jefferson, Hancock, Adams, Franklin, Lee and so many others worked a course to the birth of a new nation. | Uncle Sam's Philadelphia Tours | 08/09/10-
Ongoing | Philadelphia |
Woodford Mansion Guided ToursPresented by Woodford Mansion & Naomi Wood Antiques Collection July 25, 2011 - Ongoing Located in Philadelphia’s historic and picturesque Fairmount Park, Woodford Mansion tells the story of Colonial Philadelphia, American Patriots, British Loyalists, immigrants, merchants and some of the city’s most influential citizens. The 18th-century Colonial mansion is one of the most elegant survivors of the group of early country estates which were built along the Schuylkill River. Woodford is recognized as a National Historic Landmark for its architectural and... | Woodford Mansion & Naomi Wood Antiques Collection | 07/25/11-
Ongoing | Philadelphia |
Mercer Irish FestPresented by Trenton Irish Heritage Association September 8, 2012 The Trenton Irish Heritage Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that presents several events throughout the year. One of their biggest, most successful fundraising events last year was the Mercer Irish Fest. The 2012 festival will feature live musical performances, live dance performances, cultural teaching in the cultural center, as well as food and gift vendors and much more. | Trenton Irish Heritage Association | 09/08/12 | Windsor |
De Pueblo a Pueblo: A Celebration of Mexican Culture in Venues throughout PhiladelphiaPresented by Philadelphia's Magic Gardens at Various Locations April 27-June 16, 2012 De Pueblo a Pueblo (From Town to Town) is an eight-week celebration in Spring 2012 that will honor our local Mexican community by promoting greater understanding of traditional arts, language, and history of our southern neighbors. The citywide festival will connect this growing population and their customs with a broader Philadelphia audience.
This festival will kick off with the opening reception for Echele Ganas: Do Your Best, a photographic exhibition featuring the... | Philadelphia's Magic Gardens | 04/27/12-
06/16/12 | |
Pennsylvania Guild Fine Craft FairPresented by Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen at Montgomery County Community College October 20-October 21, 2012 Soak in the beauty of autumn while shopping handmade inspiration at our most intimate show of the year, 60 booths inside and 20+ booths outside create the perfect mix for your day. Now in its 30th year, the Fall Fine Craft Fair is the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen’s most popular outdoor/indoor festival. The 2012 fair features thousands of designs from independent American artists including furniture, clothing, jewelry, sculpture, and fine art. The Guild is known for uniting... | Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen | 10/20/12-
10/21/12 | Blue Bell |
La TraviataPresented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute August 12, 2012 Performed at the Opera Festival St. Margarethen in Austria
(NR) HD digital
d. Rudi Dolezal, Hannes Rossacher, Robert Herzl
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by Ernst Märzendorfer
Starring Kristiane Kaiser, Magdalena Anna Hofmann, Jean-François Borras
First performed in 1853, Giuseppe Verdi’s classic tale of love and loss in Paris sparkles in pristine HD. Beautifully staged by Robert Herzl, this dazzling production,... | Bryn Mawr Film Institute | 08/12/12 | Bryn Mawr |
Aida Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute June 18, 2012 Performed at the Opera Festival St. Margarethen in Austria
(NR) HD digital
d. Robert Herzl
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by Ernst Märzendorfer
Starring Eszter Sümegi, Kostadin Andreev, Cornelia Helfricht
Recorded live in HD at the Opera Festival St. Margarethen, Verdi’s masterful classic of forbidden love between Egyptian leader Radames and Ethiopian princess Aida is presented in extravagant fashion. Packed with live... | Bryn Mawr Film Institute | 06/18/12 | Bryn Mawr |
NabuccoPresented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 22, 2012 Performed at the Opera Festival St. Margarethen in Austria
(NR) HD digital
d. Hannes Rossacher and Robert Herzl
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by Ernst Märzendorfer
Starring Igor Morosow, Bruno Ribeiro, Simon Yang
A tale of love and betrayal, Nabucco, King of Babylon, conquers neighboring Jews and forces them into exile while dealing with familial troubles. Premiering in 1842, Nabucco marks a high point in Giuseppe Verdi’s... | Bryn Mawr Film Institute | 07/22/12 | Bryn Mawr |
Potting in Place - Clay Making Intensive WorkshopPresented by Events at Cheltenham Center for the Arts June 9-June 30, 2012 Pennsylvania is not only a rich and vibrant place for ceramic artists and clay culture, but is also the source of some rich clay deposits that allow you to create 100% handmade work!
Willi Singleton is a knowledgeable advocate of locavore artistry, and offers this workshop in which students will connect clay and glaze making with the local environment – learning to make pots from materials harvested in and near Berks County.
June 9th: Class will meet at Pine... | Events | 06/09/12-
06/30/12 | Cheltenham |
Poplar Culture: The Celebration of a TreePresented by Wharton Esherick Museum at Historic Yellow Springs May 21-June 10, 2012 The show features the work of more than 40 contemporary woodworkers honoring famed wood artist Wharton Esherick with pieces crafted from a single tulip poplar tree that stood outside the door of Esherick’s Chester County studio.
Works on display vary from large pieces of furniture to small spoons; all are available for purchase during the show. Collectors will have an opportunity to own a piece of the studio’s history by purchasing these works of art. Proceeds from... | Wharton Esherick Museum | 05/21/12-
06/10/12 | Chester Springs |
Pennsylvania Guild Fine Craft FairPresented by Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen at Lancaster County Convention Center November 10-November 11, 2012 Join the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen in downtown Lancaster for a weekend full of premier fine craft made by local and regional craftspeople at this annual event. Explore thousands of the highest quality handmade works with your friends and neighbors in beautiful downtown Lancaster. Enjoy shopping and learning traditional and contemporary crafts with over 130 exhibitors, live demonstrations, and vote in the juried gallery exhibition A Thing or Two as part of the fine craft fair.... | Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen | 11/10/12-
11/11/12 | Lancaster |
Garden HighlightsPresented by Pennsbury Manor at Pennsbury Manor June 24, 2012 Experience the glories of the 17th-century summer garden, where fragrance and color will delight your senses. | Pennsbury Manor | 06/24/12 | Morrisville |
Open Hearth CookingPresented by Pennsbury Manor at Pennsbury Manor June 17, 2012 Dairying: Watch the cooks prepare cheese and cheese related receipts (recipes) and learn about milk in the 17th Century. | Pennsbury Manor | 06/17/12 | Morrisville |
Open Hearth CookingPresented by Pennsbury Manor at Pennsbury Manor July 15, 2012 Preserving the Harvest Stoneware crocks, bladders, vinegar, gally pots and sugar will abound as Pennsbury cooks preserve the harvest for the winter to come. | Pennsbury Manor | 07/15/12 | Morrisville |
Garden HighlightsPresented by Pennsbury Manor at Pennsbury Manor July 22, 2012 Spend some peaceful time in Penn’s kitchen garden as you learn about his gardeners and their work (and help out, if you want!). | Pennsbury Manor | 07/22/12 | Morrisville |
Open Hearth CookingPresented by Pennsbury Manor at Pennsbury Manor September 16, 2012 French Foodway Traditions - With the arrival of the French Huguenots to Pennsylvania came French cuisine. French receipts (recipes) will be prepared at the hearth. | Pennsbury Manor | 09/16/12 | Morrisville |
| Garden Highlights | Pennsbury Manor | 09/23/12 | Morrisville |
Garden HighlightsPresented by Pennsbury Manor at Pennsbury Manor August 26, 2012 Spend some peaceful time in Penn’s kitchen garden as you learn about his gardeners and their work. | Pennsbury Manor | 08/26/12 | Morrisville |
Open Hearth CookingPresented by Pennsbury Manor at Pennsbury Manor October 21, 2012 The bake oven will be fired and the aroma of bread will fill the Bake and Brew as the Pennsbury cooks recreate a baking day in the 17th century.
| Pennsbury Manor | 10/21/12 | Morrisville |
Open Hearth CookingPresented by Pennsbury Manor at Pennsbury Manor November 18, 2012 Pennsylvania German Foodway Traditions: With Penn’s visit to the Palatinate, he encouraged these Germans to settle in Pennsylvania and with them came their foodway traditions. The cooks will prepare several of these receipts and compare them with English traditions. | Pennsbury Manor | 11/18/12 | Morrisville |
4th Annual Dine Around the ManorPresented by Pennsbury Manor at Pennsbury Manor June 8, 2012 Come enjoy a progressive dinner with food and drinks stationed in various buildings around the 43-acre site. Watch the cooks during an on-going 17th century cooking demonstration, be entertained by strolling musicians, and end the evening in the Visitor Center with dessert, a basket raffle, and live auction. Reservations are required by May 25. | Pennsbury Manor | 06/08/12 | Morrisville |
Emergence of a Modern Metropolis Philadelphia Walking TourPresented by Philadelphia Center for Architecture at Philadelphia Center for Architecture March 7, 2009 - Ongoing Guests can experience the transformation of Philadelphia from an engine of industry to a 21st century capital of business and culture. Featuring the architecture and urban design of the city, the Center for Architecture's two hour walking tour will introduce you to the Modern Metropolis of Philadelphia. The tour explores Philadelphia's diverse range of architecture from the 1870s to the present, discovering the social, economic, and political forces that shaped the modern cityscape. Tickets... | Philadelphia Center for Architecture | 03/07/09-
Ongoing | Philadelphia |
Visit the Rosenbach Museum & LibraryPresented by Rosenbach Museum and Library at Rosenbach Museum and Library July 1, 2011-July 1, 2012 Every day there is plenty to do at the Rosenbach Museum & Library! You can take a house tour, visit special exhibitions and browse in the museum shop. Tours are offered on the hour during Museum hours, docents guide small groups of visitors through the Rosenbach brothers' 19th-century townhouse, including Dr. Rosenbach's rare book library, Philip Rosenbach's sitting room, and the recreation of modernist poet Marianne Moore's Greenwich Village living room. The... | Rosenbach Museum and Library | 07/01/11-
07/01/12 | Philadelphia |
| Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum | University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology | 09/18/11-
08/31/12 | Philadelphia |
Hands-on ToursPresented by Rosenbach Museum and Library at Rosenbach Museum and Library February 1-December 30, 2012 Get in touch with objects that are not usually on view to the public. Each staff-led tour explores a theme, with new tours regularly added to the mix. Recommended for adults and children eight and older.
Current topics include everything from magic to James Joyce to the Civil War.
For a schedule of upcoming topics, please click here! | Rosenbach Museum and Library | 02/01/12-
12/30/12 | Philadelphia |
Titanic: The Rise of RosenbachPresented by Rosenbach Museum and Library at Rosenbach Museum and Library February 15-June 24, 2012 This exhibition follows the story of book dealer Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach as he hears about the sinking of the Titanic and realizes that his friend and protégé, Harry E. Widener, has gone down with the ship. We’ll learn the details of the tragic event and how, ultimately, Dr. Rosenbach’s personal loss led to professional success as he undertook a project that positioned him to become the greatest rare book dealer of the 20th century—the creation of... | Rosenbach Museum and Library | 02/15/12-
06/24/12 | Philadelphia |
BloomsdayPresented by Rosenbach Museum and Library at Rosenbach Museum and Library June 16, 2012 Join us for this free, all-day outdoor reading of James Joyce’s "Ulysses." Whether you are new to Joyce or a regular at Bloomsday, drop in to be inspired by great literature.
June 16, 2012 will mark the Rosenbach's 20th annual Bloomsday—we promise that this is an event that is not to be missed! | Rosenbach Museum and Library | 06/16/12 | Philadelphia |
Who Owns Ulysses? Joyce and CopyrightPresented by Rosenbach Museum and Library at Rosenbach Museum and Library May 30-August 26, 2012 Defending the “Moral Right of Writers” to own and protect their works, James Joyce once said: “A work belongs to its author by virtue of a natural right, and thus the courts ought to protect an author against the mutilation and publication of his work just as he is protected against the ill use someone might make of his name.”
This exhibition examines several such mutilations of Joyce's own work while tracing the impact of obscenity laws and copyright... | Rosenbach Museum and Library | 05/30/12-
08/26/12 | Philadelphia |
Shofuso Colors II: The Way Home Garden Art InstallationPresented by Shofuso Japanese House and Garden at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden May 2-July 1, 2012 This site-specific installation is composed of a 7-panel (15-20 ft.) folding screen (Byoubu). Within this piece, west and east synthesize. The Byoubu flanks initial entry into the house, confronting and enrapturing visitors by a vibrant, complex, colorful display when they least expect it in Shofuso's early summer foliage. | Shofuso Japanese House and Garden | 05/02/12-
07/01/12 | Philadelphia |
Tea CeremonyPresented by Shofuso Japanese House and Garden at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden June 3, 2012 Experience a traditional Japanese tea ceremony led by the Urasenke tea master. Learn about the history and principles of chanoyu (tea ceremony), drink a bowl of matcha (green tea) and taste a seasonal sweet. This tea ceremony is conducted by Taeko Shervin, an Urasenke tea master who has introduced guests at Shofuso to Japanese tea ceremony for over 30 years. She was recently honored by the Urasenke school of chanoyu in Kyoto, Japan for her lifetime devotion to the Way of... | Shofuso Japanese House and Garden | 06/03/12 | Philadelphia |
Shofuso Colors IV: Monsters in Sacred Spaces InstallationPresented by Shofuso Japanese House and Garden at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden July 5-July 15, 2012 This video installation challenges the pervading atmosphere of reverence, serenity, and untouchability in the Shofuso experience. A collage video piece depicts scenes from films in which sacred, traditional, and old-world structures are the brunt or host of destruction. | Shofuso Japanese House and Garden | 07/05/12-
07/15/12 | Philadelphia |
Tea CeremonyPresented by Shofuso Japanese House and Garden at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden July 8, 2012 Experience a traditional Japanese tea ceremony led by the Urasenke tea master. Learn about the history and principles of chanoyu (tea ceremony), drink a bowl of matcha (green tea) and taste a seasonal sweet. This tea ceremony is conducted by Taeko Shervin, an Urasenke tea master who has introduced guests at Shofuso to Japanese tea ceremony for over 30 years. She was recently honored by the Urasenke school of chanoyu in Kyoto, Japan for her lifetime devotion to the Way of... | Shofuso Japanese House and Garden | 07/08/12 | Philadelphia |
| Summer Camp - Performance Arts & Crafts | Shofuso Japanese House and Garden | 07/16/12-
07/20/12 | Philadelphia |
| Summer Camp - Tea Ceremony | Shofuso Japanese House and Garden | 07/23/12-
07/27/12 | Philadelphia |
| Summer Camp - Martial Arts | Shofuso Japanese House and Garden | 07/30/12-
08/03/12 | Philadelphia |
| Summer Camp - Taiko Drumming | Shofuso Japanese House and Garden | 08/06/12-
08/10/12 | Philadelphia |
Shofuso Colors V: Shades of Truth InstallationPresented by Shofuso Japanese House and Garden at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden August 1, 2012 Shofuso's multicolor gravel which lines the entrance pathway will be rearranged into gradients of light-to-dark on one side, dark-to-light on the other. This piece taps into the concept of historical interpretation and the idea that Shofuso, as well as all "historical" representations, contain shades of truth and fact rather than pure truth and fact. | Shofuso Japanese House and Garden | 08/01/12 | Philadelphia |
| Ikebana Exhibition | Shofuso Japanese House and Garden | 08/16/12-
08/19/12 | Philadelphia |
Shofuso Colors VI: 575 Haiku InstallationPresented by Shofuso Japanese House and Garden at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden September 5-September 16, 2012 This combination of video, music and poetry draws heavily on the strict Haiku form as a means to draft a color-based narrative about Shofuso centered on the experience of a person attending a tea ceremony. The narrative will be drafted in three movements: tea garden, ceremony and afterward. | Shofuso Japanese House and Garden | 09/05/12-
09/16/12 | Philadelphia |
Tea CeremonyPresented by Shofuso Japanese House and Garden at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden September 9, 2012 Experience a traditional Japanese tea ceremony led by a Urasenke tea master. Learn about the history and principles of chanoyu (tea ceremony), drink a bowl of matcha (green tea) and taste a seasonal sweet. This tea ceremony is conducted by Taeko Shervin, an Urasenke tea master who has introduced guests at Shofuso to Japanese tea ceremony for over 30 years. She was recently honored by the Urasenke school of chanoyu in Kyoto, Japan for her lifetime devotion to the Way of Tea. Taeko-sensei... | Shofuso Japanese House and Garden | 09/09/12 | Philadelphia |
Moonviewing (Otsukimi) PartyPresented by Shofuso Japanese House and Garden at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden September 29, 2012 Enjoy rustic Japanese food and sweets, sip sake, enjoy music, and celebrate a successful harvest while watching the moon rise over the pine trees at this traditional contemplative Japanese gathering.
Space is limited and reservations are required. | Shofuso Japanese House and Garden | 09/29/12 | Philadelphia |
Shofuso Colors VII: The Way Home InstallationPresented by Shofuso Japanese House and Garden at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden October 4-October 28, 2012 This site-specific installation is composed of a 7-panel (15-20 ft.) folding screen (Byoubu). Within this piece, west and east synthesize. The Byoubu flanks initial entry into the house, confronting and enrapturing visitors by a vibrant, complex, colorful display when they least expect it in early summer foliage. | Shofuso Japanese House and Garden | 10/04/12-
10/28/12 | Philadelphia |
Tea CeremonyPresented by Shofuso Japanese House and Garden at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden October 7, 2012 Experience a traditional Japanese tea ceremony led by our Urasenke tea master. Learn about the history and principles of chanoyu (tea ceremony), drink a bowl of matcha (green tea) and taste a seasonal sweet. This tea ceremony is conducted by Taeko Shervin, an Urasenke tea master who has introduced guests at Shofuso to Japanese tea ceremony for over 30 years. She was recently honored by the Urasenke school of chanoyu in Kyoto, Japan for her lifetime devotion to the Way of... | Shofuso Japanese House and Garden | 10/07/12 | Philadelphia |
Tea CeremonyPresented by Shofuso Japanese House and Garden at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden October 13, 2012 Experience a traditional Japanese tea ceremony conducted by guest tea school Omotesenke Eastern Region Chapter (domonkai). Drink a bowl of matcha (green tea) and taste a seasonal sweet.
Space is limited and reservations are required.
Tea ceremony—called chanoyu or chado in Japanese—is at once an art form, a spiritual discipline, a way to socialize, and a window on Japanese culture. Practiced for more than 450 years, this... | Shofuso Japanese House and Garden | 10/13/12 | Philadelphia |
Tea Ceremony - Thick TeaPresented by Shofuso Japanese House and Garden at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden October 13, 2012 Experience a Japanese formal koicha (thick tea) ceremony conducted by guest tea school Omotesenke Eastern Region Chapter (Domonkai). Drink a bowl of matcha (green tea) and taste a seasonal sweet.
Only 6 people may attend. Space is limited and reservations are required.
Tea ceremony—called chanoyu or chado in Japanese— is at once an art form, a spiritual discipline, a way to socialize, and a window on Japanese culture.... | Shofuso Japanese House and Garden | 10/13/12 | Philadelphia |
| Shichi go san (Kimono Dressing Program) | Shofuso Japanese House and Garden | 10/20/12-
10/21/12 | Philadelphia |
Shofuso Colors VIII: Hanufubuki Installation and Tea ServicePresented by Shofuso Japanese House and Garden at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden November 10-November 18, 2012 A site-specific recreation of the experience of Hanafubuki (Cherry Blossom Snow), visible from afar. For an off-season treat, Shofuso will be open on a Saturday and Sunday for limited hours and feature hot cups of matcha (green tea) stirred with milk, creating a sense of spring in the colder months of late autumn, like an intimate cherry blossom viewing with a chill. | Shofuso Japanese House and Garden | 11/10/12-
11/18/12 | Philadelphia |
First Friday at Asian Arts Initiative/Closing Reception for Exit SaigonPresented by Asian Arts Initiative at Asian Arts Initiative June 1, 2012 Asian Arts Initiative is proud to present Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon, recounting a journey more than 30 years in the making. When the U.S. government opened its gates in 1975 to thousands of Vietnamese immigrants, they faced the idea of permanent resettlement with a mixture of survivors’ guilt and overwhelming relief. Exit Saigon tells the story of adapting to life in the United States where, amongst the struggle for equality and acceptance, Vietnamese Americans... | Asian Arts Initiative | 06/01/12 | Philadelphia |
| Philaberry Arts & Music Festival 2012 | Historic St. George’s United Methodist Church | 06/01/12 | Philadelphia |
Echele Ganas: Do Your Best - Photographs by Laurence SalzmannPresented by Philadelphia's Magic Gardens at Philadelphia's Magic Gardens April 27-June 17, 2012 Laurence Salzmann is a native of Philadelphia who has worked as a photographer/filmmaker since the early 1960s. His projects document the lives of little-known groups in America and abroad. He looks at the lives of people ranging from occupants of single room occupancy hotels in New York City to transhumant shepherds in Transylvania, residents of a Mexican village, and Philadelphia Mummers. His photographic study of a nearly extinct Jewish community in Romania was published as The Last... | Philadelphia's Magic Gardens | 04/27/12-
06/17/12 | Philadelphia |
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