Events
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'Every Time I Think of You' Author Jim Provenzano
Presented by Giovanni's Room at Giovanni's Room June 1, 2012 Author Jim Provenzano’s fourth novel, Every Time I Think of You, has been nominated for a 2011 award in the Gay Romance category of the Lambda Literary Award finals. Set in various Pennsylvania cities in 1979-1980, the novel tells of two teenage boys faced with a near fatal accident.
Meet the author for a reading and book-signing!
“A beautiful story of friendship, devotion and love, as well as a practical lesson on dealing with... |
Giovanni's Room |
06/01/12 |
Giovanni's Room, Philadelphia |
2012 Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con
Presented by Wizard World at Pennsylvania Convention Center May 31-June 3, 2012 Chris Hemsworth, William Shatner, Stan Lee, WWE® Superstar CM Punk™ and Scott Bakula are among the 500+ celebrities and industry professionals at Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con, part of North America’s largest pop-culture touring expo, May 31st-June 3rd at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Thousands of fans will be on hand to celebrate the best in pop culture: movies, comics, toys, video gaming, television, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. Top... |
Wizard World |
05/31/12 -
06/03/12 |
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia |
20th Annual Islamic Heritage Festival & Parade
Presented by ICPIC New Africa Center at Great Plaza at Penn's Landing June 9, 2012 The 20th Annual Islamic Heritage Festival & Parade weekend promises to be larger and more diverse than ever. The Islamic Heritage Festival is the largest Muslim festival in the country and is one of the largest multi-ethnic festival held at Penns landing each year. Over 5,000 people are expected to attend. This family friendly festival is free and open to public.
The weekend will begin Friday at 1 pm, with Salatul Jumah (the Muslim congregational prayer service)... |
ICPIC New Africa Center |
06/09/12 |
Great Plaza at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia |
6th Annual Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival
Presented by Wayne Art Center April 10-June 30, 2012 The Wayne Art Center’s Sixth Annual Plein Air Festival will begin when 34 distinguished artists from around the country arrive in Wayne, Pennsylvania, for a 5-day landscape painting competition. Over 200 fresh local landscapes will be executed and presented for sale.
Exhibit opens May 19th at the Plein AIr Gala Opening and Artist's Reception from 6-10:00 pm. TIckets Available at info@wayneart.org. or by calling 610-688-3553.
Exhibition open to the public May... |
Wayne Art Center |
04/10/12 -
06/30/12 |
Plein AIr Festival, Wayne |
A Conversati with Michael Vitez, Author of The Road Back
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library July 18, 2012 Matthew Miller had just pedaled up a mountain pass. He was 20, a member of the University of Virginia triathlon club. He was on top of the world: in love, with dreams of attending medical school. Then, cycling along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia, tragedy struck. The real story is not what happened, but what happened after. Pulitzer Prize-winning Philadelphia Inquirer journalist Michael Vitez shares with you the incredible, humbling, miraculous story of Matt’s survival and... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
07/18/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversatin with Chris Cleave, Author of Gold
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library July 12, 2012 Chris Cleave’s debut novel, Incendiary—in which a grieving mother pens a raw, pleading letter to Osama bin Laden in the wake of a London terrorist attack—received a 2006 Somerset Maugham Award and was adapted into a film starring Michelle Williams and Ewan McGregor. The book gained notoriety for the macabre coincidence of its publication in the United Kingdom on July 7, 2005—the day of the London terrorist bombings.
Cleave’s second novel,... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
07/12/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Amanda Bennett, Author of The Cost of Hope
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library June 14, 2012 Noted for her leadership in investigative journalism, former Philadelphia Inquirer editor Amanda Bennett received her first shared Pulitzer Prize in 1997 for coverage of the AIDS crisis, and in 2001 she led a team to a Pulitzer for Public Service, reporting on problems within the U.S. Immigration and Nationalization Service. Currently an executive editor at Bloomberg News directing special projects and investigations, Bennett was a Wall Street Journal reporter for more than 20... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
06/14/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Andrew Blum, Author of Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library June 7, 2012 Andrew Blum is a correspondent at Wired and a contributing editor at Metropolis, whose writing about architecture, design, technology, urbanism, art, and travel has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, The New Yorker, Slate, and Popular Science. Blum studied English and architecture history at Amherst College, and received his M.A. in human geography from the University of Toronto. From tiny fiber optic cables buried... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
06/07/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Carol Grant Gould and James L. Gould, Author of Nature's Compass
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library July 10, 2012 In Nature’s Compass, Carol Grant Gould and James L. Gould explore elegant navigation strategies used by familiar and rare species—from the fragile monarch butterfly to the honey bee to the homing pigeon—and demonstrate how an understanding of navigation is critical for conservation. James L. Gould is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University and a distinguished expert in animal behavior. Carol Grant Gould is a science writer and author of... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
07/10/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Chris Hedges, Author of Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library June 21, 2012 In Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges and American Book Award-winning cartoonist Joe Sacco show how impoverished places across America—including nearby Camden, New Jersey—stand as a warning of what happens when a permanent underclass is cemented in place. A foreign correspondent for nearly two decades, Hedges was a member of the New York Times team that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for the... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
06/21/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Donald Bartlett and James Steele, Authors of The Betrayal of the American Dream
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library August 2, 2012 Celebrated investigative reporting team Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele have worked together for nearly 40 years, first at the Philadelphia Inquirer (1971-1997), then at Time magazine (1997–2006), and now at Vanity Fair since 2006. The authors of seven books, including the New York Times bestseller America: What Went Wrong, they are the only reporting team to have received two Pulitzer Prizes for newspaper reporting and two National Magazine... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
08/02/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with E.J. Dionne, Jr., Author of Our Divided Political Heart
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library June 26, 2012 E. J. Dionne, Jr. is a senior fellow in government studies at the Brookings Institution, a political correspondent for the Washington Post, and a professor at Georgetown University. He is the author of numerous books, including Why Americans Hate Politics, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics after the Religious Right. In Our Divided Political Heart, Dionne analyzes past and current U.S. politics in... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
06/26/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Edward Rendell, Author of A Nation of Wusses
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library June 4, 2012 Dubbed “America’s Mayor” by Al Gore, Ed Rendell served as Mayor of Philadelphia from 1992 to 1999. He revived the city’s economy, expanded neighborhood services, and reformed the city’s approach to poverty. As the Governor of Pennsylvania from 2002 to 2011, he achieved similar progress, improving education and increasing access to healthcare. Rendell served as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and has worked as a lawyer and a Professor of Government... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
06/04/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Eva Gabrielsson, Author of There are Things I Want You to Know
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library May 31, 2012 For more than three decades, Eva Gabrielsson and Stieg Larsson—author of the internationally bestselling Millenium trilogy of Swedish crime thrillers that began with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo—were inseparable. Famous only in death, Larsson was a fervent feminist, activist, and journalist who portrayed right-wing extremism and insidious neo-Nazi movement in Sweden.
In There Are Things I Want You to Know, Gabrielsson lays out the parallels and gaps... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
05/31/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Author of Life Upon These Shores
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library June 19, 2012 RESCHEDULED FROM FEBRUARY 28th, 2012.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous works of criticism, including The Signifying Monkey, winner of the American Book Award. As the writer and producer of the acclaimed PBS documentary African American Lives, Gates explored the histories of many prominent... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
06/19/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Jennifer Weiner, Author of The Next Best Thing
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library July 11, 2012 Crafted with humor and heart, Jennifer Weiner’s novels feature relatable characters that face real issues—from complex relationships and careers to complicated family dynamics. She is the author of eight no. 1 New York Times bestsellers, including Good in Bed, Certain Girls, and In Her Shoes, which was adapted into a critically acclaimed film starring Cameron Diaz, Shirley MacLaine, and the city of Philadelphia. Weiner’s experience as the... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
07/11/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Jesmyn Ward and Joshua Henkin
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library June 28, 2012 Jesmyn Ward surprised the literary world when she won the 2011 National Book Award for her second novel, Salvage the Bones, a “strikingly beautiful, taut, relentless and, by its end, indelible” book (San Francisco Chronicle) that follows a pregnant teenage girl and her family in the Mississippi coastal backwoods in the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina and the immediate aftermath of the storm. A Professor of Creative Writing at the University of South Alabama,... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
06/28/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Kurt Andersen and Don Lee
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library July 19, 2012 Acclaimed for his in-depth and engaging cultural studies, the novelist Kurt Andersen is the host of the Peabody Award-winning public radio program Studio 360 and a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, New York and Time whose journalism and essays also appear in the New York Times. Previously he was co-founder of the legendary Spy magazine, a staff writer for The New Yorker and editor-in-chief of New York. Andersen’s bestselling... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
07/19/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Mark Kram, Jr.
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library June 13, 2012 Like Any Normal Day centers on Buddy Miley, who in the fall of 1973 had been a star quarterback on his high school football team until he shattered his vertebrae in a game. In the 23 1/2 years that followed, his friends went off and had families of their own, but Buddy remained at home under the care of his mother, who saw to his every need until her own health broke down. When Buddy’s pain became unbearable, his brother Jimmy helped him take the last steps along his journey as... |
Free Library of Philadelphia |
06/13/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Michael Vitez
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library July 18, 2012 Matthew Miller had just pedaled up a mountain pass. He was 20, a member of the University of Virginia triathlon club. He was on top of the world: in love, with dreams of attending medical school. Then, cycling along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia, tragedy struck. The real story is not what happened, but what happened after.
Pulitzer Prize-winning Philadelphia Inquirer journalist Michael Vitez shares with you the incredible, humbling, miraculous story of Matt’s... |
Free Library of Philadelphia |
07/18/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Author of Little America
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library July 24, 2012 A senior correspondent and former Baghdad bureau chief for the Washington Post, Rajiv Chandrasekaran is the author of Imperial Life in the Emerald City, “a devastating indictment of the post-invasion failures of the Bush administration” (Booklist). Describing the highly secure enclave of lush plants and posh villas at the headquarters of the United States occupation of Iraq, Chandrasekaran revealed an American leadership out of touch with life outside the... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
07/24/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Author of The Secret She Kept
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library July 26, 2012 Bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley has written more than 20 books, including the novels Can I Get a Witness and Let the Church Say Amen, as well as the young adult novels Drama Queens, Getting Even, and With Friends Like These. Proving that determination is a vital trait for a writer faced with rejection, Billingsley started her own publishing company to publish her first book, My Brother’s Keeper, for which she received the prestigious Gold... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
07/26/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Sandor Katz, Author of The Art of Fermentation
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library June 5, 2012 A self-avowed “fermentation fetishist,” author and activist Sandor Katz (aka Sandor Kraut) travels the world spreading the gospel of foods that are transformed and ennobled by bacteria, heralding the benefits of the ancient preservation technique that he says makes foods much more digestible and nutritious. “Eating bacteria is one of life’s great pleasures,” he says. “Beer, wine, cheese, bread, cured meats, coffee, chocolate: Our best-loved foods are... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
06/05/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot, Author of Exit: The Endings that Set Us Free
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library June 12, 2012 Renowned as an educator, researcher, author, and public intellectual, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot examines the culture of schools and socialization within families and communities. The Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education at Harvard University, she received the MacArthur Prize in 1984 and Harvard’s George Ledlie Prize in 1993. Lawrence-Lightfoot’s acclaimed books include The Good High School: Portraits of Character and Culture and The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk,... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
06/12/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Stephen L. Carter, Author of The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library July 17, 2012 In the alternate history presented in Stephen Carter's new novel, President Abraham Lincoln survives the assassination attempt at Ford’s Theatre. Capturing the dramatic emotional tenor of the post-Civil War United States, Carter explores the nature of presidential authority in a story steeped in conspiracy, intrigue, and suspense. The William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale, Carter is the author of the bestselling thrillers The Emperor of Ocean Park, New England... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
07/17/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Tana French, Author of Broken Harbor
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library July 31, 2012 Irish novelist and actress Tana French won the 2007 Edgar Award for her New York Times bestselling debut novel In the Woods. “Drawn by the grim nature of her plot and the lyrical ferocity of her writing, even smart people who should know better will be able to lose themselves in these dark woods,” praised the New York Times Book Review. She followed In the Woods with The Likeness and Faithful Place, both bestselling installments in... |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
07/31/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
Alice Paul Goes to College
Presented by Alice Paul Institute at Paulsdale June 28, 2012 Historian J. D. Zahniser discusses Alice Paul's diary of her freshman year at Swarthmore College. |
Alice Paul Institute |
06/28/12 |
Paulsdale, Mount Laurel |
All About Eve (1950)
Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute June 28, 2012 Six Oscars went to this showbiz drama starring the spectacular Bette Davis as an aging New York actress who finds her life, friends, and dying career threatened by the insinuating presence of a young, ambitious fan (Anne Baxter).
Shown in conjunction with a Summer Classics Seminar, All About Eve will be introduced by its instructor, Alice Bullitt, M.A.
All About Eve runs for 2 hr 18 min on 35 mm. |
Bryn Mawr Film Institute |
06/28/12 |
Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Bryn Mawr |
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute August 8, 2012 Douglas Sirk’s classic melodrama pairs Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson in a lush tale of forbidden love between a New England widow and her gardener.
The Mad Men connection: Housewife Betty Draper, continually plagued by oppressive societal pressures, might relate.
This film is shown as part of the It’s a Mad Men’s World film series as well as in conjunction with a Summer Classics Seminar. All That Heaven Allows will be introduced by the... |
Bryn Mawr Film Institute |
08/08/12 |
Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Bryn Mawr |
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An Evening With Kal Rudman
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Drexel University - Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design |
05/30/12 |
Drexel University - Mitchell Auditorium, Bossone Research Enterprise Center, Philadelphia |
