Calendar of Events

Events by county:
Below is a calendar of events funded in full or in part by the PHC. While every effort is made to insure the information is accurate, you are advised to call the contact person to verify the site, date, and time.

Ongoing

Through December"Time in Office: An Exhibit of Presidential Timepieces"
Columbia 		Humanities Grant
Through January 2009"Raucous! Everything Raven"
Lancaster 		Humanities Grant
Through September 2009"Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania"
Philadelphia 		Humanities Grant

November 2008

24 American Life Stories
Annville 		Read About It!

December 2008

1 Books on Screen
Pittsburgh 		Read About It!
2 Books on Screen
Troy 		Read About It!
2 "Palace of Culture: Meaning of Andrew Carnegie's Library"
Pittsburgh 		Commonwealth Speakers
4 American Life Stories
Williamsport 		Read About It!
8 "Patriots in Love: Courtship, Marriage, and the American Revolution"
Elizabethtown 		Commonwealth Speakers
8 Facts in Fiction: the Civil War Era
Upper Darby 		Read About It!
9 Detecting Women
Hollidaysburg 		Read About It!
10 American Life Stories
Philadelphia 		Read About It!
11 Pennsylvania Writers
Butler 		Read About It!
13 American Life Stories
Lititz 		Read About It!
15 American Life Stories
Danville 		Read About It!
16 "Re-Imaging Mary Magdalene: Female Disciple, Witness, and Icon"
Bristol 		Commonwealth Speakers
16 Facts in Fiction: the Civil War Era
Brockway 		Read About It!
16 Pennsylvania Writers
Swarthmore 		Read About It!
17 Books on Screen
Berwick 		Read About It!
17 "The Music, Dance and Instruments of the Pennsylvania Germans"
Emmaus 		Commonwealth Speakers
17 Detecting Women
Chester 		Read About It!
19 "The Underground Railroad in Quilts?"
Jamison 		Commonwealth Speakers

January 2009

9 "Patriots in Love"
Newville 		Commonwealth Speakers
11 "Pennsylvania Jews in the Era of the American Revolution"
Newtown 		Commonwealth Speakers
14 "What's So American About Musical Theatre?"
Allentown 		Commonwealth Speakers
18 "Based on the Book: Best-Seller Cinema"
Wilkes-Barre 		Commonwealth Speakers
19 "Writing in Place"
Loretto 		Commonwealth Speakers
23 "From the Golden Plough to the Golden Arches"
Pittsburgh 		Commonwealth Speakers
28 "The Forbes Expedition and the French and Indian War"
Carmichaels 		Commonwealth Speakers

February 2009

17 "Faces of the Civil War"
Ephrata 		Commonwealth Speakers
19 "Stories of Famous Escapes from Pennsylvania's Underground Railroad"
Darby 		Commonwealth Speakers
21 "Secret Symbols in African Textiles and African American Quilts"
Yardley 		Commonwealth Speakers
21 "Based on the Book: Best-Seller Cinema."
Macungie 		Commonwealth Speakers
23 "Civil War Era Music"
Ephrata 		Commonwealth Speakers

March 2009

7 Cushion Concert III
Altoona 		Humanities Grant
8 "The Boys in Blue"
Scranton 		Commonwealth Speakers
15 "Lafayette in Pennsylvania"
Mechanicsburg 		Commonwealth Speakers
17 "Discovering Architectural Clues to Your Community's Past."
Elizabethtown 		Commonwealth Speakers
19 "Arab-Israeli Conflict in American Films"
Broomall 		Commonwealth Speakers
19 "Lincoln and the Widow Bixby"
Feasterville 		Commonwealth Speakers
21 "The Music, Dance and Instruments of the Pennsylvania Germans"
Lebanon 		Commonwealth Speakers
24 "Civil War Era Music"
Clarks Summit 		Commonwealth Speakers
26 "Community, Sprawl and Taxes"
West Chester 		Commonwealth Speakers
28 Cushion Concert IV
Altoona 		Humanities Grant

April 2009

2 "PA Mountain Voices"
State College 		Commonwealth Speakers
15 "Silk Weaver for the World"
Emmaus 		Commonwealth Speakers
25 "The Boys in Blue"
Williamsport 		Commonwealth Speakers
25 "Based on the Book: Best-Seller Cinema"
Yardley 		Commonwealth Speakers
28 "Civil War Era Music"
Cabot 		Commonwealth Speakers

May 2009

2 "How the Circus Helped Folks During the Great Depression"
Johnstown 		Commonwealth Speakers
11 "Growing Yesterday's Garden: Heirloom Seeds and Pennsylvania German Tradition"
Bedford 		Commonwealth Speakers
15 "All Stories Are True and Some Have Actually Happened"
Pittsburgh 		Commonwealth Speakers
28 "The Music, Dance and Instruments of the Pennsylvania Germans"
Red Lion 		Commonwealth Speakers
28 "The Indians of Pennsylvania"
Kennett Square 		Commonwealth Speakers

June 2009

10 "Indians of Pennsylvania"
Royersford 		Commonwealth Speakers
20 "Richard Allen to Cecil B. Moore: Stories of Freedom and Hope"
Pottstown 		Commonwealth Speakers

July 2009

25 "Pennsylvania Mountain Voices"
Barnesville 		Commonwealth Speakers

September 2009

11 "How the Circus Helped Folks During the Depression"
Sewickley 		Commonwealth Speakers

October 2009

18 "Seeing Your History Through the 21st Century"
Johnstown 		Commonwealth Speakers

November 2009

10 "Andy Warhol and His Critics"
Morton 		Commonwealth Speakers
19 "A World on Fire: George Washington's Military Career in PA"
Beaver Falls 		Commonwealth Speakers
20 "Drawn to the Northern Climes: Artic 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