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| Apr 3rd, 2010 (Sat) |
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
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The 2010 Old House Fair
The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia is pleased to announce the 2010 OLD HOUSE FAIR on Saturday April 3, 2010 at the Germantown Friends School, located at 31 West Coulter Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
The one-day (9:00 am – 5:00 pm) fair in the heart of historic Germantown is one of the longest running restoration themed fairs on the East Coast. The event is designed to connect owners of historic homes contemplating anything from major restoration to a weekend repair or decorating project with the appropriate professional resources. Thousands have attended the Alliance’s past OLD HOUSE FAIRS. 90% of past fair attendees were actively planning or in the process of restoration work on their homes. The Alliance anticipates over twelve hundred people will attend this exciting one day event which provides attendees with a special opportunity to interact directly with business and trade professionals operating in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan region.
Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for Preservation Alliance members.
Event Features:
-Over 70 booths of professional vendors, consultants and specialists, marketing preservation-related products and services, as well as representatives of state & local preservation and design organizations.
-Participating professionals will provide demonstrations and presentations about the products, skills or services that they offer in a centrally designated demonstration area, or in one of the lecture/presentation rooms in active use throughout the day.
-FREE, 15-minute consultations with old house professionals will be available at the fair’s ASK THE EXPERTS areas located at the event.
-Presentation of the 2009 Homeowner Awards to private homeowners who have shown exemplary stewardship in historic preservation through renovation and maintenance of their property.
For more information on the Old House Fair, visit the events section of the Preservation Alliance website, or contact George Hoessel, Old House Fair Coordinator at 215.546.1146 x7 or george@preservationalliance.com.
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| Apr 10th, 2010 (Sat) |
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM |
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CLEAN UP OF THE MT MORIAH CEMETERY
Friends of Mt Moriah present
CLEAN UP OF THE MT MORIAH CEMETERY EDGE ALONG COBBS CREEK PARKWAY
Please come out to help pick up trash and cut down overgrowth to make one of the most important vistas of the cemetery look a lot better. The City will provide gloves, tools, water and other necessities and we will actually be working on Park lands continuous to the cemetery proper.
The Parkway with its Cobbs Multi Use Recreation Trail which is becoming the East Coast Greenway Route (Maine to Florida see: www.greenway.org) from Center City and Bartram's Garden to the Heinz Refuge on the way to Delaware is one of Mt Moriah's most important gateway's to the future. Cleaning and opening up this vista will help make the Cemetery more inviting and visited.
More info: cityactivist1@yahoo.com |
| Apr 16th, 2010 (Fri) |
9:30 AM - 3:30 PM |
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Best Practices for Non-profit History Organizations workshop
Best Practices Workshop Spreading the Word: Improving Communications Inside & Out" is the next Best Practices for Non-profit History Organizations workshop, at the Scholarly Communication Center in the Alexander Library at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. The New Jersey Historical Commission, the New Jersey State Museum and the New Jersey Historic Trust sponsor the workshop series that presents models for good, better and best practices for the administration of history groups. David Eng, Vice President for Public Affairs at New York's Lower East Side Tenement Museum will discuss creating an effective marketing and communications plan. Karin Jervert, Web Content and Promotions Coordinator at Discover Jersey Arts, will present the types of social networking and New Media that are available to help nonprofit organizations meet their communications goals. Participants must register. Download a Registration Form Now. (MS Word Document) This document contains all workshop information including directions and parking. To receive a registration form by email or by mail, contact historical.temp@sos.state.nj.us. For more information or special needs, contact the New Jersey Historical Commission at 609-943-3306. |
| Apr 22nd, 2010 (Thu) |
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
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THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA ROUNDTABLE
Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia presents
THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA ROUNDTABLE
The Greater Philadelphia Roundtable is a new initiative by The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia to encourage dialogue about recent Philadelphia history and issues. Please join us for any or all of these programs, which will help to shape the future content of the Encyclopedia. For further information or to register, visit our web site: http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/events .
To send your own email invitations to these events or post on social media, visit our listings on Eventbrite visit http://www.eventbrite.com/org/406167408?s=1620694 .
Striving for Equality: LGBT Activism in Greater Philadelphia.
Thursday, March 18, 6-8 p.m.,
William Way Community Center, 1315 Spruce St., Philadelphia.
Featuring Kevin Mumford, University of Iowa; Stephen Glassman, chairperson, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission; Michael P. Williams, City of Philadelphia Law Department; and Stacey Sobel, Western State University, former executive director of Equality Advocates Pennsylvania. Facilitator: Kathy Padilla. Prior to the program, participants have the opportunity to view the exhibit "Into the Streets: A History of Gay & Lesbian Protest in Philadelphia and the Northeast" in the William Way Center's new archival exhibition space.
Philadelphia-Area Women in the Twentieth Century: What Do We Know, and What Do We Need to Know?
Thursday, April 1, 6-8 p.m.,
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust St., Philadelphia.
Join us in charting a future for women's history research with panelists Marion Roydhouse, Philadelphia University, author of Women of Industry and Reform: Shaping the History of Pennsylvania, 1865-1940; Kris Myers, Director of Heritage and Outreach, the Alice Paul Institute; and Margaret Jerrido, Independent Archival Consultant. Facilitator: Cindy Little, the Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent. An optional tour of the New Century Trust house across the street from HSP will follow the program. (Please be advised that this tour involves some climbing of stairs.)
Imagining Philadelphia's Future: The Plans and the Realities.
Thursday, April 22, 6-8 p.m.,
Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.
Featuring Scott Knowles, editor and co-author of Imagining Philadelphia: Edmund Bacon and the Future of the City, and a panel including Harris Steinberg of PennPraxis; Craig Schelter of Schelter & Associates; and Jethro Heiko, Strategic Organizing Director, The Action Mill. Facilitator: Ariel Ben-Amos, Young Involved Philadelphia. A book signing for Imagining Philadelphia will follow the program.
Philadelphia's Black Attorneys: Not Just Lawyers, But "Social Engineers."
Tuesday, May 11, 6-8 p.m.,
African American Museum of Philadelphia, 701 Arch St., Philadelphia.
Featuring David A. Canton, author of the new biography Raymond Pace Alexander: A New Negro Lawyer Fights for Civil Rights in Philadelphia, and defense attorney Michael Coard, a founding member of Avenging The Ancestors Coalition (ATAC). Facilitator: Alexis Moore, Associate Director of External Affairs and Media Relations for the American Friends Service Committee and daughter of the late Cecil B. Moore, defense attorney and NAACP head during the 1960s.
These programs have been supported in part by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities' We the People initiative on American History. |
| Apr 24th, 2010 (Sat) |
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
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EARTHDAY VOLUNTEER DAY OF SERVICE
Presented by the Delaware Valley Green Building Council (DVGBC)
In our first-ever Earth Day of Service, the Emerging Green Builders Committee is teaming with Hanson General Contracting and the Sustainable Construction Corporation to make sustainable improvements to the historic Paul Robeson House. With the help of volunteers and donors, you will spend Saturday, April 24th 9am to 4pm increasing the energy efficiency, reducing the potable water use, and minimizing the stormwater discharge with environmentally responsible/appropriate options. Audience: Adults ages 20 & up
Free! Sign up with Kristen Suzda, EGB@DVGBC.org for specific skills, shifts needed.
For more information about DVGBC Emerging Green Builders Committee, http://www.dvgbc.org/
4949-51 Walnut Street at 50th Street in West Philadelphia, http://www.paulrobesonhouse.org/ |
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