2023

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May 2024

Merzbachers

Join us for an exciting Q&A session with Pete Merzbacher, the founder of Merzbacher’s of Germantown, a beloved local bakery that has been delighting taste buds since 2012. This is your chance to learn about the journey of a successful entrepreneur and the art of crafting delicious, artisanal bread. Event Highlights: Hear Pete’s inspiring story […]
20 May
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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April 2024

Freedom’s Backyard: Three Centuries of History & Preservation in old German Township

Historic Germantown is a diverse consortium of 19 historic sites, museums and green spaces located in America’s longest national historic district.  Germantown boasts many distinctions, such as being home to America’s first papermill, its oldest Mennonite congregation, and the site of the first written protest against slavery.  It featured prominently in the struggle for freedom […]
22 Apr
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Germantown Friends Free Library
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March 2024
Talking with the Dead

Talking with the Dead: The Rise & Fall of Spiritualism in America

People have been trying to communicate with the dead since ancient times. This desire sprang up anew in mid-19th century America. Spiritualism, as this movement came to be called, featured intermediaries or mediums, who promised they could summon departed souls and establish communication with the living through a series of knocks, called spirit rapping. Spiritualism […]
25 Mar
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Germantown Friends Free Library
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January 2024

Take A Tour of Tourison:  An Architectural History of East Mt. Airy 

Ashton Tourison, Sr. was born in Mt. Airy in 1851 to a former captain in the Civil War. Beginning in the 1870s, he had a grand vision for and confidence in the future of Mt. Airy. In approximately 1904, he purchased 125 acres between Chew and Stenton Avenues, from E. Durham Street to Meehan Avenue, […]
22 Jan
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Friends Free Library
5418 Germantown Avenue
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October 2023

The Sculptural Practices of Giuseppe Penone

Presentation: This talk will focus on the sculptural practices of the contemporary Italian artist Giuseppe Penone. His art reveals his deep connection to nature’s processes and his thoughtful attention to the interactions between our bodies and the world around us.  Presenter: Greer Pagano is an educator, an independent curator and art historian based in Philadelphia. Most recently […]
23 Oct
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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