Please check the websites for updated information before attending and be safe! *
Indicates a free event. Some events require pre-registration and close
when full. The list includes events in the surrounding areas as well. If
you have an event you would like on this list on future
e-newsletters, please submit by the end of the month to
dchpn_planning@yahoo.com.
Home Improvement 2022: Renovating Our Sites & Our Stories- Climate Change & Sustainability May 13, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Online- registration required
Week 1 Featured talks:
Art, Innovation, and the Power of the Sun- Soldner Center, Aspen, CO
And the Creek Don’t Rise: Steps to Sustaining Endangered Properties- The Brandywine River Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, PA
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Tasting Through Time May 14, 4:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Newlin Grist Mill, 219 Cheyney Rd, Glen Mills, PA 19342, USA
Explore
history through your taste-buds! Participants will enjoy a five-course
dinner with accompanying drinks while learning about the culinary
traditions of the past. This is a fundraising event to support the
restoration of the 1739 Trimble House kitchen & pantry at Newlin
Grist Mill. $70pp, 21+.
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*Springtime at Collen Brook May 15, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Collen Brook, 1034 Mansion Rd, Drexel Hill, PA 19026
Sheep
shearing, face painting, bite the apple, plant a flower, ride the
firetruck, tour the mansion, and meet Hannah and William Penn!
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Deep Rivers- How African Americans Waded through the Waters of Oppression to Achieve Greatness May 15, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W Tulpehocken St, Philadelphia, PA 19144 Our
docents take you through the museum highlighting the lives, stories,
and achievements of 19th-century Black entrepreneurs, intellectuals, and
artisans with soundscapes and images. $10 | | |
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*History Book Festival May 15, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Gloria Dei (Old Swede's) Church, 916 S Swanson St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
HGDPC
is inviting local authors of Philadelphia area history to showcase and
sell their books at their first book festival. Table space for authors
is $25 (must pre-register) but public attendance is free. Come support
local authors!
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*Preservation Foundation: Frank Lloyd Wright and Mid-century America: the Car, the Suburb, and 'Googie' Architecture." May 15, 3:30 PM
Beth Sholom Synagogue, 8231 Old York Rd, Elkins Park, PA 19027
Professor
Brownlee will explore the context and social environment which
influenced Wright's work and directly impacted the design of Beth Sholom
Synagogue. Using Wright's original designs and sketches, this lecture
is an opportunity to appreciate Wright's work through the lens of the
1950s.
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*Genealogy Workshops May 16, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Middletown Free Library, 464 S Old Middletown Rd, Media, PA 19063
Come learn about Genealogy or get help with your current research!
Feel free to bring your own laptop/tablet, but we do have a few to borrow.
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The Untold Story of Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost: On the Frontline of School Desegregation in New Orleans May 17, 7:00 PM
Zoom- registration required
On
November 14, 1960, four six-year-old Black girls desegregated the
all-white elementary schools in New Orleans—Leona, Gail, and Tessie at
McDonogh 19 in the Lower 9th Ward and Ruby Bridges at William Frantz in
the Upper 9th Ward. Learn how McDonogh 19 is coming back to life as the
TEP center.
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Kreate Hub- Special PAGP Walking Tour May 18, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Kreate Hub, 2801 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19134
Join
CEO of Kreate Hub, Dan Herdoon, and architect, Eli Storch from LRK, on a
tour of this redevelopment project, proving that investing in historic
structures, even with modest budgets, can create significant community
benefit while also staving off imminent development pressures. $20/25
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When Owen Painted the Sky May 18, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Zoom- registration required
Join
lecturer Bob Kerr as he discusses painter D. Owen Stephens and how a
sequence of discoveries resulted in a journey of fascination,
enlightenment and admiration. “The Artist And the Eclipse” describes
Owen’s work during the scientific study of the 1937 eclipse of the sun
in Peru. $10/15
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*Elizabeth Willing Powel: Philadelphia’s First Political Influencer May 19, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Online- registration required
Samantha
Snyder will discuss Powel’s importance as a woman of great political
acumen and compelling intellect, using the robust documentary record and
contemporary observations to explore Powel’s lasting legacy in the city
of Philadelphia, and the founding of the United States.
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CFHS Spring Lecture Series- #2- Jim Buczala- From Textile Mill to Municipal Park May 19, 7:00 PM
Chadds Ford Historical Society, 1736 Creek Rd, Chadds Ford, PA 19317
Series
of lectures to coincide with special exhibit- "Forming the Fabric of
Freedom: The development of the American Textile Industry". Jim will
speak about one of Chester County’s most celebrated textile mills, the
Bondsville Mill, now part of a township park in East Brandywine. $10/
members free
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