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Mon, November 19, 2018 7:30 p.m Parkway Central Library Cost: FREE David W. Blight’s many books of history include American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era, Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory, and two annotated editions of Frederick Douglass’s first two autobiographies. Blight is a professor of American History …
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In her new book The Field of Blood, Joanne B. Freeman recovers the long-lost story of physical violence on the floor of the U.S. Congress. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, she shows that the Capitol was rife with conflict in the decades before the Civil War. Legislative sessions were often punctuated by mortal threats, …
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Please join the Commonwealth Court judges, staff, and PaCCHS members on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, at 5:30 p.m., for a very special lecture and reception. The evening will begin with a lecture entitled, Who Judges the Judges?, by Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, Visiting Adjunct Professor at …
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12:00-2:00pm 1300 Arch Street Philadelphia PA It's Mural Arts Month in Philadelphia! Join us to witness and enjoy the dedication of a mural that Yale alumni volunteers helped paint in May as part of the 2018 Yale Day of Service. The artwork, Water Gives Life, was created by artists Eurhi Jones and David McShane to celebrate the connection between Philadelphia's rivers and local horticulture. …
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December 7th will be our annual holiday party and silent auction at Tir Na Nog.
We are in need of a coordinator for our mentorship program! The Club is exploring the idea of taking on a mentoring program for first generation and Pell Grant college students. This is a web-based program that guides mentors and mentees through the process. Mentors would spend 2-3 hours/week. Comparable programs elsewhere have led to …
Tuesday, October 23rd: 7:30pm Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center The Brentano Quartet and Jonathan Biss unite for a program highlighting Antonín Dvořák. For inspiration, Dvořák often returned to the legends and folklore of his homeland, reveling in the intimate spirit of storytelling. Such qualities abound in his Piano Quintet and enliven it with resplendent rhythms and …
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