PMA SHOW 3.15.19 "For my multi-disciplinary show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art I will be projecting works from the the museum’s collection by women and performing original music as reactionary work." Birdie Busch Friday, March 15, 2019, 5:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. Performances at 5:45 and 7:15 p.m., Great Stair Hall Philadelphia songwriter Birdie […]
Hosted by Dianne Cram & Ruth Konrad Bring your treasured quilts to Historic Rittenhouse Townand discover more about them through sharing and discussionwith quilt historians, plus: • Learn the best ways to care for your quilts • Find out about methods that can be used to repair damaged quilts • Learn how to piece a […]
Reading Between the Threads: An Exploration of the Language of Women's Textiles It can be difficult to access women's viewpoints in Early North American history, but textiles, needlepoint, medical texts, and recipe books provide unique insights. With these two, back-to-back lectures by Kelsey Salvesen and Tess Frydman, Wyck invites you to consider how women made […]
Author Event on Gloria Richardson and Black Liberation Sat Mar 16th 3:00pm - 6:00pm Uncle Bobbie's welcomes Dr. Joe Fitzgerald for a book discussion and signing of "The Struggle Is Eternal: Gloria Richardson and Black Liberation." "The Struggle Is Eternal: Gloria Richardson and Black Liberation explores the largely forgotten but deeply significant life of this […]
The Colored Girls Museum launched her spring campaign and exhibition, “In Search of The Colored Girl,” on Sunday, March 3, 2019 coinciding with Women’s History Month. "In Search of The Colored Girl” is TCGM's fourth exhibition since its opening in September of 2015. We are the first and only institution of to document and celebrate […]
Scott Kettner with special guest Rob Curto When Scott Kettner looks at a map, he sees a direct line that connects the rivers of northeastern Brazil to the parishes of New Orleans and the streets of NYC. A master percussionist, bandleader and educator, Kettner is the guiding force behind Nation Beat, a band whose teeming, […]
TUNE IN at 1pm Friday and 2pm Saturday. Live events in G-town: Ursula Rucker at The Last Poets Celebration, Joy & Peace Ike at a house concert Carol Cole, Herman St Studio artist at her opening at Cerelean Arts-all taped live for Creative Voice of Germantown.
The Harriet Tubman Experience Wyck, 6026 Germantown Ave Reverently called "Moses" by the hundreds of enslaved Africans she helped and the thousands of others she inspired, Harriet Tubman (c 1820-1913) became the most famous "conductor" of the Underground Railroad to aid enslaved Africans escaping to free states or Canada. During a ten-year span, she made 19 trips into […]
Please join us for an opening reception for the Second Annual Germantown Monthly Meeting Art Show! On Saturday, March 23rd we will have the opening reception which will feature a number of artists from Germantown Meeting with art work hanging in the front hall of the Main Building of Germantown Friends School. In addition to […]