While serving as a nurse during the Civil War, Louisa May Alcott wrote letters to her family describing her experiences. At the urging of friends, she fictionalized them for publishing. Initially, the stories were printed in a Boston magazine. Later the entire collection became available in book form entitled Hospital Sketches. As part of the […]
URSULA RUCKER, ANDREA WALLS, AND PIA DEAS JOIN AND STILL I RISE POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION Join us on Thursday, March 30 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at Community College of Philadelphia's Bonnell Auditorium for a screening of And Still I Rise, the first film to be made about literary and performing artist Dr. Maya Angelou. Stay […]
Shawn Theodore: Church of Broken Pieces On Display: February 2 - April 2, 2017 Shawn Theodore’s Church of Broken Pieces is a photographic exploration of the psychic, physical and technological translocation of black America. Theodore’s photos document the success of the movements toward plural black identities, and free, safe black digital spaces (such as Black Twitter) […]
2017 LaRose Schedule Apri2017
Historic Germantown partners with Germantown Friends School to present Erica Armstrong Dunbar, author of Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge A special tour of the Germantown White House precedes the reading. Save the Date and stayed tuned for registration link and more details!
The Friends Free Library Community Writers Series, 5418 Germantown Avenue, invites you to a special evening featuring Erica Armstrong Dunbar, author of Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge. Erica Armstrong Dunbar is the University of Delaware's Professor of Black American Studies and History, a member of the GFS Class […]
Poetry reading by Germantown's Yolanda Wisher, Philadelphia’s Poet Laureate 2016- 2017 -a special program as part of the Exhibition On View: Approaching Abstraction: African American Art from the Permanent Collection This spring exhibition, Approaching Abstraction: African American Art from the Permanent Collection, highlights La Salle University Art Museum’s holdings of works by African American artists. […]