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The Society of Architectural Historians Philadelphia Chapter ROME, PHILADELPHIANS, AND THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIVAL OF THE POSTWAR AMERICAN ACADEMY by Denise Costanzo, Visiting Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University Tuesday, November 3 at 6:00 p.m. The Architectural Archives/Univ. of Penn., 220 South 34th Street Reservations required, limited to 30 participants. Contact Bill Whitaker at wwhitake@design.upenn.edu, or phone 215-898-8323. Free for Phila SAH members, $5.00 for non members, checks payable to Philadelphia Chapter SAH. Following the Second World War, the American Academy in Rome struggled to regain its relevance to the US's rapidly changing cultural environment. After a half-century as a stalwart bastion of Beaux-Arts classicism, one central strategy ... Read more»

PHMC, AIA Philadelphia, the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, and the Society of Architectural Historians Philadelphia Chapter invite you to DEDICATION OF THE THOMAS USTICK WALTER PHMC HISTORICAL MARKER Oct. 29th at 5:00 p.m. AIA Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street Free and open to the public. No registration required. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, AIA Philadelphia, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia and The Society of Architectural Historians, Philadelphia Chapter cordially invite you to the dedication of an official State Historical Marker commemorating the life and work of architect Thomas Ustick Walter (1804-1887). Often acknowledged as the “dean of American architects” of the Nineteenth Century, Walter designed ... Read more»

Penn Institute for Urban Research presents THE ONCE AND FUTURE NEW YORK A book talk with author Randall Mason Wednesday, November 11, 2009 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. AIA Philadelphia Center for Architecture Free. No registration required. Co-sponsored with PennDesign's Historic Preservation Program and AIA Philadelphia, Randall Mason, Director, Historic Preservation Program, Penn Design, will discuss his new book "The Once and Future New York: Historic Preservation and the Modern City" that tracks the roots of America's historic preservation movement between 1890 and 1920. Focusing on three New York City projects, the restoration of City Hall Park, the ultimately failed attempt to save historic St. John's Chapel ... Read more»

Philadelphia Archaeological Forum and Independence National Historical Park present EXPLORE PHILADELPHIA'S HIDDEN PAST 2009: AN ARCHAEOLOGY MONTH CELEBRATION! Free and open to the public. No advance tickets or reservations required. Saturday, October 24, 2009 Independence Living History Center Archaeology Laboratory Third Street between Chestnut and Walnut Streets TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (S OF SEPTEMBER 29, 2009) MORNING SESSION: 10:00 AM Welcome (Jed Levin) 10:10 AM Archaeology Around Philadelphia — The Year in Review (Doug Mooney) 10:30 AM German Immigrant Potters in Colonial Philadelphia: the Hillegas Redware Pottery, 1735-1742 (George Cress) 10:50 AM Re-Rediscovering the Prehistory of the Upper Perkiomen Valley (Edward Felix, ... Read more»

The Society of Architectural Historians Philadelphia Chapter presents LOCKWOOD DE FOREST AND THE EAST INDIAN CRAFT REVIVAL by Roberta A. Mayer, Associate Professor of Art History, Bucks County Community College Thursday, October 22 at 6:00 p.m. Architectural Archives/University of PA, 220 South 34th Street To register please contact Mary Anne Eves at ffaphila@hotmail.com, or phone 610-566-2342. Free for Phila SAH members, $5.00 for non members. Lockwood de Forest (1850-1932) is best known as an artistic decorator with a flair for designs based on the arts and crafts of the Middle East and India. He drew attention to the work of the mistri of ... Read more»

Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee presents VIOLET OAKLEY UNVEILED starring Heather Jannetta as Violet Oakley Saturday, November 7 $37.00 to order tickets go to http://cpc.state.pa.us/cpcweb/shop/product/08-002 The Oaks Cloister 5829 Wissahickon Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19144 You are invited to spend an evening with Violet Oakley at Oaks Cloister, formerly the magnificent Tudor and Craftsman style mansion belonging to Joseph Huston, architect for Pennsylvania's State Capitol. An ideal setting for the play Violet Oakley, Unveiled written by Cindy Dlugolecki, directed by Stuart Landon, starring Heather Jannetta as Violet Oakley. Step back in time to meet the shy young Philadelphia artist who made history by being the first woman in Pennsylvania to have a voice ... Read more»

The East Falls Community Council presents EAST FALLS HOUSE TOUR GOES GREEN Sunday, October 18, from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Tour-goers should come to the Garden by the Falls of Schuylkill Library, 3501 Midvale Avenue, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to pick up their program books and map. Tickets may be purchased at that time for $20. For more information, call 215-438-1929 or email mary.flournoy1@gmail.com.. The self-guided East Falls House Tour will include a number of homes – from rowhouses to twins to singles. This year, one of the homes has been completely gutted and now is a model of Green construction and design. In ... Read more»

The Friends of the Ewell Sale Stewart Library at the The Academy of Natural Sciences present AN EXCURSION TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: THE LIFE AND TRAVELS OF JOHN KIRK TOWNSEND Thursday, October 15, 2009, 5:30 p.m. The Academy of Natural Sciences Ewell Sale Stewart Library 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Free and open to the public. Please RSVP via 215-299-1040 or library@ansp.org Visit the website at http://www.ansp.org//adult-programs/lectures.php John Kirk Townsend (1809-1851) helped shape American science and history with a pioneering trip across North America in 1834 on behalf of the Academy of Natural Sciences. His many natural history discoveries were greeted with enthusiasm by the members of the Academy and his ... Read more»

The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Wyck Association present CHASING CHAIRS: A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP AND LECTURE ON PHILADELPHIA CHAIRS OF THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES Featuring speaker Philip D. Zimmerman, Ph.D. Thursday, October 15, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Historic Wyck, 6026 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19144 Cost: $50.00/person. Lunch is provided, optional tour of Wyck to follow. Registration is required, please call 215-329-7312. Please join us for an exclusive look at the form and construction of Philadelphia and Germantownmade chairs from the collections of Stenton, Wyck, the Germantown Historical Society and Cliveden in this hands-on ... Read more»

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania presents A CHEW CELEBRATION: LECTURE AND SHOW-AND-TELL Wednesday, October 14 at 6:00 p.m. 1300 Locust Street Free and open to the public. Please register at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/401207021 or phone 215-732-6200 The Historical Society of Pennsylvania has completed a two-year project to process and preserve the Chew Family Papers, an extensive collection that documents the lives of the Maryland and Pennsylvania branches of the Chew family through seven generations. Highlights of the collection will be on display at a free event at 6 p.m. October 14. Project archivist Cathleen Miller will discuss the collection and share information about this fascinating family. The history of ... Read more»