Fun and free things to do in Philly
Didn’t find much out there this week. The intersection of various disciplines, plus the inspiration of an exhibit at APS makes this event sound pretty interesting. If you have an event coming up...
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Here are some free events taking place during the next few weeks. Enjoy! George Washington’s Band of Brothers November 5-27 12:30 pm Join a park ranger for a tour of the portrait gallery that will...
View ArticleMeet-up at National Mechanics Monday 3/19/12, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
What: A chance to hang out at the bar and learn a little bit about coding (if you’re interested) When: Monday, March 19, 6:00 – 8:00 Where: National Mechanics, 22 South Third Street Why: Because coding...
View ArticleNew gallery exhibition at UD Library
The University of Delaware Library announces the opening of a new exhibition, “In Focus: Photography from Daguerreotype to Digital,” which will be on display in the Special Collections Exhibition...
View ArticleLeopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra
The 2012-2013 concert season of the Philadelphia Orchestra marks the one hundredth anniversary of the appointment of Leopold Stokowski as the Orchestra’s Conductor. Over the course of his twenty...
View ArticleAnother successful meeting of Archivists Being Awesome
Contributed by Jenna Marrone If the stack of empty pizza boxes was any indication, then last week’s Archivists Being Awesome (ABA) event was a raging success! The meeting, which took place Thursday...
View ArticleUnconferencing #phillyDH
by Sarah Newhouse, Historical Society of Pennsylvania On June 4th, over 200 of the best and brightest (and nicest) from Philadelphia’s digital humanities community attended the PhillyDH@Penn event at...
View ArticleCall for Proposals — Midwest Archives Conference Annual Meeting 2014
CFP: MAC Annual Meeting 2014 The Syncopations of History: MAC at Kansas City Whether you prefer a 4/4 beat, elaborate riffing, or playing by memory (all signatures of the Kansas City jazz style), the...
View ArticleMARAC Spring 2014: Destination Rochester!
At the end of April, nearly 300 archivists gathered in Rochester, NY for the Spring 2014 Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference. Organized around the theme “Film, Freedom, and Feminism,” the...
View ArticleNew WWI Digital History Site Launches
On June 26th, cultural institutions around the Delaware Valley region celebrated the launch of Home Before the Leaves Fall, a new digital history site highlighting little-known World War I resources...
View ArticleArchives Month Philly Returns!
Archives Month Philly, a month-long festival of history-themed events at Philadelphia’s vibrant and diverse archives, special collections libraries, and cultural institutions, returns for a second...
View ArticleArchives Month Philly: Free exhibit on Delaware River life in Bristol
Contributed by Shaun Kirkpatrick Did you know that an amusement park once sat on an island in the middle of the Delaware River? Or that a Bristol, Pa.-to-Burlington, N.J. ferry in the 1750s charged 6...
View ArticleArchives Month Philly: ‘Staches and Spirits
Contributed by Ashley Stevens Sponsored by the Young Friends of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, ‘Staches and Spirits was a rousing success with over 75 people in attendance on October 16th....
View ArticleArchives Month Philly: Cataloging Conflict
Have you ever heard of using cats as an instrument of war? Or what about toilet paper? For an October 16th Archives Month event, the University of Pennsylvania’s Special Collections Processing Center...
View ArticleArchives Month Philly: Personal Digital Archiving Day
Contributed by Eric W. Schnittke On October 23, the Bryn Mawr College Library held a Personal Digital Archiving Day. Turnout was great, with 18 members of the staff and student body attending....
View ArticleArchives Month Philly: Philly History Quizzo
Congratulations to the “Nutter Fluffers” and “Pennsylvanians Against the World”! These were the two winning teams of Philly History Quizzo, the closing event of Archives Month Philly 2014. With 20...
View ArticleArchives Month Philly: Hagley Library Open House
On October 11th, more than 50 attendees braved the rain in Wilmington, Delaware for a peek behind-the-scenes of the Hagley Library. DVAG’s own Laurie Rizzo and Abby Adams were on-hand to showcase some...
View ArticleArchives Month Philly: We Want Your Feedback!
Did you attend an event or exhibit as part of Archives Month Philly 2014? Did your institution host an event or exhibit? Do you have ideas for Archives Month Philly 2015? Isn’t answering questions fun?...
View ArticleArchives Month Philly: Fallen of the Great War
On October 15th, representatives from the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania and Heritage Reports gathered at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania to present on a new digital history project about...
View ArticleArchives Month Philly: Curtis Institute of Music Historical Tour
Submitted by Ken Cleary On October 23, the Curtis Institute of Music welcomed Archives Month Philly enthusiasts for a tour of their historic conservancy and archives. Located adjacent to Rittenhouse...
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