“When warm weather came, Baby Suggs, holy, followed by every black man, woman and child who could make it through, took her great heart to the Clearing—a wide-open place cut deep in the woods nobody knew for what at the end of a path known only to deer and whoever cleared the land in the (more…)
In 1891, the year the Kelmscott Press was founded, Queen Victoria began her final decade, and so did William Morris, the tireless craftsman, socialist, poet, novelist, translator, and founder of the Kelmscott Press. Fusing skill, aesthetics, and a lunatic devotion to all things medieval, Kelmscott books are the quintessence of Pre-Raphaelite aesthetics–and the most profound and personal works of William Morris’s oeuvre. Venture behind the bookcase to bask in the exquisite artisanship of the Victorian twilight, and trace the late flowering of the Pre-Raphaelite book.
With a warm heart for human nature and a cold eye for the human condition, Herman Melville was ahead of his time. Join us for an exploration of Melville’s significance to the 21st century, with a focus on themes like social justice, globalization, and more.
With a warm heart for human nature and a cold eye for the human condition, Herman Melville was ahead of his time. Join us for an exploration of Melville’s significance to the 21st century, with a focus on themes like social justice, globalization, and more.
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Join chef/owners Kiki Aranita and Chris Vacca of Poi Dog Philly for a make and taste class featuring poke. Presented as part of The Rosenbach’s Manjiro: Drifting, 1841-2020 exhibition.
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An afternoon lecture with Toby Zinman, chief theater critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
In a small group setting, you’ll get a hands-on lesson on how to clean and cook seasonal, regionally harvested seafood. Presented as part of the upcoming Manjiro exhibition.
Toast the literary past with readings by contemporary authors with music by Wisher’s band, the Afroeaters. This edition will explore the legacies of the Beat poetry movement and the works of Amiri Baraka, Jayne Cortez, Ted Joans, Bob Kaufman, and others.