The Modern Emily Dickinson: The Anti-Belle of Amherst

Date / Time

  • October 1, 2023
    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

The Belle of Amherst. The recluse who lived a life of quiet passion. For a century the Emily Dickinson of public imagination was confined to the decorous hall of The Nineteenth Century Poetess–eccentric, but never improper. But Emily was far more audacious and lively, a woman whose adventurous art and challenging ideas continue to resonate today.

Sherlock Mondays

Date / Time

  • October 2, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • October 9, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • October 16, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • October 23, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • October 30, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • November 6, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • November 13, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • November 20, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • November 27, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • December 4, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • December 11, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • December 18, 2023
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • January 8, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • January 15, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • January 22, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • January 29, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • February 5, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • February 12, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • February 19, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • February 26, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • March 4, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • March 11, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • March 18, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • March 25, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • April 1, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • April 8, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • April 15, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • April 22, 2024
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

The Rosenbach’s new Biblioventure series will focus on Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. We’re taking a deep-dive into the adventures of the world’s first consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his assistant, Dr. John Watson, as they battle the criminal forces of London.

First Family: George Washington’s Heirs and the Making of America with Cassandra Good | Virtual Course

Date / Time

  • October 5, 2023
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
  • October 19, 2023
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
  • November 2, 2023
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
  • November 16, 2023
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Using Cassandra Good’s new book First Family, this course will follow the saga of George Washington’s celebrity stepgrandchildren from the Revolution to the Civil War. We’ll be going behind the scenes to learn about the research for the book and examine original documents and objects, including some in the Rosenbach’s collection.

Reading Gravity’s Rainbow with Paul Saint-Amour | In-Person Course

Date / Time

  • October 8, 2023
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • October 22, 2023
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • November 5, 2023
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • November 19, 2023
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • December 3, 2023
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Gravity’s Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon’s masterpiece, turns 50 this year. The book divided readers from the get-go: the Pulitzer Prize jury recommended it unanimously but the Pulitzer board vetoed the recommendation, awarding no fiction prize for 1973 and calling the novel “turgid,” “unreadable,” and “obscene.” Now’s the time to read or revisit Pynchon’s ludic tome, with its pratfalls and pig costumes, its tales of love and rockets, its scatological sado-masochistic set pieces, and its passages of transcendent lyricism. Over the course of 5 fortnightly meetings, we’ll make our way through the whole enchilada. 

The Ladies of the House of Love: The Rosenbach’s Feminist & Queer Gothic Literature Book Club

Date / Time

  • October 10, 2023
    6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
  • November 14, 2023
    6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
  • December 12, 2023
    6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Sponsored by Danielle Bergmann and Bergmann Law LLC Registration Admission for In-person Ladies of the House of Love is $20 per session. Members pay $10. Not a member? Learn more. This is an in-person program at The Rosenbach. Please check your spam folder for your email confirmation. If you have questions, please call (215) 732-1600 or email [email protected]. This program is for those (more…)

The Rosenbach Presents Alexander Prud’homme, Author of Dinner with the President

Date / Time

  • October 11, 2023
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

The program will begin with a conversation between Prud’homme and Dr. Alexander Lawrence Ames, Director of Outreach & Engagement at the Rosenbach, as well as Judith M. Guston, the Rosenbach’s Curator & Senior Director of Collections, who co-curated the Rosenbach’s new exhibition Succession: Why Presidential History Matters Now. 

SOLD OUT! The 2023 Dracuthon Festival

Date / Time

  • October 13, 2023
    7:00 pm - 11:59 pm

Join us as we read aloud the entire novel Dracula by Bram Stoker from dusk till dawn. Late Friday afternoon, we’ll begin with Jonathan Harker’s journal account of his visit to Dracula’s Castle and we’ll end on Saturday morning with the pursuit of Dracula back to his lair.