Events – The Rosenbach

Sherlock Mondays

Date / Time

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.

Pickwick Monthly (online)

Date / Time

December 16, 2023
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
January 20, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
February 17, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
March 16, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
April 20, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
May 18, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
June 22, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
July 20, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
August 17, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
September 21, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
October 19, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Join us for a monthly journey through Charles Dickens’ The Pickwick Papers. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club was the first serialized novel written by Dickens and was published in 20 monthly parts (2-3 chapters per month) from March 1836-October 1837. Edward G. Pettit and a rotating set of Dickensian cohosts will talk about (more…)

Ulysses Weekly with Robert Berry | Virtual Course

Date / Time

February 15, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
February 22, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
February 29, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
March 7, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
March 14, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
March 21, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
March 28, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
April 4, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
April 11, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
April 18, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
April 25, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
May 2, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
May 9, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
May 16, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
May 23, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
May 30, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
June 6, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
June 13, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

This immersive weekly course will help readers explore (and enjoy) the intricacies, enigmas and hilarities of Ulysses. First time readers of the novel will find many resources for understanding this challenging work. For those returning to the novel, this will be a great way to delve even deeper into a book whose depths never seem to end.

Why We Still Read (and Sing!) Robert Burns with Steve Newman | Virtual Course

Date / Time

February 20, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
February 27, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
March 19, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
March 26, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

On the evening of January 25th, people from Edinburgh to Shanghai to Philadelphia gather to toast “the immortal memory” of Robert Burns. For he is not only Scotland’s national poet, his work has also been translated into Hebrew, Russian, Chinese, Esperanto, and a host of other languages. To discover the range and depth of work that established Burns as a poet of global significance, we will dive into a great deal of his poetry and a bit of his prose, drawing significantly on one of the world’s finest collections of his works: the Rosenbach’s.

Reading Virginia Woolf with Dr. Sean Hughes | Virtual Course

Date / Time

March 13, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
March 27, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
April 10, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
April 24, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

In this course, we’ll explore Woolf’s wisdom about human character and history while enjoying her glorious prose. We’ll read A Room of One’s Own, a selection of her shorter writings, and To the Lighthouse, one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century. Each session will include some relevant background, but our discussions will be guided by the interests of participants. Likely topics will include memory, gender, literary history, food, psychology, power, sexuality, family, artistic ambition, and loss.