[SOLD OUT] Huck and James: Reading Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Percival Everett’s James with Edward Whitley | Virtual Course

Date / Time

  • February 18, 2025
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
  • March 4, 2025
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
  • March 18, 2025
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
  • April 1, 2025
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
  • April 15, 2025
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

In this five-week online class, we will spend the first two weeks reading Huckleberry Finn. For our third meeting, we will explore the legacy of Huck and Jim in African American culture with a series of short readings from authors such as Toni Morrison, Ralph Ellison, and John Keene. We will spend the final two weeks reading Everett’s James.

[SOLD OUT] Reading Dracula with Edward G. Pettit | Virtual Course

Date / Time

  • February 20, 2025
    7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  • March 6, 2025
    7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  • March 20, 2025
    7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

We’ll consider how Dracula highlights the fears and anxieties of the culture that produced it and discover how this vampire story is just as much about themes of difference and otherness, race and ethnicity, and sexuality and gender, issues still relevant for contemporary readers.

Calligraphy Workshop: The Art of the Hebrew Letter

Date / Time

  • February 23, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • May 18, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

In this four-part workshop series, explore the creativity and connection that live within the art of Hebrew lettering. Employing ancient Hebrew letters and using the Rosenbach’s Hebraica collection for inspiration, in each session we will examine historic books and manuscripts to inform contemporary creations. Each participant’s innate creativity is celebrated. Everyone is welcome, whether you are a beginning calligrapher or an experienced artist!  

[SOLD OUT] The Duties of the Tea-Table: Exploring the History and Culture of Tea at the Rosenbach | Behind the Bookcase

Date / Time

  • February 25, 2025
    1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Using historic, handwritten documents and beautiful artworks in The Rosenbach’s collection, this tour will explore the global, cross-cultural connections forged via the thriving tea market in Europe in the 1600s and 1700s, as well as the role tea drinking played in the cultural history of the British Empire.

Rosenbach Book Club Special Meeting: The Power of Bridging by john a. powell – A People’s Friend Program

Date / Time

  • February 25, 2025
    6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Esteemed civil rights scholar john a. powell offers a framework for building connection across differences through the practice of bridging. He shares personal reflections and practices to help you begin bridging wherever you are—even with those you might never have imagined you could find common ground.