February 15, 2012
The National Museum of American Jewish History is running a series of programs recognizing the 90th anniversary of the bat mitzvah ceremony. A little background: on March 18, 1922, Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan and his daughter Judith initiated what would become the widespread American Jewish practice of bat mitzvah when Judith read blessings from the Bible [...]
Read more»February 14, 2012
Plenty of people have ideas about how to run our country. But how many of us really know what it takes to be America’s commander-in-chief? The National Constitution Center can clue you in, with several programs that reflect on 200 years of the American presidency, running February 18-20. You can chat up a couple of [...]
Read more»February 3, 2012
Few documents have inspired as much conversation, argument and adoration as the U.S. Constitution. It’s surely open to interpretation, but one thing is clear: the Constitution deserves one heck of a celebration to honor its 225 anniversary, and its getting one from the place bested suited for the occasion, the National Constitution Center. The [...]
Read more»December 5, 2011
Channeling speakeasies of the Prohibition-era, The Franklin Mortgage & Investment Company is even named after the largest alcohol ring in the country during Prohibition. So of course, The Franklin is celebrating the 78th anniversary of the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment prohibiting the sale, consumption, manufacture, import/export of intoxicating liquors in high style. From 5 [...]
Read more»November 7, 2011
Intrigued by what the typical meal was like back in Civil War-era Philadelphia? Find out and taste some of the food yourself at a special tasting event on November 16 at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The society recently published a facsimile of an 1865 cookbook from its collection. This cookbook, with more than 200 [...]
Read more»November 3, 2011
If it can be argued that a result of entertainment is to desensitize — to violence, to suffering, to war — then the answer just might be the Arden Theatre Company’s production of The Whipping Man. As its ominous name foreshadows, The Whipping Man wastes no time in shocking audiences into an almost uncomfortably close [...]
Read more»October 3, 2011
For the second time in the history of Philadelphia, the rainbow flag will fly alongside the stars and stripes in honor of LGBT History Month. Join Mayor Michael Nutter as he hosts the 2nd Annual City of Philadelphia LGBT History Month Celebration and Flag Raising Ceremony, Thursday, October 6 at 2 p.m. in front of [...]
Read more»September 27, 2011
The Revolutionary Germantown Festival is an all day family-friendly event commemorating the Battle of Germantown in Philadelphia’s most historic neighborhood, and it returns this weekend. On Saturday, October 1, from 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m., you can partake in a range of festivities from battle reenactments; an 18th century shopping experience in the sutler’s grove at Cliveden [...]
Read more»September 9, 2011
Friday, September 16 marks Constitution Day, a day when “We the People” recognize the creation and signing of what is arguably the most important document ever written by our Founding Fathers. Luckily for us, Philadelphia is the home of the National Constitution Center, where they’ve planned an entire day full of free events (courtesy of [...]
Read more»September 9, 2011
Each one of our lives changed, that fateful Tuesday morning in 2001. A morning that could have been forgotten as easily as any other would become the date in history that those who were alive to bear witness, will never forget. This September 11, Sunday, Americans will again remember those who were lost and those [...]
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