Event Calendar
Indicates Members Only Events
Indicates Reservations Required
(To make a reservation call 215-925-2688 or email events@philaathenaeum.org unless other instructions are given)
Winter-Spring 2019 Evening Events Brochure (pdf)
| March 25 | 2:30-4:30PM | Penn's Village French
Conversation Group.
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| 4:00-6:30PM | Movie: The Tale. Free.
Additional Information |
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| March 27 | 2:00PM | The Athenaeum Takes a
Hard Look at Philadelphia in the Movies. “Trading Places,
Then and Now,” with Carrie Rickey.
Free. |
| April 1 | 2:30-4:30PM | Penn's Village French
Conversation Group.
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| April 3 | 12:00PM | Gallery Talk by Curator of
Architecture, Bruce Laverty, on the current exhibition
The Federal Presence in Philadelphia.
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| April 8 | 5:30PM | 204th Annual Meeting.
Speaker: Martin Filler, “Makers of Modern Architecture: A Critic’s
Journey.” Athenaeum Shareholders will receive an invitation.
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| April 9 | 11:00AM | Socrates Cafe Discussion Group. RSVP to Gil Feinberg at gsfesq@verizon.net |
| April 10 | 1:00PM | A visit to the KieranTimberlake
Studio, with James Timberlake. Shareholders Only. Space is
limited.
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| April 15 | 2:30-4:00PM | Le Cercle Francophone d’Histoire French Conversation Group. Topic Schedule |
| 3:00PM | Bill Marrazzo, President of
WHYY, “Public Media, Built to Last!”
Free. |
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| April 19 | Closed for Good Friday | |
| April 22 | 2:30-4:00PM | Le Cercle Francophone d’Histoire French Conversation Group. Topic Schedule |
| April 23 | 1:00PM | A visit to Laurel Hill
Cemetery. Kerry L. Bryan, Fairmount Park docent, will lead a tour
featuring “Lovers of Learning: Founding Athenaeum Members at Laurel
Hill Cemetery” Shareholders Only. Space is limited.
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| April 29 | 2:30-4:00PM | Le Cercle Francophone d’Histoire French Conversation Group. Topic Schedule |
| May 6 | 2:30-4:00PM | Le Cercle Francophone d’Histoire French Conversation Group. Topic Schedule |
| May 7 | 2:30PM | Society Hill - Hot and
Healthy: Dr. Howard Haber is a Clinical Associate Professor
of Medicine at Penn Medicine, and the Director of the Cardiac
Catheterization Laboratory at Pennsylvania Hospital. “How Can You
Mend a Broken Heart? Viewpoint from an Interventional Cardiologist.”
Free |
| May 13 | 2:30-4:00PM | Le Cercle Francophone d’Histoire French Conversation Group. Topic Schedule |
| 3:00PM | Steven Weitzman, Director of
the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania,
“The Book of Job”
Free. |
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| May 14 | 11:00AM | Socrates Cafe Discussion Group. RSVP to Gil Feinberg at gsfesq@verizon.net |
| May 20 | 2:30-4:00PM | Le Cercle Francophone d’Histoire French Conversation Group. Topic Schedule |
| 3:30PM | Lecture: Maureen Corrigan,
National Public Radio book critic, “Who Do You Think You Are? A
Critic Responds”
Free.
Additional Information |
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| May 27 | Closed for Memorial Day | |
| May 29 | 3:00PM | Larry Platt, editor of
Citizen, “Reinvigorating Citizenship in the Birthplace of
American Democracy”
Free. |
| June 3 | 2:30-4:00PM | Le Cercle Francophone d’Histoire French Conversation Group. Topic Schedule |
| 3:00PM | Robert Hauser, Executive
Officer, American Philosophical Society, “The Past, Present and
Future of APS”
Free. |
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| June 10 | 2:30-4:00PM | Le Cercle Francophone d’Histoire French Conversation Group. Topic Schedule |
| June 11 | 11:00AM | Socrates Cafe Discussion Group. RSVP to Gil Feinberg at gsfesq@verizon.net |
| June 12 | 3:00PM | The Director’s Lecture.
Peter Conn, Vartan Gregorian Professor Emeritus, University of
Pennsylvania, “The Athenaeum and the History of Libraries”
Free. |
| July 4 | Closed for Independence Day | |
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