Events – Past

PAST EVENTS
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Book Club
November 21 at 12:00 PM
Read With Us: Trust the Plan by Will Sommer
Marcia Ruberg
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Social Event
November 20 at 5:00 PM
Member Monday

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Concert
November 17 at 6:00 PM
When Art and Architecture Meets Music

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Speaker Series
November 15 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone: Gustave Flaubert
Eric Simonis
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Speaker Series
November 10 through November 11
Documentation by Design Symposium

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Social Event
November 4 at 11:00 AM
Knitting Circle

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First Friday
November 3 at 5:00 PM
Blazing the Trail and Peterson Prize Opening

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Book Club
November 2 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Lois Reibach
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Social Event
October 30 at 5:00 PM
Society Hill Towers Open House

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Speaker Series
October 23 at 6:00 PM
The Changing Role of Museums
Christopher Woods
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Concert
October 20 at 6:00 PM
Allegro Presents: Autumn Spells Violin & Viola Duo
Luosha Fang and Shannon Lee
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Special Event
October 19 at 1:45 PM
2023 Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Awards

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Book Club
October 17 at 12:00 PM
Read With Us: Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer
Tess Galen
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Film Screening
October 16 at 2:00 PM
Notorious (1946)
Carrie Rickey
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Social Event
October 16 at 5:00 PM
Member Monday

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Speaker Series
October 11 at 6:00 PM
Art and Architecture Award Winners In Conversation
John Lobell and Laura Wolf-Powers with Richardson Dilworth
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Film Screening
October 9 at 2:00 PM
Spellbound (1944)
Carrie Rickey
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Social Event
October 7 at 11:00 AM
Knitting Circle

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First Friday
October 6 at 5:00 PM
Poor Persis: The Tender Mercies of Victorian Mourning
Holly Trostle Brigham and Angela Alaimo O’Donnell
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Book Club
October 5 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: The Last Dance by Mark Billingham
Lois Reibach
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Noon Talk
October 4 at 12:00 PM
Archaeology In and Of the City: Why Bother?
Rebecca Yamin
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Speaker Series
October 4 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone d'Histoire: Honore de Balzac
Eric Simonis
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Film Screening
October 2 at 2:00 PM
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Carrie Rickey
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Special Event
October 1 through October 31
Member Appreciation Month

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Concert
September 24 at 2:00 PM
3rd Annual Sunday in the Square

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Speaker Series
September 19 at 3:30 PM
Taste of the Opera: Simon Boccanegra
Dr. Lily Kass
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Social Event
September 18 at 5:00 PM
Member Monday

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Speaker Series
September 14 at 6:00 PM
Athenaeum Literary Award Presentation: After the Ivory Tower Falls
Will Bunch
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Social Event
September 11 at 5:30 PM
Athenaeum Young Friends x Club Connection Book Swap

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Youth Program
September 9 at 11:00 AM
Opera Storybook Time
Dr. Christine Jobson
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Book Club
September 7 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear
Lois Reibach
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Speaker Series
August 23 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone: La Bataille de Bouvines
Eric Simonis
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Film Screening
August 22 at 2:00 PM
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
George Strimel
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Social Event
August 21 at 5:00 PM
Member Monday

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Book Club
August 15 at 12:00 PM
Read With Us: Trust by Hernan Diaz
Lee Rodgers
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Film Screening
August 8 at 2:00 PM
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
George Strimel
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Social Event
August 5 at 11:00 AM
Knitting Circle

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Book Club
August 3 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen
Lois Reibach
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Film Screening
July 25 at 2:00 PM
The Great McGinty (1940)
George Strimel
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Special Event
July 21 at 4:00 PM
HYPHEN-ONE A Modern Renaissance of Organized Chaos Gallery Opening

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Book Club
July 18 at 12:00 PM
Read With Us: Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Marcia Ruberg
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Social Event
July 17 at 5:00 PM
Member Monday

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Speaker Series
July 14 at 6:00 PM
The Indigenous Origins of the American Revolution
Ned Blackhawk
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Course
July 13 at 10:30 AM
Writing Workshop
Cordelia Frances Biddle
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Speaker Series
July 12 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone: La Bataille d’Azincourt
Eric Simonis
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Film Screening
July 11 at 2:00 PM
The Good Fairy (1935)
George Strimel
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Book Club
July 6 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfield
Lois Reibach
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Social Event
July 1 at 11:00 AM
Knitting Circle

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Social Event
June 26 at 5:00 PM
Member Monday

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Film Screening
June 22 at 6:00 PM
Screening of The Automat plus Q&A with the Director
Lisa Hurwitz
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Gallery Tour
June 21 at 12:00 PM
The View from Washington Square
Bruce Laverty
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Book Club
June 20 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth: Dying of Whiteness by Jonathan M. Metzl
Enaj Leotaud
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Speaker Series
June 17 at 1:00 PM
Juneteenth: Celebrating Literary and Artistic Freedom
Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati, Gordon C. James, Shadra Strickland, and EB Lewis
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Social Event
June 14 at 5:00 PM
New Members' Reception

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Speaker Series
June 13 at 1:00 PM
Disunion Among Ourselves: The Perilous Politics of the American Revolution
Eli Merritt
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Concert
June 9 at 6:00 PM
Classic Guitar Soirée
Hao Yang
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Noon Talk
June 6 at 12:00 PM
5 Things You Need To Know About Collecting Contemporary Art
Alex Conner
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Social Event
June 3 at 11:00 AM
Knitting Circle

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First Friday
June 2 at 5:00 PM
Meet Me At The Automat Pop Up

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Book Club
June 1 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter
Lois Reibach
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Film Screening
May 22 at 2:00 PM
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Carrie Rickey
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Social Event
May 22 at 5:00 PM
Member Monday

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Concert
May 19 at 6:00 PM
Allegro Presents: A Travelogue with Song and Accordion
Chrystal E. Williams, mezzo and Felipe Hostins, accordion
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Book Club
May 16 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth: Beautiful Boy by David Sheff
Tess Galen
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Speaker Series
May 15 at 6:00 PM
A New Library for a New Age: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia as a Model Library in 1814 & Today
Beth Hessel
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Speaker Series
May 10 at 6:00 PM
Why Ornament Matters
Witold Rybczynski
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Film Screening
May 8 at 2:00 PM
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Carrie Rickey
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Social Event
May 6 at 11:00 AM
Knitting Circle

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Gallery Tour
May 5 at 4:00 PM
The View from Washington Square
Bruce Laverty
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First Friday
May 5 at 5:00 PM
The Wild Flowers of Mary Vaux Walcott

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Book Club
May 4 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: 1989 by Val McDermid
Lois Reibach
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Film Screening
May 1 at 2:00 PM
Out of the Past (1947)
Carrie Rickey
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Speaker Series
April 27 at 3:00 PM
Taste of the Opera: La Bohème
Dr. Lily Kass
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Speaker Series
April 26 at 6:00 PM
Who Hears Here? On Black Music, Pasts and Present
Guthrie P. Ramsey
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Book Club
April 25 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth: The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
Beth Hessel
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Social Event
April 24 at 5:00 PM
Member Monday

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Virtual Speaker Series
April 19 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone d'Histoire: La Bataille d'Hastings
Eric Simonis
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Special Event
April 17 at 6:00 PM
208th Annual Meeting

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Gallery Tour
April 15 at 12:00 PM
The View from Washington Square
Bruce Laverty
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Noon Talk
April 11 at 12:00 PM
Printing with Plates in Early 19th Century America: Mathew Carey and the Stereotype Bible Marketplace
Jeffrey Makala
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Book Club
April 6 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: Under a Veiled Moon by Karen Odden
Lois Reibach
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Social Event
April 1 at 11:00 AM
Knitting Circle

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Gallery Tour
March 30 at 12:00 PM
The View from Washington Square
Bruce Laverty
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Speaker Series
March 29 at 6:00 PM
South of South Street
Will Brown
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Social Event
March 27 at 5:00 PM
Member Monday

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Course
March 27 at 6:30 PM
Architecture and History of North Philadelphia (Hosted by the Wagner)
Bruce Laverty
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Special Event
March 26 at 1:00 PM
Athenaeum Photoshoot

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Concert
March 24 at 6:00 PM
Allegro Presents: An Evening with Johann Sebastian Bach
Lingyu Dong, violin
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Book Club
March 21 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth: The Invisible Kingdom by Meghan O'Rourke
Marcia Ruberg
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Speaker Series
March 16 at 6:00 PM
Encounters with Ouida
Jesse R. Erickson, Astor Curator of Printed Books & Bindings
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Virtual Speaker Series
March 9 at 6:00 PM
Bibliography, Bibliomania, and Bibliophilia in the Nineteenth Century
Denise Gigante
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Virtual Speaker Series
March 8 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone d'Histoire: Charles Martel
Eric Simonis
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Social Event
March 4 at 11:00 AM
Knitting Circle

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First Friday
March 3 at 5:00 PM
First Friday: Mapadelphia

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Book Club
March 2 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: Hotel Cartagena
Lois Reibach
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Special Event
February 27 at 5:00 PM
Member Monday
Staff
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Concert
February 24 at 6:00 PM
Allegro Presents: The Magic of Mandolin and Harpsichord
Ekaterina Skliar and Anna Kislitsyna
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Book Club
February 21 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth: The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
Enaj Leotaud
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Special Event
February 18 at 11:00 AM
Open Collage Hours
Natalie Gearin
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Special Event
February 13 at 5:00 PM
Member Monday
Staff
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Youth Program
February 11 at 11:00 AM
Explore Philadelphia!
The Geography Lady, Alycia Larson
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Noon Talk
February 10 at 12:00 PM
The Many Resurrections of Henry Box Brown
Martha Cutter
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Virtual Speaker Series
February 6 at 6:00 PM
Mutinous Women: How French Convicts Became Founding Mothers of the Gulf Coast
Joan DeJean and Kathleen DuVal
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Special Event
February 4 at 11:00 AM
Knitting Circle
Christina Doe
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First Friday
February 3 at 5:00 PM
Artist Pop Up
Diane Vaughn
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Book Club
February 2 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: Girl, Forgotten by Karin Slaughter
Lois Reibach
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Virtual Speaker Series
February 1 at 6:00 PM
A Voice in the Wilderness: How Evolution Can Help Us Solve Our Biggest Problems
Joseph L. Graves, Jr.
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Special Event
January 26 at 3:00 PM
Taste of the Opera: Carmina Burana + Credo
Dr. Lily Kass
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Virtual Speaker Series
January 25 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone d'Histoire: Vercingétorix: La Bataille d’Alésia
Eric Simonis
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Concert
January 25 at 6:00 PM
Classic Guitar Soirée
Celil Refik Kaya
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Noon Talk
January 24 at 12:00 PM
University City: History, Race, and Community in the Era of the Innovation District
Laura Wolf-Powers
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Speaker Series
January 19 at 6:00 PM
Good Cop, Bad Cop: Matisse and His Publishers
John Bidwell
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Course
January 18 at 6:00 PM
19th Century Movements for Prison Reform and Anti-Slavery
Beth Hessel
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Book Club
January 17 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth: Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Beth Hessel
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Special Event
January 17 at 5:00 PM
New Members' Reception
Staff
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Special Event
January 6 at 5:15 PM
Lighting Ceremony
Staff
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First Friday
January 6 at 5:00 PM
Drawing with Scissors: Collaging with Matisse Workshop
Athenaeum Staff
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Book Club
January 5 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: A Long Night in Paris
Lois Reibach
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Book Club
December 20 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth: One Hundred Saturdays by Michael Frank
Beth Hessel
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Virtual Speaker Series
December 14 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone: Jules Dumont d'Urville
Eric Simonis
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Speaker Series
December 13 at 6:00 PM
Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past
Richard Cohen
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Concert
December 9 at 6:00 PM
Allegro Presents: The Return of Jordan Dodson
Jordan Dodson with Brandon Patrick George
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Noon Talk
December 8 at 12:00 PM
The Paradox of Urban Revitalization
Howard Gillette, Jr.
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Speaker Series
December 6 at 6:00 PM
Female Husbands: A Trans History
Jen Manion
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First Friday
December 2 at 5:00 PM
Henri Matisse's Jazz
Staff
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Book Club
December 1 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: The Department of Sensitive Crimes
Lois Reibach
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Speaker Series
November 30 at 6:00 PM
I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise: A Life of Bunny Mellon
Mac Griswold
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Trip
November 18 at 10:30 AM
Matisse in the 1930s
Matthew Affron
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Concert
November 18 at 6:00 PM
Allegro Presents: Sound Bursts Saxophone Duo
Aiwen Zhang and Valentin Kovalev
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Speaker Series
November 16 at 1:30 PM
Symposium: Digitizing the Records of Philadelphia’s Historic Congregations
Various Presents
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Book Club
November 15 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth Book Club: The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton
Marcia Ruberg
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Speaker Series
November 12 at 10:30 AM
Women Pioneering Architecture in 17th and 20th Century Rome
Dr. Consuelo Lollobrigida
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Special Event
November 9 at 6:30 PM
A Renovation Celebration
Reopening Party
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Book Club
November 3 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: The Dark Remains
Lois Reibach
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Virtual Speaker Series
November 2 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone d'Histoire: Bougainville
Eric Simonis
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Trip
October 21 at 3:00 PM
Washington Square Park Tour
Sherley Young
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Virtual Speaker Series
October 19 at 6:00 PM
Out in Central Pennsylvania: The History of an LGBTQ Community
William Burton and Barry Loveland
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Book Club
October 18 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth: The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict Victoria Christopher Murray
Enaj Leotaud
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Noon Talk
October 17 at 12:00 PM
Happy Birthday 219! The Athenaeum at 175
Bruce Laverty
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Trip
October 11 at 2:00 PM
Fairmount Water Works Tour
Sandy Sorlien
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Book Club
October 6 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: The Lantern Men by Elly Griffiths
Lois Reibach
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Course
September 29 at 6:00 PM
Libraries and Liberty: The Writerly Voice
Kelsey Scouten Bates
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Special Event
September 22 at 3:00 PM
Taste of the Opera: Otello
Dr. Lily Kass
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Virtual Speaker Series
September 21 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone: Le Comte de La Pérouse
Eric Simonis
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Book Club
September 20 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth: Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
Beth Hessel
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Noon Talk
September 16 at 12:00 PM
The SS United States: The Hidden History of America's Enduring Flagship
Susan Gibbs
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Trip
September 14 at 11:00 AM
Christ Church Archives Tour
Carol Smith
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Virtual Speaker Series
September 8 at 6:00 PM
Fictions of Consent: Slavery, Servitude, and Free Service in Early Modern England
Urvashi Chakravarty
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Book Club
September 1 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: November Road by Lou Berney
Lois Reibach
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Trip
August 26 at 2:00 PM
Wagner Free Institute of Science Tour
Wagner Staff
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Noon Talk
August 23 at 12:00 PM
Behind the Marquee: Historic Theater Buildings at the Athenaeum
Bruce Laverty
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Virtual Speaker Series
August 11 at 6:00 PM
Cyclical City: Philadelphia and 350 years of Hydrology
Jill Desimini
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Book Club
August 4 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: Bury Me In Shadows
Lois Reibach
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Virtual Speaker Series
July 27 at 6:00 PM
The Deviant Prison: Eastern State Penitentiary
Dr. Ashley Rubin
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Trip
July 21 at 11:00 AM
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Tour
Kislak Staff
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Book Club
July 19 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Beth Hessel
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Trip
July 15 at 10:00 AM
Becoming Weatherwise Guided Exhibition Tour
Ali Rospond
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Noon Talk
July 12 at 12:00 PM
No Stone Left Unlearned: Armenian Tombstones of Philadelphia
Paul Vartan Sookiasian
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Book Club
July 7 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Lois Reibach
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Virtual Speaker Series
June 29 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone d'Histoire: Cavelier de La Salle
Eric Simonis
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Film Screening
June 23 at 6:00 PM
VIRTUAL: A Crime on the Bayou Screening and Talkback
Lolis Elie
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Noon Talk
June 21 at 12:00 PM
The Building of the Girard College for Orphans
Candace Hesselbart
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Virtual Speaker Series
June 16 at 2:00 PM
The Correspondents
Judith Mackrell
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Noon Talk
June 14 at 12:00 PM
How Conspiracy Impacts Our Built Environments
Natalie Gearin
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Trip
June 10 at 9:30 AM
SOLD OUT Jacqueline Kennedy and Henry Francis du Pont: From Winterthur to the White House
Winterthur Museum
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Course
June 8 at 2:00 PM
Modern Living in East Falls: from Stately High Rises to Private Hide-aways
David Breiner
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Noon Talk
June 7 at 12:00 PM
Storied Stone: Reframing the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s South Indian Temple Hall
Dr. Darielle Mason
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Virtual Speaker Series
June 2 at 6:00 PM
The Disaffected of the American Revolution
Aaron Sullivan
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Book Club
June 2 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: Strangers at the Gate by Catriona McPherson
Lois Reibach
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Concert
May 26 at 6:00 PM
Allegro Presents
Allegro Piano Duo
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Virtual Speaker Series
May 25 at 6:00 PM
POSTPONED: Dressing Up: The Women Who Influenced French Fashion
Elizabeth Block
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Speaker Series
May 19 at 6:00 PM
The Sign for Home
Blair Fell
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Virtual Speaker Series
May 18 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone d'Histoire: Jacques Cartier
Eric Simonis
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Book Club
May 17 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth: The Address Book by Deirdre Mask
Beth Hessel
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Course
May 16 at 5:00 PM
Record of Strangers Workshop
Jill LeMin Lee
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Speaker Series
May 11 at 6:00 PM
Women Healers: Essential Workers from Philadelphia's Founding
Susan Brandt
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Noon Talk
May 10 at 12:00 PM
Lombard Street's Black Activists: Antislavery, Business and Advancement
Michael Clemmons and Donna Rilling
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First Friday
May 6 at 5:00 PM
Multi-Artist Pop Up
Various Artists
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Book Club
May 5 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: Desolation Canyon by P.J. Tracy
Lois Reibach
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Speaker Series
May 4 at 6:00 PM
How America's Best Idea--National Parks--Came to Fruition
Dennis Drabelle and Shaun Eyring
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Virtual Speaker Series
April 28 at 6:00 PM
Index, A History of the
Dennis Duncan
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Course
April 26 at 2:00 PM
Writings From the Anti-Slavery Fight
Richard Bell
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Special Event
April 21 at 3:00 PM
Taste of the Opera: Rigoletto
Dr. Lily Kass
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Course
April 20 at 6:00 PM
The Books Behind the Declaration (Libraries & Liberty Seminar 1)
Michael Barsanti
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Noon Talk
April 19 at 12:00 PM
The Poison Book Project: Arsenic in Mass-Produced 19th-Century Cloth Bookbinding
Dr. Melissa Tedone
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Speaker Series
April 19 at 6:00 PM
You Can Have It All But Not At The Same Time
Marjorie Margolies
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Book Club
April 18 at 5:00 PM
Books with Beth: How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue (In Person)
Beth Hessel
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Book Club
April 14 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: The Madness of Crowds
Lois Reibach
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Course
April 13 at 2:00 PM
Record of Strangers Workshop
Jill LeMin Lee
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Course
April 9 at 11:00 AM
Record of Strangers Workshop
Jill LeMin Lee
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Virtual Speaker Series
April 6 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone d'Histoire: George Sand
Eric Simonis
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Special Event
April 4 at 6:00 PM
SOLD OUT 207th Annual Meeting of Shareholders
KieranTimberlake and Athenaeum Staff
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First Friday
April 1 at 5:00 PM
First Friday: 19th Century Ornithology
Athenaeum Staff
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Virtual Speaker Series
March 30 at 6:00 PM
Professional Pic(k)s: Favorites from the Jerome Lukowicz Collection
Various
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Film Screening
March 28 at 2:00 PM
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Carrie Rickey
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Course
March 26 at 11:00 AM
Open Collage Workshop
Athenaeum Staff
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Noon Talk
March 22 at 12:00 PM
Pennsylvania Forum Building: Restoring a Place of Knowledge
Aaron Warkentin
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Speaker Series
March 22 at 6:00 PM
The Nature of Organic Nationalism: A Revisionist History of Euro-American Architecture Theory
Charles Davis II
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Concert
March 18 at 6:00 PM
Allegro Music Presents: The Sounds of Gut and Steel
Katie Hyun
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Book Club
March 15 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth: The Color of Law (Virtual)
Beth Hessel
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Special Event
March 12 at 10:00 AM
Story Explorers Book Fest
Authors Talks and Workshops
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Course
March 10 at 2:00 PM
The Visual and Material Culture of the Site of Rayy, Iran
Renata Holod
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Speaker Series
March 10 at 6:00 PM
The Roots of Educational Inequality: Philadelphia's Germantown High School, 1907 -2014
Erika Kitzmiller
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Noon Talk
March 8 at 12:00 PM
Inside 219: From Robert Cornelius to Jerome Lukowicz
Bruce Laverty
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First Friday
March 4 at 5:00 PM
First Friday: Charles Cushing
Artist
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Speaker Series
March 3 at 6:00 PM
Exploring Early Ideas of the Marvelous Natural World
Rebecca Bushnell
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Book Club
March 3 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: The Heron's Cry by Ann Cleeves
Lois Reibach
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Book Club
February 28 at 5:00 PM
Books with Beth: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell (In Person)
Beth Hessel
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Film Screening
February 28 at 2:00 PM
Contempt
Carrie Rickey
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Speaker Series
February 24 at 6:00 PM
Read Until You Understand
Farah Jasmine Griffin
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Virtual Speaker Series
February 23 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone d'Histoire: Olympe de Gouges
Eric Simonis
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Course
February 22 at 2:00 PM
SOLD OUT- Rembrandt's Holland Course
Larry Silver
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Speaker Series
February 22 at 6:00 PM
Our American Friend
Anna Pitoniak and Jo Piazza
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Concert
February 18 at 6:00 PM
SOLD OUT- Allegro Presents: New York City Guitar Quartet
Jordan Dodson, Phil Goldenberg, Tom Clippinger and John Marcel Williams
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Special Event
February 16 at 6:00 PM
Words and Pictures
Sean O'Rourke
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Film Screening
February 12 at 2:00 PM
Gradually, Then Suddenly: The Bankruptcy of Detroit
Sam Katz and Jim Gardner
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Virtual Speaker Series
February 10 at 6:00 PM
How Do We See the Human in Biodiversity and Extinction Narratives?
Timothy Sweet
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Speaker Series
February 7 at 6:00 PM
Camera Man: Buster Keaton and the Dawn of Cinema
Dana Stevens
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Special Event
February 4 at 6:00 PM
The Lukowicz Legacy: A Conversation
Sean O'Rourke and William Williams
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Book Club
February 3 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: The Night of Fire by Kjell Eriksson
Lois Reibach
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Speaker Series
January 31 at 6:00 PM
Contemporary Urban Landscape in the Making
Giulia de Appolonia
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Film Screening
January 31 at 2:00 PM
Cleo from 5 to 7
Carrie Rickey
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Virtual Speaker Series
January 27 at 3:00 PM
VIRTUAL: A Kind of Private Princedome: The Story of the Country House
Clive Aslet
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Concert
January 21 at 6:00 PM
POSTPONED Allegro Music Presents: Multi-Dimensional Sounds Concert
Chrystal E Williams and Jordan Dodson
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Book Club
January 19 at 2:00 PM
The Founding Era Book Club
Richard Bell
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Book Club
January 18 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth: Shakespeare in a Divided America (Virtual)
Beth Hessel
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Virtual Speaker Series
January 14 at 12:00 PM
Magnificent Residences for Philadelphians Near and Far
David B. Rowland
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Virtual Speaker Series
January 12 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone d'Histoire: Madame de Staël
Eric Simonis
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Noon Talk
January 11 at 12:00 PM
James Stirling: An Architect Part Two
Ed Jakmauh
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Virtual Speaker Series
January 10 at 6:00 PM
Love in the Time of Travel Bans
Yara Zgheib
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Book Club
January 6 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: The Sorbonne Affair by Mark Pryor
Lois Reibach
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Speaker Series
January 5 at 6:00 PM
Star Territory: Printing the Universe in Nineteenth-Century America
Gordon Fraser
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Book Club
December 21 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth: Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
Beth Hessel
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Speaker Series
December 16 at 6:00 PM
Immigration and Metropolitan Revitalization in Philadelphia and Nationwide
Domenic Vitiello & A. K. Sandoval-Strausz
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Noon Talk
December 7 at 12:00 PM
219 in the 21st Century: The Athenaeum Embraces the Digital
Bruce Laverty
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Speaker Series
December 6 at 6:00 PM
The Origins of the Universe
Dr. Federico Nati
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First Friday
December 3 at 5:00 PM
First Friday: Athenaeum Lithophane Collection
Athenaeum Staff
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Book Club
December 2 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: Havana heat by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera
Lois Reibach
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Speaker Series
December 1 at 6:00 PM
Why Food Matters
Paul Freedman
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Virtual Speaker Series
December 1 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone d'Histoire: La Comtesse de la Fayette
Eric Simonis
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Film Screening
November 29 at 2:00 PM
MONDAY MOVIE MATINEE: Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
Carrie Rickey
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Special Event
November 22 at 6:00 PM
The Future of the Organ
Opera Philadelphia & Panel
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Concert
November 19 at 6:00 PM
Soar to New Heights
Allegro Music
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Speaker Series
November 18 at 6:00 PM
Lady Editor: Sarah Josepha Hale and the Making of the Modern American Woman
Melanie Kirkpatrick
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Book Club
November 16 at 12:00 PM
SOLD OUT Books with Beth: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Beth Hessel
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Speaker Series
November 11 at 6:00 PM
SOLD OUT: Vive la France! The Art and Architecture of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Therese Dolan and Lynn Miller
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Noon Talk
November 9 at 12:00 PM
James Stirling, An Architect Who Challenged and Embraced What Came Before
Ed Jakmauh
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First Friday
November 5 at 5:00 PM
Pat Singer & Phillip Singer Pop Up
Athenaeum Staff
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Speaker Series
November 4 at 6:00 PM
Against the Loveless World
Susan Abulhawa and Ania Loomba
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Book Club
November 4 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: So Say the Fallen
Lois Reibach
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Speaker Series
October 27 at 6:00 PM
Modern Spaces of Electric Light
Sandy Isenstadt
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Trip
October 27 at 1:00 PM
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church Tour and Organ Recital
Richard Van Fossen, Jr.
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Virtual Speaker Series
October 26 at 12:00 PM
Lost Heroes of WWII. We will not forget.
Shalom E. Lamm
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Film Screening
October 25 at 2:00 PM
MONDAY MOVIE MATINEE: Midnight (1939)
Carrie Rickey
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Trip
October 23 at 11:00 AM
Tindley Temple United Methodist Church Tour and Organ Recital
Frank Tyson and Chase Castle
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Speaker Series
October 20 at 6:00 PM
We Are Not Like Them
Christine Pride and Jo Piazza moderated by Jennifer Weiner
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Virtual Speaker Series
October 20 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone d'Histoire: Christine de Pizan
Eric Simonis
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Book Club
October 19 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth: My Broken Language by Quiara Alegria Hudes
Beth Hessel
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Virtual Speaker Series
October 18 at 6:00 PM
Lincoln in Private
Ronald C. White
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Concert
October 15 at 6:00 PM
Experience New Discoveries
Allegro Music
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Gallery Tour
October 13 at 3:00 PM
Gallery Talk
Joshua Castaño and Joe Elliott
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Virtual Speaker Series
October 12 at 6:00 PM
Voice for the Voiceless
David Michaelis
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Book Club
October 7 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: Out of Bounds by Val McDermid
Lois Reibach
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Speaker Series
October 7 at 6:00 PM
Why Old Places Matter Panel Discussion
Thompson Mayes, Randall Mason, Starr Herr-Cardillo
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Speaker Series
October 5 at 6:00 PM
TEMPORARILY POSTPONED A Kind of Private Princedome: The Story of the Country House
Clive Aslet
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First Friday
October 1 at 5:00 PM
Inspired Sound Exhibition and Panel
Joseph E.B. Elliott
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Speaker Series
September 30 at 6:00 PM
The Shrimp Fights Back: Napko, Eagle, and Korean Independence Movement, 1941-1945
Brian Masaru Hayashi
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Film Screening
September 27 at 2:00 PM
MONDAY MOVIE MATINEE: The High Sign (1921) and Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
Carrie Rickey
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Concert
September 26 at 3:00 PM
Sunday In The Square: A Musical Celebration
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia & Independence National Historical Park
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Speaker Series
September 23 at 6:00 PM
Is Failure the Cost of Success?
Joseph Margulies
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Book Club
September 21 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth: How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith
Beth Hessel
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Speaker Series
September 16 at 6:00 PM
Alias O. Henry
Ben Yagoda
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Virtual Speaker Series
September 15 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone d'Histoire: Arthur Rimbaud
Eric Simonis
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Speaker Series
September 13 at 6:00 PM
Athenaeum Literary Award Winner: The Beauty in Breaking
Michele Harper and Lorene Cary
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Book Club
September 2 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal
Lois Reibach
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Special Event
August 18 at 5:00 PM
New Members Reception
Athenaeum Staff
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Book Club
August 17 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth: Four Hundred Souls by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
Beth Hessel
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Trip
August 12 at 1:45 PM
Anna Russell Jones: The Art of Design Docent Led Tour at AAMP
Michael Clemmons
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Virtual Speaker Series
August 11 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone d'Histoire: Paul Verlaine
Eric Simonis
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First Friday
August 6 at 5:00 PM
The Work of Mellor, Meigs & Howe: FLIGHT AND SHADOW
Athenaeum Staff
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Book Club
August 5 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: The Maltese Falcon
Lois Reibach
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Film Screening
August 2 at 2:00 PM
Monday Movie Matinee
Love & Mercy
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Book Club
July 20 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth: Four Hundred Souls by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
Beth Hessel
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Film Screening
July 12 at 2:00 PM
Monday Movie Matinee
Roman Holiday
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Course
July 7 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone d'Histoire: Charles Baudelaire
Eric Simonis
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Book Club
July 1 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: No Man's Nightingale
Lois Reibach
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Virtual Speaker Series
June 24 at 6:00 PM
How America Decided to Dominate: The Birth of Armed Supremacy in World War II
Stephen Wertheim
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Virtual Speaker Series
June 22 at 6:00 PM
Leveraging Legacy: 30 Years of Community Centered Design
Tya Winn
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Book Club
June 15 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Beth Hessel
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Virtual Speaker Series
June 15 at 6:00 PM
Worlds Beyond: Miniatures and Victorian Fiction
Laura Forsberg
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Virtual Speaker Series
June 10 at 6:00 PM
Madam C.J. Walker's Gospel of Giving: The AME Church's Role in Her Life and Legacy
Tyrone McKinley Freeman and Rev. Mark Kelly Tyler
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Virtual Speaker Series
June 8 at 6:00 PM
Venetians Invented Everything
Meredith Small
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Noon Talk
June 8 at 12:00 PM
Inland: The Abandoned Canals of the Schuylkill Navigation
Sandy Sorlien
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Concert
June 4 at 6:00 PM
The Delightful Flavors of the Classical Guitar
Allegro Presents
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Book Club
June 3 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: The Unquiet Dead
Lois Reibach
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Virtual Speaker Series
June 1 at 6:00 PM
Keeping House in Seventeenth-Century England
Margarette Lincoln
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Virtual Speaker Series
May 27 at 6:00 PM
Women of Science in the French Enlightenment--A Sextet
Nina Gelbart
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Virtual Speaker Series
May 25 at 6:00 PM
Black Freedom on Native Land: A Story of Western Reconstruction
Alaina E. Roberts
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Noon Talk
May 25 at 12:00 PM
The Problem of Alzheimer's
Dr. Jason Karlawish
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Virtual Speaker Series
May 20 at 6:00 PM
Justice Rising: Robert Kennedy’s America in Black and White
Patricia Sullivan
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Virtual Speaker Series
May 18 at 6:00 PM
The North Atlantic Cities Cites Row House Architecture as an Urban Savior
Charles Duff
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Book Club
May 18 at 12:00 PM
Books with Beth: Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa
Beth Hessel
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Virtual Speaker Series
May 12 at 6:00 PM
Walt Whitman Invents America
Mark Edmundson
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Course
May 12 at 2:00 PM
Le Cercle Francophone d'Histoire: Victor Hugo
Eric Simonis
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Noon Talk
May 11 at 12:00 PM
Collections of the Mind: Phrenology at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Denise Fox and Jill LeMin Lee
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Concert
May 7 at 6:00 PM
Martinu Burger on a Mozart Bun
Allegro Presents
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Book Club
May 6 at 3:00 PM
Athenaeum Mystery Book Club: The Searcher by Tana French
Lois Reibach
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Virtual Speaker Series
May 5 at 6:00 PM
The Architecture of Urbanity: Designing Cities for Pluralism and Planet
Vishaan Chakrabarti
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Course
May 3 at 12:00 PM
Women and the American Revolution
Dr. Richard Bell
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