Calendar of Events

 

Now - September 18, 2009 Next Stop Berlin: 19th Century Woolwork and Drawings of Pennsylvania German Women. An exhibit of the needlework associated with patterns created in Berlin in the 19th century, later related types of wool needlework, and period drawings by Pennsylvania German women seemingly inspired by these designs. Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center, 105 Seminary Street, Pennsburg, PA  215.679.3103.
Saturday, June 20, 2009 Sacred Music Symposium: "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Sacred Vocal Music in PA German Culture".  This symposium, sponsored by the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center, will focus on the history of sacred vocal music among various Pennsylvania Germans, comparing the music of the "Church" Germans - the Reformed and Lutheran groups which comprised the majority of the immigrant Germanic population of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries - and the sectarian groups, which in the case of this program includes Mennonites, Brethren, Schwenkfelders, and Seventh Day Baptists at Ephrata. Rather than being musicological in scope, as many of the studies have been in the past, the Heritage Center seeks to present a discussion of the cultural heritage of vocal music, its European roots, and how it evolved in Pennsylvania.  105 Seminary Street, Pennsburg, PA  18073.  9:00 am to 4:00 pm. 
Saturday, July 11, 2009 The German Tradition of Pies.  Learn about some of the 18th and 19th century pie-making traditions of the Pennsylvania German peoples that lived in this area.   Presented by Nancy Roan, renowned Goschenhoppen region historian.  Peter Wentz Farmstead, 2100 Schultz Road, Worcester, PA  610.584.5104.

Ein deutscher Stammtisch trifft sich jeden Donnerstag um 20 Uhr im Independence Brew Pub, 12th and Market Streets, Philadelphia.  

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