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Event Series October Movie Nights at Cliveden

October Movie Nights at Cliveden

Cliveden 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Sally Blagg presents feature films at Cliveden (6401 Germantown Avenue, 19144) every Wednesday evening in October; admission is free! There will also be a few vendors at each movie night providing healthy snacks and warm beverages for a small fee. To sign up for a movie night, register through Eventbrite. The movie night schedule is as follows: Wednesday, October 5th: Kirikou and the Sorceress Wednesday, October 12th: Encanto Wednesday, October 19th: Maya and the Three Wednesday, October 26th: Pachamama Please take the time to review the descriptions of each film to be sure that you feel that the content is

Free
Event Series October Movie Nights at Cliveden

October Movie Nights at Cliveden

Cliveden 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Sally Blagg presents feature films at Cliveden (6401 Germantown Avenue, 19144) every Wednesday evening in October; admission is free! There will also be a few vendors at each movie night providing healthy snacks and warm beverages for a small fee. To sign up for a movie night, register through Eventbrite. The movie night schedule is as follows: Wednesday, October 5th: Kirikou and the Sorceress Wednesday, October 12th: Encanto Wednesday, October 19th: Maya and the Three Wednesday, October 26th: Pachamama Please take the time to review the descriptions of each film to be sure that you feel that the content is

Free
Event Series October Movie Nights at Cliveden

October Movie Nights at Cliveden

Cliveden 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Sally Blagg presents feature films at Cliveden (6401 Germantown Avenue, 19144) every Wednesday evening in October; admission is free! There will also be a few vendors at each movie night providing healthy snacks and warm beverages for a small fee. To sign up for a movie night, register through Eventbrite. The movie night schedule is as follows: Wednesday, October 5th: Kirikou and the Sorceress Wednesday, October 12th: Encanto Wednesday, October 19th: Maya and the Three Wednesday, October 26th: Pachamama Please take the time to review the descriptions of each film to be sure that you feel that the content is

Free
Event Series October Movie Nights at Cliveden

October Movie Nights at Cliveden

Cliveden 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Sally Blagg presents feature films at Cliveden (6401 Germantown Avenue, 19144) every Wednesday evening in October; admission is free! There will also be a few vendors at each movie night providing healthy snacks and warm beverages for a small fee. To sign up for a movie night, register through Eventbrite. The movie night schedule is as follows: Wednesday, October 5th: Kirikou and the Sorceress Wednesday, October 12th: Encanto Wednesday, October 19th: Maya and the Three Wednesday, October 26th: Pachamama Please take the time to review the descriptions of each film to be sure that you feel that the content is

Free

Reconstructing Black Families: Stories from the Chew Papers

Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Spread throughout the 288.5 linear feet of the Chew Family Papers at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania is the evidence of the lives of early American families of African descent, both free and enslaved. Recent digitization work and research by the African American Genealogy Group (AAGG) has started to re-create family groups from the Mid-Atlantic region. Hear from members of AAGG on their findings and learn from Cliveden staff about the impact this work has on the interpretation at a local historic site. The first hour will be a presentation, available both in person at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Free

Event Series Bluebird Nesting Box Tour

Second Saturdays at Cliveden: Citizenship

Cliveden 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Cliveden’s next Second Saturday event on July 8th, from 9am to 4pm, and the theme is Citizenship! Local organization Victoria Urban Outreach Tutoring Service (VUOTS) will host a civic engagement and legislative conversation with Every Voice, Every Vote, a collaborative project managed by The Lenfest Institute for Journalism. From 9am to 12pm, community members are welcome to volunteer in the gardens and assist the Preservation Director in maintaining the greenspace. Tools and directions will be provided, no experience is necessary. Volunteers should come to the Carriage House and Barn, located at 98 E. Cliveden Street, 19119, to meet with Libbie.

Free

The Turmoil of Transition: A Dramatic Experience – James Smith

Cliveden 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Step back in time and meet one of the characters from Cliveden’s tumultuous past on Saturday, August 5th, from 12pm to 4pm. Visitors will meet James Smith, a free African American who was a coachman and servant at Cliveden. The tours take place in the Main House, are an hour long and begin on the hour at 12pm, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. Tickets are $20 and on sale now through our website: https://cliveden.org/the-turmoil-of-transition-james-smith/. Tour groups will be limited to 15 people per tour. For the full schedule of each tour, visit https://cliveden.org/dramatic-experience/. The Turmoil of Transition: A Dramatic Experience is

$30

Second Saturdays at Cliveden

Cliveden 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Second Saturdays at Cliveden return May 11th! Sign up for the Spotlight Tour, The Architecture of Service Spaces at 10:30am. Join architectural historian Willie Graham for an in-depth exploration of Cliveden and how the building can help tell the stories of those who lived and worked at Cliveden. This tour will take approximately an hour and will require walking up stairs. General admission is $20; $10 admission residents in 19119 and 19144 zip codes. Advanced registration through our website is required: https://cliveden.org/architecture-service-spaces/. Free house tours will be offered from 12pm to 4pm, beginning on the hour. The last tour of

$10 – $19144

Revolutionary Germantown Festival

Cliveden 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Don’t miss your opportunity to explore our Revolutionary past at the Revolutionary Germantown Festival on Saturday, October 5th, 10am to 4pm, rain or shine. Throughout the day, explore the lives and experiences of people from the past, engaging with re-enactors, first-person interpreters and trying your hand at 18th century crafts. Family friendly activities will be available with the sites of Historic Germantown along with tours and a food court. Two memorials will help mark the lives lost to violence both long ago and today. At 12:15 pm, there will be a moment of commemoration for those who died during the

Free

Spotlight Tour: Is There Still Water In That Well? The Restoration of the 18th & 19th Century Well and Wood Well Pump at the Cliveden Kitchen Dependency

Cliveden 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Part of the Transcending Thresholds initiative to study, restore and interpret the service spaces at Cliveden, this innovative project will conserve and restore the early well to function. Cliveden Preservation Director Libbie Hawes and architectural conservator Andy Palewski will discuss the construction and technology that provided necessary water for the kitchen and household in the 18th and 19th centuries. The project included removing three sections of wood well pump, restoring the 40-foot-deep stone well shaft and removing the objects and mud at the bottom. The effort now focuses on restoring the pump sections and forged hardware, including recreating the technology

Cliveden Conversations: Illuminating Hidden Lives Film Debut

Virtual Event your home

Join Cliveden, the African American Genealogy Group of Philadelphia, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and PWPvideo on Wednesday, March 12th at 7pm to share work and debut three videos for our project, Illuminating Hidden Lives. The project seeks to uplift stories of free and enslaved African Americans in the Mid-Atlantic region and make these stories more accessible through digitizing documents and film. The program is free and virtual; advanced registration is required. Sign up here: https://cliveden.org/cliveden-conversations/ To learn more about Illuminating Hidden Lives and view the digitized documents, visit https://cliveden.org/illuminating-hidden-lives/. This project is funded by the National Trust for Historic

Free

Old House Care Workshop – Masonry: Mortar and Brick

Cliveden 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

WMAN Historic Preservation Initiative and Cliveden of the National Trust present the Old House Care 2025 Workshop Series! WMAN's Historic Preservation Initiative champions the economic, environmental, and community benefits of saving our historic places. Increase your knowledge on common house care topics through this three part workshop series. On Tuesday, April 22nd, Ray Tschoepe and Andrew Staples will lead a class on masonry - mortar and brick. Class begins at 6:30pm in the Cliveden Barn, located at 98 E. Cliveden Street, 19119. Online registration recommended as space is limited. A donation is suggested: $10 per workshop or $25 for all

Free

Cliveden Conversation – The Sacred Remains: American Attitudes Toward Death in the Early 19th Century

Online

Join Dr. Gary Laderman as he explores the changing attitudes toward death and the dead in the first half of the 19th century. Our current exhibit at Cliveden, The Turmoil of Transition, explores the experiences of one household after the death of Benjamin Chew Jr in 1844. The program is free and virtual; advanced registration through our website is required: https://cliveden.org/cliveden-conversations/ About the Speaker Dr. Gary Laderman is the Goodrich C. White Professor of American Religious History and Cultures at Emory University and author of numerous books including two on the history of death in America: The Sacred Remains: American

Free

Event Series Second Saturdays: Free House Tours

Second Saturdays: Free House Tours

Cliveden 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Cliveden offers free house tours every second Saturday of the month, May to October, as part of their Second Saturday programming. House tours are available 12pm to 4pm, beginning on the hour in the Cliveden Barn, located at 98 E. Cliveden Street, 19119. The last tour of the day is at 3pm. Each tour is a one-hour experience. Visitors will view our current exhibit, The Turmoil of Transition: The mid-nineteenth century at Cliveden: 'Enter Cliveden as it was in the mid-nineteenth century - a household in turmoil and mourning over the death of husband and father, Benjamin Chew, Jr. This

Free