Signature Programs / Events

Hands-On Tours

James Joyce, detail of Ulysses manuscript. EL J89ul 922 MS.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
The Rosenbach is well known for the works of James Joyce and Bram Stoker, but the “English... More
George Cruikshank, Spirits of Wine.  Wood engraving, 1827.  1954.1880.2083.
Friday, June 21, 2013 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Yes, besotted can mean ‘drunk,’ but it’s also a feeling of infatuation and fascination. On this... More
Francesco Bartolozzi, after William Hamilton, Mr. Kemble as King Richard the Thi
Sunday, June 23, 2013 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
When is Shakespeare not Shakespeare? And what is a folio, anyway? After seeing some of... More
John Tenniel, The Jaberwock, with eyes of flame. Pencil and gauche, ca. 1870. 19
Friday, June 28, 2013 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Mathematician and cleric Charles Lutwidge Dodgson published children’s books under the pen name... More

Reading Groups

NC Wyeth illustration for The Last of the Mohicans. c.1919

The Last of the Mohicans

Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - 6:00pm - 7:45pm
The Last of the Mohicans—extremely popular when published and still read throughout the world today –was foundational in shaping popular ideas about American Indians and the frontier period of American history. More