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Hands-On Tours |
James Joyce & Irish Authors |
Wed, 05/23/2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
The Rosenbach is well known for the works of James Joyce and Bram Stoker, but the “English Literature” collections include many other... |
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Reading Group |
Reading Group: Ulysses Digest |
Repeats every 2 weeks on the second Wednesday until Thu May 24 2012 except Wed Mar 28 2012, Wed Apr 25 2012. Wed, 05/23/2012 - 6:00pm - 7:45pm |
Read and discuss selections from James Joyce's masterpiece, "Ulysses." |
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Hands-On Tours |
The Sea |
Fri, 05/25/2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
“Yes, as every one knows, meditation and water are wedded for ever”, from Moby Dick. Throughout history authors have used the Sea as a... |
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Reading Group |
Reading Group: Leaves of Grass |
Repeats every week until Mon May 28 2012 . Sun, 05/27/2012 - 2:00pm - 3:45pm |
Explore Walt Whitman's great poetry project: the multi-edition, world-famous book called "Leaves of Grass". |
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Hands-On Tours |
Love Letters |
Wed, 05/30/2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
From the aching yearnings of poet John Keats for his beloved Fanny Brawne to the dying wishes of a Civil War solider writing home to his... |
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Reading Group |
Reading Group: Great Expectations |
Repeats every month on the last Wednesday until Fri Jun 29 2012 . Wed, 05/30/2012 - 6:00pm - 7:45pm |
Crime, class, and ambition drive the plot of Great Expectations, one of Charles Dickens’s most powerful novels. |
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Hands-On Tours |
From Gratz to Rosenbach: A Collection of Early American Judaica |
Fri, 06/01/2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
When and why did the earliest Jewish residents arrive in Philadelphia? What led the Rosenbach brothers to collect early American Judaica... |
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Hands-On Tours |
Shakespeare |
Sun, 06/03/2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
When is Shakespeare not Shakespeare? And what is a folio, anyway? After seeing some of Shakespeare’s earliest printings and books that... |
Lauren Abshire |
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Hands-On Tours |
Magic: From Hermes to Houdini |
Wed, 06/06/2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
Incomprehensible incantations, mysterious symbols, and sleight-of-hand illusions abound on this tour about the history of magic in print.... |
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Reading Group |
Reading Group: Ulysses |
Repeats every month on the first Wednesday until Thu Jun 07 2012 . Wed, 06/06/2012 - 6:00pm - 7:45pm |
The Ulysses reading group is a fun and painless way to read (and finish!) James Joyce’s masterpiece. |
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Signature A |
Bloomsday Festival |
Thu, 06/07/2012 (All day) - Sat, 06/16/2012 (All day) |
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Public Program |
Conversation with the Curator |
Thu, 06/07/2012 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm |
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Hands-On Tours |
James Joyce & Irish Authors |
Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
The Rosenbach is well known for the works of James Joyce and Bram Stoker, but the “English Literature” collections include many other... |
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Hands-On Tours |
James Joyce & Irish Authors |
Sun, 06/10/2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
The Rosenbach is well known for the works of James Joyce and Bram Stoker, but the “English Literature” collections include many other... |
Lauren Abshire |
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Hands-On Tours |
James Joyce & Irish Authors |
Wed, 06/13/2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
The Rosenbach is well known for the works of James Joyce and Bram Stoker, but the “English Literature” collections include many other... |
Lauren Abshire |
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Go Ulysses! |
Wed, 06/13/2012 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm |
Stroll the streets of James Joyce’s Dublin as you never have before…led by puppets! |
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Public Program |
Bloomsday 101 |
Thu, 06/14/2012 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm |
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Hands-On Tours |
James Joyce & Irish Authors |
Fri, 06/15/2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
The Rosenbach is well known for the works of James Joyce and Bram Stoker, but the “English Literature” collections include many other... |
Lauren Abshire |
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Development Event |
The Rosenbacchanal |
Fri, 06/15/2012 - 6:00pm - 10:00pm |
Support the Rosenbach while celebrating the genius of James Joyce’s, "Ulysses" with Mr. Frank Delaney, celebrated author and... |
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Signature A |
Bloomsday |
Repeats every year until Sun Jun 17 2012 . Sat, 06/16/2012 - 12:00pm - 7:00pm |
The Rosenbach's Bloomsday is one of the cultural highlights of the season, drawing hundreds of friends, neighbors, Joyce enthusiasts,... |
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Hands-On Tours |
Tourists and their Travels |
Wed, 06/20/2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
How did people travel in 19th-century America? In this new hands-on tour we hear from gold rush emigrants, settlers, soldiers, Indians, and... |
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Hands-On Tours |
Marianne Moore, Modernist Poet |
Fri, 06/22/2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
Marianne Moore, like Pablo Picasso, broke free of tradition and reassembled the pieces in a new and sometimes confounding way. In this tour... |
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Hands-On Tours |
The Sea |
Sun, 06/24/2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
“Yes, as every one knows, meditation and water are wedded for ever”, from Moby Dick. Throughout history authors have used the Sea as a... |
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Hands-On Tours |
From Gratz to Rosenbach: A Collection of Early American Judaica |
Wed, 06/27/2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
When and why did the earliest Jewish residents arrive in Philadelphia? What led the Rosenbach brothers to collect early American Judaica... |
Lauren Abshire |
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Hands-On Tours |
Book Illustration: Worth a Thousand Words |
Fri, 06/29/2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
Alice in Wonderland famously asked, “What's the use of a book without any pictures or conversations?” This tour delves into the... |
Lauren Abshire |
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