Events 2008
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Mo
nday, January 7, 2008Oley Valley Pennsylvania Dutch Club - 7pm. Our Pennsylvania German Club meets in the Oley High School (17 Jefferson St Oley, PA 19547)
Rm 123 first and third Mondays of the month at 7 p.m. We sing PA Dutch songs, talk PA Dutch, play games in the dialect, learn about the history of our people, talk over current events, have parties, and we write and translate and perform skits for the Oley Daal fersammling.
Mo
nday, January 21, 2008Oley Valley Pennsylvania Dutch Club - 7pm. Our Pennsylvania German Club meets in the Oley High School (17 Jefferson St Oley, PA 19547)
Rm 123 first and third Mondays of the month at 7 p.m. We sing PA Dutch songs, talk PA Dutch, play games in the dialect, learn about the history of our people, talk over current events, have parties, and we write and translate and perform skits for the Oley Daal fersammling.
Friday, January 31, 2008
Pennsylvania Dutch Dinner at the White Dog Cafe - Philadelphia, PA - William Woys Weaver (Co-sponsored by Slow Food Philadelphia) The art of classical Pennsylvania Dutch cookery has become a faded memory, replaced largely by the image of the Amish farmer and Lancaster County-style family restaurants promoting sugary pickles and tourist fare of no great culinary merit. With a nod to the Pennsylvania Dutch mid-winter observance of Ground Hog Day, our guest host and speaker William Woys Weaver (well-known author, food historian, and Contributing Editor for GOURMET) will lead you through a “Dutch Sampler” dinner based on a tasting of some of the classical dishes of Pennsylvania Dutch cooking, which is above all else regional and seasonal, so look for hearty mid-winter fare.
$45 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Call 215.386.9224 for reservations.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
10amNo English Spoken Here - The Pennsylvania German Ground Hog Lodges
First Saturday Program (FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
William Donner, Ph.D. will give an overview of the culture and historical background of the Pennsylvania Germans and explain how lodges are an important part of preserving this ethnic identity today. This presentation is a program of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, a Federal-State partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Join us for Continental breakfast at 9:30 AM. The program will begin at 10 AM. Admission will be waived for this Continental breakfast and program.
Saturday, February 2, 2008 9 am to 3pm
Designing a Hooked Rug Workshop
Design a Rug with Fraktur Influence taught by Susan Fellers, 9 am to 3 pm, Mennonite Heritage Center. (This class is full. See March 1 for 2nd class.) Mennonite Heritage Center
Mo
nday, February 4, 2008Oley Valley Pennsylvania Dutch Club - 7pm. Our Pennsylvania German Club meets in the Oley High School (17 Jefferson St Oley, PA 19547)
Rm 123 first and third Mondays of the month at 7 p.m. We sing PA Dutch songs, talk PA Dutch, play games in the dialect, learn about the history of our people, talk over current events, have parties, and we write and translate and perform skits for the Oley Daal fersammling.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
, February 15-17, 2008Landis Valley Winter Institute - Traditional Craft Classes
A weekend of traditional craft/trade classes and seminars. Registration required. Clink on the "Plan Your Visit" link and see "Press Releases" for more information. DOWLOAD FLYER Contact Person: Susan Kelleher Contact Phone: (717)569-0401, ext. 248 (Landis Valley Museum)
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Pennsylvania German Friends - 7pm.
The Pennsylvania German Friends (Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch Freind) hold a regular meeting on the third Thursday of most months at St Peter's Lutheran Church, 1933Hanover Avenue, Allentown. The gatherings are free and open to the public. Various aspects of the heritage and dialect of the Pennsylvania Dutch people in the Lehigh Valley are highlighted. The ability to converse in the dialect is not necessary, although some familiarity is helpful. For further information, call 610-264-2979. Next Meeting Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 7 pm.
Sat
urday, February 23, 2008 9 am to 3 pmRedware Pottery Workshop -taught by Denise Wilz, Registration required. Mennonite Heritage Center
Saturday, March 1, 2008 9 am to 3pm
Designing a Hooked Rug Workshop
Design a Rug with Fraktur Influence taught by Susan Fellers, 9 am to 3 pm, Mennonite Heritage Center. Mennonite Heritage Center
Mo
nday, March 3, 2008Oley Valley Pennsylvania Dutch Club - 7pm. Our Pennsylvania German Club meets in the Oley High School (17 Jefferson St Oley, PA 19547)
Rm 123 first and third Mondays of the month at 7 p.m. We sing PA Dutch songs, talk PA Dutch, play games in the dialect, learn about the history of our people, talk over current events, have parties, and we write and translate and perform skits for the Oley Daal fersammling.
Saturday, March 15,
2008
Easter on the Farm (10am -4pm)
FREE admission and parking. Interesting and fun activities are planned for every visitor to
this event. A program featuring Pennsylvania German Easter customs and traditions.
Artisans will be demonstrating in the Farm House.
More
information
(Pennsylvania German
Cultural Heritage Center)
Saturday, March 15, 2008 9 am to 3pm
Beginners Fraktur Class taught by Louise Hutchings, Registration required.Mennonite Heritage Center
Sunday,
March 16, 2008
Brown Bag Lunch and Sunday Afternoon Lecture
Series "Eastertide Traditions"
German Easter traditions have been modified and
adapted in American culture; it was the German
immigrants who brought the custom of the
Osterhaws or Easter rabbit to the American
colonies. The traditions of crafting egg trees,
saffron egg nests, and Easter birds are no
longer local practicies but the Easter bunny,
Easter breads, and decorated Easter eggs are
still part of today's customs. Dr. Allen
Viehmeyer and Rebecca Lawrence will discuss the
German roots of Easter traditions, focusing on
lost PA German and German American Eastertide
customs.
More
information
(Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage
Center)
Sunday,
March 16, 2008
Brown Bag Lunch and Sunday Afternoon Lecture
Series "Eastertide Traditions"
German Easter traditions have been modified and
adapted in American culture; it was the German
immigrants who brought the custom of the
Osterhaws or Easter rabbit to the American
colonies. The traditions of crafting egg trees,
saffron egg nests, and Easter birds are no
longer local practicies but the Easter bunny,
Easter breads, and decorated Easter eggs are
still part of today's customs. Dr. Allen
Viehmeyer and Rebecca Lawrence will discuss the
German roots of Easter traditions, focusing on
lost PA German and German American Eastertide
customs.
More
information
(Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage
Center)
Wednesday,
March 19, 2008 at 7:30pm
Lecture "15,000 Years of Pennsylvania History
in 15+ Minutes" - at the Kutztown Area
Historical Society
in their 1892 Public
School Building
Presented by Andy Arnold, Professor, Kutztown
University
(Kutztown
Area Historical Society)
Wednesday, March
26,
2008 - opening
Hymnody Exhibit -
Lobby of the Young Center, Elizabethtown College
An exhibit
featuring a representative
sample of historic hymnals
from three hymn
traditions—Anabaptists,
Mennonites and Amish;
Radical Pietists, Brethren
and River Brethren; Lutheran
and Lutheran Pietists—opens
at the Young Center on March
26. The exhibit is the fruit
of scholarship on
Anabaptist, Brethren, and
Lutheran hymnody by project
collaborators David Rempel
Smucker, Hedda Durnbaugh,
Betty Long, John Spangler,
Mark Oldenburg, and Steve
Scott.
The exhibit interprets some
of the significant changes
over time in the Anabaptist,
Pietist, and Lutheran hymn
traditions, and illustrates
how each tradition borrowed
hymns from other traditions.
Visitors have the unique
opportunity to see hymnals
that have rarely been
displayed together.
(The Young Center)
Friday, April 4, 2008 - 10
am
P
Pennsylvania German Hour
(first friday of every
month) 60min
Berks Community Television (BCTV)
Hosted and Produced by:Dale Schwoyer
Replays on: Saturday @ 9:00 PM, Sunday @ 10:00 AM, Tuesday @ 1:00 PM
Die Dolpehock Sanger Chor perpetuates the traditions of this area's early settlers. Interesting facts about each song are presented.
Friday, April 4,
2008 - 6:30pm
P
Grundsau Lodge No. 10,
Fersommling No 53
Kresgeville
Friday, April 4,
2008 - 7:30pm
Lecture "Singing from
Hymnal: A Worship Book: Images of Jesus"
(part of the Durbaugh Lectures) - Bucher
Meetinghouse, Young Center, Elizabethtown
College
Rebecca Slough, Ph.D., is academic dean, associate professor of worship and the arts, and director of the Spiritual Formation Program at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, will explore expressions of piety and faith in the Anabaptist and Pietist hymnody tradition through the images of Jesus found in Hymnal: A Worship Book, which is used broadly by the Mennonites and Brethren. The presentation will be part lecture and part hymnsing.
DURNBAUGH LECTURES by Rebecca Slough, Ph.D.
Rebecca Slough is academic dean, associate professor of worship and the arts, and director of the Spiritual Formation Program at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary. Before joining the AMBS faculty, she taught at Bethany Theological Seminary, served as pastor of First Mennonite Church of San Francisco, and was the managing editor of Hymnal: A Worship Book. Slough holds a Ph.D. in liturgical studies from Graduate Theological Union, in Berkeley, California.
Saturday,
April 5,
2008
10:30am
Lecture
"Singing
from
Hymnal:
A
Worship
Book:
Images
of
Jesus"
(part of
the
Durbaugh
Lectures)
-
Bucher
Meetinghouse,
Young
Center,
Elizabethtown
College
Rebecca Slough’s second presentation will include more singing and focus on the character of the church found in Hymnal: A Worship Book and the recent supplements completed by the Church of the Brethren and the Mennonite Church.
DURNBAUGH LECTURES by Rebecca Slough, Ph.D.
Rebecca Slough is academic dean, associate professor of worship and the arts, and director of the Spiritual Formation Program at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary. Before joining the AMBS faculty, she taught at Bethany Theological Seminary, served as pastor of First Mennonite Church of San Francisco, and was the managing editor of Hymnal: A Worship Book. Slough holds a Ph.D. in liturgical studies from Graduate Theological Union, in Berkeley, California.
Saturday,
April 5,
2008
7:00pm
Concert
"Hymnody
of the
Amish,
Mennonite,
Brethren,
Brethren
in
Christ,
and
Lutheran
Traditions"
-
Leffler
Chapel
and
Performance
Center,
Elizabethtown
College
Members of the Elizabethtown College Concert Choir will join voices with members of the College–Community Chorus as well as invited musicians from the Elizabethtown community to present selected hymns from the 300-year history of Brethren hymnody as well as hymns from the Amish, Mennonite, Brethren in Christ, and Lutheran traditions. The concert will feature hymns central in the development of these faith traditions’ use of congregational singing throughout their respective histories. The ensemble will be directed by Matthew P. Fritz, associate professor of music and director of choral activities at the College.
Concert Choir is an auditioned group, the College’s premiere vocal ensemble. This 32-member mixed-voice touring ensemble has performed throughout the United States as well as internationally. College-Community Chorus is open to all students, staff, faculty, and community members. This non-auditioned ensemble counts 80+ singers in its membership and focuses on masterworks. (the Young Center)
Sunday, April 6, 2008 — First Pennsylvania Regiment Flintlock Shoot (Daniel Boone Homestead)
Mo
nday, April 7, 2008Oley Valley Pennsylvania Dutch Club - 7pm. Our Pennsylvania German Club meets in the Oley High School (17 Jefferson St Oley, PA 19547)
Rm 123 first and third Mondays of the month at 7 p.m. We sing PA Dutch songs, talk PA Dutch, play games in the dialect, learn about the history of our people, talk over current events, have parties, and we write and translate and perform skits for the Oley Daal fersammling.
Friday, April 11, 2008 - 7:13pm
PGrundsau Lodge No. 12, Fersommling No 49
Haag's Hotel, Shartlesville
Friday, April 11, 2008 - 6:30pm
PGrundsau Lodge No. 5, Fersommling No 61
Masonic Lodge, Pine Grove
Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:00 am to 3:00pm
Fleece and Flax Day Mennonite Heritage Center. Mennonite Heritage Center
Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:00 am to 3:00pm
Adult Education
Workshop - Scherenschnitte
Historic
Schaefferstown
Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:00 am to 4:00pm
Save the Speakers House Join us on Saturday, April 12 at 10 a.m. to celebrate the installation of a Pennsylvania
historical marker on the grounds of The Speaker’s House. The marker will commemorate Frederick Muhlenberg’s
residency at 151 W. Main Street.
Save the Speakers House
Sunday, April 13, 2008 2:00pm
Memorial Service for Dr. Alfred L. Shoemaker
Trinity Lutheran Church, 357 W. Main Street, Kutztown, PA 19530Public is invited to attend a Memorial Service for the folklorist Dr. Alfred L. Shoemaker on his 95th Birthday, Sunday April 13th.2008 at 2:00pm at Trinity Lutheran Church 357 W. Main Street, Kutztown, PA 19530. The noted published authority on Pennsylvania Dutch; he was the guiding light behind the 1950 Kutztown Folk Festival. Opportunity will be given to those who wish to speak about Dr. Shoemaker's life on Sunday the 13th. His Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival at Kutztown became an icon equal to tourism at Colonial Williamsburg and the New England region; the community of Kutztown will not forget this Dutchman every time we celebrate the 4th of July.
Monday,
April 13, 2008
4:00pm
Concert
Ephrata
Cloister
Chorus
-
Leffler
Chapel
and
Performance
Center,
Elizabethtown
College
This concert will commemorate both the 275th anniversary of the founding of the Ephrata Community and the 300th anniversary of the Brethren, from whom Conrad Beissel separated to form the Ephrata Community. The concert will include hymns composed by Beissel and music from other German religious groups and communal groups.
The Ephrata Cloister Chorus, under the direction of Dr. Daryl Hollinger, is a group of about 30 women and men who volunteer their time to sing music from the Ephrata Cloister community, as well as music from early American religious and communal groups, early American hymns, and Afro-American spirituals. (the Young Center)
Wednesday, April 16,
2008 - 8:00am
Dialect-Kultur
Risser's Restaurant, Stouchsburg
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Annual Awards Program - "Pennsylvania German Fraktur: Art of Faith and Family" - Slide Presentation, Candace Perry
(The Goschenhoppen Historians Inc)\
Frederick, PA
Friday, April 18, 2008 - 7:00pm
PUnner Mahanoy un Nochberschaft 63rd Fersommling
Kevin's Lykens
Friday, April 19, 2008 - 6:30pm
P49th Lehigh Valley Fersommling
Germansville Fire Company
Saturday, April 19, 2008 9:00 am to 12:00pm
Tape Weaving Workshop for children. Taught by Eleanor Bittle. Registration is required. Mennonite Heritage Center
Saturday, April 19, 2008 1:00 pm to 3:00pm
Tape Weaving Workshop for adults. Taught by Eleanor Bittle. Registration is required. Mennonite Heritage Center
Sunday, April 20, 2008 12:00 to 4:00pm
French and Indian War Sunday Walk &
Lecture. Visitors will have the opportunity to dialogue with the re-enactors about the historical context, clothing and equipment of soldiers of the French and Indian War period. This program is available anytime from 12 noon to 4 PM. As part of the program, the public will have an opportunity to view the interior of the Weiser Springhouse and the recently restored fireplace now in working condition. An open hearth cooking demonstration will take place as the civilian soldiers prepare their meal at noon. The public is invited take advantage of this special program and the beautiful Olmsted-designed park.“The War for Empire in Colonial North America” lecture will be held at 3 pm in the Education building at the Conrad Weiser Homestead. The speaker, Dennis Kubicki, is a re-enactor in three periods; the French & Indian War, the Revolutionary War, and the War of the Rebellion.
The French and Indian War Interpretive Sunday program is free and open to the public and is made possible by the Friends of Conrad Weiser Homestead. Normal admission will be charged for the self-guided tours of the exhibits buildings other than the Springhouse. For More Information, please contact the site at 610-589-2934. Or visit us on the web at www.conradweiserhomestead.org Conrad Weiser Homestead
Mo
nday, April 21, 2008Oley Valley Pennsylvania Dutch Club - 7pm. Our Pennsylvania German Club meets in the Oley High School (17 Jefferson St Oley, PA 19547)
Rm 123 first and third Mondays of the month at 7 p.m. We sing PA Dutch songs, talk PA Dutch, play games in the dialect, learn about the history of our people, talk over current events, have parties, and we write and translate and perform skits for the Oley Daal fersammling.
Tuesday, April 22,
2008 - 6:30pm
P
Upper Perkiomen Ladies #7
Banquet No. 24
East Greenville Fire Company
Thursday,
April 23, 2008 at 7:30pm
Lecture "The History and Architecture of the
Hottenstein Farms in Maxatawny Township - at the
Kutztown Area Historical Society
in their 1892 Public
School Building
Presented by Robert Reynolds, Professor,
Kutztown University
(Kutztown
Area Historical Society)
Thurs
day, April 24, 2008 - 3:30pm PP. G. Conversation Group
HACC
Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 6:30pm
PGrundsau Lodge No. 7, Fersommling No 57
East Greenville Fire Company
Friday, May 2, 2008 - 10
am
P
Pennsylvania German Hour
(first friday of every month) 60min
Berks Community Television (BCTV)
Hosted and Produced by:Dale Schwoyer Replays on Saturday at 9 pm, Tuesday at 1pm.
Saturday, May 3, 2008 9 am to 3pm
Advanced
Fraktur Class taught by Louise Hutchings, Registration required. Mennonite Heritage Center
Saturday, May 3, 2008 - 6 pm P
Huffa Karrich
Fersommling No 14Seisholzvile Fire Company
Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 9 am
PNicholas Stoltzfus Home Benefit Auction
1700 Tulpehocken Road, Wyomissing Nicholas Stoltzfus House
Thursday, May 15, 2008 9 am to 3pm
Public Program "Figured and Fancy Coverlets and their Weavers" by Ron Walter . Mennonite Heritage Center
Saturday, May 17, 2008 9 am to 2pm
Woodgraining Class taught by Jim King, Registration required. Mennonite Heritage Center
May 17, 2008 – Military History / Living History Encampment at the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center as part of the Boy Scout Jamebo. Over 7,000 scouts will be camped around the heritage center and will have the ability to interact with living historians that are recreating the period of the Revolutionary War. One of the living history units in attendance will be von Heer's Provost Corp which was comprised of 90 percent Pennsylvania German. Other units that will be involved are the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center, a civil war unit and world war II unit as well. (Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center)
Sunday, May 18, 2008 12:00 to 4:00pm
French and Indian War Sunday Walk &
Lecture. Visitors will have the opportunity to dialogue with the re-enactors about the historical context, clothing and equipment of soldiers of the French and Indian War period. This program is available anytime from 12 noon to 4 PM. As part of the program, the public will have an opportunity to view the interior of the Weiser Springhouse and the recently restored fireplace now in working condition. An open hearth cooking demonstration will take place as the civilian soldiers prepare their meal at noon. The public is invited take advantage of this special program and the beautiful Olmsted-designed park.“The War for Empire in Colonial North America” lecture will be held at 3 pm in the Education building at the Conrad Weiser Homestead. The speaker, Dennis Kubicki, is a re-enactor in three periods; the French & Indian War, the Revolutionary War, and the War of the Rebellion.
The French and Indian War Interpretive Sunday program is free and open to the public and is made possible by the Friends of Conrad Weiser Homestead. Normal admission will be charged for the self-guided tours of the exhibits buildings other than the Springhouse. For More Information, please contact the site at 610-589-2934. Or visit us on the web at www.conradweiserhomestead.org Conrad Weiser Homestead
Mo
nday, May 19, 2008Oley Valley Pennsylvania Dutch Club - 7pm. Our Pennsylvania German Club meets in the Oley High School (17 Jefferson St Oley, PA 19547)
Rm 123 first and third Mondays of the month at 7 p.m. We sing PA Dutch songs, talk PA Dutch, play games in the dialect, learn about the history of our people, talk over current events, have parties, and we write and translate and perform skits for the Oley Daal fersammling.
Wednesday,
May 21, 2008 at 7:30pm
Lecture "Braucherei"- at the Kutztown Area
Historical Society in their 1892 Public School
Building
Presented by Jesse Tobin, Three Sisters Center
for the Healing Arts
(Kutztown
Area Historical Society)
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 8:00am
PDialect-Kultur
Risser's Restaurant, Stouchsburg
Saturday, May 31, 2008 9 am to 3pm. Registration 8:30am
Program "Symposium on Mennonite Spirituality" at the Franconia Mennonite House, followed by an informal discussion at the Mennonite Heritage Center Registration required. Mennonite Heritage Center
Saturday, May 31, 2008 7pm.
Traditional Worship service at the Klein's Meetinghouse, Maple Avenue, Harleysville, PA
2008 National Barn Alliance Annual Meeting and Barn tour
The National Barn Alliance (NBA) and Historic Barn and Farm Foundation of PA (HBFFP) will jointly present
a three-day conference at Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 5-7, 2008.
Pennsylvania German Society Annual Meeting
Young Center, for Anabaptist and Pietists Studies, located on Elizabethtown College in
Elizabethtown, PA.
Friday, June 6, 2008 - 10 am
PPennsylvania German Hour (first friday of every month) 60min
Berks Community Television (BCTV)
Hosted and Produced by:Dale Schwoyer Replays on Saturday at 9 pm, Tuesday at 1pm.
Sunday, June 8, 2008 12:00 to 4:00pm
French and Indian War Sunday Walk &
Lecture. Visitors will have the opportunity to dialogue with the re-enactors about the historical context, clothing and equipment of soldiers of the French and Indian War period. This program is available anytime from 12 noon to 4 PM. As part of the program, the public will have an opportunity to view the interior of the Weiser Springhouse and the recently restored fireplace now in working condition. An open hearth cooking demonstration will take place as the civilian soldiers prepare their meal at noon. The public is invited take advantage of this special program and the beautiful Olmsted-designed park.“The War for Empire in Colonial North America” lecture will be held at 3 pm in the Education building at the Conrad Weiser Homestead. The speaker, Dennis Kubicki, is a re-enactor in three periods; the French & Indian War, the Revolutionary War, and the War of the Rebellion.
The French and Indian War Interpretive Sunday program is free and open to the public and is made possible by the Friends of Conrad Weiser Homestead. Normal admission will be charged for the self-guided tours of the exhibits buildings other than the Springhouse. For More Information, please contact the site at 610-589-2934. Or visit us on the web at www.conradweiserhomestead.org Conrad Weiser Homestead
Tuesday through Friday
, June 17-20, 2008Landis Valley "52nd" Annual Summer Institute
Traditional craft/trade classes (for beginners and advanced students) and seminars on related subjects. Registration required.
Contact Person: Susan Kelleher Contact Phone: (717)569-0401, ext. 248
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - 10:30am
PDialect-Kultur Picnic
Marion Rod and Gun Club, Stouchsburg
Saturday,
June 21 2008 9 am to 3pmFraktur Class Part III taught by Louise Hutchings, Registration required. Mennonite Heritage Center
Saturday, June 28, 2008 10:00 am to 5:00pm
PAnnual Cherry Fair and Early American Craft Show
Historic Schaefferstown
Saturday,
June 28- Sunday, July 6, 2008
Kutztown PA German Festival
(9am-6pm daily)
More information
Friday, July 4, 2008 - 10 am
PNO Pennsylvania German Hour
Saturday, July 12, 2008 9 am to 4 pm
PHeirloom Walk featuring Barns and Outbuildings Historic Schaefferstown
Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:00 to 4:00pm
French and Indian War Sunday Walk &
Lecture. Visitors will have the opportunity to dialogue with the re-enactors about the historical context, clothing and equipment of soldiers of the French and Indian War period. This program is available anytime from 12 noon to 4 PM. As part of the program, the public will have an opportunity to view the interior of the Weiser Springhouse and the recently restored fireplace now in working condition. An open hearth cooking demonstration will take place as the civilian soldiers prepare their meal at noon. The public is invited take advantage of this special program and the beautiful Olmsted-designed park.“The War for Empire in Colonial North America” lecture will be held at 3 pm in the Education building at the Conrad Weiser Homestead. The speaker, Dennis Kubicki, is a re-enactor in three periods; the French & Indian War, the Revolutionary War, and the War of the Rebellion.
The French and Indian War Interpretive Sunday program is free and open to the public and is made possible by the Friends of Conrad Weiser Homestead. Normal admission will be charged for the self-guided tours of the exhibits buildings other than the Springhouse. For More Information, please contact the site at 610-589-2934. Or visit us on the web at www.conradweiserhomestead.org Conrad Weiser Homestead
July 28-31, 2008
Children’s Cultural Camp in the morning
(Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center)
Yunge (Older Children) Cultural Camp in
the afternoon
(Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center)
Friday, August 1, 2008 - 10 am
PPennsylvania German Hour (first friday of every month) 60min
Berks Community Television (BCTV)
Hosted and Produced by:Dale Schwoyer Replays on Saturday at 9 pm, Tuesday at 1pm.
42nd Annual Goschenhoppen Folk Festival at the Henry Antes Plantation (The Goschenhoppen Historians Inc)\
Frederick, PA
August 8-9, 2008
Old Time Plow Boys plowing show
(Pennsylvania German
Cultural Heritage Center)
Kutztown, PA
Saturday, August 16, 2008 4 to 9 pm
PDeitsch Piknik, Walter Groller Orchestra Huff's Church
Friday, September 5, 2008 - 10 am
PPennsylvania German Hour (first friday of every month) 60min
Berks Community Television (BCTV)
Hosted and Produced by:Dale Schwoyer Replays on Saturday at 9 pm, Tuesday at 1pm.
Saturday, September 13 and Sunday September 14, 2008 10 am to 5 pm
PFall Harvest Fair Historic Schaefferstown
Saturday, September 13th, 2008 Dinner - (1pm; 5pm) Play (2:15pm, 6:15pm)
PPA Dutch Dinner Theatre
Huff's Church
Sunday, September 14, 2008 4 2:30 pm
PDialect Service, Little Tulpehocken Church
Bernville
Tuesday
, September 16, 2008Program "Pennsylvania German Textiles" by Alan Keyser Mennonite Heritage Center
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 8:00am
PDialect-Kultur
Risser's Restaurant, Stouchsburg
Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 11:00am
PPA German Day, Oley Fair
Oley
Fri
day, September 19, 2008 - 6:43pm PHeidelberg Fersommling #26
Mt. Zion Fire Company
Sunday, September 21, 2008 12:00 to 4:00pm
French and Indian War Sunday Walk &
Lecture. Visitors will have the opportunity to dialogue with the re-enactors about the historical context, clothing and equipment of soldiers of the French and Indian War period. This program is available anytime from 12 noon to 4 PM. As part of the program, the public will have an opportunity to view the interior of the Weiser Springhouse and the recently restored fireplace now in working condition. An open hearth cooking demonstration will take place as the civilian soldiers prepare their meal at noon. The public is invited take advantage of this special program and the beautiful Olmsted-designed park.“The War for Empire in Colonial North America” lecture will be held at 3 pm in the Education building at the Conrad Weiser Homestead. The speaker, Dennis Kubicki, is a re-enactor in three periods; the French & Indian War, the Revolutionary War, and the War of the Rebellion.
The French and Indian War Interpretive Sunday program is free and open to the public and is made possible by the Friends of Conrad Weiser Homestead. Normal admission will be charged for the self-guided tours of the exhibits buildings other than the Springhouse. For More Information, please contact the site at 610-589-2934. Or visit us on the web at www.conradweiserhomestead.org Conrad Weiser Homestead
September 23, 2008 at 6pm
18th century Private Dinner party at the Antes House (The Goshenhoppen Historians Inc)
Traditional Pennsylvania German Food Prepared on an Open Hearth.
Tickets: $10.00 per couple, or 3 for $25.00
Nine Couples will be selected to attend, one ticket will be auctioned
All participants will be provided period attire and will experience in all authenticity, the sights, sounds, aromas and flavors of an evening with the Antes family during the 18th century. The details of this unique experience have been researched to give you the most accurate representation of a captured moment in history.
Drawing and
Auction - 5:00 pm, Saturday, August 9, 2008
Goschenhoppen Historians' Folk Festival
at the Antes Plantation, Frederick, PA
All proceeds benefit the restoration of the Antes House, A National Historic Landmark
October 11-12, 2008
Harvest Fescht, 34th Annual
(Sat. and Sun. 10am-5pm)