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G.Ph Telemann was one of the most inspired composers in music history, delivering high flying music to literally all instruments. His fantasias for recorder solo are like short messages from the 18th century.

Matthias Maute has assembled a program, where these baroque tweets are in dialogue with other composers throughout music history, from Machaut to Maute himself.

Obviously JS Bach, a good friend and colleague of Telemann, can’t miss in this fast paced musical conversation across time and space.

This concert is part of the PhilaLandmarks Early Music Series. To see the full 2024 season, click here.

You’re invited to celebrate Historic Waynesborough’s 300th anniversary and participate in the roof ribbon cutting ceremony! 

Saturday, April 13th 

11:00 am to 1:00 pm 

2049 Waynesborough Road 

Paoli, PA 19301 

Join us to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Wayne family’s arrival at Historic Waynesborough. The afternoon will feature food sponsored by Jeffrey Miller Catering, patriotic songs from the St. Norbert’s School choir, family friendly activities in partnership with Pennsylvania Colonial Plantation, Historic Sugartown and the Valley Forge Park Alliance and a ribbon cutting ceremony honoring the completion of the cedar shake roof project which was generously supported in part by a Save America's Treasures grant from the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. In addition, critical support came from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission’s Keystone Historic Preservation Construction Grant program and the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution as well as local supporters, members, and sponsors. We hope to celebrate this milestone achievement with you! 

The event is free to the public but does require advanced registration by April 5th, 2024.

The Romantic Viennese Piano: Music of Beethoven, Schubert & Schumann

Fortepianist David Kim will present this unique program on a stunning copy of an instrument by Viennese builder Conrad Graf.

“OUT OF THE WESTERN ISLES: the Celtic Influence on Baroque Parlor Music”

A celebration of the traditional music of Scotland and Ireland that captured the fancy of 17th and 18th-century continental Europe. Whether arranging dozens of songs for parlor performance, or incorporating Celtic rhythms and tonalities into their work in subtle ways, composers from Bach to Beethoven made use of the rich ethnomusicological outpouring of folk material from the western isles during these two centuries. Makaris shares this repertoire, alongside pieces by Scottish Baroque composers, traditional tunes, and beloved works by the famed 18th-century Irish harpist and bard, Turlough O’Carolan. Hailed as, “...a beautiful intersection of folk melodies and dance rhythms with the airy textures, refined gestures, and virtuosic asides of the Galant style” (Early Music America), Makaris brings together Baroque and folk musicians to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, HIP-style.

This concert is part of the PhilaLandmarks Early Music Series. To see the full 2024 season, click here.

Ever heard of the Ticking Tombstone? How about the Gray Devil?

Charles Adams will talk about those bits of local lore and other fascinating legends at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 10, at Historic Waynesborough in Paoli.

Adams has been tracking strange happenings all around Pennsylvania and the Jersey Shore for decades, and has written more than a dozen books on the subject. His talk will focus on the ghostly sightings, haunted houses and other oddities of the Philadelphia region, including Chester, Montgomery and Delaware Counties.

Adams is the editor of The Historical Review of Berks County. He has served as an expert for programs on The History Channel, A&E, The Learning Channel, the National Geographic Channel and MTV. In addition to ghost stories, he has published books on a host of other subjects that include baseball, train wrecks and ship wrecks.

Admission is $15. Light refreshments will be served. Tickets available online or at the door. Visit www.philalandmarks.org.

With "Bound up in Love," Filament embarks on a new collaboration with Franco-American soprano Alice Teyssier, centering female composers and musicians in a program that interrogates our collective understanding of women in music history and the ways we tell women’s stories through mythology. In this project with Teyssier, who is equally acclaimed in the fields of early and contemporary music, we use the juxtaposition of different national and compositional styles to cast a fresh light on timeless human issues like love, grief, longing, and motherhood, creating space to tell ancient stories in a new way.

This concert is part of the PhilaLandmarks Early Music Series. To see the full 2024 season, click here.

John Morton: A Founding Father and Chester County's Best Kept Secret

Come get acquainted with John Morton, the Founding Father from Chester County you’ve probably never heard of, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, at Historic Waynesborough in Paoli.

Historian John E. Smith III will discuss the legacy of this prominent Pennsylvanian with Finnish roots who died a mere nine months after signing his name to the Declaration of Independence and whose Ridley Township estate was then ruthlessly plundered by the British Army. And he’ll reveal how and why this important figure passed into obscurity.

John Smith has a master’s degree in public history from Temple University. He served as an archivist at the Chester County History Center for five years before leaving that position to pursue research into local history and continue work as an independent researcher.

Admission is $15. Refreshments will be served.

In this program the founding member sopranos of Variant 6 - Jessica Beebe and Rebecca Myers - will explore the boundless possibilities of two both distinct and complementary soprano voices. Internationally acclaimed Philadelphia artists Leon Schelhase and Sarah Cunningham join them on harpsichord and viola da gamba for this luscious program of music by Purcell, Couperin, and Carissimi in themes of love, loss, faith, and philosophy.

featuring

Jessica Beebe - soprano, Rebecca Myers - soprano, Leon Schelhase - harpsichord,

Sarah Cunningham - viola da gamba

Variant 6 will perform in the ballroom of the Hill-Physick House. Doors open at 6:00PM for self-guided tours of the house with the concert starting at 7:00PM. Wine and cheese provided for your enjoyment before and after the performance.

This concert is part of the PhilaLandmarks Early Music Series. To see the full 2024 season, click here.

The Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution is pleased to announce the next in our series of historical lectures. We are excited that Temple University's history professor Joe Foster will be presenting an informative program about The Changing Face of Philadelphia, 1775 - 1780. Please join us for this evening event, in partnership with our friends at Historic Waynesborough.

Revolutions often bring rapid changes to a society, some of which are not anticipated by the revolutionaries; The American Revolution is no exception. It unleashed a host of changes, some of which horrified many of the revolutionaries themselves. But that is the nature of revolutions! And to examine how our revolution twisted and turned society inside-out, Philadelphia proves to be an excellent place to understand those rapid changes which excited many and frightened others.

In the space of five years, Philadelphia witnessed the overthrow of two political systems and the establishment of a political mentality that was often in conflict with itself. For the Quaker Party who had ruled Pennsylvania for nearly 75 years found itself ostracized by an emerging Irish Presbyterian revolutionary force with little love for the Quakers and the Quaker Party and their view of governing. By 1780 the revolutionary Presbyterians themselves were no longer in step with rapidly shifting winds to a new cadre of politicians, good revolutionaries, but authoring a new set of ideologies that stand to this day – and, yet, remain a constant debate to our understanding of the nation and society the Revolution created.

Joe Foster: assistant professor of History at Temple University. Received his M.A. from Villanova University and Ph.D. at Temple University. For nearly twenty years served as a senior editor of a five-volume publication, Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania, 1680-1775, and also published In Pursuit of Equal Liberty, George Bryan and the Revolution in Pennsylvania.

The lecture will begin at 6pm and last about 1 hour. You are welcome to join us afterwards for a reception with wine and beer served.

We look forward to you joining us.

The subscription for this event is $20/person

Seating is limited so please subscribe soon.

Tickets can be purchase by clicking the link below and paying with a credit card, or you may call the office to subscribe: (215) 545-1888

Join the family fun at the Holiday Candlelight Tour and Open House, 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, at Historic Waynesborough in Paoli. The historic mansion has been beautifully decorated for the season by the Suburban and Springfield Garden Clubs. Take a tour, craft festive ornaments for the holiday tree, and enjoy refreshments, music, and more. Students from Conestoga High School Tri-M Music Honor Society and St. Norbert Elementary School will perform carols throughout the event. The Tree Lighting is at 5 p.m in the Carriage House.

Admission is

$10 for adults

$5 for children

$25 for families and groups of four

Tickets available at the door or online through the link below.

 This event is kindly supported by Main Line Gardens and Acme Markets.

The Powel House Committee cordially invites you to our traditional holiday party. Celebrate the season and enjoy the evening in the historic Powel House on Sunday, December 3, 2023. Dine on the holiday buffet and cocktails while members of the Orpheus Club of Philadelphia lead guests in carols. There will be a silent auction to help support the preservation and interpretation of PhilaLandmarks and is a great way to find something special for the giving season.

Join us for the 5th Annual Grumblethorpe Ginkgo Roast on 11/11 from 1-3pm!

This year, we will try ginkgo bean curd soup alongside fresh roasted ginkgo seeds and beats from local partners S(tree)tworks, who is even bringing their see saw printing press!

Bring the kids to Grumblethorpe for Halloween!

Grumblethorpe Youth Volunteers will host a spooky garden and candy hunt with pumpkin painting, crafts and games from 4-6pm on Sunday, October 29th.

$5 suggested donation per kid. Free entry available, no questions asked. Don't be shy and come on by! Costumes encouraged.

Please join PhilaLandmarks and Christ Church Burial Ground for an educational walking tour highlighting the horrors of the devastating Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793.

We will explore the medical realities and social impacts of the fever in Philadelphia by visiting the Hill-Physick House, Powel House, Dr. Rush's House, Christ Church Burial Ground and more!

Immerse in the Halloween spirit at the Hill-Physick House Fall Fundraiser on Thursday, October 26th. Fans of Stanley Kubrik's The Shining, come meet Lloyd the Bartender. Look for the Grady Twins, and experience a Gothic art installation Dark Forest by Heather Ujiie. Lastly, come in costume! The most awesome costumes will win a gift.

The Haunting of Hill-Physick House is a fundraiser for PhilaLandmarks to continue preservation and interpretation at our historic houses. Tickets are $75 and $50 is tax deductible. Purchase tickets online below or call 215-925-2251.

This event is sponsored by

John Milner Architects | Society Hill Civic Association | Ocean Tents & Party Rentals

Bartlett Tree Experts | Condino Heating & Air Conditioning

In Their Own Words: Letters from the Valley Forge Encampment

Continental Army soldiers wrote lots of letters during the long winter in Valley Forge in 1777-78. Many of those letters survive, and they tell a valuable story about love, hardship and perseverance during a time of war.

Come hear scholar and author Nancy Loane talk about that and more at 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 26, at Historic Waynesborough in Paoli. A former ranger at Valley Forge National Historical Park and the author of Following the Drum: Women at the Valley Forge Encampment, Loane will highlight some of the fascinating and heartfelt missives sent from camp by all ranks of men.

These words of love and tales of deprivation will help you see the encampment and the men who served there in a new and very human light.

Admission is $15. Light refreshments will be served. Tickets available in advance or at the door.

Join the Philadelphia Orchard Project at Grumblethorpe to learn about growing peaches! Grumblethorpe Operations Manager and Grower Michael Muehlbauer will share lessons learned over a number of years of trial, error and progress with how to manage peach trees minimally with a good chance of success in yielding good fruit. This workshop will involve an overview of peach care, pruning, some physical maintenance throughout the season, a handful of pest and disease interventions, and squirrely antics to take or leave when approaching the peach.

Thank you so much for your interest in the Roy Book Binder concert; unfortunately, this event has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled.

If you still wish to support the Grumblethorpe Restoration Project, you may make a secure donation here and select “Grumblethorpe Restoration Project” on the dropdown menu.

Ever wonder what life was like in Colonial America? What it was like to write with a quill or how sheep’s wool was spun to make clothing? And how in the world did children amuse themselves long before the invention of Nintendo?

You’ll learn all that and more at the Colonial Farm and Craft Day 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 22, at Historic Waynesborough in Paoli.

Volunteers from Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation in Newtown Square will demonstrate a range of crafts and farming techniques right out of the 18th Century, including flax processing, spinning and carding wool, quill writing, toys & games, and grinding grains. And of course you’ll be welcome to try your hand! Tours of the mansion included.

COME OUT AND JOIN THE FUN!

Admission is
$5 Child
$10 Adult
$25 for families or groups of four

2049 Waynesborough Road
Paoli, PA 19301

For information, call 610-647-1779

Learn more about Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation at their website https://www.colonialplantation.org/.

What was life like for the Continental soldiers camped at Valley Forge during the dark, cold days of the American Revolution? How did they cope with weather, disease and lack of provisions? And what role did local hero General Anthony Wayne play during this challenging time?

Award-winning historian Ricardo Herrera will talk about this and more at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, at Historic Waynesborough in Paoli.

Dr. Herrera, a visiting professor at the Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., is the author of Feeding Washington’s Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778. His book brings to light some of the lesser-known stories about the army’s activities at the encampment and the efforts of General George Washington, his officers, and his soldiers to cope with dismal conditions.

Dr. Herrera will sell and sign copies of his book. Admission is $15.

Biography

Dr. Ricardo Herrera is an award-winning historian and the author of Feeding Washington’s Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778. A Visiting Professor in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, PA, he has also authored For Liberty and the Republic: The American Citizen as Soldier, 1775-1861. He formerly held a variety of teaching positions and has served as an armor and cavalry officer in the US Army. In 2021, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a British organization dedicated to history and historians worldwide.

The Thorn of the Honey Locust

Join us for an evening of music and storytelling at the Hill-Physick House. Geoffrey Burgess will present readings from his novel based on the life of a musician who worked closely with Johann Sebastian Bach, accompanied by music for oboe and harpsichord played by Geoffery with Leon Schelhase. Find out how an American tree came to be associated with the son of an eighteenth-century German city musician.

Burgess spins a tale of the mundane and the extraordinary in Germany at the dawn of the Age of Reason. Based on extensive research, The Thorn of the Honey Locust is shot through with intriguing glimpses of scientific experiments, botanical discoveries, and the musical practices of the time.

Tickets are $20. Includes reception.

Join us for a Members-only event at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

To access tickets, you must maintain an active Membership to PhilaLandmarks. To obtain the access code, please reach out to our Administrator, Lauren Wegrocki-Smith, at: office@philalandmarks.org

The Powel House Committee cordially invites you to gather, once again, for our beloved Garden Party on Friday, May 19th, 2023 from 5:30-8:30 PM. Cocktails and Hors d'oeuvres will be served. This annual fundraiser directly supports preservation at PhilaLandmarks.

Join us in the garden at Grumblethorpe to see and learn about the spring blooms for this year’s Earth Day. Grumblethorpe’s historic farm and garden is home to beautiful Wisteria, tulips, daffodils, cherry blossoms, hyacinths, and more. Bring your family and enjoy the fresh air surrounded by the beautiful signs of spring!

Other Historic Germantown sites are holding Earth Day spring events. Visit Historic Germantown’s event’s page on their website see all participating sites: https://historicgermantownpa.org/event-directory/