Category: Other News and Events

James Abbott, whose previously posted exhibit on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge at the Cherry Street Pier, is featured in a program at the Moore College of Art. He is in conversation in the morning session titled Architectural Landscapes.https://www.2020photofestival.org/architectural-landscapes How do photographers transform lived experience into compelling visual stories? Join photographers James B. Abbott , Mike…

Rebekah James Morris (far left) and Christopher James (right) are the children of “Slinky” toy creators Richard and Betty James. Jen Procacci (second from left) created this week’s Firstival design (Violet Comber-Wilen/Billy Penn) The first Slinky was made in Philly, and its legacy lives on through the inventor’s children Richard James didn’t set out to…

Join on Tuesday, September 1st at 6 pm with cartographer, writer, artist, and lawyer Jake Berman to delve into the history of SEPTA’s subway and regional rail lines. Jake Berman is the author of The Lost Subways of North America. His work has been featured in The New Yorker, Vice, Atlas Obscura, and the Guardian.…

Celebrate the Centennial of the Ben Franklin Bridge Exhibit by photographer James B. AbbottJuly 3–September 27, 2026 Spanning more than four decades of Abbott’s work (1982–2023), the exhibition features photographs from four distinct bodies of work documenting the Ben Franklin Bridge and its evolving urban landscape. Beginning with images captured in the 1980s, visitors will…

I’ve just dug deeper into the wonderful resources of the Hagley Museum and Library. I looked into their digital exhibits and just selected the Brandywine Valley that I thought would interest people.They also have digital exhibits on Beer and Brewing history, a collection on Automobile Advertising, The History of Product Packaging, and the Dupont Gunpowder…

Design Advocacy Groupin person event Wednesday, August 12, 20265:30 PM – 7 PM David Seltzer will join DAG for a presentation based on his book,Transit Tourism: The Iconic Art and Design of 22 Subways Around the World, released in 2025 by Schiffer Publishing. Transit Tourism consists of travel essays and images on the art, architecture…

View of the Glass works of T. W. Dyott at Kensington on the Delaware nr Philada., Lithograph by Kennedy & Lucas after William L. Breton, 1831. (The Library Company of Philadelphia) Thomas W. Dyott, Snake Oil, Soda Water and the Perennially Seductive Philadelphia Bottle By Ken Finkel https://blog.phillyhistory.org/index.php/2012/01/thomas-w-dyott-snake-oil-soda-water-and-the-perennially-seductive-philadelphia-bottle/ The first glass factory in the area,…

Illustration by James Olstein The Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz: Part 6 Test your Philly history knowledge with our Semiquincentennial Quiz. This month: how the city established its “Workshop of the World” reputation as a manufacturing and industrial powerhouse in the mid- to late 19th century and beyond.By Sandy Hingston https://www.phillymag.com/news/semiquincentennial-quiz-part-six

Historic Cliveden presents a Second Saturday tour Saturday, July 11, 2026, 10:30AM to 1:30PM The tour will be led by Adam Levine, an Oliver Evans chapter member, who gave us a gallery tour of his Lost Creeks and Sewers of Philadelphia exhibit at the Athenaeum. Our bus tour of the Wingohocking Watershed, led by Adam…

SIA Iron and Steel Special Interest Group virtual presentation Wednesday, July 22, 2026, 5:00 The Homestead Strike of 1892 was a violent labor dispute in Homestead, Pennsylvania, where Carnegie Steel Company manager Henry Frick locked out workers following wage disputes, culminating in a deadly battle between strikers and private Pinkerton guards. The strike ended in…