The German Society of Pennsylvania

Why not spend a little time outside this weekend? Join your fellow GSP members and friends at the Willows at 11:00am on Saturday for a walk in the park. Feel free to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy after the hike!

This is the last week to register for Spring 2021 German classes at the German Society of PA! Find a schedule and registration information at the link below. https://www.germansociety.org/spring-language-class-regist/

In our final concert of the 2020/21 Wister and More concert series, pianist Xiaopei Xu will present a virtuosic program of pieces by Bach, Gershwin, Schubert, and Price. In person and virtual options available! See you there!

On May 15 at 2pm, join us for this exciting panel discussion, which will bring together Dr. Sarah Panter and Dr. Sebastian Bondzio, two up-and-coming scholars from Germany working on the history of German migration to the United States. The two speakers will provide insights into their current research projects from revising the myth of the Forty-Eighters to historical big data analysis of the Castle Garden immigrant lists as well as reflect on contemporary perceptions in Germany of its historical connections to the United States through migration.

When seven friends meet for a dinner party, they decide to challenge their trust in each other by agreeing to share all incoming texts and calls with everybody else during dinner. So they place all their Handys in the middle of the table, reading all incoming texts aloud and listening to all calls on speaker phone. What initially seems so funny and innocent soon yields revelations that leave friendships and even marriages in the balance. Join us for our screening of "Das perfekte Geheimnis" on April 16 at 6:30pm. The film will be shown in German with English subtitles. Attendance is limited - please register in advance using the link in the event description!

The Winter Language class semester registration is open! Click the link below to learn about what classes we are offering and download your registration form. https://www.germansociety.org/language-class-registration-/

Adopt-a-rare-book...today! No. 96 - This lovely volume is a typographical monument to neoclassicism. Published in Roman type in Jena in 1797, the book fe...atures an idyllic engraved frontispiece. What is more, the book offers advice that we all would love to learn: how to live a long and healthy life with sleep, exercise, fresh air, travel, cleanliness, and a balanced diet. Won’t you help this book live a long and healthy life? Adopt it today! It needs its spine, cover, and loose front pages reattached and unsightly duct tape removed. [Catalog link in profile] D. Christoph Wilhelm Huseland. Die Kunst das menschliche Leben zu verlängern. Jena: In der akademischen Buchhandlung, 1797. The German Society of Pennsylvania

We are so excited to have the Casimir Trio back at the German Society! For our November installment of Wister & More come hear Johannes Brahms’ monumental Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 101 & Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36. Tickets for sale on our website. Digital and in person concert available.

Next up in our virtual lecture series is: The Play World in Archive- Presented by Dr. Patricia Simpson! Come learn about the evolution of play and childhood through her engaging look at our archives and personal research. Be sure to register before November 10th by emailing [email protected]

Our annual Christkindl Markt for 2020 has been cancelled due to the current pandemic surge in our region. We wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season! #covidchristmas

Adopt-a-rare-book...today! No. 94 - If you love beautiful children’s books and are looking to practice your ability to read the old German script, then th...is is the volume for you! The beautiful book features compelling color illustrations and a narrative written entirely in Kurrentschrift. The text block needs to be reattached to the spine and covers. Also, the spine needs to be repaired. [Catalog link in profile] Eugen Sala. Neues Reimrätsel: Bilderbuch. Reutlingen: Ensslin & Laiblins Verlagsbuchhandlung. #germansocietyofpennsylvania #adoptararebook #rarebooks #germansociety #pennsylvaniagerman #booksofinstagram #GSP #adoptararebook2020 #GSPadoptararebook #oldbooks #librariesofinstagram #librariesofphiladelphia #pennsylvania #philadelphia #museumsofinstagram #museumcollection #librarycollection #collectbooks #rarebookcollector #childrensbooks #germanscript #marbledpaper #germansocietyofPA @germansocietypa See more

Check out our next Wister & More Concert this Sunday! While we are sad not to be able to host them in person, we will still get to showcase their music through a digital format. Get your tickets to view from home or on our big screen.

Adopt-a-rare-book....today! No. 92 - Published right here in Philadelphia by German Society members Schäfer und Koradi, this book offers nineteenth-centur...y health advice for women and children. Its spine is deteriorated, and the front board is detached, meaning that this book on health needs its own medical attention. [Catalog link in profile] Dr. Ed. Wilh. Posner. Das Weib und das Kind in allen ihren Lebensverhältnissen, in Gesundheit wie in Krankheit, in leiblicher wie in geistiger Beziehung. Philadelphia: Schäfer und Koradi, [1847]. The German Society of Pennsylvania See more

Gentle Yoga returns this Sunday at 11 am to help you get moving this holiday season. The class is free and appropriate for all fitness levels! Learn more and register on our website: https://www.germansociety.org/cla/gsp-wellness-gentle-yoga/

Two new additions to our reference collection arrived today! Both books include research done at the Horner Library.

We're looking forward to this event on Thursday! Project manager Atiba Pertilla will be discussing German Heritage in Letters at a virtual talk titled sponsored... by our friends at the The German Society of Pennsylvania. The talk will take place this Thursday, October 15th, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The deadline to register is Tuesday; please visit this link to learn more: https://www.germansociety.org//german-heritage-in-letters/ See more

The weather forecast is looking gorgeous for this Saturday! Why not get outside for some Wandern with friends? Join us at The Willows in Radnor at 11:00am - register using the ticket link in the event description. And don't forget to bring a picnic lunch and a mask!

Adopt-A-Rare-Book...today! No. 91 - Explore a new subject with this book, published in 1814: animal magnetism, which had a substantial following in Europe... and the United States into the late 1800s. While nowadays we look at the contents of this book as pseudoscience, the volume offers a fascinating glimpse into the culture of the period. It needs a spine replacement. [Catalog link in profile] Dr. Friedrich Anton Mesmer. (Dr. Karl Christian Wolfart, editor.) Mesmerismus. Oder System der Wechselwirkungen, Theorie und Anwendung des thierischen Magnetismus Berlin: in der Nikolaischen Buchhandlung, 1814. The German Society of Pennsylvania

Next Thursday, 10/15, Join The German Society of Pennsylvania to learn about the ambitious new germanletters.org project, which is finding, collecting, & sharing correspondence from German-speaking emigrants. Register at the link for this evening program! #archivesphl #archivesmonth

We heard you didn't have any plans next Friday...wanna do a movie date?

Between 1850 and 1920, more than five million individuals emigrated from the German-speaking lands to the United States, and over the same period over 300 milli...on letters were exchanged between Germany and the United States. Atiba Pertilla’s presentation on October 15th (6:00pm-7:30pm) will introduce German Heritage in Letters, (germanletters.org), an initiative to find, collect, and share online correspondence that sheds light on the effects of emigration from the German-speaking lands to the United States on families and communities on both sides of the Atlantic. The project, supported in part by the Wunderbar Together USA 2020 initiative (wunderbartogether.org), is an innovative effort to create an online collection of primary sources that combines correspondence from institutional libraries and archives with letters contributed by members of the public. To register for the event: Please email the German Society of Pennsylvania office at [email protected] with your name, OR please visit our website for tickets. You will be added to a list to receive the URL link to the Zoom webinar meeting shortly before the program. You must register no later than 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 13 in order to receive the web link. The German Society of Pennsylvania German Historical Institute See more

We can't believe this is only 2 weeks away! You won't want to miss out on this amazing presentation by Dr. Atiba Pertilla (Oct 15, 6pm). Register for free by emailing [email protected]

Adopt-A-Rare-Book...today! No. 90 - You may want to think twice before following any of the medical recipes included in this bizarre eighteenth-century bo...ok for healing and recuperative purposes. The front board needs to be reattached and the spine repaired. [Catalog link in profile] Paulinus. Der Heilsamen Dreck-Apothecke Anderer Theil/ Bestehend in einem Zusatz zu allen und jeden Capiteln des erstern Theiles. Franckfurt und Leipzig: Verlag Fr. Daniel Knoch sel. Witib und Eßlinger, 1748. The German Society of Pennsylvania See more

The first Wister Concert of the season is coming up fast. Make sure to claim your spot for Newman & Zhu's exciting program featuring contemporary American composers and favorite German classics.