Pennsylvania German Arts and Antiques

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Hello from Lititz, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

I hope you will visit my pages here often, to see what's happening in the world of Pennsylvania German folk art, antiques, and folklife.

Come back again, soon.  I will leave the porch light on.

P.S. That fraktur above was made in 1799 by Mennonite farmer Hans Jacob Brubacher of Lancaster County, PA .

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Clarke Hess

Berks County Bank Barn Moving to Kutztown

"Organizers estimate it will cost $60,000 to disassemble the barn and move it to Kutztown. The authority and Berks County have agreed to share that expense, the Eagle reported. The Kutztown University Foundation will pay for reconstruction."

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Renfrew Institute Publishes CD on Pennsylvania Dutch Gardens

"The comprehensive volume covers more than 400 plants — cultivated and wild — grown and used by Pennsylvania Germans (also called Pennsylvania Dutch) in their traditional “four square” gardens."

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Christmas at Quiet Valley

"Guides dressed in historical clothing take visitors throughout the farm on a candlelit tour. Each stop captures a specific time period and has something unique to offer. The first part of the tour takes place at what looks like an 1890s Victorian parlor where guests get to hear a Christmas story from a mother with a large family."

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Berks County Barn to be Moved to Kutztown

"Now heritage center officials are cultivating a new idea: They want to open a Pennsylvania German research center, complete with archives and special collections, while also exhibiting artifacts and antique farm equipment."

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Reading Choral Society does Pennsylvania Stuff

"The concert's title, 'Bach to Pennsylvania,' pointed to the fact that they sang both old and contemporary pieces that honored the Pennsylvania-German connection and composers born in this state."

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Pennsylvania German Poetry Painted on Walls

"That's what Dolores Kirschner, director of Clay on Main in Oley, wants to do with a Poet's Wall at the nonprofit cooperative ceramic artists' studio."

"The project is being funded with a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. She expects the wall to be finished by next summer."

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