Pennsylvania German Arts and Antiques

Pennsylvania German Feather Tree Workshop at Mennonite Center

"The Mennonite Heritage Center, 565 Yoder Road, Franconia, holds a Pennsylvania German Feather Tree Workshop on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m."

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Emmaum Library Offers Pennsylvania German Language Classes

"The course is designed as a start to reading, writing, and talking this dialect. Local instructors Vernon Frederick and Richard Stoudt will teach."

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Pennsylvania Tourism (and Breweries) in Ontario News

"A drive across Pennsylvania is rich in beer brewing history, American history and ethnic culture."

"Heading west from Philadelphia on Interstate 76 will take you to Route 222 and north into Adamstown where you'll find Stoudt's Brewery."

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"Rumspringa" Completes its Run in New York Theater

"'Rumspringa' is about three unlikely companions who find themselves under the influence of Ecstasy during an Amish 'rave' in an Indiana cornfield. On Southwest flight 1049, Steve, a Blackberry-addicted CFO, befriends free-spirited California surfer, Brandon who is visiting Cecily, a sexy blackjack dealer. The three characters wind up at an Amish rave party in an Indiana cornfield where they embark on their own dangerously hedonistic Rumspringa."

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Amish Home and Garden Expo in Ohio

"The crowds came to view vendors offering 'everything from building a home to everything inside your house,' said Mary Witzky, Jody's wife. The 170 vendors represented builders, roofers, patio installers, landscaping and lawn, garden and home crafts, cabinetmakers and lawn furniture."

"About 85 of the vendors were Amish, Jody Witzky said, making the show unique."

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The Survival of the Pennsylvania German Language

"It's hip to be Deitsch."

"That's good news for Pop-Pop, bad news if you bet the farm that Pennsylvania German would disappear from the face of the Earth during your lifetime."

"To paraphrase Mark Twain, the rumors of its death have been greatly exaggerated."

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Australian Professor Studies Amish & Mennonite Dialects

 

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"My main general area of research is grammatical change and I work with the Amish and Mennonites in North America who have been there for almost 400 years. I've been doing field work on their Pennsylvania German language since 1986, recording their speech as part of my interest in language and how it changes when it comes in contact with other languages."

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Freiman Stoltzfus Returns to Lancaster County

"The artist's latest exhibit at The Liz Hess Gallery on North Prince Street, 'Freiman Stoltzfus: New York 2008,' beautifully illustrates the dichotomy between rural and urban living as a type of cultural yin and yang."

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The 57th Menno Simons Lectures

"Stayer grew up in Lancaster County, Pa., in a Pennsylvania Dutch family with Church of the Brethren connections. He received his undergraduate education at Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pa., and later taught at Bridgewater (Va.) College, both liberal arts institutions affiliated with the Church of the Brethren. He has an M.A. from the University of Virginia and also taught at Ithaca College and Bucknell University before emigrating to Canada in 1968 to teach at Queen’s University."

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Searching for Historic Photography at Retirement Communities

"The first of a nine-part series titled "Heritage Watchers" will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, at Harvest View's Harvest Room at Landis Homes Retirement Community, 1001 E. Oregon Road, Lititz."

"The series will focus on finding heirloom photography and artifacts, and following that with extensive research that results in completing photo captions."

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