Pennsylvania German Arts and Antiques

Berks County Hex Signs in "The Washington Post"

 

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"The tour started in Kutztown, about midway between Reading and Allentown, and ended near Hamburg, taking us along two-lane roads that wound through villages dotted with stately old stone houses and modest newer ones."

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Renfrew Museum Celebrates 200th Anniversary

"Renfrew seeks to provide insight into daily life on a Pennsylvania German farmstead in the 1800s through the museum house and artifacts of the Royer family."

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Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen at Kutztown Univesity

"The Reading-Berks Chapter of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen will hold its 10th Annual Juried Spring Fine Arts and Craft Festival in Keystone Hall, Kutztown University, March 24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and March 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m."

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Pennsylvania Long Rifle on Exhibit at Landis Valley

"A new exhibit featuring historic long rifles will open March 11 at Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum in Lancaster County."

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Pennsylvania German Traditions at the Allentown Farmers Market

"Despite its tradition the Allentown Farmers Market is not a museum piece. It offers a wide variety of edibles to suit a number of tastes from Polish to Italian to Vietnamese. And there is still plenty of pork and sauerkraut available from Amish, Mennonite and other vendors to reaffirm the market’s Pennsylvania German roots."

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Fraktur lecture at Ephrata Public Library

"The Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley will present "My Adventures with Fraktur in Southeastern Pennsylvania," a slide-illustrated lecture by Dr. Robert M. Kline."

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Long Rifle Exhibit at Landis Valley Museum

"Patrick Hornberger, president of Eastwind Publishing in Trappe, was chosen as guest curator of the Lancaster County Long Rifle Exhibit to be held at the Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum in Lancaster, Pa."

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Spring Festival of Reading-Berks Guild of Craftsmen

"The festival is presented by the Reading-Berks Guild in partnership with the Pennsylvania German Scholarship Studies, Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center, and Kutztown University."

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Groundhog Lodge Celebration at Schwenkfelder Library

"For the second year, children or "Yunge" can take part in a Grundsau Lodsch celebration designed for children. It's held at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center in Pennsburg."

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Berks County's Pennsylvania German Chorus

"That impromptu 1980 singalong in Robesonia was the genesis of what would become the Tulpehocken Sanger Chor, Berks County's pre-eminent Pennsylvania German chorus."

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