Preservation A Secret Garden Blooms Again on Delancey Place The Rosenbach Museum and Library reopens to the public on October 20 with pandemic safety protocols and a verdant renovation
History Until Death Do Us Part: an Ode to Philadelphia Book Collecting In celebration of National Read A Book Day, Mickey Herr dives deep into the stacks at some of Philadelphia’s most historic and obscure libraries
History With Bloomsday Near, Remembering The Rosenbach Brothers Every year in June a crowd gathers outside of the Rosenbach Museum & Library to celebrate James Joyce’s seminal literary masterpiece “Ulysses” with a block party and day full of public readings. Karen Chernick gives us the backstory on the Rosenbach Company and two rare book dealers whose legacy is enshrined on Delancey Place
Art & Design (Sky) Lines And Memories, Redux In memory of Maurice Sendak, Nathaniel Popkin explores the urbanism of the great children’s author and illustrator, who died this week
Art & Design Wild New Ways Exploring the darkness with Bram Stoker and Maurice Sendak at the Rosenbach