Forum on the Hill
The Forum on the Hill provides opportunities for the community to engage with speakers once a month, (September- June) who discuss current topics. Join the Conversations! Presented both in person at 12:30pm in Widener Hall and then recorded and posted online here the next day. *Bring a brown bag lunch to enjoy, and we serve light snacks, water, and coffee starting at Noon.
CLICK HERE to watch the Jan. 15th Forum
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Registration Required to attend in person, please CLICK HERE to Register Online, or call 215-247-4654 or email msaavedra@chestnuthillpres.org
Thursday, January 15
Jim Murphy
Real Philly History, Real Fast
Get answers to these questions:
What is the Philadelphia Eagles connection to the U.S. Custom House?
Where did the Acadians live in Philadelphia?
Who may have been Philadelphia’s first nude model? ( He was a Founding Father) What Philadelphian has more than 40 towns, seven counties and five naval ships named after him? Where was the Liberty Bell secretly damaged?
Find out what Jim Murphy learned during 11 long years of writing his popular book
“Real Philly History, Real Fast”. You’ll leave this program knowing far more about
Philly than you did before … Jim guarantees it. And he has a special bonus for you at the end!
A longtime resident of Philadelphia, Jim Murphy is a certified tour guide who does frequent in-person and online presentations on “The Amazing Success of William Penn.” A copywriter and former creative director at Devon Direct Marketing and Advertising, he has owned a marketing communications business since 2004 and was the editor of Choices, an award-winning magazine published by the Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union. He has been researching Philadelphia history since 2010.
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Chris Petrak
Philadelphia’s Bird Men Watch HERE
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Playing Music History Watch HERE
Nelson A. Diaz
Not from here, not from there. No soy de aquí ni de allá Watch HERE
Molly Lester and Michael Bixler
Building Ghosts: Past Lives and Lost Places in a Changing City Watch HERE
Barbara VornDick
Eliza’s True Story Watch HERE
Angelo Cataldi
Turning up the Volume in the Most Passionate Sports City in America Watch HERE
Rebecca Yamin
Digging In the City of Brotherly Love. Stories from Philadelphia Archaeology Watch HERE
David Young
The Battles of Germantown Watch HERE
