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Experience the Museum of the American Revolution's newest first-person theatrical performance at Historic Christ Church! Meet James Forten explores Forten’s life as a free Black Philadelphian, Revolutionary War privateer, and stalwart abolitionist. Following the live performance, actor Nathan Alford-Tate and Michael Idriss, the Museum's African American Interpretive Fellow, will join Christ Church Director of Public...

In August, we presented the inaugural version of a short play competition inviting script submissions with the theme of “revolutionary spirit.” This theme elicited an eclectic mix of creative artists using varied mediums. The top plays (selected by the audience) received support from Christ Church Neighborhood House (CCNH) to cover production costs for the 2022...

First Friday, October 7, 3-7PM! Join our local vendors (new and returning) on Church Street between 2nd and American Streets for a celebration of all things local and handmade!

The Farmers Market runs each Wednesday from 3 to 6PM (May to November). Each week, over 2,000 neighbors and tourists visit the Market to shop, socialize, and enjoy its festive and family-friendly atmosphere. The Neighborhood House Program (NHP) operates under the Christ Church Preservation Trust umbrella, a secular nonprofit dedicated to preserving the historic Christ...

A fundraiser for Christ Church Preservation Trust Come celebrate our newly renovated North Garden with us! • Butlered hors d'oeuvres from Di Bruno Bros.• Signature cocktail• Silent auction• Classical guitar music by John Marcel Williams “Where flowers bloom, so does hope.” - Lady Bird Johnson RAIN DATE: Friday, October 21

Professor Anne C. Bailey is back! Part I: Zoom Webinar We are back again for a second virtual discussion and Q&A featuring author Professor Anne C. Bailey on her remarkable book, The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History. Bailey’s book, published by Cambridge University Press in 2017, focuses on the...

Johann Vexo, internationally renowned organist, performs a featured recital at Christ Church, Philadelphia, on Sunday, October 23 at 5PM. The program, played on the dazzling Esther Wideman Memorial Organ, C.B. Fisk’s Op. 150, will feature works of Bach, Mendelssohn, Franck, and Vierne. Free and open to the public, with a free-will offering. Johann Vexo was...

Professor Anne C. Bailey is back! Part II: Q&A and Book Signing Come out to Christ Church for a discussion, Q&A and book signing with author Anne C. Bailey. Tour the Church grounds and purchase your own copy of The Weeping Time in our gift shop. This event will be hosted outdoors in the North...

SNACKTIME was created out of necessity at the height of COVID, performing free shows in Rittenhouse Square and quickly amassing local notoriety. Known for its soul- energizing street performances, the group amassed a repertoire that includes boisterous covers of crowd-pleasing hits that span musicians such as Michael Jackson, Prince, Dua Lipa, and Earth, Wind &...

In this talk, historian Katharine Gerbner will examine the historical links between Quakers and Anglicans in Philadelphia and the Caribbean during the early colonial period. While Pennsylvania was founded as a Quaker colony, slavery was foundational to its early success, and there were many links between Philadelphia and Barbados. Gerbner will look at the tensions...

A five year project to digitize the records of some of Philadelphia’s most historic congregations concludes with more than 80,000 records placed online and nearly 12,000 of those transcribed. Scholars, archivists, and transcribers will share their stories of how these records inform our understanding of the past, and perhaps the present, in an afternoon session...