Author: KWHSS Staff

OK, it’s going to be long, but needed After this Known World Heraldic and Scribal Symposium I have many superlative people to thank. My co-autocrat Livia Petralia was amazing. She secured the rooms for the classes, took care of the technology on site, updated the website, collated the information people asked for and added it Read More …

Lea Library (more information) , 6th floor 10:00am – 4:00pm Many thanks to the Kislak Center (link) for pulling an exciting selection of their rare books for us to see. Our access will be supervised and mediated by student workers, so unfortunately we will not be able to offer page turning or book handling options. Read More …

Many of the same places that are good for lunch are also good for dinner, so if you are looking for something very close to the venue, start there. Casual Food New Deck Tavern (PDF menu)3408 Sansom Street (map)Indoor dining with a basement room available for group reservations. They also have covered outdoor dining. Not ADA accessible Read More …

Friday, June 28th from 2:00pm – 4:00pm2008-2010 Delancey Street –  https://rosenbach.org/visit/ The Rosenbach Museum and Library would like to welcome us to view their collection on Friday, June 28. This will be an organized tour with a member of the staff selecting relevant highlights of their collection for us. You will need to reserve a Read More …

We invite you to enjoy one of our city’s treasures – Friday night Pay What You Wish (PWYW)! 5:00–8:45pm Friday Night Lounge at the Philadelphia Museum of Art I hope to see you on the third floor, but feel free to wander around. There will be a line for entry to the museum. To skip the line, purchase PWYW Read More …

Just a few feet from Van Pelt Library, the iconic Furness Building houses the Fisher Fine Arts Library. Opened in 1891, it was Penn’s first main library and now houses the Fine Arts and Architecture collection in partnership with the Weitzman School of Design. In our general collection, we have several reproductions of Books of Read More …

So you aren’t coming from the Sheraton or Homewood Suites, but would like to catch a quick breakfast and some coffee near the event: Avril 50 (website)3406 Sansom Street (map)If you want fancy coffee and international news and snooty roll your own tobacco like some anarchist beat poet, then I have just the place for Read More …

Kosher and Halal certifications work differently. Kosher restaurants are inspected an certified as a whole. But just the meat products are certified for halal dining, so a restaurant can have halal and non-halal options side by side, and you would just (for example) order the beef bacon, instead of the pork bacon. There will usually Read More …

Welcome to Philadelphia! We’re just like other cities, but bumpier. Read More …