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Brandied peaches are one of the many fruit preserve recipes featured in Abby Fisher’s What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking, the oldest known American cookbook written by a formerly enslaved person. John Trower was one of Philadelphia’s most successful 19th-century caterers, with ice cream businesses in both Germantown and Ocean City, NJ. Learn more about both culinary experts and their significance to African American foodways. Today ice cream is often embellished with fruity toppings such as brandied peaches. Discover the backstory of this idea and how it evolved into the ice cream sundae. Recipes for Abby’s brandied peaches and Anna Maxwell’s spiced peaches will be compared and adapted for today’s kitchens, a perfect tie-in for National Peach Month.

Cost: $10 Reservations are required and can be made ONLINE

Join Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion to celebrate the lives of 19th-century African American heroes through an art installation by Linda Sanders. Her art honors the achievements of historical figures highlighted in the Deep Rivers tour, including Francis Johnson (musician and composer), John S. Trower (caterer and entrepreneur), Henry Ossawa Tanner (artist), and Eliza Greer (physician). Sanders will bring their stories to life through a mural installation that she will paint onsite at the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion as an artist-in-residence.

The installation will be located in an unfurnished room on the second story of the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion. The room will be transformed into a colorful space that immerses visitors in Sanders’ abstract graphics. Birch plywood panels will be mounted over the walls to create a smooth painting surface that will not interfere with the historic surface of the walls. On these panels, Sanders will paint a continuous, scenic mural in her signature style that reflects her appreciation for Cubism.

PICTURED – Francis Johnson as interpreted by Linda Sanders.

Cost: FREE Reservations are required. MAKE RESERVATIONS ONLINE

The party will be held in the gardens with summertime refreshments. Guests can view Linda’s mural in small groups. Admission is free of charge to anyone living within the 19144 zip code.

Connecting more closely with nature calms your mind while increasing your attention to detail and appreciation of beauty. Watercolor paper, colored pencils, watercolors, and brushes will be provided. Attendees are encouraged to purchase an unlined journal with heavy paper to bring to class. In addition, you may also wish to bring your own pencils and watercolors.

For inspiration, we will take a short tour of the Mansion’s gardens at the beginning of the workshop if weather permits.

Cost: $35, Member cost: $30

Reservations are required and can be made online at https://ebenezermaxwellmansion.org/nature-journaling-class/

Charlotte Brontë’s masterpiece tells the story of Jane, orphaned and a child, who feels outcast her entire life. Her courage is tested once again when she arrives at Thornfield Hall, where the brooding, proud Edward Rochester has hired her to care for his ward Adèle. Jane finds herself drawn to his troubled yet kind spirit. She falls in love. But there is a terrifying secret inside the gloomy, forbidding Thornfield Hall. Is Rochester hiding from Jane? Will Jane be left heartbroken and exiled once again? Join bibliophile Kate Howe for a lively discussion.

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