Real Pirates get Realer at the Franklin: Slavery and Piracy, 6/20, 7:30pm

[ June 20, 2008; 3:00 pm; ] Despite the presence of Johnny Depp*, piracy wasn’t all fun and games…erm…I mean, aside from the raping and pillaging, of course.

This Friday, the Franklin teams with the African-American Museum to explore the legacy of slavery and piracy. From their release:

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael H. Cottman tells the story of his personal journey to uncover the [...]

The What survives

I broke our parent site, PASWA, but manage to keep this one on ice long enough to make the transplant a success.

Avast! Pirates raid the Franklin! (6/13, 11:30 AM)

[ June 13, 2008; 11:30 am; ] If you haven’t heard the hoopla, The Franklin has a new pirate exhibit (Real Pirates, May 31-November 2), which includes a huge, full-size replica of the Wydah, a real pirate ship from the golden age of buccaneering.

(Bonus, no Pat Croce! Ah, who am I kidding? He’ll probably be there anyway, I’m sure.)

To celebrate, they’re [...]

Score The Score: Booksigning (6/19, 7pm)

[ June 19, 2008; 7:00 pm; ] Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Faye Flam entertained, enraged and educated with her science-of-sex column “Carnal Knowledge,” which has now led to her new book “The Score: How the Quest for Sex has Shaped the Modern Man.”

The first local signing will be at the Penn Bookstore (a Barnes and Noble on 36th and Walnut) on June 19th [...]

Take a look at the ISS from the cheap seats, Franklin Institute 6/12

[ June 12, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] As much as I’d like to say otherwise, chances are you and I aren’t going to visit the International Space Station. My internal pessimist says that I’ll never have the dough to make the voyage, we’re no Sergey Brin, no matter how much we Google. My internal optimist says that by the time I get [...]

Why we stink…Monell 6/11

[ June 11, 2008; 4:30 pm; ] Your B.O. serves purposes far beyond simply ensuring you have plenty of elbow room at the movies, but you’ll have to wait until June to learn more. Just an early reminder.

Wednesday June 11 at 4:30pm: SmartTalk Lecture, “The Importance of
Body Odors – from Neurons to Behavior and Back” by Monell scientist
Johan N. Lundström, [...]