Weekly
Monday Quarterback Luncheons – A 20-20 hindsight of the previous weeks’ editorials and news topics led by Club Members and arranged by Alina Macneal. Every Monday from 12:30pm-1:45pm.
Thursday Roundtable lunch – Guest Speakers present a wide range of topics, followed by discussion. Thursdays (except the third Thursday of the month) from 12:30pm-1:45pm.
Past Recorded Events:
Recent events with recordings are listed below. Click on Play Event to view. To see Closed Captions, move your cursor to the lower right corner of the video to see available options, click on the “cc” icon, and then click on the “English (auto-generated) cc” option in the pop-up menu. To view other event recordings, beginning with October 2020, scroll down to Current Events, click on a month and scroll down to the event of interest.
November 15 – Speaker is Jacques deLisle. His Topic – How Will China Challenge the International Order? Play Event
November 7 – Speaker is Ben Yagoda. His Topic – Gobsmacked: The British(isms) Are Here! Play Event
October 31 – Speaker is Dick Polman. His Topic – Democracy at the Crossroads. Play Event
October 24 – Speaker is Paul Steinke. His Topic – Philadelphia Reveal: Unpacking the Attic. Play Event
October 10 – Speaker is Page Talbot. Her Topic – Philadelphia Reveal: Unpacking the Attic. Play Event
October 3 – Speaker is David Young. His Topic – Germantown: A Battleground for Effective Public History. Play Event
September 13 – Speaker is Peter Barberie. His Topic – Early Photography: Through the Lens in Philadelphia and Beyond. Play Event
September 6 – Speaker is Larry Platt. His Topic – Could Voter Turnout in Philadelphia Be a November Shocker? Play Event
June 23 – Speaker is Steven Conn. His Topic – The Dubious, Durable Myths of Rural America. Play Event
June 13 – Speaker is Lane Savadove. His Topic – Retelling Ramayana: An Extraordinary Collaboration. Play Event
June 6 – Speaker is David Hyman. His Topic – City Hall: A New Generation of Leadership. Play Event
May 30 – Speaker is Mike Sielski. His Topic – The Changing Place of Sports in American Society. Play Event
May 2 – Speaker is Jerry Prout. His Topic – Chasing Automation: Technology and Politics in mid 20th Century America. Play Event
April 25 – Speaker is Greshem Riley. His Topic – Life in Mississippi: Growing Up in the Rural South. Play Event
April 11 – Speaker is Ian S. Listici. His Topic – What Makes Talking about Israelis and Palestinians so Difficult? Play Event
April 4 – Speaker is Steven Ujifusa. His Topic – The Last Ships from Hamburg: A Pre-WWI Race to Save Russia‘s Jews. Play Event
March 28 – Speaker is Dan Rottenberg. His topic – What Frank Rizzo Could Teach Us About Donald Trump. Play Event
Monthly
Club Dinners: Dinners generally are held on the first Thursday and third Friday of the month: Cocktails at 5:30pm, speaker at 6:15pm, dinner at 7pm.
Annually
January: Annual Business Meeting of the general membership followed by the J. William White Dinner with toasts to Dr. White, our founder, as well as to first president S. Weir Mitchell and to Benjamin Franklin (on an evening closest to Benjamin Franklin’s birthday, January 17th).
Summer: Picnic usually at the home of an Innmate.
December: Holiday Lunch, featuring Fish House Punch, beginning at 11:30am.