Events

Upcoming


Women and Men of Bettis Airport
with Brian Butko
McKeesport History and Heritage Center
10 August 2023 6:30 PM


Allegheny Arsenal: Extent of the Damage
West Jefferson Hills Historical Society
27 September 2023 at 7:00 PM


Pittsburgh Makes Merry: Gilded Age Holiday Traditions
Cranberry Public Library
5 December 2023 at 6:30 PM


Previous

* = virtual presentation via Zoom


Pittsburgh Department Stores…Then and Now

National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, Kuskushkee Trail Chapter ~ May 2023
South Park Township Library ~ May 2023

Allegheny Arsenal: Extent of the Damage

South Park Township Library ~ September 2021
West Overton Village, Scottdale PA ~ September 2014
Department of History, Carlow University ~ February 2014
Heinz History Center ~ September 2013


The Horne’s Lingerie Lady

Sealarks at Memorial Park Church, Allison Park ~ April 2023
McCandless / Northern Allegheny Heritage Center ~ March 2023
Passavant Senior Living, Zelienople ~ April 2022
Cranberry Public Library ~ March 2022
Mount Lebanon Public Library * ~ December 2021
Shaler North Hills and Northland Libraries * ~ October 2021
Lawrenceville Historical Society * ~ May 2021
South Park Township Library * ~ March 2021


Pittsburgh’s Gilded Age Conservatories

Oakmont Garden Club * ~ January 2022
Twentieth Century Club ~ May 2019
The Frick Pittsburgh ~ April 2018


Pittsburgh Makes Merry: Gilded Age Holiday Traditions

Shaler North Hills Library ~ December 2022
South Park Township Library * ~ December 2022
West Jefferson Hills Historical Society ~ December 2022
Passavant Senior Living, Zelienople ~ December 2022
Institute for Learning in Retirement at Slippery Rock University * ~ November 2022


Land of Abundance: Pittsburgh and the Growth of the American Garden
Created for The Frick Pittsburgh

East Liberty Valley Historical Society ~ October 2021
Oakmont Garden Club ~ September 2020


Pittsburgh’s Aristocratic Quarter of North Homewood

The Frick Pittsburgh ~ February 2020


Victorian Holiday Traditions
Created for The Frick Pittsburgh

South Park Township Library * ~ December 2020
Shaler North Hills Library * ~ December 2020
Mount Lebanon Public Library * ~ December 2020


Museum Gallery Talks
Original presentations created for Frick Art Museum to support special exhibitions

The Lion in Winter: How Eleanor of Aquitaine Became Katharine Hepburn ~ December 2019
Magnifico! Arts Patronage from Florence to The Frick ~ December 2018
Over There! Underwear! How We Changed Our Underwear (styles) During WWI ~ December 2017
Henry Clay Frick: Furnishing the Monongahela House Hotel ~ December 2016