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You’re Invited to An Evening with Johnny Appleseed

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The Swedenborg Foundation invites you to spend An Evening with Johnny Appleseed.Open House and Book Signing with Author Ray Silverman

Spend an evening with author Ray Silverman and the Swedenborg Foundation
celebrating one of the most beloved American pioneers of our time, Johnny Appleseed.

Ray will sign copies of his new book The Core of Johnny Appleseed and introduce us to Johnny as a savvy entrepreneur, an exemplary character, and, above all, a spiritual trailblazer.

Come enjoy the fall harvest with an entertaining program about Johnny Appleseed—–a different kind of hero.

Where: The Swedenborg Foundation, 320 North Church Street West Chester, PA 19380

When: Thursday, October 4, 2012 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.

Refreshments will be served.

RSVP is desired but not mandatory.

To RSVP or to learn more, see our Facebook Event Page,  call 610-430-3222 ext. 19 or e-mail info@swedenborg.com.

Bryn Athyn Johnny Appleseed Festival

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JOHNNY APPLESEED FESTIVAL!

This year’s Johnny Appleseed Festival will be held on Saturday, September 29 from 1- 4 pm, and promises to be even bigger than last year. Both BATS and Orchard Artworks will be decked out for the fall festival and you can expect a couple of visits from Johnny Appleseed himself! And just like last year, you can expect to see craft demonstrations, rope making, cider making, a kids’ table, bake sale, apple pie contest, an information table and there will also be a show of 6th grade art featuring apples. In addition, the new Swedenborg Foundation book, The Core of Johnny Appleseed will be available for sale and the author, Ray Silverman, will be on hand to sign copies. In the coming weeks, we will publish the day’s schedule so you’ll be sure not to miss your favorite parts! We are also asking for volunteers to help with set-up or contribute to the bake sale and for the loan of a few canopies to keep some of our crafters and demonstrators out of the afternoon sun.

If you would like to help or to loan needed items, please contact Greg Jackson at gregory.jackson@glencairnmuseum.org or 215-962-1628. If you can donate to the bake sale or would like to enter the Apple Pie Contest, please contact Carol Henderson at bchenderson@verizon.net or 215-947-0244.

Photos from the Annual Meeting 2012!

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The 162nd Annual Meeting of the Swedenborg Foundation was held at Glencairn Museum in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania on May 18, 2012. The business meeting began at 7:00 pm, and was followed by the performance of “Moods in Emanuel Swedenborg’s Theological Works: A Musico-Verbal Exploration.”

Translator Jonathan Rose read portions from the new translations and violinists Annalisa and Greg Synnestvedt responded with music.

The performance was followed by a dessert reception.

Check out some photos from the event! Click to enlarge.

Upcoming Blog Radio Interviews

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Getting Into Heaven–and Out Again

Go Online With Andrea to discuss the new Swedenborg Press title: Getting Into Heaven–and Out Again. Join author Albrecht Gralle, translator Friederike Gralle, and illustrator Sally Blakemore as they speak with Andrea R. Garrison on Monday, June 4, 2012 at 4:30pm Eastern. Listen Live or Listen to the Archive via the same link. Online With Andrea is also available on iTunes.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onlinewithandrea/2012/06/04/getting-into-heaven-and-out-again

 


12 Miracles of Spiritual Growth

On Monday, June 18th from 7:30pm – 9:30pm Eastern, Author E. Kent Rogers goes Online With Andrea to talk about his new book 12 Miracles of Spiritual Growth: A Path of Healing from the Gospels. Listen live or listen to the archive via the same link. Hosted by Andrea R. Garrison.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onlinewithandrea/2012/06/18/12-miracles-of-spiritual-growth

Annual Meeting 2012: “Moods in Emanuel Swedenborg’s Theological Works”

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Swedenborg Foundation 162nd Annual Meeting

Glencairn Museum / 1001 Cathedral Road / Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania

“Moods in Emanuel Swedenborg’s Theological Works: A Musico-Verbal Exploration” with Jonathan Rose

May 18th, 2012

Business meeting opens at 7:00 p.m.

Program begins at 8:00 p.m.

All are welcome to this free event.

Please stay after the performance for a dessert reception.

Translator Jonathan Rose will read portions from the new translations and violinists Annalisa and Greg Synnestvedt will respond with music.

For information, contact the Swedenborg Foundation: 610-430-3222 ext. 19 or email jhill@swedenborg.com

www.swedenborg.com

www.glencairnmuseum.org

You’re Invited to the Swedenborg Foundation Annual Meeting

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Swedenborg Foundation Press

320 North Church Street

West Chester, PA 19380

www.swedenborg.com

For Immediate Release                                                           CONTACT:  Carol Urbanc

610.430.3222 ext. 13

marketing@swedenborg.com

A Heavenly Gathering for the Annual Meeting of the Swedenborg Foundation at Glencairn Museum

West Chester, PA, April 19, 2012 – An evening of spiritual readings and celestial music awaits those who attend the Swedenborg Foundation’s 162nd Annual Meeting on Friday evening, May 18, 2012, at Glencairn Museum (1001 Cathedral Road, Bryn Athyn, PA). All are invited—members as well as the general public—and there is no charge.

Titled “Moods in Emanuel Swedenborg’s Theological Works: A Musico-Verbal Exploration,” the performance will take a light-hearted look at some passages from the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg and will debunk the idea that his work is uniform or monotonous. In fact, the original Latin conveys a wide variety of moods. The evening will feature translator Jonathan Rose reading portions from the new translations, while violinists Annalisa and Greg Synnestvedt reflect the moods portrayed in the passages through musical interludes. It promises to be an evening full of expressive and inspirational thoughts interpreted through a musical lens in a magnificent setting.

After a short business meeting of the nonprofit foundation at 7:00 p.m., the performance will begin at 8:00. Guests attending the performance only will be seated after 7:30 p.m. and are invited to stay for a dessert reception after the concert where they can meet members of the board, the performers, and staff.

The Foundation will feature a display of recent publications and membership information, including the 2011 annual report outlining the activities and publications of the Foundation.

For further information about the event, the Foundation, or Glencairn Museum, please go to: www.swedenborg.com or www.glencairnmuseum.org or contact Carol Urbanc at the Foundation: marketing@swedenborg.com.

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Bridge Books Award Ceremony

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Two of the First Place Winners, Matthew Connolly and Karl Boericke (center) with David Frazier and Joanna Hill (far left and far right)

The Award Ceremony for the 2012 Bridge Book Awards took place on April 5, 2012 at Cairnwood Estate in Bryn Athyn. After a wine, cheese and dessert reception, participants and guests settled in to honor the three first place winners.

Erica Goldblatt Hyatt for “A Primer in Swedenborgian Psychology.”

Karl J. Boericke for “Probing the Deep.”

Matthew D. Connolly for “Swedenborg’s Republic: Spiritual Emancipation and Democracy in the United States.”

The three first place winners received a certificate as well as a cash prize, and their book proposals will be considered for review for publication by the Swedenborg Foundation editorial board.

The Third Annual Bridge Book Awards will open for entries on November 1st, 2012, and closes in February 2013. More information to come on this blog, or www.swedenborg.com.

Resubmissions of entries from previous years are allowed and encouraged!

Enjoy the photos below of the highlights of the evening, including musical interludes from harpist Gillian Grassie.

 

 

You’re Invited to the Second Annual Bridge Book Awards

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Join us on April 5, 2012 at 7:00 pm at Cairnwood Estate in Bryn Athyn for an evening of dessert, socializing and awards!

With musical selections from harpist Gillian Grassie and a reading by Chara Cooper Daum, from a 2011 Bridge Book Winner, 12 Miracles of Spiritual Growth by E. Kent Rogers. This book will also be on sale at the event, if you wish to purchase a copy.

Read an interview with E. Kent Rogers on the blog!

Contact Alexia Cole at pubasst at swedenborg.com with questions.

Hope to see you there!

Author of Orange Utopia, Patricia Ortlieb on Family First radio show

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Patricia Ortlieb, co-author of “Creating an Orange Utopia” will be interviewed on the radio show “Family First” with Randy Rolfe this Friday, March 23, 2012. Tune in at www.voiceamerica.com to listen live at 4pm eastern. The show will also be archived on the site after its initial airing, and will be available for listening.

Description of the Episode:

We often hear how our young people lack role models to inspire them not only to be ambitious but also to follow ethical and spiritual principles in their careers and lives. Especially for young women and also their mothers, such role models are rare. My guest this week is Patricia Ortlieb, who has immersed herself in the research and documentation of the life of Eliza Tibbets, who as a pioneer in the 1870s introduced the Navel Orange to Riverside and founded the California citrus industry. Tibbets was also an abolitionist, suffragette, horticulturalist, spiritualist, and mother. Patricia Ortlieb is an artist, psychotherapist, educator, world traveler, management consultant, and also Tibbets’ great-great-granddaughter. Ortlieb has authored the definitive work on Tibbets, with coauthor Peter Economy: “Creating an Orange Utopia: Eliza Lovell Tibbets & the Birth of California’s Citrus Industry”. Ortlieb is passionate about introducing children to their heritage and to great role models.

Bailey Prize Winner Author Event & Radio Interviews

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Byron Edgington, 2011/2012 winner of the Bailey Prize for non-fiction, will read from his award-winning essay titled “Lift Off” which has been published in the 2012 Chrysalis Reader titled It’s a Deal!  Edgington’s essay is about the author’s move from Hawaii to care for his dying father.

The event is scheduled for Wednesday, March 7, 2012 from 6:30-8:00 PM at Long’s Bookstore/Barnes & Noble located at 1598 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43201; phone 614.247.2000.

A radio interview with Byron Edgington will be broadcast on Monday, March 5 at 7 PM on WCRS radio 98.3 and 102.1 FM.  The interview will also air on Wednesday, March 7 at 8 PM on WCBE radion, central Ohio’s NPR station 90.5 FM.

The Swedenborg Foundation Press celebrates THE CHRYSALIS READER’s more than twenty-five years of publishing established and emerging writers by offering the Bailey Prize, an annual publishing prize for prose and poetry.

The Bailey Prize is open to nominations by instructors of undergraduate and graduate students in the arts and sciences for nonfiction, fiction, and poetry.

2011/2012 Bailey Prize Winners:
Prose: Byron Edgington, “Lift Off”
Poetry: Chloé Joseph, “Backless Dress”

Byron Edginton is a nontraditional student, back at The Ohio State University after thirty-eight years, to finish a degree in English.  His Bailey Prize winning essay “Lift Oft” was nominated by Professor Maura Heaphy, who teaches English and writing at The Ohio State University.  “Lift Off” is based on the author’s experience of caring for his dying father, the understanding that parents need their children’s permission to discontinue medical intervention, just as children need their parents’ permission to let them go.

Chloe Joseph is an undergraduate pursuing a degree in English with a concentration in creative writing at Longwood University.  She currently interns for the creative writing program at Longwood and plans to graduate in May 2012.  Chloe thanks Dr. Craig Challender for presenting her with the chance to have her work entered for the Baily Prize in poetry.