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Street Road Reading Group

In addition to our Little Free Library Book Club, Street Road hosts occasional Reading Groups in connection with our exhibitions and projects. 
​2021 — bi-monthly Zoom and ongoing Slack group
In connection with our Clouded Title project, join our Zoom sessions and / or our Slack, for an ongoing discussion of the interrelationships between ownership, land ownership, decoloniality, aesthetics, and more. We'll be reading related material together and sharing recommendations and resources. This is also a space for our community to share their own current work - whether in the arts or in other fields - in relation to the discussion.

More information here.
​Email us to join the Slack group.
​Summer 2018 Reading Group 
In connection with the current exhibition, Clouded Title, join us for a two-session discussion of The Rights of Nature: a legal revolution that could save the world by environmental lawyer and academic David R. Boyd (a participant in Clouded Title).

Location: Street Road's new Little Free Library
1016A Gap Newport Pike, Cochranville, PA, 19330
Copies are available to check out from the Little Free Library.

Saturday, August 11, 2018 | 10:30-12pm
Saturday, August 18, 2018 | 10:30am - 12pm
​Spring/Summer 2016 Reading Group
In conjunction with the exhibition 7000 Acres, Street Road will host a two-session discussion  Last Harvest: from Cornfield to New Town: Real Estate Development from George Washington to the Builders of the Twenty-First Century, and Why We Live in Houses Anyway by architectural critic Witold Rybczynski. The book examines the process of suburban development and its implications, focusing specifically on the creation of New Daleville, a community located close to Street Road and within the bounds of Londonderry Township, the focus of 7000 Acres, our May-July exhibition on our township's history, with materials crowd-sourced from local residents. 

Saturday, June 4th  |  11am-12:30pm - Parts 1 and 2
Saturday, June 25th  |  11am-12:30pm - Part 3 and Postscript
Fall 2015 / Winter 2016 Reading Group

Over the course of four evenings in the Fall and Winter of 2015/2016, we will convene to discuss Claire Bishop’s influential publication Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship. Originating in a controversial column for Artforum, Bishop’s text interrogates the social impact of art involving explicit audience participation, offering an unorthodox and thought-provoking analysis of its influence. 

November 5th | 5:30-7pm - Introduction, Chapters 1-2
December 3rd | 5:30-7pm - Chapter 3&4
February 18th | 5:30-7pm - Chapter 5-9 

​Please email us to join our reading group-specific email list.

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Visiting:
Autumn 2021: please check our website or social media before visiting as our hours are subject to change. Masks are required and we are observing limited numbers of people inside at one time. Please call 610-869-4712 or email to set up visits outside our regularly scheduled hours. 
We are currently seeking volunteers: email us if you are interested in volunteering for a few hours. 
 
HOURS
Street Road: Friday, Saturday and Sundays 11-3 pm and by appointment for the duration of Summer Library. Check back after November 13 for our winter hours. The library box outside is open 24/7. 
Little Free Library: Thursdays 12-3pm and Saturdays 10am-2pm and by appointment. 
Our Little Free Library's outdoor box is open 24/7 and regularly restocked.

DIRECTIONS
to Street Road here. 
to The Little Free Library here.

A word about 'here':
We acknowledge that we are on the ancestral lands of the Lenape, original people of the mid-Atlantic area, forced west by British and US governments. Most Delaware Indian tribe descendants are now located in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Ontario. Lenni Lenapes in Pennsylvania are not officially recognized as tribes by the United States, though an estimated 5000 Lenape Nation descendants live in the Delaware River area. We pay respects to the Lenape people both past and present. Please consider the many legacies of violence, displacement and settlement that form part of our collective histories. While increased public recognition of these legacies and processes of redress such as Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission are positive steps, concrete focus on return of land and land rights remains a distant horizon.
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