Jan 30; A Lehigh Engineering Public Program
Moderator: Eric Bella, Mining Engineer; Speaker: Nick Zmijewski, Industrial Archives & Library; In Search of
Jan 30; Luzerne County Historical Society, Public Program
Speaker: Mark Riccetti, Director of Operations and Programs, LCHS; Jacob Cist (1782-1825), Pennsylvania Anthracite Pioneer;
Jan 29; Reading Anthracite Company
Eric Bella, Mining Engineer; Speaker: Mike Szilagyi, AICP; The Schuylkill Navigation Canal System; Venue: Alvernia
Jan 26; National Museum of Industrial History, Public Program
Mike Piersa, Historian, NMIH; Speaker: Dane Rhys, Visual Journalist, A Visit to the Last Operating
Jan 26; Lackawanna Historical Society, Public Program: Artistic Expressions in Anthracite
Mary Ann Moran-Savakinus, LHS; Moderator: Philip Mosley, Emeritus, Penn State University-Scranton; Speakers: Charles Petrillo, Wilkes-Barre
Jan 25; Eckley Miners Village (PHMC), In-person Public Program on the Hazleton Shaft Colliery: Dethroning Hazleton’s Industrial Era
Moderator: Bode Morin, Administrator; Speaker: Justin Emershaw, Atlantic Carbon Inc., The Hazleton Shaft Colliery: Dethroning
Jan 25; Underground Miners, Public Program: Free Guided Tours of the Brooks Mine
Tour Guides: Mark Izak, Scott Kerkowski, and Chris Murley; Venue: Brooks Mine (Nay Aug Park,
Jan 25; Underground Miners and the Everhart Museum, Public Program: Closing One of the Last Anthracite Deep Mines in Northeastern Pennsylvania, 2021
Presenters: Chris Murley, Underground Miners and Tim Holmes, Everhart Museum; Venue: Everhart Museum (1901 Mulberry
Jan 24; Two Screenings of “The Knox Mine Disaster” documentary with an introduction by the filmmaker, David Brocca
Venue: The Scranton Arts Haus Theatre (301 Lackawanna Ave, Scranton); Screening Times: 6:20 p.m. and
Jan 23; Anthracite Heritage Foundation, Book Award for 2025
Presenter: Bob Wolensky, King’s College; Recipient: Anne Flaherty, Kehoe Foundation (for The Passion of John