GEO around the World!
Let’s go global with GEO! “Be like Ryan” and help spread GEO around the world.
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Some of Our Speakers
Kae Lani Palmisano is an Emmy Award-Winning television host, food and travel writer, recipe developer, and home cook who loves to explore the journey that food takes to get to the plate. As an “edutainer” her work focuses on having fun with food while educating audiences about where it comes from[…]
Read More »Marco Polo Networking Night
Join us and fellow travelers and enthusiasts for socializing and Syria, Sudan, and Slovenia – through pictures
Read More »Step inside Iran- For MEMBERS ONLY!
Where: Parisa Rugs, 33 North 3rd Street, Philadelphia Parisa Abdollahi invites you to step into her world of Qashqai people. This semi-nomadic tribe of Southern Iran is known for weaving the most sought-after rugs in the world. Meet Parisa’s father, a sixth-generation Qashqai rug merchant, and enjoy a delicious Persian stew,[…]
Read More »Mona Lisa Is Missing
Where:Feast Your Eyes, 1750 North Front Street, Philadelphia Obsessed with the mystery of one man’s daring triumph to steal the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, Tonight Show’s Joe Medeiros screens his award-winning documentary. He tracks down the legendary masterpiece, to the shabby squalor of Vincenzo Perrugia’s apartment, where this lowly[…]
Read More »Winners of our Travel-Photo Contest!
The Geographical Society of Philadelphia is pleased to announce the winners of our 2016 Travel Photo Contest! People: 1st – Vera Hershenberg – “Woman in Window” 2nd – Susan Albert – “Down Time at the Rodeo” 3rd – Susan Albert – “Sikh” Places: 1st – Jim Cheney – “Portland[…]
Read More »Annual Dinner 2016
Annual Dinner 2016 February 7, 2016 jllwbr8@gmail.com Annual Dinner Where: Asia on the Parkway, 1700 Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia As you may have heard, Prince Charles stole our date for the scheduled Annual Dinner with Mark Evans because his HRH Prince Charles decided like us to honor Mark for his[…]
Read More »2016/17 Travel-Photo Contest
Enter GEO’s 2016 Travel Photo Contest! Our Contest is now closed – please check back for winners, or see them for yourself at a special, Marco Polo event! GEO’s 2016 Travel Photo Contest, running November 15, 2016 – January 15, 2017, supports our mission “to promote the discovery and appreciation[…]
Read More »GEOBowl 2017
GEO Bowl 2017. Penn Charter brought the winning team!
Read More »Member-Get-A-Member
Help us grow and reach new heights! To further the Society’s educational mission, we are working to expand our member base and we need your help! Share your love of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia and all it has to offer – exciting programs, engaging members, an educational mission, and a legacy of exploration. Bring[…]
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