BOOKISH: Sister spit, bony boys and good, old-fashioned teatime

This week in Bookish: Boys with strange bones, tea-drinking tours and the Sister Spit tour comes to Penn.

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BOOKISH: Sister spit, bony boys and good, old-fashioned teatime

POSTED: Thursday, April 19, 2012, 5:00 PM

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Sunday, April 22

East meets West over tea

From the overthrowing of taxed tea in the Boston Harbor to the various tea ceremonies still performed in Japan and Britain, the potency of tea goes beyond the strength of its leaves. Few other drinks have had such a rich political and cultural history, spanning communities the world over. Today, the drink still holds a certain class association with tea time as an indulgence of the British elite, and political significance with the rise of the American Tea Partyists. The Philadelphia Museum of Art invites you to celebrate this influential drink with a tour and lecture highlighting the cross-cultural meanings of drinking tea. Starting with a traditional Japanese tea ceremony at the Shofuso Japanese House and Gardens, a trolley then brings you back to Colonial America with a trip to the historic Cedar Grove house in Fairmount Park. Here, you'll have a chance to tour the house and learn about the importance of tea during America's early years. Whether you consider yourself a tea aficionado or you're just in it for the scenic trolley ride, today's tour is sure to deepen your understanding of what it means to drink tea.

1 p.m.-4 p.m., $50, Philadelphia Museum of Art, West Entrance, 26^th St and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, philamuseum.org

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