Auditorium
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This bright and airy space with tall Palladian windows is an excellent acoustic recital hall and can transform into a beautiful venue for your dinner party or other special event.
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Accommodates 100 seated at rounds or up to 180 theater style.
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Includes all tables, chairs and use of basic house sound system with microphones & integrated projector.
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This room is wheelchair accessible by means of an employee-operated lift at the Manning Street entrance, and there is an accessible restroom. Regular accessibility is up 5 stairs from street level.
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Base room rental is $120/hour midweek, $140/hour on Friday or Saturday night. Nonprofit discount rates are $105/hour and $115/hour on Friday or Saturday nights.
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Dining room
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On the second level (accessible by stairs only.) This space may be rented for daytime and evening meetings.
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Comfortable seating for 100 guests auditorium-style, 72 guests seated at rounds.
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Rental includes tables and chairs, use of basic PA system for music play-back and announcements, lectern if desired. Portable digital projector available.
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Conveniently adjacent to the kitchen for self-catering.
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Base rental for the Dining Room is $95/hour, nonprofit rate is $75/hour. There is a 3 hour minimum for most events.
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Class
rooms
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These small-group meeting rooms on the 2nd floor overlook beautiful Rittenhouse Square.
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Comfortably accommodate 12 to 16 around conference tables, or up to approximately 30 for an audience-style presentation.
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Equipped with smart TV's.
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Base rental is $40 per hour, non-profit rate is $30 per hour.
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Renting our space
The Philadelphia Ethical Society is located in a beautiful and historic building in Rittenhouse Square. In addition to having our humanist platforms and various classes here, we share our building’s meeting and event spaces with others. We make our spaces available at reasonable rental rates to cultural organizations, nonprofits, private parties and others for events such as classes & workshops, fundraisers, weddings, concerts and conferences. Our facilities are air conditioned in the summer and heated in the winter.
Up five steps from the sidewalk, the Rittenhouse Square entrance leads into our Lobby. From the Lobby, there is direct entrance to our Auditorium with a video projection system and Steinway concert grand piano. Stairs from the Lobby lead up to the second floor with our Dining Room, Kitchen, and small group Meeting Rooms. Stairs down from the lobby lead to our lower level Community Room. The main level (auditorium) is also ADA accessible with a ramp and chair lift at the back entrance. Please call or email the main office at rentals@phillyethics.org or 215-735-3456 to have someone help with the lift.
Community Room
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The Community Room, located on the lower level (below the Auditorium), is a warm, carpeted space for larger community meetings, children’s and movement classes, rehearsal space, etc.
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This room can come with a portable projector upon request, (to be projected directly onto wall) a rehearsal piano, and 60 padded folding chairs.
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Base rate is $40/hour, nonprofit rate $30/hour.
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