Presenter: Mara Williams, Chief Curator Emerita, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT Join us for a discussion analyzing the works of modern and contemporary art. Artists invest a considerable amount of their intellect, emotions, senses, and spirituality to give outward form to their inner voice. One of the great joys of viewing art is tussling […]
Speaker: Cathy Kaufman Adjunct Professor in the Food Studies Department at The New School, specializing in food history and culture In his October 3, 1863 Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln invited all Americans to observe the last Thursday of November to praise "our beneficent God" and to pray for an end to the Civil War. This Day of Thanksgiving […]
Please join the Circle of Friends at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, in coordination with the Museum of the Chinese in America to celebrate the rich history and contributions of the Chinese in America through an exploration of Chinatown, its function, and symbolism. Advance registration is required. To register. RSVP at [email protected].
Put on your green and join Circle of Friends for From Famine to Fifth Avenue: An Irish Journey of Resilience. Dr. Elizabeth Stack, the Executive Director of the American Irish Historical Society (991 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY), will discuss the broad history of the Irish in New York, from their part in the early labor […]
PRESENTER John Paoletti, Emeritus Professor of Art History, Wesleyan University Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) was in his early twenties when he was commissioned to create a statue representing the Biblical hero, David. He was offered a colossal block of marble which had previously been worked by two other artists and abandoned. Michelangelo accepted the challenge and […]
Tuesday, June 17th 1 PM Wallace Hall (enter through the Parish House at 980 Park Avenue) Presenter: Robert Pigott, Esq., Author Destination City presents surprising stories surrounding historical figures, not usually associated with New York City, but who spent key portions of their lives here. Vignettes recount incidents in the lives of hundreds of notable people, […]
