Past Events
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
In this event, acclaimed novelist Ellen Feldman and celebrated historian Richard Snow discuss the struggles and rewards of writing about World War II.
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Friday, January 27, 2012 - 4:00 PM | Children | Members' Room
At first glance, Duncan Dorfman, April Blunt, and Nate Saviano don’t seem to have much in common. When these three unique kids are brought together at the national Youth Scrabble Tournament, their paths cross and stories intertwine.
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
Martin Lemelman's elegiac and bittersweet graphic memoir Two Cents Plain collects the memories and artifacts of the author's childhood in Brooklyn.
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Monday, January 23, 2012 - 6:30 PM | Performance | Members' Room
A talented cast perform Cathy Tempelsman's new play, showing the little-known scandalous life of English novelist George Eliot, directed by Richard Maltby Jr.
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Temple Israel
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who traveled to Russia
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 6:30 PM | The Writing Life | Members' Room | Open to the PublicAdam Kirsch hosts an evening of refreshments, conversation, visual presentations, and readings featuring writers from the literary magazines Triple Canopy and The Paris Review.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | Members' Room
In this primer on digital self publishing, we'll walk through the process of selecting and working with a firm to format and design your e-book and getting your e-book listed for sale on online outlets like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Google B
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | Whitridge Room
Are your notes and references in hopeless disarray? Are you constantly looking for the right literal and digital file folder?
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 4:00 PM | Children | Whitridge Room
In A Tale Dark and Grimm, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales.
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
Parnassus founder and editor Herbert Leibowitz provides a new perspective on the life and poetry of the doctor poet William Carlos Williams, a key American writer who led one of the more eventful literary lives of the twentieth century.&n
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Sunday, December 4, 2011 - 3:00 PM | Performance | Members' Room
In this afternoon of song and story, contemporary Swedish opera star Madeleine Kristoffersson and actor John Ray recreate the music and the drama of Jenny Lind's landmark American tour under the management of P.T. Barnum.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
Historian Amanda Foreman follows her bestseller Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire with the fascinating story of the American Civil War and the major role played by Britain and its citizens in that epic struggle.
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
Maisie Houghton describes her struggle to find her own voice as the middle child in an accomplished but contradictory family in 1950s Cambridge and New York.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
Author Diana Altman, daughter of the MGM talent scout who discovered James Stewart, Joan Crawford, and others, presents historic screen tests and discussion of the era when Hollywood was the film industry's pretty face and New York its heart and l
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | Whitridge Room
Thoughtful, constructive critiques help writers improve their work. Inappropriate attacks or comments based on personal preference do not.
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Thursday, November 3, 2011 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
Author Katherine Leiner and photographer Andrew Lipton introduce a new revolution in food involving people living sustainable lives centered on healthy, natural food.
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
The author and principal founder of the Central Park Conservancy brings together a diverse array of gardeners' words about the art of gardening.
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Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 3:00 PM | Performance | Members' Room
Music historian Michael Lasser celebrates one of the most popular songs in the history of American music with narration and performances by musicians.
This event was generously supported by the Estate of Marian O. Naumburg.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
Noah Webster's name is now synonymous with the dictionary he created, but the rest of his rightful place in American history has been forgotten.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
Laurence Bergreen's new biography - the first complete portrait of the explorer in half a century - takes the full measure of Columbus's remarkable career from the world-changing events of 1492 and beyond.
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Friday, October 14, 2011 - 4:00 PM | Children | Members' Room
Little Miss Muffet is missing, and Detective Blue is on the case. Little Boy Blue is all grown up, and he's now a detective. In this event, Mr.
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Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
At a crucial moment in Harlem's history, as gentrification encroaches, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts untangles the myth and meaning of Harlem's legacy.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
In this one-of-a-kind event, two contemporary leaders in the short-story genre read from their most recent work and offer insights into this unique form.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | Whitridge Room
In this two-day workshop, acclaimed author Sallie Bingham will discuss the art of the short story and share writing tips and exercises to help writers develop and improve their own work.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
In one of the most inventive travel books in years, Ina Caro invites readers on train trips that depart from Paris and transport us back through seven hundred years of French history.
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