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Lectures and Literary Events
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February 2, 2010 |
Society of the Four Arts Tuesdays at 2:30 pm $25 at the door (space permitting) February 2, 2010 Ann Patchett: “Words, Music and the Music of Words”
February 23, 2010 William Cohan: “Where Did the Money Go? Wall Street’s House of Cards.” March 2, 2010 Tom Avery: “An Explorer in the New Age of Discovery.” March 9, 2010 Rory Stewart: “Afghanistan: Rhetoric vs. Reality.” March 16, 2010 Senator Chuck Hagel, “America: A Senator Looks Back--- and Forward.” March 23, 2010 Andre Previn: “No Minor Chords: My Life in Music” (The Elson Lecture on Art) March 30, 2010 Anna Deavere Smith, “Snapshots: Glimpse of America in Change”
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February 3, 2010 |
A Diva Recalls with Virginia Zeani 2:30 pm Opera legend Virginia Zeani shares anecdotes from her fabulous life on stage with all the “greats” of the opera world: Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi, Niccola Rossi-Lemeni, her iconic husband, Del Monaco, Corelli, Kraus, Di Stefano, Pavarotti, Domingo and many others. Time: 2:30 pm Cost: $15 members, $20 others Location: The Society of the Four Arts The Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium Reservations: (561) 805-8562 or campus@fourarts.org
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February 4, 2010 |
Amazing Cartier Setting the Supreme Standard for World Jewelry Time: 2:30 pm Cost: $15 members, $20 others Location: The Society of the Four Arts The Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium Reservations: (561) 805-8562 or campus@fourarts.org
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February 11, 2010 |
Simply the Best in the World: Maastricht and The European Fine Art Fair The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) is widely recognized as the world's greatest and most glamorous annual art event, where the rarest Van Goghs and Picassos are traded alongside items like huge canary diamonds and the entire music room of Mozart. Michel Witmer takes us behind the scenes for an intimate look inside this multi-billion dollar venue, including details about royal visits, press dramas, the artists and masterpieces with juicy pasts, and the serious buyers. Time: 2:30 pm Cost: $15 members, $20 others Location: The Society of the Four Arts The Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium Reservations: (561) 805-8562 or campus@fourarts.org
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February 13, 2010 |
A Literary Interlude Featuring Three American Poets Two years ago, anthology editor Francisco Aragón presented the work of three poets to highlight the publication of The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry. He returns to share his own work and will be joined by Florida-based poets Rita Maria Martinez and Emma Trelles, who in the past year have published their first books of poetry. Time: 11:00 pm Cost: No Charge Location: The Society of the Four Arts, Kings Library Reservations: (561) 805-8562 or campus@fourarts.org
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February 16, 2010 |
Jackson Pollack and Lee Krasner: Portrait of a Couple Jackson Pollock lived for only forty-four years, and in those few years became arguably the most important American painter of the twentieth century. Lee Krasner was an artist in her own right when she met Pollack. A native New Yorker, she studied with Hans Hofmann and was a member of the American Abstract Artists. Krasner and Pollack fell in love, married, and created art that was new to America and new to the art world. Time: 2:30 pm Cost: $15 members, $20 others Location: The Society of the Four Arts The Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium Reservations: (561) 805-8562 or campus@fourarts.org
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February 17, 2010 |
Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keeffe: Portrait of a Couple Alfred Stieglitz was a photographer, gallery owner, editor and publisher, impresario, and innovator. He saw the promotion of photography as high art and the acceptance of American Modernism as his personal mission. He met, fell in love with, and married a much younger woman, the painter Georgia O’Keeffe in whose long and successful career he played a major role. Time: 2:30 pm Cost: $15 members, $20 others Location: The Society of the Four Arts The Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium Reservations: (561) 805-8562 or campus@fourarts.org
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February 18, 2010 |
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo: Portrait of a Couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera came from different backgrounds. Art brought them together and, in many ways, it was their art that kept them together and fed their intense, conflicted relationship. In his day, Rivera’s monumental political and historical murals enjoyed international acclaim while Kahlo’s small, curious works, many of them self-portraits, were given away as gifts to friends. Time: 2:30 pm Cost: $15 members, $20 others Location: The Society of the Four Arts The Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium Reservations: (561) 805-8562 or campus@fourarts.org
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February 27, 2010 |
Behind the Doors of Covent Garden by Elizabeth Sharland Time: 11:00 am Cost: $5 Location: The Society of the Four Arts, Kings Library Reservations: (561) 805-8562 or campus@fourarts.org
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March 4, 2010 |
The Language of Architecture Series, II: Thinking Forward in the Color Green with Campion Platt Campion Platt's lecture will focus on ways to design that are intelligent, environmentally safe and cost-wise. He will discuss reusing, recycling and, perhaps reinventing some of your current furnishings. Time: 2:30 pm Cost: $15 members, $20 others Location: The Society of the Four Arts The Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium Reservations: (561) 805-8562 or campus@fourarts.org
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March 6, 2010 |
Back in Time and Into the Future: Florida’s Everglades, Nature’s Masterwork with Claudine Laabs Nature photographer Claudine Laabs embarks on a visual lecture that will take us back in time and into the future of one of the great wetlands of the world – our Everglades. Time: 11:00 am Cost: $5 Location: The Society of the Four Arts, Kings Library Reservations: (561) 805-8562 or campus@fourarts.org
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March 11, 2010 |
Marie Antoinette and the Last Gardens of Versailles with Christian Duvernois The gardens of Versailles were a revolutionary departure from Medieval and Renaissance gardens. In repeatedly going through the royal archives, Christian Duvernois discovered many additional private documents allowing him to bring a new understanding to that period. His lecture on the Bosquets and Trianon gardens of Versailles will describe how the gardens have survived nearly three and a half centuries and how today thanks to a careful restoration, the park of Versailles offers the visitor a rare chance to walk through the most exciting “museum” of European landscaping. Time: 11:00 am and 2:30 pm (two parts) Cost: $15 members, $20 Others Location: The Society of the Four Arts The Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium Reservations: (561) 805-8562 or campus@fourarts.org
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March 17, 2010 |
IRELAND'S MAGICAL, MUSICAL SON… PERCY FRENCH Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with actor Barrie Ingham as he presents the talent of Percy French. Renowned for composing and singing comic songs, Percy French gained considerable distinction with such songs as The Night that Miss Cooney Eloped, Phil the Fluther's Ball, Slattery's Mounted Futt. One of his most famous songs is Are Ye Right There Michael, ridiculing the state of the rail system in rural County Clare. Time: 2:30 pm Cost: $15 members, $20 others Location: The Society of the Four Arts The Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium Reservations: (561) 805-8562 or campus@fourarts.org
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March 18, 2010 |
King George III: "The Most Cultured Monarch", Art Collector, Friend of America and Family man with Oliver Everett King George III is unjustly remembered solely as having been mad and losing the American colonies. Oliver Everett will correct this impression. The King was a discerning art collector, patron of the arts and artists, friend of America and Americans, and a committed family man. He was also a keen architect who added the future Buckingham Palace to the Royal residences, and re-inhabited Windsor Castle. Time: 2:30 pm Cost: $15 members, $20 others Location: The Society of the Four Arts The Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium Reservations: (561) 805-8562 or campus@fourarts.org
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March 24, 2010 |
Teas and Treasures … a full-filling afternoon with Vivien Highberg and Carole Pichney We invite you to attend a very unique tea; a program that will be entertaining, educational, and “full-filling.” It will begin with Carole Pichney, author of How to Serve a Proper Victorian Tea and Mrs. Pichney will pour. Authentic teas will be served with scones and madeleines. There will be a brief history of Victorian customs, along with a demonstration of how to brew teas using both the English and French methods. Time: 2:30 pm Cost: $15 members, $20 others Location: The Society of the Four Arts The Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium Reservations: (561) 805-8562 or campus@fourarts.org
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March 25, 2010 |
First Ladies: An Intimate Group Portrait of White House Wives by Margaret Truman Dramatized and brought to life through the talent of Barbara Rinella Who could be more insightful about first ladies than the only child of President Harry Truman? Born in 1924, Margaret Truman had wonderful first-hand knowledge of first ladies from Grace Coolidge to Hillary Clinton. Only Margaret Truman could accurately describe her mother, Bess Truman, the famously private First Lady, who never held a press conference during all her years in the White House. Barbara Rinella will become many of our First Ladies as she dramatizes the characters of this fascinating book. Time: 2:30 pm Cost: $15 members, $20 others Location: The Society of the Four Arts The Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium Reservations: (561) 805-8562 or campus@fourarts.org
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March 31, 2010 |
Words from the Water with Greg Tindall In a unique voice indigenous to Palm Beach, Greg Tindall has developed a style of story-telling that embeds the spirit of the story into a flow of words. The stories are about simple things: a chance meeting with a sea turtle nesting on Palm Beach, a moody old Volvo who is difficult to get going, a favorite bull out in Loxahatchee, a fashion photo shoot in Barbados, surfing off the reefs in Palm Beach. It is the way Mr. Tindall’s letters are arranged, how they converge and flow through verse, which makes his style unique. His stories vary in length and are accompanied with rich images and illustrations. Time: 2:30 pm Cost: No charge Location: The Four Arts Kings Library
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April 1, 2010 |
The Art of Exquisite Tables: Tradition and Innovation In New Porcelain Designs With Bernd H. Dams Bernd H. Dams and Andrew Zega are Paris-based architects, decorative arts specialists, authors and extraordinary artists whose presentations at The Society of the Four Arts’ Campus on the Lake have won them a coterie of admirers in Palm Beach. Following the success of their programs last year – Chinoiseries and An Architectural Alphabet – their 2010 presentation will take us into the realm of porcelain and survey the most elegant tables throughout history, as well as introduce the design duo’s stunning first porcelain designs. Time: 2:30 pm Cost: $15 members, $20 others Location: The Society of the Four Arts The Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium Reservations: (561) 805-8562 or campus@fourarts.org
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April 8, 2010 |
The Winter Palace: Eye-witness Recollections 1879-1929 Translated and edited by Stephen R. de Angelis, Ph.D. A.M. Gromov worked in St. Petersburg for fifty years and in the Winter Palace-Hermitage complex for five decades during the reigns of Tsars Alexander III, Nicholas II, Lenin and Stalin. He left a memoir which has never been translated and published… until now. Time: 2:30 pm Cost: $15 members, $20 others Location: The Society of the Four Arts The Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium Reservations: (561) 805-8562 or campus@fourarts.org
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