Past Events
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 5:00 PM | Reading Group | For Members and Their Guests | Whitridge Room | $50 for all four sessions (recommended); $15 per session
Get an advance look at the 2015-2016 season of exciting new plays at Primary Stages.
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Monday, March 16, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
The authors who described the Great Game and the kingmakers of the Middle East give us the first full account of a century-long treasure hunt by Westerners in China, from the Opium Wars and the Boxer Rebellion to Mao Zedong’s 1949 asce
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | Free of charge; registration required
In this talk, an acclaimed screenwriter will tell us how to adapt your novel or work of nonfiction into a screenplay.
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Monday, March 9, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
In What We See When We Read, Peter Mendelsund combines his profession, as an award-winning designer with his first career as a classically trained pianist
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
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Saturday, February 28, 2015 - 3:00 PM | Children | Whitridge Room | For Ages 2 and Older | For Members and Their Guests | $5 Per Child
Discover stories through songs with musician, storyteller, and Pied Piper of song Bob “Bobaloo” Basey.
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Friday, February 27, 2015 - 4:00 PM | Children | For Members and Their Guests in Grades 3 and Older | Members' Room | $5 per person, payable at the door | Advance registration required
Many children fall in love with the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder not realizing that Wilder’s books are autobiographical.
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Monday, February 23, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the doorEvent Recording
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | Free of charge; registration required
Advertisements for writing contests and competitions abound in the magazines, newsletters, and listservs familiar to so many writers.
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Monday, February 9, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Performance | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $20 with advance registration; $25 at the door
It’s 1920s America and flapper girls are just starting to kick up their heels as Cecilia Payne, a 21-year-old Brit, arrives at the doorsteps of Harvard.
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Friday, February 6, 2015 - 3:30 PM | Children | For Members and Their Guests Grades 3 and Older | Whitridge Room | $10 per child, payable at the door | Advance registration required
In this ongoing series, young writers are invited to join notable writers in exploring different genres.
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Friday, February 6, 2015 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | Free of charge; registration required
At its best, dialogue advances the action of the story and reveals what is special about the characters. When it sizzles, it is a propelling force. In this three-session workshop, we read, write, and revel in dialogue.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015 - 6:00 PM | Reception | For Members and Their Guests | Members' Room | Free of Charge | Advance Registration Required
The Library celebrates the opening of its new exhibition with a reception for members and their guests. It will feature remarks by co-curators Erin Schreiner, Frederic Clark, and Madeline McMahon.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015 - 11:00 AM | Reading Group | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | $50 for all four sessions (recommended); $15 per session
Crime and comedy may seem strange bedfellows, but comic characters, situations, and episodes have appeared in detective fiction from the early years of the genre.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
A lively account of a great urban adventure that began in the 1960s with Peter and Norma Stanford, who were committed to creating a maritime museum in Manhattan’s old waterfront, saving a historic district and bringing ships from great square rigg
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | Free of charge; registration required
Last year, Erica Obey was invited to serve as a juror for the Woodstock/Byrdcliffe Guild’s Artists in Residence program.
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Monday, January 12, 2015 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
The discovery of the quantum—the idea, born in the early 1900s in a remote corner of physics, that energy comes in finite packets instead of infinitely divisible quantities—planted a rich set of metaphors in the popular imagination.
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | Free of charge; registration required
The Writing Life Daytime Talk Series turns seven years old in January! Join your fellow member writers for morning coffee, light bites, and conversation. Come prepared to discuss ideas for future daytime talks.
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Sunday, December 7, 2014 - 3:00 PM | Performance | Members' Room | Open to the Public | $20 with advance registration; $25 at the doorIn this intimate cabaret-style event with piano accompaniment, Ms. Horowitz will celebrate the range of music and lyrics created by women in the 20th and 21st centuries, in art song, musical theater, and singer-songwriter styles.
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room | Open to the Public | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the doorChakrabarti looks at the economic, environmental, and public health benefits of cities, bringing together a variety of research that indicates why cities are performing better than their suburban counterparts in terms of critically important metrics, including public happiness.Event Recording
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Sunday, November 23, 2014 - 3:00 PM | Children | Members' Room | For Members and Their Guests | Age 3 and Older | $5 per person payable at the door
Fancy Nancy is a young girl with a larger-than-life personality, who adores all things fancy. She dresses extravagantly—wearing boas, tutus, ruby slippers, fairy wings, and fuzzy slippers—and loves using big words and saying anything in French.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room | Open to the Public | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the doorA pioneer in literary recordings, Calliope Author Readings captured some of the most original voices of the mid-twentieth century, including James Baldwin, Bernard Malamud, Philip Roth, William Styron, and John Updike. In this event Mr. and Ms. Schwartz will speak about the origins of Calliope and their encounters with the authors, and play excerpts from the readings.
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Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room | Open to the Public | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the doorA glorious full tour of McClatchy’s career as a poet of urbanity, intellect, and prismatic emotion.Event Recording
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 10:00 AM | The Writing Life | For Members Only | Whitridge Room | Free of charge; registration requiredThe author of more than thirty books discusses the difference between being blocked and being stuck, with effective ways for getting unstuck.
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Sunday, November 9, 2014 - 6:30 PM | Performance | Open to the Public | The Liederkranz Foundation, 6 East 87th Street | $20 with advance registration; $25 at the doorYoung Boston-based artists combine a spoken-word script with archival film footage, still photographs, artwork, and music to evoke first-hand perceptions of World War One.