Past Events
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Saturday, September 12, 1998 - 8:00 PM | Performance | offsite
The noted literary scholar and Irish parliamentarian performs his Joycean program "Do You Hear What I'm Seeing?"
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Wednesday, May 6, 1998 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
The foremost living authority on Keats speaks on her National Book Award-winning biography.
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Tuesday, April 28, 1998 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Temple Israel
The author of more than forty mystery novels hosts a panel discussion of the genre. This event is co-sponsored by WNET/Thirteen New York.
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Thursday, February 26, 1998 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Temple Israel
The Harvard University professor lectures on her book The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets. This event is co-sponsored by WNET/Thirteen New York.
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Tuesday, February 3, 1998 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Temple Israel
Ms. Goldsmith's book captures a vivid era where women fight for equality in a world of robber barons and corrupt politicians. This event is co-sponsored with WNET/Thirteen New York.
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Wednesday, December 3, 1997 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
The Yale professor considers Jamesian works written over about twenty years.
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Tuesday, November 18, 1997 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Temple Israel
The Pulitzer Prize-winner focuses on New York City in the context of Moses's life and work. This event is co-sponsored with WNET/Thirteen New York.
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Sunday, November 9, 1997 - 7:00 PM | Performance | Members' Room
The acclaimed actress delivers a one-woman performance adapted from stories of Virginia Woolf.
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Wednesday, May 14, 1997 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Members' Room
A professor of classics explores the central works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides as expressive of the "Greek tragic sense of life."
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Tuesday, May 6, 1997 - 6:30 PM | Performance | offsite
Plimpton reads selections from the diaries of the quintessential New Yorker between 1835 and 1875.
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Tuesday, March 4, 1997 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Temple Israel
Silverman talks about the fascination and research behind his biography Houdini! This event is co-sponsored by WNET/Thirteen New York.
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Wednesday, January 22, 1997 - 6:30 PM | Performance | Members' Room
This event combines discussion of passages of the epic by Dr. Alexander with dramatic readings by Mr. Prebble.
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Tuesday, October 15, 1996 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Temple Israel
Examines the rise of Luce from his childhood in China to the early years of the founding of Time and Life magazines. This event is co-sponsored by WNET/Thirteen New York.
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Wednesday, March 20, 1996 - 6:30 PM | Lecture | Temple Israel
The distinguished biographer speaks on her award-winning Morgan: American Financier. This event is co-sponsored by WNET/Thirteen New York.
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Wednesday, February 28, 1996 - 6:30 PM | Reading Group | Members' Room
Conversations on two canonical works of Western literature.
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Thursday, May 11, 1995 - 6:30 PM | Performance | offsite
Sam Waterston reads from a new play by Richard Goodyear, An Evening with James Boswell