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Event Calendar - 2010
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Thursday
March 18
6:30 p.m.
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Let Them Eat Cake: French Courtly Feasts,
an illustrated lecture by Professor Eric Haskell. In France in the 17th and 18th centuries every aspect of life reached an apogee of taste and style. The popular Beaux Arts lecturer, Eric Haskell, will examine how spectacular banquets during the reigns of the Bourbon Kings became barometers of culture. Mr. Haskell, Professor of French Studies and Humanities at Scripps College in Claremont, California, will discuss a series of grand events that typify courtly etiquette and ritual, climaxing in the Comte d'Artois' splendid soirée for Marie Antoinette at his new pavilion, Bagatelle, in 1771. Professor Haskell is the author, most recently, of The Gardens of Brécy: A Lasting Landscape. At 115 East 74th Street, New York, NY 10021. A reception will follow. Reservations required. 212-639-9120. Members $30. Non-members $35.
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Saturday
April 24
11:00 a.m.
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An Imaginary Voyage Aboard the French Line's Normandie
The imaginary voyage will be conducted by renowned ocean liner historian, Bill Miller. Mr. Miller, author of highly praised books on the Queen Mary and the United States, will lead a limited number of Beaux Arts members through the South Street Seaport Museum's exhibition, "DECODENCE, LEGENDARY INTERIORS AND ILLUSTRIOUS TRAVELERS ABOARD THE SS NORMANDIE." The show has more than 100 objects, including many by Art Deco masters, such as Émile-Jacques Ruhlman and René Lalique, from the stupendous Normandie, launched in 1935. Also in the exhibit are images of the some of the famous who sailed aboard the great ship as well as photographs of New York in the 1920s and 1930s from the archives of the Beaux Arts Alliance. At the South Street Seaport, 12 Fulton Street, New York, NY 10038. Map. Reservations required. 212-639-9120. Members $30. Non-members $35.
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Sat - Mon
May 29 - 31
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A Magnificent Weekend at Biltmore
The Beaux Arts Alliance will host a spectacular visit to Biltmore House at Asheville, North Carolina. The 250-room French-inspired mansion, designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the 1890s for George Washington Vanderbilt, is the largest private residence in the United States. Its beautiful 8,000 acres in the rolling Blue Ridge Mountains were landscaped by Frederick Law Olmsted. Those on tour will stay in the luxurious Inn on the Biltmore Estate. The $1,250 cost covers two nights at the Inn, two dinners, a wine reception, transportation to and from the Inn and Biltmore House, all admission fees, and a bus tour of Asheville. Air transportation is the responsibility of each traveler and is not included in the price of the trip. A non-refundable deposit of $500 must be received by the Beaux Arts Alliance office, 119 East 74th Street, New York, NY 10021, by Saturday, March 27, and the balance must be received by Friday, May 21. The Biltmore tour is a joint venture with the Charlotte Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America. For more information and to make reservation, call 212-639-9120
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Information and Reservations: 212-639-9120
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