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Event Calendar - 2010 Autumn/Winter |
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Saturday Sept. 25 6:30 p.m. |
Glorious Green-Wood,
a tour of Brooklyn's incomparable, beautifully landscaped Green-Wood Cemetery, led by Jeffrey H. Richman, official cemetery historian. This will be a rare chance to visit in comfort Brooklyn's extraordinary 478-acre Valhalla. The tour will be conducted in a charming trolley and on foot. Green-Wood is a treasure-trove of monuments of leading architects, such as Richard Upjohn, and stained glass artists, such as Louis Comfort Tiffany. It is the resting place of innumerable noted New Yorkers, including Samuel F. B. Morse, Horace Greeley, and Leonard Bernstein. Those going on the tour will meet at 10 a.m. at 119 East 74th to board a private motor coach to the cemetery, and will return to 119 East 74th after the tour, where a delicious box lunch, catered by Yura, will be served. The fee of $60 covers the entire event: transportation, tour, and luncheon. Reservations and advance payment are required. 212-639-9120.
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Tuesday Oct. 24 4:00pm- 6:00pm |
Fine Art & Antiques Show. The Beaux Arts Alliance has been invited to a very special viewing of the Fine Art & Antiques Dealers Show, famed for its impressive variety of museum-quality displays. Beaux Arts members will be escorted on a tour of exhibition highlights by experts in their fields. Meet Board Member Linda Zagaria at 4 o'clock inside the entrance of the Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue (map). $20. Reservations are required. 212-639-9120. | |||
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Monday Nov. 22 6:30p.m.- 8:30p.m. |
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, an illustrated lecture on the Master of Gothic and Art Deco by David Garrard Lowe. Among Goodhue's innumerable masterpieces are St. Bartholomew's Church, St. Vincent Ferrer, the Chapel of Intercession, West Point, and the skyscraper capital of Nebraska. Co-sponsored by The New York Landmarks Conservancy. A reception will follow. Reservations are required. Members $30. Non-members $35. 212-639-9120.
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Tuesday Dec. 7 6:30pm- 8:30pm |
A Joyous Holiday Soiree. Celebrate the season in haute style with Gershwin, Porter, and Great American Songbook. International chanteur Gregory Moore and society pianist Peter Mintun will take us on a musical sleigh ride through the lush melodies of a golden era. Don your holiday apparel and join us in an elegant private town house for some blithe cheer. Details given on receipt of reservations. Members $100. Non-members $150. 212-639-9120. | |||
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Information and Reservations: 212-639-9120 |
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