METROPOLITAN CHAPTER
EVENTS
LECTURE
SERIES
All lectures are held at the The New York New Church (Swedenborgian), 114 E. 35th St., between Park and Lexington Avenues (nearest train is the 6 train at 33rd St.).
The lectures
are FREE, and no reservations are required.
Tuesday, February 9, 6 PM
The Row House Reborn
Andrew S. Dolkart , James Marston Fitch Associate Professor of Historic Preservation and Director of the Historic Preservation Program at the Columbia University School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
In the decades before and after World War I, a group of innovative architects, homeowners, and developers renovated New York’s deteriorating row houses, transforming the bleak buildings into modern, stylish dwellings. The renovation trend began in 1908 near Gramercy Park and then spread to the East Side and Greenwich Village.
Tuesday, March 9, 6 PM
American Expatriate Women in Gilded Age London
Jane Gabin, Ph.D. , writer and educator, author of American Women in Gilded Age London: Expatriates Rediscovered
Between the 1870s and the end of World War I, seven remarkable American women forged literary and theatrical careers in London. As Americans, they were not bound by the social constraints that limited British women, and were able to succeed in a man’s world. These women included Jennie Jerome (later Churchill) and novelist Pearl Craigie.
Tuesday, April 13, 6 PM
Mechanical Marvels: Musical Boxes, Dancing Machines, and Automated Orchestras
Ellen M. Snyder-Grenier, Curator of the Murtogh D. Guinness Collection at the Morris Museum (Morristown, N.J.)
A box that teaches birds to sing and a 10-foot-high mechanical one-man band are some of the Victorian mechanical devices in the Morris Museum’s Murtogh D. Guinness Collection of Mechanical Musical Instruments and Automata. This lecture will illustrate how self-playing instruments and animated figures revolutionized music and entertainment before the invention of the phonograph, radio, and television.
Tuesday, May 18, 6 PM
Inventing Entertainment: Sound and Film in the Age of Edison
Paul B. Israel, Ph.D. , Director and General Editor of the Thomas A. Edison papers at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
In the late 19 th century, Thomas Edison introduced two entertainment technologies that dominated the 20 th century – sound recording and motion pictures. Competitors who challenged Edison and his companies ultimately transformed both industries in the 20th century. This lecture will discuss Edison’s successes and failures and explore why others shaped the future of these two industries.
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ANNUAL MEETING &
AWARDS PRESENTATION
Tuesday, May 11th, 6:30 pm
Eldridge Street Synagogue, 12 Eldridge Street
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TOURS
Members receive detailed flyers closer to an event’s
scheduled time. Tours must be reserved
in advance.
To reserve for tours, return flyer’s reservation form with
check. If you are not a member, contact us to receive a flyer.
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Further
information on any of the programs may be obtained by calling (212)
886-3742.
VSA Metropolitan Chapter
232 East 11th Street
New York, NY 10003
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