FREE PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Curatorial Lecture
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Celeste Bartos Education Center, South Court
Yaddo: Making American Culture
Wednesday, January 14, at 6 p.m.
Repeated Tuesday, February 10, at 2 p.m.
An illustrated lecture by guest exhibition curator Micki McGee about the themes and content of the exhibition.
Film Programs
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Bruno Walter Auditorium, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza
Yaddo Authors on Film
Tuesdays at 2:30 p.m.: January 6, 13, 20, 27; February 3, 10
Film adaptations of works by Yaddo writers in residence, including Patricia Highsmith, Carson McCullers, John Cheever, Flannery O’Connor, Walter Mosley, and Raymond Carver.
Yaddo Filmmakers
Fridays at 2:30 p.m.: January 9, 16, 23, 30; February 6, 13
Special screening of The City, with program following: Wednesday, February 11, at 6 p.m. at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Works by filmmakers who have had residencies at Yaddo, among them Laurel Chiten, Shelly Silver, Su Friedrich, and Abigail Child. A special screening of the 1939 documentary The City in the South Court Auditorium on Wednesday, February 11, at 6 p.m. will be followed by a conversation between Joseph Horowitz (Artistic Director, Post-Classical Ensemble), who prepared liner notes on the Aaron Copland score for the new Naxos DVD release of The City; and documentary filmmaker/scholar George Stoney. The City (screening only; no program) will also be shown on February 13 at the Library for the Performing Arts.
These programs are free on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information about these and other Library programs and classes, pick up a copy of the Now brochure, available in Astor Hall, or visit www.nypl.org/southcourt or www.nypl.org/lpa.
Panel Discussion
Fordham University, Lincoln Center
Pope Auditorium, 113 West 60th Street
The Lowell Affair: Catholics, Communists, and Yaddo’s Red Scare
Wednesday, October 29, at 6 p.m.
Hosted by the Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies at Fordham University. Speakers will include Paul Elie, author of The Life You Save May Be Your Own; Saskia Hamilton, editor of The Letters of Robert Lowell; Steven Axelrod, author of Robert Lowell: Life and Art; Vince Passaro, Yaddo’s director of special projects; and guest curator Micki McGee.
This event is free and open to the public. Reservations are encouraged. To make a reservation, or for additional information, e-mail cacs@fordham.edu or call 718.817.0662.