LECTURE AND APPEARANCE SCHEDULE

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Northfield Mount Hermon School in Winter 2003

  2008

10 January 2008  Dallas, TX. Nasher Center, NasherSALON.  Nasher Museum, of which the SALON is a part, is an outdoor "roofless" museum situated in downtown Dallas housing the extensive sculpture collection of Raymond and Patsy Nasher.  The event will be moderated by WFAA-TV's John McCaa, followed by audience questions.  Unfortunately, the notation on the Nasher Website (http://nashersalonseries.org/) indicates the event is already sold out.  If you wish further information about possible new seating availability, write the SALON center at the website address given above.

22 May 2008  Washington, DC. The Warner Theatre.  John Updike will deliver the 37th annual Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities for The National Endowment for the Humanities .  The topic of his address will be  "What is American about American art?" Admission to the 2008 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities at the Warner Theatre is free of charge but tickets are required. Requests for tickets will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis through May 12 via an online form at www.neh.gov or by calling 202-606-8446.

 

12 November 2008  Seattle, WA. Seattle Arts & Lectures Series.  The SA&L organization has announced a partial lineup for its 2008-09 season. The schedule includes poet W.S. Merwin on Nov. 7, author and critic John Updike on Nov. 12 and photographer Annie Leibovitz on Nov. 19.

The organization will announce the rest of its 2008-09 lineup at its April 29 event featuring author Pico Iyer. Subscriptions go on sale in early May. For more information, go to SAL's Web site at www.lectures.org.

 

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