BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies - ECPv6.17.3.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20270314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20271107T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T190000 DTSTAMP:20260816T151925Z CREATED:20260816T151925Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260816T151925Z UID:3383-1792000800-1792004400@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:We Are All Ducassians: Panel on Surrealism DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \nOverview\n\n\n\n\nwith Beverly Adams\, Kevin Saliou\, Éric Walbecq\, and Caroline Weber \n\n\n\n\nPresented by ANOTHER SPACE at the Grolier Club\, We Are All Ducassians brings together scholars and curators to explore the enduring legacy of Isidore Ducasse\, better known as the Comte de Lautréamont (b. 1846 Montevideo\, Uruguay – d. 1870 Paris\, France)\, and his influential work Les Chants de Maldoror. First published in the late nineteenth century\, Maldoror shocked readers with its unsettling\, erotic and violent surrealist imagery. Published just before his untimely death at the age of twenty-four\, the text became a foundational source for Surrealist and avant-garde artists and writers\, who celebrated its rejection of convention. \nComplimenting the exhibition Echoes of Maldoror scheduled to open October 2026 at ANOTHER SPACE in Chelsea NY\, the symposium will feature short presentations followed by a conversation among well-known writers and curators in the field\, including: Beverly Adams\, MoMA’s Estrellita B. Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art and curator of the recent exhibition Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep\, I Dream; Kevin Saliou\, curator\, writer\, and publisher of Cahiers Lautréamont\, whose \nwork explores the intersections of art\, literature\, and experimental forms; Éric Walbecq\, writer and cultural interlocutor from the BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France) focused on literature\, aesthetics\, and intellectual history; and Caroline Weber\, acclaimed scholar of French literature and modern intellectual culture. \nDrawing on their respective fields of expertise\, the speakers will consider Lautréamont’s international influence on literature\, visual art\, Surrealism\, and the broader history of modernity. Individual presentations will be followed by a roundtable discussion\, moderated by Laura Bardier and Estrellita B. Brodsky\, exploring the continued relevance of Maldoror for contemporary artistic practice\, of the 21st century and offering new perspectives on a writer whose influence continues to shape cultural production more than a century after his death. \nBeverly Adams is MoMA’s Estrellita Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art. Before joining the Museum\, Adams was the Curator of Latin American Art at the Blanton Museum at the University of Texas at Austin. Most recently\, Adams organized (With Natalia Majluf) the exhibition The Avant-garde Networks of Amauta: Argentina\, Mexico\, and Peru in the 1920s (2019)\, the catalogue for which was awarded the Association for Latin American Art Arvey Foundation Exhibition Catalogue Award. Adams holds a PhD in art history from the University of Texas at Austin\, focusing on Latin American art and surrealism. \nKevin Saliou is a curator and writer whose practice engages experimental artistic forms\, collaborative methodologies\, and contemporary cultural discourse. His work often focuses on the relationship between visual art\, literature\, and alternative modes of presentation. \nÉric Walbecq is a writer and cultural interlocutor whose work engages questions of literature\, aesthetics\, and contemporary intellectual history. His research and public conversations frequently explore the relationship between avant-garde artistic movements and their continued influence on contemporary cultural production. \nCaroline Weber is a scholar\, author\, and academic known for her work on French literature and intellectual history. Her writing examines the intersections of literature\, politics\, and culture\, with a particular emphasis on the legacy of French modernity and its lasting influence on contemporary thought. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-panel-we-are-all-ducassians-tickets-1993628124387?aff=ebdsoporgprofile \nIf you are a Grolier Club member\, please register yourself and your guests via the Club website. Do not register via Eventbrite. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/we-are-all-ducassians-panel-on-surrealism/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260930T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260930T190000 DTSTAMP:20260816T151614Z CREATED:20260816T151614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260816T151614Z UID:3381-1790791200-1790794800@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:Curators' Talk: Pioneers in Hand Papermaking DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \nOverview\n\n\n\n\nCurator Cynthia Nourse Thompson\, Artist Lesley Dill\, Poet Tom Sleigh\, and Printer Peter Kruty \n\n\n\n\nPresented in conjunction with Pioneers in Hand Papermaking: 50 Years of Innovation at Dieu Donné \nCurator Cynthia Nourse Thompson will speak with artist Lesley Dill\, poet Tom Sleigh\, and printer Peter Kruty\, who collaborated\, along with master papermaker Paul Wong\, at Dieu Donné to create the book\, I Had a Blueprint of History\, 2012. The conversation will highlight the themes of working together as an ensemble to translate the written word into image\, and handmade paper’s relationship to print and book that is echoed throughout the entire exhibition. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-exhibition-program-artist-book-collaboration-conversation-tickets-1993626841550?aff=ebdsoporgprofile \nIf you are a Grolier Club member\, please register yourself and your guests via the Club website. Do not register via Eventbrite. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/curators-talk-pioneers-in-hand-papermaking/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T170000 DTSTAMP:20260427T135806Z CREATED:20260427T135723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T135806Z UID:3221-1790409600-1790442000@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:Charles W. Chesnutt: Symposium (In Person) DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Western Reserve Historical Society\, The Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society\, The Rowfant Club\, Charles W. Chesnutt Digital Archive\, The Cuyahoga County Public Library\, and the Cleveland Public Library. \nThe Second Charles W. Chesnutt Symposium [In Person Only] \nSaturday\, September 26\, 2026 \n8:00 AM through 5:30 PM \nAt the Western Reserve Historical Society\, Cleveland\, Ohio \nRegistration Fee: $80.00 for standard participants and $50.00 for full time students \nFully Refundable Date: August 15\, 2026 \nhttps://www.chesnutt2026.com or www.rowfant.org \nCharles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) was arguably the most important African American author (fiction\, essays and advocacy) to ply his trade in America between Reconstruction and the Harlem Renaissance; he was certainly the most important author to come from Ohio during this period\, and his influence was clearly national. It is also important to note that several of his novels were not published until 50 years after his death\, largely because they were considered too provocative for their time. \nFeaturing presentations by: \nStephanie Browner\, PhD: The New School \nTess Chakkalakal\, PhD: Bowdoin College \nCharles Duncan\, PhD: William Peace University \nWilliam Hardwig\, PhD: University of Tennessee Knoxville \nKenneth M. Price\, PhD: University of Nebraska Lincoln \nRegennia Williams\, PhD: Western Reserve Historical Society Cleveland \nThere will also be opportunities to see the Rowfant Club of Cleveland\, take a white-glove tour of the Chesnutt archives\, and interact with the Cleveland community. Continental breakfast and a full buffet luncheon will be served; local accommodation will be available near the Case Western Reserve University campus\, including the Glidden House. \nCosponsors: The Western Reserve Historical Society\, The Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society\, Charles W. Chesnutt Digital Archive\, The Cuyahoga County Public Library\, and the Cleveland Public Library. \nhttps://chesnuttarchive.org/ \nQuestions? email cuw123@aol.com \n  URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/charles-w-chesnutt-symposium-in-person/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T190000 DTSTAMP:20260816T151333Z CREATED:20260816T151333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260816T151333Z UID:3379-1790186400-1790190000@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:Pioneers in Hand Papermaking: 50 Years of Innovation at Dieu Donné DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \nOverview\n\n\n\nwith Curator Susan Gosin and Tricia Wright Presented in conjunction with Pioneers in Hand Papermaking: 50 Years of Innovation at Dieu Donné \n\n\n\n\nIn celebration of Dieu Donné’s 50 years of making innovative handmade paper art with contemporary artists\, Susan Gosin\, co-founder of Dieu Donné\, will talk about her newly published book: Dieu Donné: Paper Making Art\, and the artist book Dieu Donné: Paper & Art\, created for the 50th Anniversary. \nArtist Tricia Wright will discuss her artmaking process with Susan Gosin and present the work of art\, Singing Hand\, made for the edition of Dieu Donné: Paper & Art. She will also explain her artmaking process at Dieu Donné\, including casting handmade paper and applying gold leafing. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-exhibition-program-book-talk-and-launch-tickets-1993625828520?aff=ebdsoporgprofile \nIf you are a Grolier Club member\, please register yourself and your guests via the Club website. Do not register via Eventbrite. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/pioneers-in-hand-papermaking-50-years-of-innovation-at-dieu-donne/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260922T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260922T203000 DTSTAMP:20260817T182657Z CREATED:20260817T182657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T182657Z UID:3396-1790103600-1790109000@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:FABS Living With Books Zoom Group DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nSeptember 22 FABS Living With Books Group. Join us and host Reid Byers to discuss the delights and challenges of the private library. Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-living-with-books-zoom-group-11/ CATEGORIES:FABS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260922T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260922T190000 DTSTAMP:20260816T150844Z CREATED:20260816T150844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260816T150844Z UID:3377-1790101800-1790103600@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:The Publications of the Hroswitha Club DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \nOverview\n\n\n\n\nwith Stacie Vos \n\n\n\n\nThis talk will focus on the two publications of the Hroswitha Club–Hroswitha of Gandersheim: Her Life\, Times and Works\, and a Comprehensive Bibliography and Notes on Woman Printers in Colonial America and the United States–in order to argue that the HC was both more inclusive and more focused in their interests than the record suggests. While they had a limited membership of relatively elite women\, their research into medieval women’s networks through the figure of Hroswitha and into the laboring woman printer of modern America belies an effort to broaden the scope of women included in histories of print\, literature\, and the book. Each member of the club became a woman of letters in this process. And while the club claimed to merely “love books\,” these publications\, in addition to the club’s library and events held\, reveal specific commitments to the woman writer of medieval Europe and the woman printer of modern America. Loving books\, in other words\, was its own specialization for the Hroswitha Club. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-the-publications-of-the-hroswitha-club-tickets-1993625411272?aff=ebdsoporgprofile \nIf you are a Grolier Club member\, please register yourself and your guests via the Club website. Do not register via Eventbrite. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/the-publications-of-the-hroswitha-club/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T203000 DTSTAMP:20260817T182547Z CREATED:20260817T182547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T182547Z UID:3394-1789673400-1789677000@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:FABS 19th Century Zoom Group DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nSeptember 17 Join the FABS 19th Century group on Zoom for congenial discussion of all things bibliophilic and 19th century. Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-19th-century-zoom-group-23/ CATEGORIES:FABS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260914T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260914T200000 DTSTAMP:20260827T181939Z CREATED:20260827T181922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260827T181939Z UID:3403-1789416000-1789416000@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:Manuscript Mondays: Handwritten Provenance of Fore-Edge Paintings DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Manuscript Society \nManuscript Monday – A FREE Webinar provided by The Manuscript Society \nDate: Monday\, September 14 @ 8pm EST \nGuest Presenter: Dr. Harrison Wick\, Associate Professor\, Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist\, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) Libraries \nHost: Gerald “Jay” Gaidmore\, The Manuscript Society \nA LIVE webinar with a Q&A with presenter Dr. Harrison Wick \nTitle: The Handwritten Provenance of Fore-Edge Paintings \nOverview: \nFore-edge paintings have existed for centuries\, but what do we really know about these hand-painted works of art? Dr. Wick will talk about his exploration of known fore-edge painting collections and the discovery of handwritten documentation found in the books\, sometimes\, unbeknownst to collectors. \nPresenter: \nSince 2007\, Dr. Harrison Wick has served as Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He has advanced library and archival access through professional development\, rare book and primary-source outreach\, major in-house digitization projects\, three books on regional history and historic preservation\, and research grants from institutions including William & Mary\, Duke University\, the United States Army Heritage and Education Center\, and West Point. Dr. Wick has master’s degrees in history and library science\, and a PhD in Administration and Leadership Studies\, in which his dissertation was a qualitative study to determine how logistics influenced the Battle of Gettysburg and the outcome of the United States Civil War. \nTo register for this webinar visit: \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Chk1R1ITRDSkV8Pp3w7_vA URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/manuscript-mondays-handwritten-provenance-of-fore-edge-paintings/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260914T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260914T203000 DTSTAMP:20260817T182250Z CREATED:20260817T182250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T182250Z UID:3390-1789414200-1789417800@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:FABS Handpress Era Zoom: A 1510 Florentine Pocket Classic and its Readers DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nSeptember 14 FABS Handpress Era Group: This month Dr. Ilya Dines\, specialist in codicology and medieval manuscripts\, will present “A Florentine Pocket Classic and Its Readers: A Copy of the Giunta Justinus and Florus of 1510.” To receive a link contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-handpress-era-zoom-a-1510-florentine-pocket-classic-and-its-readers/ CATEGORIES:FABS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260914T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260914T193000 DTSTAMP:20260816T152806Z CREATED:20260816T150632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260816T152806Z UID:3375-1789410600-1789414200@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:Declaration of Independence Printings DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \nOverview\n\n\n\n\nwith Michael Auslin\, John Bidwell\, Dan Lipcan\, and Ted Widmer \n\n\n\n\nThe 250th American birthday year’s scrutiny of the Declaration of Independence’s evolution\, from rough drafts to widely disseminated and strategically edited printings\, is shedding light on the document’s original producers and consumers\, shifting interpretations\, and enduring influence and enigmas. A panel of scholars will present their new Declaration findings: Michael Auslin (Stanford University) and Grolier members John Bidwell (Morgan Library & Museum curator emeritus)\, Dan Lipcan (director of Peabody Essex Museum’s Phillips Library) and Ted Widmer (CUNY). Topics will include Thomas Jefferson’s aggressive capitalizations and underlinings; the risky activism of 18th-century printers Ezekiel Russell (Salem\, Mass.)\, Mary Katharine Goddard (Baltimore)\, and John Dunlap (Philadelphia); and 19th- through 21st-century illustrated reinterpretations of the Declaration. The speakers’ books will be available for sale and signing at the event. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-panel-declaration-of-independence-printings-tickets-1993624369155?aff=ebdsoporgprofile \nIf you are a Grolier Club member\, please register yourself and your guests via the Club website. Do not register via Eventbrite. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/declaration-of-independence-printings/ CATEGORIES:The Grolier Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260911T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260911T170000 DTSTAMP:20260728T000000Z CREATED:20260727T235928Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260728T000000Z UID:3361-1789128000-1789146000@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:Tim Gress on Collector Burton Emmett and American Book Design DESCRIPTION:During the First World War the American Red Cross mobilized fundraising with the slogan “All you need is a heart and a dollar.” It was so successful that it was quickly displayed all over the country on billboards\, posters\, in newspapers\, and more. \nThat catchphrase was the inspiration of Burton Emmett — a former book agent\, newspaper editor\, reporter\, and theatrical press agent who had become an advertising executive. \nBut his heart lay in collecting. Art and books. Preferably beautifully designed books. \nSome of the Emmett collection will be on display as part of an exhibition called The Touch of Art: American Book Design 1880–1930 at the University of North Carolina’s Wilson Library\, but you won’t need to book a trip to Chapel Hill to catch a look at it. Instead\, you’ll enjoy a guided tour\, with special background about Emmett. All from Tim Gress\, who is curating the exhibition. \nGress is a PhD student and Graduate Teaching Fellow whose research focuses in part on the history of the book. He also serves as a graduate assistant in the Rare Book Collection at the Wilson. \nIf you like stories of collecting\, great book design\, and hearing the inside scoop about a carefully curated exhibition\, then you’ll want to register. No dollar required. It’s free! \nClick here to register. \n  \n  URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/tim-gress-on-collector-burton-emmett-and-american-book-design/ LOCATION:Caxton Club CATEGORIES:Caxton Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260827T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260827T203000 DTSTAMP:20260823T184147Z CREATED:20260823T184147Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260823T184147Z UID:3400-1787857200-1787862600@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:Thick Love or None at All: Toni Morrison on Love DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by NOBS \nThis is the year of Toni Morrison and all over Ohio bookclubs and organizations have been creating programs to honor one of Ohio’s greatest writers and the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Toni Morrison\, author and editor\, was born in Lorain\, Ohio in 1931 and her novels and nonfiction works went on to win the Pulitzer Prize\, the National Humanities Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.  NOBS also wanted to celebrate her legacy so join us in this month’s forum either in person or via Zoom.  Please note registration for Zoom is required.\n\nThick Love or None at All:  Toni Morrison on Love\nwith Dr. Meredith Gadsby\nThursday\, August 27\n7-8:30 pm\n\nDr. Gadsby is Chair of the Africana Studies Department at Oberlin College and Conservatory\, where she teaches the literature of Africa and the African Diaspora.  She is the author of Sucking Salt: Caribbean Women Writers\, Migration and the Politics of Identity (U Missouri Press).   Dr. Gadsby is member of the Toni Morrison Society and served as faculty liaison to the TMS when it was based at Oberlin College.  Originally from Queens\, NY\, she has lived in NE Ohio for 26 years.  Dr. Gadsby teaches a Toni Morrison Seminar at Oberlin\, introduces her students to Morrison in her classes\, and writes about her body of work extensively.\n\nWe’ll meet at Loganberry Books at 7:00 PM. If you prefer\, you may join us via Zoom. Registration required (please register by 5:30 PM on 8/27): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/K4jigcBXSwuIFgp8V9olXg\n\nAnd do check out the other programs in Ohio that are celebrating Toni Morrison as well\, a list can be found at https://ohiocelebratestonimorrison.org/ URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/thick-love-or-none-at-all-toni-morrison-on-love/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T203000 DTSTAMP:20260725T193208Z CREATED:20260725T193208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T193208Z UID:3358-1787684400-1787689800@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:FABS Living With Books Group: Bibliophilic Media Online/ Boundaries in Our Collections DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nAugust 25 FABS Living With Books Group. Join us and host Reid Byers to discuss the delights and challenges of the private library. Our topics this month: 1. Bibliophilic Zooms\, podcasts\, Youtubes\, & TV documentaries; 2. How we have set boundaries in collections? In libraries? Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-living-with-books-group-bibliophilic-media-online-boundaries-in-our-collections/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260824T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260824T193000 DTSTAMP:20260814T110640Z CREATED:20260725T192700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T110640Z UID:3354-1787599800-1787599800@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:FABS Bindings Zoom Group: Insiya Dhatt\, Book Artist (Date Changed) DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nAugust 17 FABS Bindings Group: This group devoted to the art\, craft and history of bookbinding meets monthly on Zoom. To join their mailing list\, contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org. \n24 August 2026 (note new date)7:30pm eastern / 6:30pm midwest / 5:30pm mountain / 4:30pm pacific \nINSIYA DHATT :: Honoring the Past\, Pushing the Present: Expanding the Boundaries \nJoin FABS members interested in Bindings \nfor a Presentation and Discussion with Insiya Dhatt\, Book Artist. \nThis presentation explores how traditional bookbinding structures and historical paper cutting techniques provide a foundation for contemporary artistic storytelling. \nBy examining the integration of traditional and newer technology\, the discussion will highlight how respecting the past allows us to respectfully expand the boundaries of book art. \nThis program is on Zoom; it will not be recorded. \n~ The FABS Special Interest Group: Binding meets every third Monday of the month ~ URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-bindings-zoom-group-9/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260824T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260824T181500 DTSTAMP:20260630T013815Z CREATED:20260630T013542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260630T013815Z UID:3343-1787590800-1787595300@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:Out of the Gutters: How California Comix Saved Comics DESCRIPTION:Out of the Gutters: Obscenity\, Censorship\, and Transgression\, edited by Jorge J. Santos and Patrick S. Lawrence\, explores US comics that have been challenged for their boundary-breaking content. Covering well-known underground figures like R. Crumb and Charles Burns\, newcomers such as C. Spike Trotman and Emil Ferris\, and mainstream creators including Chris Claremont and Archie Goodwin\, the collection dives into the market economics of transgression\, historical representations of graphic violence\, the ever-changing meaning of pornography\, sex-positive comics by BIPOC authors\, and queerness in pop-culture mega-properties. Comics have long been and continue to be a subject of moral panics\, but instead of targeting raw sex like Crumb’s counter-culture provocations in the last century\, censors now focus on affirmations of nonheteronormative identity even where sex isn’t prominent\, as in Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer. And while violence is a constant in comics\, stories that acknowledge nationalist violence\, such as Art Spiegelman’s Maus and the innovative Blazing Combat\, have also been blacklisted. \nCome join Professors Lawrence and Santos to discuss how comics creators resisted these censorship paradigms from their outset and how these transgressors paved the way for contemporary comics culture in both narrative and publishing terms. We will especially highlight California counterculture’s special role in saving comic books from bland irrelevance. Learn how the implementation of the Comics Code Authority and the censorship paradigm established by 1973’s Miller v California nearly vanquished the comic book industry altogether\, as well as how stalwart industry creators\, such as Archie Goodwin of Warren Publishing and the outrageously crude members of the Comix movement\, boldly resisted\, either seeking ways around the censorship apparatus or deliberately thumbing their noses at it. Come learn how San Francisco became a hot bed of anticensorship attitudes through the history of the comic book and the graphic novel while we consider what lessons we may learn from 20th century censorship to face 21st century challenges. \nA virtual presentation by Jorge J. Santos Jr.\, author\, editor\, and Associate Professor\, Multi-Ethnic Literature of the US\, College of the Holy Cross\, Worchester\, Massachusetts and Patrick S. Lawrence\, author\, editor\, and Professor of English\, University of South Carolina\, Lancaster. \nTo register\, click here. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/out-of-the-gutters-how-california-comix-saved-comics/ LOCATION:Book Club of California CATEGORIES:Book Club of California END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260817T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260817T181500 DTSTAMP:20260630T013649Z CREATED:20260630T013110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260630T013649Z UID:3341-1786986000-1786990500@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:California Eden: Heritage Landscapes of the Golden State DESCRIPTION:For many people\, the concept of landscape is associated with gardens\, especially estate gardens. California Eden reaches far beyond the elite circle of private estates; this book highlights a wide range of landscapes from the professional to the vernacular and delves deep into the cultural and historical significance of these landscapes\, revealing the untold stories of the people who have inhabited and shaped them over the centuries. \nCo-editors Christine Edstrom O’Hara and Susan Chamberlin bring together these voices from the landscape architecture community to discuss and present the history of both rural and urban landscapes and how they shape (and are shaped by) nature and the people who design them. Entries highlight famous and beloved estate gardens but also more frequently overlooked landscapes such as shopping malls\, streetscapes\, sports venues\, and vernacular sites. \nCovering a range of places from a military installation on the California-Mexico border\, to the campus of Stanford University\, and the Japanese American gardens of San Diego\, California Eden speaks to design as well as the challenges of historic preservation of these-often ephemeral places. \nA virtual presentation by Susan Chamberlin\, author\, editor\, landscape historian\, and licensed landscape architect and Christine Edstrom O’Hara\, author and Professor of Landscape Architecture\, Cal Poly\, San Luis Obispo\, California \nTo register\, click here. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/california-eden-heritage-landscapes-of-the-golden-state/ LOCATION:Book Club of California CATEGORIES:Book Club of California END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260810T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260810T203000 DTSTAMP:20260725T192559Z CREATED:20260725T192559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T192559Z UID:3352-1786390200-1786393800@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:FABS Handpress Era Zoom: Humanist Gifts of Plutarch Texts to Queen Mary I DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nAugust 10 FABS Handpress Era Group: “Humanist Gifts of Plutarch Texts to Queen Mary I” with historian Valerie Schutte. Mary Tudor has always enjoyed a reputation of having received a humanist education. Of the antique texts associated with Mary\, the ancient Greek philosopher Plutarch stands out. Mary was advised to follow many of Plutarch’s precepts\, and received dedications of three Plutarch translations. This talk will look at the role of Plutarch in Mary’s education and in the Tudor court. To receive a link contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org. \nValerie Schutte is a historian of Tudor England\, with a particular focus on royal women and book history. She has published three monographs:Mary I and the Art of Book Dedications: Royal Women\, Power\, and Persuasion (2015); Princesses Mary and Elizabeth Tudor and the Gift Book Exchange (2021); and Anne of Cleves: The Historical and Cultural Legacy of a Queen\, which was just published with Routledge in July 2026. She has edited or co-edited seven volumes on Mary I\, Shakespeare\, and queenship. She consulted on the recent Six Lives exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Valerie is currently editing volumes on Tudor myths\, Mary I and humanism\, adaptations of the Tudors\, and the Tudors represented in public and heritage sites. She is currently working on a short form monograph on Queen Mary I’s self-fashioning through the use of her coronation ring. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-handpress-era-zoom-humanist-gifts-of-plutarch-texts-to-queen-mary-i/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260810T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260810T191500 DTSTAMP:20260630T012729Z CREATED:20260630T012657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260630T012729Z UID:3339-1786384800-1786389300@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:Eugene O’Neill and Long Day’s Journey Into Night at Tao House—a California Story DESCRIPTION:Few people realize that Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night\, which won the 1956 Pulitzer Prize\, was written in California in 1939-41. After winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936\, O’Neill and his third wife\, the actress Carlotta Monterey\, built Tao House just outside Danville\, California. Realizing that his writing career was coming to an end\, due to illness\, he needed to find a way—literally\, the tao—to write the most personal and difficult plays he had ever attempted\, also including The Iceman Cometh and A Touch of the Poet. \nTao House was inspired by Chinese principles\, which his California-born wife helped to implement in an effort to create a setting that was conducive to his writing these consummate works. It also reflects the Spanish colonial history of California. William Davies King’s new book argues that Long Day’s Journey\, O’Neill’s most deeply autobiographical play\, emerges from the tao of that house and could only have been written then and there—in that convergence of Irish\, Spanish\, and Chinese cultures and on the verge of World War II. \nKing’s book adopts an unusual form\, using the diaries of Eugene and Carlotta\, to suggest that the play might be read as a product of a marriage that was soon to go haywire but for a brief moment allowed for the creation of a work of genius\, which was\, in effect\, the genius of Tao House. Long Day’s Journey was only published and produced after O’Neill’s death\, thirteen years it was written\, but it has been performed many times worldwide by the finest actors\, and it remains the quintessential American play. Tao House has been a National Historic Site\, maintained by the National Park Service\, for fifty years. Professor King will take us into the site and into the play and into the marriage\, and he will show us many items from his extensive collection of photographs and documents of Eugene and Carlotta O’Neill. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by William Davies King\, author\, editor\, scholar\, and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theater and Dance\, University of California Santa Barbara\, California. \nTo. register\, click here. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/eugene-oneill-and-long-days-journey-into-night-at-tao-house-a-california-story/ LOCATION:Book Club of California CATEGORIES:Book Club of California END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T200000 DTSTAMP:20260725T192050Z CREATED:20260725T192017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T192050Z UID:3350-1785787200-1785787200@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:Manuscript Mondays: Exploring Drugs in Art and Literature DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Manuscript Society \nManuscript Monday – A FREE Webinar provided by The Manuscript Society \nDate: Monday\, August 3 @ 8pm EST \nGuest Presenter: George Snook\, Educator and Vice President of The Manuscript Society \nHost: Gerald “Jay” Gaidmore\, The Manuscript Society \nA LIVE webinar with a Q&A with presenter George Snook \nTitle: Manuscript Mondays: The Lure of Oblivion – Exploring Drugs in Art and Literature \nOverview: \nPresenter George Snook will explore the collection of drug literature and artifacts that he has assembled since the mid-1960s. An impulse purchase of de Quincey’s English Opium Eater in a used bookstore in London sparked a lifelong interest in drugs and their influence on culture. This journey has led him to consider how drug experimentation has shaped literary and musical traditions\, criminal justice systems\, and the treatment of ethnic and cultural minorities. \nPresenter: George Snook: My earliest memories are of a succession of Boston and Cambridge apartments. My father was in medical school\, my mother was the breadwinner\, and I was in school at the age of two. After completing my MA in European History in 1975\, I began a career in teaching. In 2021\, at the age of seventy-one\, I retired. \nFor as long as I can remember\, I have loved the study of the past. My father and mother certainly encouraged this through their passion for travel and collecting. As a child\, much of what I read was historical fiction and biography; history was a grand adventure. Beyond the classroom\, I have indulged my interest in history in several ways. I have volunteered on archaeological digs in Europe; I have participated in medieval and Revolutionary War re-enactment groups; I have taken post-graduate courses in Arts History\, Criminology\, and literature; I have traveled whenever and wherever the means and opportunities presented themselves\, and I have collected rare books\, antiques\, and\, of course\, manuscripts. \nSince retiring\, my wife and I have purchased a rambling colonial farmhouse in Massachusetts\, and we split our time between it and our apartment in New York. I take blacksmithing and drawing classes\, garden\, and do what a bossy cattle dog\, two cats\, and an eight-year-old granddaughter tell me to do. \nTo register for this webinar visit: \nWebinar Registration – Zoom URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/manuscript-mondays-exploring-drugs-in-art-and-literature/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260803T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260803T181500 DTSTAMP:20260630T012245Z CREATED:20260630T012211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260630T012245Z UID:3337-1785776400-1785780900@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:Troublemaker: The Fierce\, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford DESCRIPTION:Troublemaker tells the wild and unlikely story of Jessica Mitford\, fifth of the six famous Mitford Girls\, a British aristocrat-turned-American Communist\, famous for exposés like The American Way of Death; this biography brings her astonishing self-transformation to life with a riveting\, often hilarious account of trading wealth and status for a life of radical activism. \nWho could predict that a British aristocrat would so energize American antifascist and civil rights struggles that Time magazine would crown her “Queen of the Muckrakers”? Jessica Mitford\, always known as Decca\, was brought up by an eccentric English family to marry well and reproduce her wealth and privilege\, not to advocate for the rights of others. Her beautiful sisters have been subjects of books and movies dedicated to their naughty\, glamorous lives. Decca ran away to America to forge a rebel’s life. As this richly researched book details\, Decca broke the Mitford mold. Instead of settling for life as a professional Beauty\, she fought fascism in the Spanish Civil War\, became an American Communist and pioneered witty\, hugely popular journalism\, including her 1963 blockbuster The American Way of Death. Decca dedicated her life to social justice and proved herself an immensely effective ally\, but she also injected laughter into all her political work\, annoying some activists with her relentless antics but encouraging many others to find joy in the struggle. From famed baby doctor Benjamin Spock to best friend Maya Angelou\, her anti-authoritarian irreverence had a profound impact on American culture. \nA virtual presentation by Carla Kaplan\, author\, historian\, and Associate Professor\, English Department\, Yale University\, New Haven\, Connecticut. \nTo register\, click here. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/troublemaker-the-fierce-unruly-life-of-jessica-mitford/ CATEGORIES:Book Club of California END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260728T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260728T203000 DTSTAMP:20260629T134918Z CREATED:20260625T154004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260629T134918Z UID:3304-1785265200-1785270600@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:FABS Living With Books: Decorations in the Library and Reading Equipment DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nOn July 28 join your host Reid Byers and the gang for another lively discussion about Living With Books. Our topics this month: (1) “Prints\, Paintings\, and Decorations in the Library” and (2) “Reading Equipment.” \nFor a link please contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/living-with-books-decorations-in-the-library-and-reading-equipment/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260727T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260727T181500 DTSTAMP:20260630T011808Z CREATED:20260630T011644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260630T011808Z UID:3334-1785171600-1785176100@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:Celebrating People’s History DESCRIPTION:The Celebrate People’s History poster series has organized and curated by Josh MacPhee since 1998. The over 200 posters in the ongoing series are rooted in the do-it-yourself tradition of mass-produced and distributed political propaganda\, but detourned to embody principles of democracy\, inclusion\, and group participation in the writing and interpretation of history. Over more than 25 years\, MacPhee has worked with hundreds of artists\, designers\, authors\, students\, activists\, and organizers to find events\, groups\, and people who have moved forward the collective struggle of humanity to create a more equitable and just world\, who in turn have generated a diverse set of posters that bring to life successful moments in the history of social justice struggles. The posters tell stories from the subjective position of the creators\, and are often the stories of underdogs\, those written out of history. The goal of this project is not to tell a definitive history\, but to suggest a new relationship to the past\, where all of us see the crafting of history as something we both can and should participate in. \nA virtual presentation by Josh MacPhee\, designer\, artist\, archivist\, activist\, and founding member of both Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative and Interference Archive. \nTo register\, click here. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/celebrating-peoples-history/ CATEGORIES:Book Club of California END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T190000 DTSTAMP:20260629T184014Z CREATED:20260629T184000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260629T184014Z UID:3331-1784833200-1784833200@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:A Haggadah\, A Collection\, A Synagogue: The Harold Greenbaum Rare Book Collection with Jane Rothstein DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by NOBS \n\n7:00 PM  8:30 PM\n\nCongregation Mishkan Or\, a Reform Jewish synagogue in Beachwood\, Ohio\, is the steward of an extraordinary collection of more than 200 rare volumes of Hebrew and other Jewish books from the 15th-20th centuries.  Dr. Harold Greenbaum\, a Cleveland physician\, donated this collection to his synagogue\, Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple\, one of Mishkan Or’s legacy congregations\, in the late 1960s.  There it remained safe\, but relatively unexplored until Fairmount Temple’s merger with The Temple-Tifereth Israel in 2024\, when librarian and archivist Jane Rothstein began to inventory and research this hidden treasure. Aside from being amazed and delighted\, what does a synagogue librarian and her library do with a collection like this? \nAlong the way\, Mishkan Or received a grant from the State Library of Ohio and the Ohio Preservation Council\, with funds from the Institute of Library and Museum Services (IMLS)\, for the conservation of one book from the Greenbaum Collection. We chose a Passover Haggadah published in Venice in 1663.  This conservation project offers an opportunity to treat one very damaged book and explore the celebration of Passover across centuries. The project also helps open a window onto the collection\, raising awareness of it within the congregation and the wider community\, and prompting conversations about the best ways to care for and share these books. \nJane will discuss the collection and share volumes and photos.  She will also discuss the journey of the Haggadah\, from its publication in 17th-century Venice to its home in a 21st-century synagogue library in Ohio and through the conservation process. \nFor a link\, go here: https://www.nobsbooks.org/events URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/a-haggadah-a-collection-a-synagogue-the-harold-greenbaum-rare-book-collection-with-jane-rothstein/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T193000 DTSTAMP:20260627T145107Z CREATED:20260625T150357Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260627T145107Z UID:3295-1784575800-1784575800@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:FABS Bindings Zoom: Dr. Stephanie Stillo of the Library of Congress DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nDr. Stephanie Stillo\, Chief\, Rare Books and Special Collection Division at the Library of Congress will show us some of the recently acquired bindings in the collection. The Library of Congress actively adds artists’ books\, fine and design bindings\, and other treasures to the collection. \nJuly 20\, Monday\, 7:30 Eastern\, 4:30 Pacific. \nFor a link please contact Jennifer Larson: info@fabsocieties.org URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-bindings-zoom-dr-stephanie-stillo-of-the-library-of-congress/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260716T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260716T193000 DTSTAMP:20260627T145323Z CREATED:20260627T145312Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260627T145323Z UID:3307-1784230200-1784230200@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:FABS 19th Century Zoom Group DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nJoin this congenial group for conversation about all things bibliophilic and 19th-century! We meet monthly on the third Thursday. \nTo be added to the list for links\, contact Jennifer Larson: info@fabsocieties.org URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-19th-century-zoom-group-21/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260713T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260713T200000 DTSTAMP:20260702T155156Z CREATED:20260630T124122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260702T155156Z UID:3346-1783972800-1783972800@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:Digital Scriptorium for North American Manuscript Collections DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Manuscript Society \nManuscript Monday – A FREE Webinar provided by The Manuscript Society \nDate: Monday\, July 13 @ 8pm EST \nGuest Presenter: Lynn Ransom\, Curator of Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies\, University of Pennsylvania Libraries\, and Acting Executive Director\, Digital Scriptorium \nHost: Gerald “Jay” Gaidmore\, The Manuscript Society \nA pre-recorded webinar with a LIVE Q&A with presenter Lynn Ransom. \nTitle: \nDigital Scriptorium: Towards a National Union Catalog of Premodern Manuscripts in North American Collections \nOverview: \nLaunched in 2024\, the new Digital Scriptorium Catalog aims to be the first national union catalog for premodern manuscripts in North America built on Linked Open Data technologies and practices. Following a brief history of similar attempts\, Lynn will discuss the motivations and principles behind the redevelopment project and why it just might work this time. \nPresenter: \nLynn Ransom is the Curator of Programs at the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Since arriving at Penn in 2008\, she has overseen the Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts. an open-access\, user-maintained finding aid for the world’s pre-modern manuscripts\, and since 2020\, has led the redevelopment of the Digital Scriptorium Catalog\, a growing online national union catalog for premodern manuscripts in North American collections. She has published on issues related to the digital cataloging and manuscript description as well as on the illumination of devotional manuscripts of the 13th and 16th centuries and currently serves as the co-editor of the Schoenberg Institute’s journal Manuscript Studies. \nTo register for this webinar visit: \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_prbjJRgGQJqze9pE7pAPbA \n  URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/digital-scriptorium-for-north-american-manuscript-collections/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260713T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260713T203000 DTSTAMP:20260625T152507Z CREATED:20260625T151226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260625T152507Z UID:3297-1783971000-1783974600@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:FABS Handpress Zoom: A 1474 Medical Dictionary and A Holy Card DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nOn Monday July 13 we have two guests: \nDr. Gene Flamm will discuss his copy of the first printed medical dictionary: Simon Genuensis [Cordo]. Synonyma medicinae sive Clavis sanationis. Padua: 1474. This copy has an interesting non-medical provenance. \nMartha Driver Ph.D. will present “A Holy Card and A Book of Hours: Tracking Provenance (with questions for the audience).” \n7:30pm Eastern\n6:30pm Central\n5:30pm Mountain\n4:30pm Pacific \nFor a link contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org \n  URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-handpress-zoom-a-1474-medical-dictionary-and-a-holy-card/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260627T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260627T190000 DTSTAMP:20260625T124507Z CREATED:20260625T124450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260625T124507Z UID:3293-1782586800-1782586800@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:Sam Gatteno: From Papyri to the 20th Century DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of Detroit \nBookseller Sam Gatteno presents highlights from his eclectic collection\, including Shakespeare and Shakespeare forgeries\, incunables and 16th century books\, fine press books\, art books\, Bibles\, and bindings. \nA past president of the Book Club of Detroit and a well-respected antiquarian book collector\, Sam has extensive expertise on earliest printing and publications — plus a legendary collection reflecting his deep interest in every aspect of the book. From papyri to 20th Century livres d’artistes\, Sam’s collection is full of rare and fascinating finds! Our virtual format will allow for closer views of Sam’s treasures! \nThis event will include an opportunity for Q & A; participants will be able to submit their questions via the Zoom chat function. \nFor a link please contact Marcia McBrien: bcdrsvp73@gmail.com \n  URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/sam-gatteno-from-papyri-to-the-20th-century/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T200000 DTSTAMP:20260527T133627Z CREATED:20260527T133627Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T133627Z UID:3267-1782412200-1782417600@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:Play Reading: Colin Murphy's "Inside the GPO" DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \n\n\nThis play covers the five days in which the 1916 Rebels occupied the GPO after proclaiming an independent Irish Republic. \n\n\n\n\nFirst performed inside the General Post Office on O’Connell Street in Dublin during the 2016 commemoration of the Easter Rising\, this play covers the five days in which the 1916 Rebels occupied the GPO after proclaiming an independent Irish Republic. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration \nIf you are a Grolier Club member\, please register yourself and your guests via the Club website. Do not register via Eventbrite. All others register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-play-reading-colin-murphys-inside-the-gpo-tickets-1986555495965?aff=ebdsoporgprofile \nSupport \nWe appreciate your interest in the Grolier Club’s programming on the art and history of the book. For over 130 years we have offered our exhibitions and lectures to the public\, free of charge. If you have enjoyed these offerings\, and would like to support that tradition\, and help ensure that it continues\, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Grolier Club. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/play-reading-colin-murphys-inside-the-gpo/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260623T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260623T203000 DTSTAMP:20260527T171438Z CREATED:20260527T171438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T171438Z UID:3275-1782241200-1782246600@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:FABS Living With Books: What Book Opened Up a New World for You? DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nHosted on Zoom by Reid Byers\, author of The Private Library\, this discussion-based group focuses on the joys and challenges of the home library. This month’s topics: \n1. Books that Opened Up a New World for Us\n2. Reading in Bed\n\nWe hope you will join us!\nFor a link contact Jennifer at info@fabsocieties.org URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-living-with-books-what-book-opened-up-a-new-world-for-you/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR