Sponsored by The Caxton Club POSTPONED: A scheduling conflict arose and we’re hopeful that we can deliver this program during our 2023–2024 season. Online and open to all. Quick. What are the two flattest U.S. states? Here’s a hint, neither correct response starts with “Kansas.” First place honors belong to […]
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Sponsored by The Grolier Club Allen Ellenzweig will speak on photographer George Lynes. September 20, 6:00pm New York time About this event Virtual talk by Allen Ellenzweig, author of George Platt Lynes: The Daring Eye [Oxford]. Lynes (1907-1955) was the lover of, and collaborator with, Grolier Council member Monroe Wheeler, an exhibition […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California The Global Library Project Monday, July 18, 2022, 6-7:15 PM In-Person event & Livestream to Zoom After 18 years of photographing libraries throughout the United States, Robert Dawson and Ellen Manchester took what they had learned and applied it to a global perspective. […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Nick Fry will give an online lecture on “Tracks: Images Documenting the Building of the Railroads.” About this event Nicholas Fry, curator of “Travelers, Tracks and Tycoons,” will speak on “Tracks: Images Documenting the Building of the Railroads.” His presentation will show the portrayal of […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club The panel will offer a conversation about Vittorio Sella and Wilfred Thesiger, explorers and photographers “At the Edge.” A conversation between exhibition curator Dr. Roger Härtl and other experts about two explorers, authors and photographers “At The Edge.” Sella and Thesiger wandered the world at […]
Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society. March 24, 7:30 PM 8:45 PM EST via Zoom Join Herb Ascherman on an illuminating journey into his experiences as Cleveland’s most prominent portrait photographer. Since opening his portrait studio in 1975, Herb has photographed international leaders such as Henry Kissinger and Presidents Carter, […]