~  Upcoming Programs  ~

Thursday, February 4, 11, 18, 25 @ 6:00 pm

If It's Thursday, It Must Be Shakespeare

Love Shakespeare?  Every Thursday evening in the Carpenter Board Room, take advantage of the opportunity to enjoy reading Shakespeare out loud with fellow aficionados of the Bard.

Free and open to the public

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Thursday, February 18, 6:00 pm

Layfayette in America 1824 - 1825

The unabridged English translation by Alan Hoffman

Passionate about American history and Lafayette, Alan Hoffman spent three years working on this first unabridged English translation of Auguste Levasseur's journal of Lafayette's triumphant return to America in 1824 and 1825.  Levasseur, Lafayette's secretary, describes how the now 67-year-old hero of the American Revolution and apostle of liberty in Europe was welcomed in an adoring frenzy by the American people.  With its panoramic view of the young country - its burgeoning cities and towns, its technological innovations like the Erie Canal, and its industrious people - this book captures America on the cusp of its jubilee year.

Join us as Alan Hoffman discusses General Lafayette's farewell tour of all 24 United States and describes his affectionate visits with his old friends John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and his encounter with Senator Andrew Jackson. The unabridged translation will be available for purchase at the lecture.

Free and Open to the Public

Sunday, February 21, 2:00 pm

Music @ the Redwood

Jung Mi Lee and Jon Sakata

Back by popular demand, the Redwood is pleased to welcome Jung Mi Lee and Jon Sakata for a piano duo recital celebrating Robert Schumann's 200th anniversary.  What could be better than sitting in the Harrison Room on a Sunday afternoon as Jung Mi Lee and Jon Sakata blend their musical personalities and experience with one piano / four hands.  The program will be Brahms' Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann, op. 23, a particularly poignant homage by Brahms to his late dear friend, and the Schumann D Minor Symphony.  Ms. Lee and Mr. Sakata have used Schumann's own arrangement for four hands, published just after his second orchestral version of the Symphony, as the source for their own slightly extended and robust version.

This concert is in memory of Eunice B. Conron, a Redwood member and local musician and teacher who spent her life encouraging children to listen to music and play musical instruments.

Redwood members, $5.00; non-members, $10.00

Special discounts with WinterFest Button

Thursday, February 25 6:00 pm

Aesop's Mirror: A Love Story

 

Photograph of Ms. Huggins © by Stephanie Stuart

Please join us as we welcome Maryalice Huggins, author of Aesop's Mirror: A Love Story.  Ms. Huggins will discuss her discovery of this unusual rococo mirror at a country auction in Rhode Island and her quest to trace the origins of what became her magnificent mirror.  Ms. Huggins is a restorer and gilder of antique mirrors.  She has worked for museums, interior decorators, and private collectors. The book will be available for purchase at the lecture, and Ms. Huggins will be happy to autograph it for you.

Free and Open to the Public

 

Save the Date!

The Redwood is pleased to welcome author Toby Lester for a presentation of his new book The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map that gave America its Name on Thursday, March 4 at 6:00 pm.  Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event.

Come back soon! We've got some great programs lined up for you.