Joyce Carol Oates National Award Winning Novelist, Poet, Playwright and Essayist Talk, Book Signing and Reception Saturday, March 29, 2014 7:00 p.m. Biography: For more than three decades, Joyce Carol Oates has been hailed as one of the most significant and enduring writers of the twentieth century. Brilliantly inventive and [...]
Edwina Sandys Artist Talk, Book Signing and Luncheon Thursday, March 20, 2014 11:30 a.m. Biography: The artistic appeal of Edwina Sandys lies in her diverse subject matter. From the sacred to the secular to the most essential questions about politics and society, she has tackled big ideas with panache. Edwina has combined [...]
Ali MacGraw American Actress Thursday, May 9, 2013 Luncheon 11:30 a.m. An Evening with Ali MacGraw 7:00 p.m. Biography: Ali Macgraw is an American actress, model, author and animal rights activist.
Simon Jacobsen Renowned Designer Thursday, March 21, 2013 7:00 p.m. Abbreviated Biography: Simon Jacobsen is the second speaker in the Voices of Our Times series. Jacobsen Architecture, the acclaimed firm based in Washington, D.C., is the combined design careers of two award-winning architects, Hugh Newell Jacobsen and his son, Simon Jacobsen. With [...]
Betty Monkman Historian and Author Thursday, March 29, 2012 7:00 p.m. Historian and author Betty Monkman, the former Chief Curator at the White House and author with Bruce M. White of The White House: Its Historic Furnishings and First Families and Treasures of the White House, will share some of the [...]
Colonel Matthew Bogdanos U.S. Marine, NYC Homicide Prosecutor, Middleweight Boxer Thursday, February 9, 2012 7:00 p.m. Biography: Versatile and accomplished, Matthew Bogdanos has been an assistant district attorney in Manhattan as well as a colonel in the Marine Reserves and a middleweight boxer. He also has a degree in classics [...]
Carlton Varney Designer, Lecturer and Author Biography: Since 1962 Carleton Varney has been creating designs for Dorothy Draper Fabrics & Wallcoverings, which grace the rooms of some of America's and the world's most beautiful resorts and residences. Mr. Varney also writes a weekly decorating column, "Your Family Decorator," in the Palm Beach [...]
Gloria Vanderbilt and Wendy Goodman Wednesday, February 29, 2012 7:00 p.m. Members: $40 / Non-members: $50 The artist, author, heiress and fashion icon Gloria Vanderbilt will be joined on stage by Wendy Goodman, New York magazine's Design Editor and the author of the 2010 Vanderbilt coffee table bio, The World [...]
