March 2019
Concert – Classical Violin
Robert Simonds celebrates Women’s History Month with a performance of works by female American composers in this second installment of the American Music Series. Artists featured in the concert include contemporary composers Alexis Bacon, Patricia Van Ness, Cindy Cox and Molly Joyce. Robert Simonds is an American violinist who has performed as an orchestral player, chamber musician and solo recitalist. The concert will last approximately one hour. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Find out more »Lecture – Gifts from the Sea: The Miraculous Stories of Two Continental Army Guns
One of the greatest obstacles that the Continental Army faced during its first two years was providing an adequate supply of firearms suitable for military service. Arms production in Revolutionary America never met the demand for weapons to fight the British. The timely influx of weapons captured from British ships and purchased from France saved the American cause from disaster. Independent curator and historian James L. Kochan illuminates how dependent the army was on foreign arms through the histories of…
Find out more »Lunch Bite – A Collection of Contemporary Newspapers Documenting the Life and Legacy of Alexander Hamilton
Library Director Ellen Clark presents highlights of a recently acquired collection of early newspapers and other periodicals featuring articles on Alexander Hamilton. From the first official reports of his valor at Yorktown through his political career and personal trials to his death as the result of the duel with Aaron Burr, Hamilton was a figure of intense public interest who received wide coverage in the press. The collection also includes detailed accounts of his funeral and subsequent memorial tributes, as…
Find out more »Lecture – “Wonderland of the World”: The Andersons and Japan
Japan was a touchstone in the lives of Larz and Isabel Anderson, who traveled to the country four times during the so-called “Gilded Age,” when status was expressed in part through collecting fine art. The couple assembled a large collection of Meiji-period Japanese art and displayed much of it amidst the western-style interiors and décor of Anderson House. Commemorate the 113th anniversary of the completion of Anderson House with an exploration of key Japanese works in the Anderson collection presented…
Find out more »April 2019
Author’s Talk—John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court
Historian and columnist Richard Brookhiser discusses and signs copies of his biography of John Marshall, a Revolutionary War veteran whose career as chief justice of the Supreme Court transformed American law and politics. When Marshall became the fourth chief justice of the United States in 1801, the Supreme Court was the weakest branch of the federal government. After his thirty-four-year tenure on the bench, the judicial branch was an equal power in American government. Marshall’s influence over three decades of…
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