Aug 3: Pete Shapiro in Conversation with Mark Leavitt Shapiro’s career in music entertainment has been memorable, producing shows for big name. groups as owner of several of New York’s most beloved music venues such as the Wetlands Preserve, the Brooklyn Bowl, a music venue and bowling alley, and the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y. He is also a ... Read More
Aug 10: No One Left Behind: Aiding Those Who Helped Us in Iraq and Afghanistan No One Left Behind was founded to help former translators for the U.S. Army and their families escape from the former war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan and come to the United States to start a new life. The organization is instrumental in helping secure ... Read More
Aug 17: Paul Provost in Conversation With Museum Curators: Sharing Art Masterpieces As the founding CEO of Art Bridges, an innovative arts foundation envisioned by Alice Walton, art patron and founder of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, Provost oversees and funds an ambitious nationwide program for borrowing and lending of artworks and exhibitions for museums of ... Read More
Aug 24: Jay Boberg: « Viens Avec Nous » A Wine-Tasting Journey After a brilliant career as a music promoter and record producer of big name bands and later, as president of Universal/MCA Music Publishing and MCA Records, Boberg decided in his fifties to pursue his other passion: wine-making. Together with winemaker Jean-Nicolas Méo, an old friend and owner of Domaine ... Read More
Aug 31: Larry Rohter: In the Steps of the World’s Greatest Explorer Rohter worked as a correspondent for The New York Times in Latin America, and, served as the Times’ bureau chief in Rio, Brazil for nearly a decade. He has written a new book, Into the Amazon: The Life of Candido Rondon, Trailblazing Explorer, Scientist, Statesman and Conservationist, which was ... Read More
June 27: Opening Thursday Night Speakers Event: Nat Geo Doc. Filmmaker Michael Churton, Earthquakes and Avalanches: Challenges of Filming on Everest
July 11 – A Wine Dinner with Jim Nejaime, Owner, Spirited Wines, Pittsfield
July 18 – Former Editor of the Washington Post Marty Baron, Interviewed by John Coston
July 25 – An Evening of Chamber Music with Yale in Norfolk
Aug 1 – Biographer and Historian Dr Amanda Foreman, The History of Women, From the Apple to the Pill