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Cocktails and Poetry Friday, August 19 6:30pm $35 non-members; $30 members A Hot Air Club Event “That This” and a Few Other Things: The Poetry of Susan Howe Register Online Join Susan Howe, winner of Yale University’s prestigious Bollingen Prize in American Poetry, for an evening of poetry and discussion. Often inspired by museum collections, Howe illustrates her talk with images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Before the reading, be inspired by a verse-worthy cocktail hour and light but lyric hors d’oeuvres . The Hot Air Club holds programs throughout the year that combine fun and socializing with a lively mix of art and culture-related topics. The events are generously sponsored by Centerbrook Architects and Planners, People's United Bank, and Reynolds' Garage and Marine, Inc. Praise for the current exhibition Visit American Landscapes through September 18 to see stunning works from the collection of the Parrish Art Museum like William Stanley Haseltine's, Anacapri, 1892. In a recent review of American Landscapes: Treasures from the Parrish Art Museum, Tracey O'Shaughnessy of the Waterbury Republican American opens with the engaging lines, "Landscape is America's religious art. It's the place where our morality takes form...". Listen to a beautifully produced audio slideshow) and more of Tracey's thoughtful review... Talks/Lectures Sunday, August 21 2pm Modernists in the Garden Included with Museum Admission Amanda C. Burdan, Assistant Curator discusses paintings in the current exhibition, American Landscapes: Treasures from the Parrish Art Museum Sunday, September 11 2pm A Tale of Two Churches: The Work of E. L. Henry & Childe Hassam Included with Museum Admission Amy Kurtz Lansing, Curator Sunday, September 18 1:30pm Across the Sound: The Tradition of American Landscape Painting and the Art Colonies of Old Lyme and Eastern Long Island Alicia Longwell, The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator, Art and Education, The Parrish Art Museum $7 (members $5) Register Online Join Longwell as she traces the evolution of American art from its roots to the liberating influences of European modernism, while focusing on the role of the art colonies in Old Lyme and at the East End of Long Island. Homeschooler Classes Register now for monthly Homeschooler classes that begin in mid September. Educators use the Museum's resources to introduce concepts from art to ecology. Read more and check out class descriptions... Know a homeschooler? Please pass along the information! Garden Gang Plant Sale September 16 The Garden Gang will be dividing heirloom perennials. Here's a chance to have a little of Miss Florence's garden in your own. Priced at $5. A Flight of Swallows Bird Watching By Boat Wednesday, September 21 5-8pm $40 (members, seniors, and students $35) Register Online Climb aboard for a RiverQuest boat excursion down the Connecticut River to watch the mesmerizing flight of several hundred thousand swallows at twilight. Their swirling and swooping above the marsh is a “spectacle!” Read more... Write you own life story Wednesdays, September 7 through October 26 1-3pm The Art of the Memoir: Learning to Write One’s Own Story Lary Bloom and Suzanne Levine Enrollment limited to 14 Read more... Want to publish, or just record family stories? This seminar on the craft of memoir is taught by the nurturers of many novice and professional writers. Writing exercises lead toward a significant final work -- and publication on the Museum's website. Bloom (The Writer Within, Letters from Nuremberg, Connecticut Notebook) mentored Wally Lamb, Carl Hiaasen, and Edna Buchanan. He teaches memoir in Fairfield University’s MFA program. Levine is the author of Haberdasher’s Daughter. Outgoing volunteers needed The Museum has received funding to embark on our most important audience research project yet. The information that we receive from analyzing the data will impact every department in the Museum. We need volunteers to conduct surveys at places like schools, farmers markets, libraries, senior centers, etc. from Madison to Middletown to Mystic. The time commitment is 25 hours now through October. Please contact Tammi if you would like to be a part of this important team. Broadway trip to see Follies Wednesday, December 7 Trip Fee: $160 (members $150) Register Online Enjoy this lavish and landmark new staging of Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award®-winning musical FOLLIES on Broadway. This historic limited engagement, complete with its 28-piece orchestra, features a cast of 41 led by such Broadway babies as two-time Tony® winner Bernadette Peters, four-time Tony® nominee Jan Maxwell, two-time Tony® nominee Danny Burstein, three-time Emmy nominee Ron Raines and Olivier Award winner Elaine Paige. Educators' Open House October 5 5-7pm Connecticut educators can learn about exciting field trip opportunities, enjoy a staff-guided tour the exhibition The Exacting Eye of Walker Evans, learn to navigate the Museum's online resources, and be the first to see Making Impressionism American, a new teaching wall in the Hartman Education Center. Come early and explore Of Feathers & Fairy Tales: Enchanted Birdhouses at the Museum as our guest. Know an educator? Please pass this along. And the winner is... Congratulations to Diane Carroll for winning the basket of goodies from the Museum Shop. Diane please click here to arrange pick up of your basket. 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