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2011 Lecture Series
Join us for another season of stimulating lectures by noted biographers. For nearly two decades, writers have taken the floor on Mondays at The Mount, delighting audiences with the lives and lore of cultural icons. This season features an eclectic mix of topics that are certain to intrigue and entertain. Lectures begin at 4 pm and are followed by a tea and book signing. Seating is limited and each lecture sells out; early ticket purchase is highly recommended.
July 11
Blood, Bones and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
Gabrielle Hamilton
The celebrated chef-owner of Prune restaurant in New York's East Village will start our 18th summer lecture series with a talk about her recent memoir Blood, Bones and Butter, which has been described as "simply the best memoir by a chef ever." Her passionate, evocative and unconventional story will take us from a lush and magical childhood in rural Pennsylvania to the launch of her renowned Manhattan restaurant, and all the tumultuous years in between.
July 18
The Hammersteins: A Musical Theater Family
Oscar Andrew Hammerstein III
Oscar Hammerstein II's grandson presents a personal and sparkling portrait of an American family living the American dream, and an intimate celebration of musical theatre. The story covers five generations of the illustrious family that changed Broadway forever, beginning in 1864 when Oscar Hammerstein I emigrated to America, and following the Hammersteins through all their personal and professional highlights, as well as the scandals and tragedies.
July 25
Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to America
Kati Marton
Award-winning author and journalist Kati Marton, born in Hungary, will tell the intimate and deeply moving account of her journalist parents. After gaining access to their files kept by secret police in Budapest, terrifying truths were revealed: secret love affairs, betrayals inside the family circle, torture and brutalities alongside acts of stunning courage and, above all, deep family love. Enemies of the People was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
August 1
The Unlikely Resurgence of Ayn Rand
Anne C. Heller
Brilliant and controversial, revered and scorned for her radical individualism and fierce advocacy of laissez-faire capitalism, Ayn Rand remains a powerful force in the political perceptions of Americans today. Based on the highly acclaimed and first objective biography of Ayn Rand, Anne Heller gives an eye-opening account of one of the most significant and unlikely figures of the twentieth century.
August 8
A Very Fierce Affair: Theodore Roosevelt, Edith Wharton, and Henry James
Edmund Morris
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and presidential biographer Edmund Morris recently released the third volume in his trilogy on the life of Theodore Roosevelt. His talk at The Mount will focus on Roosevelt's lifelong career as a professional writer and critic (paralleling but quite separate from his political career), his extraordinary relationship with Edith Wharton, and his ambivalent attitude toward Henry James. The highly cosmopolitan Roosevelt had a vast range of foreign intellectual acquaintances and often referred to himself, proudly, as "a literary fellow."
August 15
Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
Michael Korda
Author and editor-in-chief emeritus of Simon & Schuster Michael Korda captures the epic life of T.E. Lawrence: the extraordinary, mysterious, and dynamic British Army officer, renowned especially for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916-1918. His daring exploits and romantic profile including his blond, sun-burnished good looks and flowing white robes made him an object of intense fascination, still famous worldwide as "Lawrence of Arabia."
August 22
Reading My Father: Life with William Styron
Alexandra Styron
William Styron, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Sophie's Choice, and his politically active wife Rose were leading players on the world's cultural stage for half a century. Raised under both the halo of her father's brilliance and the long shadow of his troubled mind, this talk is the story of a daughter coming to know her father at last-a giant moving among 20th century American novelists and a man whose devastating depression darkened the family landscape.
August 29
Syrie Maugham: Staging Glamorous Interiors, 1920s-1950s
Pauline C. Metcalf
Interior Designer Syrie Maugham, trendsetter, fashion icon, and wife of writer W. Somerset Maugham, was responsible for the ultra-chic, all-white movement in interior décor of the 1920s and '30s. Author and historian Pauline Metcalf takes the audience on a lively and beautifully illustrated transatlantic voyage through Maugham's world where tradition meets modern, from the drawing rooms she decorated in London, to the houses, villas, and apartments commissioned by clients in the United States and on the Continent.
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2 Plunkett Street
Lenox, MA 01240
United States
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