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New Discoveries at Çatalhöyük: A Neolithic “Town” in Central Turkey

February 25, 2012 - 2:00pm

Speaker: Dr. Ian Hodder, Dunlevie Family Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Director, Stanford Archaeology Center, Stanford University

Çatalhöyük is a 9000-year-old site in central Turkey long famous for its enigmatic art and symbolism and its large size at a very early date. Since 1993 Ian Hodder has been conducting excavations at the site with an international team of archaeologists and scientists. In this talk he will outline some of the more recent results regarding the economic, social, and religious lives of the inhabitants of this ancient settlement.

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Docent Lecture: "European Paintings: A Dime-Store Legacy from the Kress Collection," Gretchen Turner

February 7, 2012 - 2:15pm - 3:00pm

 

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Empire of Flora, ca. 1743. Oil on canvas. Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation

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Children's Theater Performance: "Rumpelstiltskin"

January 7, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
January 21, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
January 28, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
February 4, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm

The kingdom of King Wipple is in big trouble. Inflation has destroyed the economy and there is no more gold! An ambitious miller claims that his “miraculosis” daughter can actually weave straw into gold, which she is ordered to do immediately on pain of death. She is saved from this cruel fate by the mysterious arrival of a funny little man who can perform this miracle, but for a high price. The miller’s daughter makes a promise to the little man, and she is helped in her quest by colorful and zany members of the court, as well as the audience itself. There are charming songs, lots of laughs, and a happy ending for everyone. “A promise is a promise.” Presented by the Children's Theater Association.

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Docent Lecture: "Looking to Spring: The Language of Flowers," Carol Nelson

January 29, 2012 - 2:15pm - 3:00pm

Image: Willem van Aelst, Flowers in a Silver Vase, 1663. Oil on canvas. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Hermann Schuelein

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Docent Lecture: "All that Glitters: Jewelry at the Fine Arts Museums," Peggy Gordon

January 29, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Image: Wreath, Greece, Crete. Gold, 4-3rd century BC. Museum purchase, Albert Campbell Hooper Memorial Fund

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Children's Theater Performance: "Rumpelstiltskin"

January 7, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
January 21, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
January 28, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
February 4, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm

The kingdom of King Wipple is in big trouble. Inflation has destroyed the economy and there is no more gold! An ambitious miller claims that his “miraculosis” daughter can actually weave straw into gold, which she is ordered to do immediately on pain of death. She is saved from this cruel fate by the mysterious arrival of a funny little man who can perform this miracle, but for a high price. The miller’s daughter makes a promise to the little man, and she is helped in her quest by colorful and zany members of the court, as well as the audience itself. There are charming songs, lots of laughs, and a happy ending for everyone. “A promise is a promise.” Presented by the Children's Theater Association.

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Special Lecture: “Pissarro's Finale: From Paris with Love,” Dr. Anne Prah-Perochon in partnership with the Alliance Française [TIME CHANGE]

January 22, 2012 - 11:00am - 12:00pm

In honor of Pissarro's People, Dr. Anne Prah-Perochon, art historian and contributor to the journal France-Amérique, presents her lecture, “Pissarro's Finale: From Paris with Love."

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Children's Theater Performance: "Rumpelstiltskin"

January 7, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
January 21, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
January 28, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
February 4, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm

The kingdom of King Wipple is in big trouble. Inflation has destroyed the economy and there is no more gold! An ambitious miller claims that his “miraculosis” daughter can actually weave straw into gold, which she is ordered to do immediately on pain of death. She is saved from this cruel fate by the mysterious arrival of a funny little man who can perform this miracle, but for a high price. The miller’s daughter makes a promise to the little man, and she is helped in her quest by colorful and zany members of the court, as well as the audience itself. There are charming songs, lots of laughs, and a happy ending for everyone. “A promise is a promise.” Presented by the Children's Theater Association.

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Special Lecture: “All Roads Lead to Rome . . . A First-Class Ticket to the Eternal City,” by author Jojo Capace

January 8, 2012 - 2:30pm - 3:15pm

In honor of The Medusa, by the great Roman sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini
 

Ms. Capace’s book All Roads Lead to Rome will be available at the bookstore and a booksigning will immediately follow the talk. "Wherever one ventures in Rome, Bernini's genius is present. To stroll through centro storico —what Italians refer to as a passegiata, brings untold delights as my protagonist, Bébé Deverton discovers in All Roads Lead to Rome."
 

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Children's Theater Performance: "Rumpelstiltskin"

January 7, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
January 21, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
January 28, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
February 4, 2012 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm

The kingdom of King Wipple is in big trouble. Inflation has destroyed the economy and there is no more gold! An ambitious miller claims that his “miraculosis” daughter can actually weave straw into gold, which she is ordered to do immediately on pain of death. She is saved from this cruel fate by the mysterious arrival of a funny little man who can perform this miracle, but for a high price. The miller’s daughter makes a promise to the little man, and she is helped in her quest by colorful and zany members of the court, as well as the audience itself. There are charming songs, lots of laughs, and a happy ending for everyone. “A promise is a promise.” Presented by the Children's Theater Association.

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