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Babar Authors to State Dinner for Deborah Voigt

Deborah Voigt, acclaimed as the Walküre, Elizabeth in Tannhäuser, Receive Awards greatest dramatic soprano today, has and Isolde. Of her 2011 performance Author and illustrator Laurent de made her mark on both the operatic as Brünnhilde in Die Walküre, Brunhoff and educator Phyllis Rose and concert stages with a remarkably Anthony Tommasini of The New York will receive Awards of Distinction at varied repertoire. She will receive the Times wrote: “I have seldom heard a Literary Dinner on Wednesday, Lotos Medal of Merit at a State the role sung with such rhythmic October 9 (cocktails, 6:30 pm; $80.) Dinner in her honor on Monday, accuracy and verbal clarity.” (Please note: This is a date change.) October 7 (cocktails, 6:30 p.m.; In 2012-13, Ms Voigt has hosted a The husband and wife team are the $140). special five-night presentation of authors of the ongoing Babar the Throughout her career, Ms. Voigt has Wagner’s complete “Ring” cycle on Elephant series of children’s books, given definitive performances of the PBS series Great Performances started by Mr. De Brunhoff’s father iconic roles in German opera, from from the Met. She has also hosted the Jean, who died at the age of 37 in Richard Strauss’s Ariadne and popular “Live in HD” series from the 1937. This classic series, with its Salome to Wagner’s Sieglinde in Die Metropolitan Opera. distinctive artwork and engaging stories, has won numerous Dancing à la A devotee of Broadway and international honors over the years, American song, Deborah Voigt has (continued on page 4) Martha Graham given acclaimed performances of lalalaaMartha popular fare, including many benefit

James Barron concerts. Opera News raved, “Voigt Is Music Guest comes to pop-singing naturally. If this were 1970, she would probably New York Times reporter James be given her own network variety Barron will be the special guest at a show.” She has sung with Barbara Musically Speaking evening on Cook, another Lotos State Dinner Wednesday, October 2. Mr. Barron (continued on page 7) wrote a nine-part series that followed one piano from start to finish, the basis for his book, Piano: The Making Autumn Party of a Steinway Grand (“Satisfying to the point of sensuousness.” – The Opens the Season

New York Times Book Review). The Club’s festive Fall Opening

In his long career at The Times, Mr. Miki Orihara and Tadej Brdnik in Cocktail Party on Tuesday, Barron has written the minute-by- Martha Graham’s Appalachian Spring September 10, will welcome (Photo by John Deane) members back to Lotos for the fall minute stories on the 9/11 attacks, as well as lead stories on Hurricanes This Special Event on Monday, event season (6-8 p.m.; $35). Irene and Sandy and the elementary October 28 will celebrate the school shootings in Newtown, anniversary of Martha Graham’s This longstanding annual tradition Connecticut. beloved Appalachian Spring, offers members an opportunity to renew old acquaintances, meet new Earlier in his career, Mr. Barron was choreographed for the work by Aaron Copland, which won the 1944 friends and introduce prospective a national correspondent in The members to the Club. Please call Times’s Detroit bureau. He also Pulitzer Prize for Music (cocktails 6 p.m., performance and dinner; $125.) the Club office for reservations. edited Book of New York. (continued on page 7)

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Welcome to A Note to Members by Anne Russell, President the Club

Here it is, mid-August, and we have News and Notes, I realize that this Wilfred Brown (Resident), plastic surgeon, Aesthetic Surgery just finished our annual family get- will be my last year in office, and I together, which includes six have one (at least) very important Associates, PC, . grandchildren and their parents. The goal that is yet to be achieved. With Proposer: Elma Linz Kanefield; cousins hail from Copenhagen, your help, I hope we will accomplish Seconder: Anne Russell. Montpelier, Vermont, and Boulder, it together. That challenge is, as it has Gretchen Dykstra (Non-Resident Colorado, so they look forward to this been for the last three years, new annual reunion with a great deal of membership. Last year we set a A), independent consultant and enthusiasm – an enthusiasm that “modern-day Lotos” record for writer, Cold Spring, NY. Proposer: doesn’t seem to diminish as they spend attracting new members through Av Westin; Seconder: James P. Kelly their week or two together as a unit. everyone’s hard work and willingness Paul H. Freedman (Academic),

Over the years, they have come to to introduce friends and associates to professor of history at Yale know each other and to gravitate to Lotos. Please continue to do the same University, Pelham New York. their favorites. We have our back- through our coming fiscal year. deck readers, our “play for blood” Normal Club attrition demands that Memberships: Yale Club, tennis teams, our communal soccer we never give up working toward our Elizabethan Club. Proposer: Judith F. players, and our adventurous and more current Resident Membership cap of Hernstadt; Seconder: Daniel F. timid swimmers. The one constant 400. Marcus. that seems to make them all Russells, Joshua D. Harlan (Resident), however, is their love for large groups Perhaps a dinner, luncheon or event investment management, Harlan gathered and chatting around the invitation to an appropriate friend Capital Partners, New York City. dining room table! would be a welcome way to introduce them to the Club. It may be a modest Memberships: Harvard Club. In some ways, Lotos is a family very investment for what could be a great Proposer: James M. Kramon; much like ours, with members of reward – even more interesting and Seconder: Thomas K. Wolfe, Jr. varied interests and friendships. We accomplished people to include in our (continued on page 3) have the continuous opportunity to get Lotos family. to know each other better over time in an idyllic setting of safety, warmth and Please help us all attain this goal! beauty. Our friendships go beyond

“between” and are very much “among” the members of Lotos – much like a Club Holiday family, but with far better food and The Lotos Club will be closed on service! (This, thanks to the tireless th on Monday, September 2, 5 East 66 Street efforts of a first-class team of in observance of Labor Day. New York, NY 10065 management and staff!) (212) 737-7100 Bedrooms will be open The last three years have passed so every day in September. (212) 737-9188 (fax) quickly, and I must say that they have www.lotosclub.org never been even slightly boring. The generosity and willingness of our Writers: Take Note News & Notes members to contribute to the life of the

Club have assured the quality of our Since the popular writers’ group led Executive Editor events, and allowed for excellent and by Renée Summer is fully Stephenie Ralston thought-provoking luncheon and subscribed, members interested in dinner conversations. Lotos continues forming another group are asked to Design Editor to attract guest speakers and new call the Club office. This group Sharon Situ members of extraordinary brilliance, would also meet in late morning for and welcomes them all with a courtesy discussion and continue over lunch Contributing Editors and warmth that is unrivaled. in the Grill. Moderator and dates to Alison Baxter

As I write this letter for September’s be determined. Nancy Johnson

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N E W S A N D N O T E S Welcome to the Club Manager’s Comments (continued from page 2) Robert Glenn Hubbard (Resident), by John J. McGrath, General Manager dean and professor of finance and economics, , During the past few weeks, the staff On the lighter side, during the summer New York City. Memberships: Core has been working hard to plan another project period, the clubhouse rooms Club, Harvard Club, University Club exciting year. The Club Event program are not always in their best viewing of New York, Metropolitan Club. is well underway, thanks to our very condition. And often, prospective Proposer: Geoffrey P. H. Milton; active event committees and Club brides tour the clubhouse with the Events Manager Sharon Situ. The Club possible intention of hosting their Seconder: Diana L. Taylor. will kick off the fall season on wedding celebrations at Lotos. Jacqueline Jasper (Non-Resident Tuesday, September 10th with the Fall Interestingly, their comments during A), portrait artist, Buck Hill Falls, Opening Cocktail Party. this chaotic period indicated that they PA. Memberships: Portrait Society are very impressed that members are of America, Artists Fellowship. Chef Raymond Hollanda, Dining addressing the physical needs of the Proposer: Daniel E. Greene; Room Manager Kari Pryatel and house. The many summer Seconder: Judith K. Stillinger. Private Dining Manager Heather improvements seem to convey a Lasnier have finalized the fall menus. message that the clubhouse will be in Christopher Lawrence (Resident), Many new items have been added, and even better condition for their investment banker, Rothschild, New the Club’s favorites will remain. festivities. Most visiting brides York City. Memberships: Harvard booked their weddings at the Club. Club of New York, Southampton The summer months provide a brief Bath and Tennis, Southampton Yacht opportunity to address the many needs Many members may be unaware that, Club. Proposer: Denise Lee Hurley; of the clubhouse. Maintaining a on occasion during the summer Seconder: James Shinn. building in New York City is an months, film and TV shoots take place ongoing process, especially when the Waylon Lu (Associate), senior at the Club. During August, in addition local building and fire codes continue to the repair work being done, a four- finance analyst, assistant vice to change. During the past three day shoot took place in the Library for president, XL Group, Stamford, CT. weeks, a number of regulatory matters the CBS television show Elementary. Proposer: Thomas G. Voss; were addressed. The most disruptive I am always surprised that a four-day Seconder: Roger H. Yu. and expensive project undertaken was shoot usually results in less than Frank T. Nickell (Resident), replacing the kitchen exhaust system. fifteen minutes of future airing time. president and CEO, Kelso and The project was initiated due to a Company, New York City. simple note recorded during a Fire I extend a special thank you to the Memberships: Olympic Club, Elk Department inspection: “continuous many members who sponsored River Club, Regency Club. Proposer: external welds needed on all candidates for membership during the Margaret Erbe; Seconder: Donald J. ductwork.” Since the ancient existing past fiscal year. Forty-five candidates “galvanized steel” could not be were admitted to membership, and Harrington. welded, it was replaced with “black even though the gains were offset by a Mark W. Olson (Non-Resident B), iron” material. The long and short of it loss of twenty-nine members, the good co-chairman, Treliant Risk Advisors, is that the system is now in compliance news is that the membership is Potomac, MD. Memberships: Chevy – pending a final inspection – at a growing at a steady pace. We also Chase Club, University Club of cost of approximately $80,000. appreciate the very diligent and time- Washington D.C. Proposer: Waldo consuming work of the Committee on M. Abbot IV; Seconder: Geoffrey P. Three other less disruptive compliance Admissions and Alison Baxter, H. Milton. projects completed during the summer manager of membership. were the flame-proofing of the James Rickards (Resident), clubhouse drapes, annual elevator I hope that everyone had a great investment banker, Tangent Capital inspections, which now require a third- summer break and a restful Labor Day Partners, LLC, Darien, CT. party witness, and the installation of holiday. The Club will be back in full Memberships: Penn Club, Hopkins indirect floor drains in the kitchen and service starting with dinner on Club, American Alpine Club. at the Grill bar. A full list of the many Tuesday, September 3. I look forward Proposer: Geoffrey P. H. Milton; other projects undertaken will be to seeing everyone at Lotos and to Seconder: Janet Crawford Nolan. included in the October News & Notes. another wonderful year at the Club.

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Golf, Anyone? Upcoming Tables in October (For complete descriptions, see the became the basis for the film The Lotos golf enthusiasts have the Club’s website.) Social Network. opportunity to play at The Village Club of Sands Point on Tuesday, Robert Gutman will lead an Opera Susan Wolfson, professor of English September 17. Registration at 12:30 Table on Friday, October 4 at 12 at Princeton University and widely p.m., will be followed by a light lunch th noon. recognized expert on the work of 19 in the Grille Room Terrace. Tee time century British Romantic writers, The Finance Table, moderated by will be at 2 p.m. An open bar and a will be returning to the Lotos Club Simon Lorne on Tuesday, October snack bar will be available. The day on Friday, October 11 at 11:45 8 at 6 p.m. will explore “High-speed will end with a cocktail reception and a.m. for an informal Literary talk at trading – Boon, Bane or Barrier? dinner at 6:15 p.m., where prizes will 11:45 a.m. in the Grill Room. The Between the Flash Crash, the be awarded ($225, no surcharge, no topic will be Mary Shelley’s classic implosion of Knight Trading and the tax, non-refundable). Romantic horror novel Frankenstein. difficulties with the Facebook Public In 2012 Professor Wolfson co-edited Early reservations are suggested as Offering, high-speed trading has an annotated version of the novel, space is limited. Call 212-737-7100, received much attention but few which was published by Harvard’s ext. 439. concrete proposals for change. Are Belknap Press. our markets at risk? Who benefits? Babar Authors Who is exposed? New York Times staff member (continued from page 1) Margalit Fox, author of the recently On Thursday, October 10, Salon and was the subject of a major published The Riddle of the 66, co-chaired by Elyse Bloom exhibition at The Morgan Library in Labyrinth, will be the guest at a Greenfield and John Sussek III, September 2008. Literary Table on Friday, October will present Ben Mezrich, best- 18 at 11:45 a.m. Ms. Fox’s book For his contributions, Mr. De selling author of books about young, sheds new light on the story of the Brunhoff, who holds both French and ambitious, Ivy League visionaries deciphering of the ancient Minoan American citizenship, was made an who devise get rich quick schemes, script Linear B, one of the major Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des becoming both instant billionaires achievements of 20th century science. Lettres, and a Chevalier of the Légion and morally compromised on their A young amateur British linguist d’Honneur. Professor Rose, who way to the top. His 2009 book, The named Michael Ventris is usually works with De Brunhoff on the text of Accidental Billionaires: The credited with the astonishing the stories, retired in 2005 from Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Wesleyan University, where she was Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal, (continued on page 5) on the faculty of the English

Department. In addition to her work Tour Central Park with Francis Morrone on the Babar series, she has written Central Park is one of the most by Travel + Leisure magazine in extensively on a variety of subjects, significant acts of urban planning in 2011. (Lecture, 11:30 a.m.; Walking including Virginia Woolf, Josephine New York City history, and one of tour, time TBA) Baker and Marcel Proust. She is also the greatest works of art of the 19th a portrait photographer whose work century – and it’s right around the Mr. Morrone, who has been studying has been exhibited in Key West, corner. On Thursday, September 12, the Park his entire adult life, will Florida. New York City historian Francis discuss its origins, the influences on Morrone will give a Lunchtime its design, the social conditions it

Lecture about Central Park, followed was meant to address, and the Memorial Gathering the next day by a walking tour of the aesthetics of its designers. Over the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Park’s southwest corner, showing its last thirty years, Central Park has Colette Mahoney spectacular collection of bridges and been spectacularly restored. Mr. Lotos Member 1986-2013 sculpture, its innovative roadway Morrone notes that “it in fact looks Monday, September 23, 2013 system and much more. Mr. better than when it was built.” Be Program, 6 p.m., followed by a Morrone was named one of the sure to join him for a special tour of reception and informal remarks. thirteen best tour guides in the world the Club’s beautiful neighbor.

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S Table Talk The High Holidays at The Lotos Club in September

Celebrate the Jewish New Year and Day of Atonement Wednesday, 11 Art Talk Table, 11:30 a.m. with fellow Lotosians and enjoy the delicious traditional cuisine Life member Ray Ellis ’88 will talk about that Chef Hollanda has created for these special days. his unusual experiences as an artist (e.g., ($80 per person; $35 for children under 12) illustrating books with Walter Cronkite about America’s coast and creating White House holiday cards for the Clintons). Rosh Hashanah Wednesday, September 4 at 6:30 p.m. Monday, 16, 11:30 a.m., History Talk Table Challah Bread, Apples and Honey, Gefilte Fish, Lemon-Horseradish Sauce, David Schwartz will moderate a Matzo Ball Soup, Horseradish-Crusted Beef Tenderloin or Roasted discussion of The Swerve: How the World Chicken Breast with Dried Fruit Compote, Apple Cake with Ice Cream Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt, winner of the National Book Award and the 2012 Pulitzer Prize. Yom Kippur Break Fast Buffet Saturday, September 14 at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, 26, 6 p.m. Art Talk Table Potato Pancakes with Apple Sauce, Gravlax, Nancy Hall-Duncan will moderate a Herring in Sour Cream, Poached Salmon, Potato Salad, Coleslaw, discussion of A Life of Picasso, 1907- 1917 by the eminent Picasso authority, Noodle Kugel, Quiche, Cheese Blintzes, Roasted Turkey, Omelets John Richardson.

Call the Club office for reservations, (212) 737-7100, ext. 439. Monday, 30, 6 p.m. Theatre Round Table For this “Readers Theatre,” Moderator Gail VanVoorhis will provide vivid and Upcoming October Talk Tables entertaining selections from the works of (continued from page 4) Dylan Thomas, Edith Sitwell, Ogden Nash, Dorothy Parker, T. S. Eliot, Maya breakthrough; Ms. Fox’s story Harriman and John Gilbert Winant Angelou, Pablo Neruda and William illuminates the crucial role played by each played a crucial role in Shakespeare. (Note: The discussion of the Hunter College professor Alice developing support at home for the Betrayal by Harold Pinter has been Kober, whose archives were made British effort to defy the Nazis. postponed until November 12.) available to Ms. Fox for this book. All discussions will be followed by lunch The book reads like a gripping BOMBS AWAY! Yes, Theatre Round Table will take up good or dinner in the Grill Room. detective novel. Anyone interested in ancient history is sure to find this scenes from awful plays by great lunchtime event fascinating. playwrights on Friday, October 25 Wine Dinner at 6 p.m. Even the finest of our The History Table, led by David writers have produced the occasional Wednesday, October 23, 2013 Schwartz, on Tuesday, October 22 turkey. And yet, buried within these Experience the full spectrum of at 11:30 a.m., will discuss Citizens utter disasters one can find some fine wine from Italy’s most of London: The Americans Who bits of theatre. Moderator Gail “Burgundian” region: Piedmont. Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, VanVoorhis will include scenes (Barolo is just the beginning…or Finest Hour by Lynne Olson. It is a from famous bombs by Tennessee ending) paired with a sampling of story of three Americans whose Williams, Arthur Miller, Neil Simon, hearty Alpine cuisine: truffles, presence in London during the , Eugene O’Neill, gorgonzola and roasted game. opening of World War II had an Wendy Wasserstein and Cole Porter. enormous impact on U.S. foreign Also under discussion will be the Guest speaker Danica Stitz is a policy and public opinion, and set the reviews “inspired” by these works. wine consultant at VOS Selections, foundation for the Anglo-U.S. an importer and distributor of alliance once the U.S. entered the All discussions will be followed by premium wines, spirits and sakes. war. Edward R. Murrow, Averell lunch or dinner in the Grill.

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th Lotosians in Live from 66 Street: Lotos Got Talent Thursday, October 31, 2013 the Spotlight

Target Churchill, Warren Adler’s This annual show, now in its fifth year, will feature latest novel, on which he the talents of your fellow Lotosians. It all happens collaborated with Pulitzer Prize on Halloween when goblins and masqueraders peregrinate. nominated Churchill scholar and The trick? Make your reservation early. impersonator James C. Humes, had The treat? An unforgettable evening – its origins at the Lotos Club. Lotos a festive event like no other. member Ralph Wharton had recruited Mr. Humes to speak at the Cocktails: 6 p.m. Showtime 6:30 p.m. $40 Club, and he happened to be seated Special buffet dinner following the show: $45 next to Mr. Adler. After his speech, he mentioned to Mr. Adler that he had written a novel about Churchill and wondered if Mr. Adler, being a New Hope Conversation fiction writer, would collaborate on Louise Mirrer, president and CEO rewriting the novel. (See the website for Depression of the New-York Historical for the entire story.) Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein, president Society, will be the guest at the first and CEO of the Brain and Behavior Lotos Conversation of the season Michael Shane Neal recently Research Foundation, will give a on Wednesday, September 25 completed the official portrait of Science & Technology lecture, (cocktails 6:30 p.m.; $80). Charles Rivkin, the American “New Generation Therapies for Ambassador to France, for the Depression,” on Monday, October In 1913, a small group of American American Embassy in Paris, France. 21 (cocktails, 6 p.m.; $30). Dr. artists organized (at New York Mr. Neal’s portrait is added to a Borenstein is also associate clinical City’s Lexington Avenue Armory) collection of portraits that date back professor of psychiatry in the the International Exhibition of to the days of the first U. S. Department of Columbia Modern Art, which introduced the Ambassador to France, Benjamin University College of Physicians American public to European Franklin. and Surgeons. avant-garde painting and sculpture. This coming October, the A new biography by Norman S. Depression affects many people – Historical Society is mounting a Poser, Lord Mansfield: Justice in the directly or indirectly. For many, it major exhibition, The Armory Show Age of Reason, has been described as is treatable with talk therapy and/or at 100: Modern Art and Revolution, “an illuminating account of one of medication. But for others, an exploration of how the Armory the greatest legal minds.” The book traditional treatments do not work. Show inspired seismic shifts in details the turbulent political life of Dr. Borenstein will discuss American culture, politics and 18th century Britain’s most powerful promising new therapies: TMS society. judge, serving as chief justice for an (transcranial magnetic stimulation unprecedented thirty-two years. The non-invasively administers brief Dr. Mirrer’s blog, When New York legal decisions of Lord Mansfield magnetic pulses to the brain; DBS Exploded into the Modern World, (1705-1793), which, for example, (deep brain stimulation) uses a discusses this decisive event in the launched England on the path to surgically implanted, battery- history of U.S. culture – “the abolishing slavery and the slave trade operated medical device; ketamine moment of scandal, outrage and and modernized commercial law, is an intravenous anesthetic agent. publicity, when Americans chose continue to influence the legal Prevention is even more important, sides between tradition and systems in Canada, Britain and the and the development of modernity,” and how conceptions U.S. today. optogenetics is a lab technique that and misconceptions about the show allows researchers to view the continue to influence American workings of the brain in real time. culture to this day.

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N E W S A N D N O T E S Foundation News Dancing à la Success for Attacca Quartet Martha Graham by Michael Carlton, Lotos Foundation Board Member (continued from page 1) The New York Times called Graham “a prime revolutionary in the arts of this century and the American dancer and choreographer whose name became synonymous with modern dance.”

Janet Eiber, artistic director of Martha Graham Contemporary Dance, will discuss the Company today and her curation of Grahams’s great masterworks. Three stars of the current Martha Graham Company will present excerpts of the ballet, and the dancing will be accompanied by narration borrowed from Graham’s letters to Aaron Copland during The Attacca Quartet, winner of the and was a top prizewinner and their remarkable collaboration. Graham’s eloquent and intimate descriptions of the 2010 Lotos Foundation Prize in the Listeners’ Choice Award recipient at characters, setting and atmosphere for this Arts & Sciences, recently released its the 2011 Melbourne International first commercial album, featuring the work are matched with the end result— Chamber. the music and dance they inspired complete works for string quartet by ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Adams, titled “Fellow Traveler.” Be part of this inspiring work. Contact The clean, athletic Graham choreography In his review for The New York Times, [email protected] for this work clearly embodies her early Steve Smith praised this “vivacious, 212-737-7100, ext. 557 writings about the dance. compelling set,” describing the Attacca Quartet’s playing as “exuberant, funky, and…exactingly nuanced.” CANDIDATES FOR MEMBERSHIP Confidential comments on these new candidates are solicited and should be The Attacca Quartet also took First addressed to the chair of the Committee on Admissions. Prize at the 7th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in 2011, CANDIDATE CLASSIFICATION PROPOSER/ SECONDER

Deborah Voigt Howard Blank Resident Peter Friedman (continued from page 1) Financial advisor and consultant Vincent Q. Giffuni New York City honoree, and has given performances in Lincoln Center’s long-running Roberta Goldring Coles Academic Jacqueline S. Aronson “American Songbook” series, singing Professor of medicine, NYU Medical Center (retired) Burton I. Korelitz New York City Broadway and popular standards. Princess Firyal of Jordan Resident Ellen C. Monk Her memoir, True Confessions of a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Geoffrey P. H. Milton Down-to-Earth Diva, is due to be New York City published next spring. Stories of her Ian J. Jones Academic Catherine Diefenbach battles with food and drink are set Adjunct professor of political science, Hunter College Susan E. Michaelson against hilarious anecdotes and juicy New York City gossip about what she has seen, heard and done behind those velvet theatre Nicholas W. Lobenthal Resident Lawrence R. Walsh Attorney, Teitler & Teitler, LLP Clementina Flaherty curtains. While never malicious, New York City Voigt does have a deliciously wicked sense of fun, something her myriad Bill Reichblum Non-Resident B Mariana R. Cook fans no doubt know from her stage CEO and executive vice president, KadmusArts W. Bruce Lundberg performances. Bennington, VT

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Trip to Cuba LOTOS EVENTS AT A GLANCE The Lotos trip to Cuba in 2012 was so successful that another has been For reservations, please call (212) 737-7100. scheduled for February 11-18, 2014. SEPTEMBER Lotos member Carole Rosenberg, art Monday, 2 Club closed, bedrooms open dealer and president of American Tuesday, 3 Club dining reopens Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Wednesday, 4 Rosh Hashanah Dinner Cuba, will introduce participants to Havana and the lovely colonial towns Tuesday, 10 Fall Opening Cocktail Party of Trinidad and Cienfuegos. Wednesday, 11 Art Table with Ray Ellis Thursday, 12 Lecture on Central Park, Francis Morrone Attractions will include a visit to Old Friday, 13 Tour of Central Park with Francis Morrone Havana and its architectural jewels and Saturday, 14 Yom Kippur Dinner

Ernest Hemingway’s beautiful home in Monday, 16 History Talk Table with David Schwartz, The Swerve:

Havana’s outskirts; personal meetings How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt with Cuba’s most prominent artists; a Tuesday, 17 Golf Outing, The Village Club of Sands Point dance company rehearsal; a curator-led Friday, 20 Venice Kick-Off Cocktail Party visit to the Museo Nacional de Bellas Monday, 23 Memorial Gathering for Colette Mahoney Artes, and more. The full schedule of Wednesday, 25 Conversation, Louise Mirrer, president and CEO, New- cultural and educational activities and York Historical Society people-to-people contact will be conducted in accordance with U.S. Thursday, 26 Art Table with Nancy Hall-Duncan, A Life of Picasso, 1907-1917 by John Richardson government regulations. Friday 27 Trip to Venice, Italy (through October 3)

The price (approximately $4,500, Monday, 30 Theatre Round Table with Gail VanVoorhis double occupancy; $4,800, single) includes Miami-Havana round OCTOBER trip flights, executive accommodations, Wednesday, 2 Musically Speaking, James Barron breakfast and most meals. Call the Club Thursday, 3 Afternoon Book Discussion with Jacqueline Aronson

(1 of 4), Foster by Claire Keegan and King of the Hill office for reservations. Lotosians are Reading… by A. E. Hotchner Friday, 4 Opera Table with Robert Gutman

Micalyn Harris suggests The Golem Monday, 7 STATE DINNER IN HONOR OF DEBORAH VOIGT and the Jinni by Helen Wecker, an Tuesday, 8 Evening Book Discussion with Jacqueline Aronson early 20th century New York City (1 of 4), Foster and King of the Hill (see above) adventure story, which is enchanting, Tuesday, 8 Finance Table with Simon Lorne absorbing, and, for those with a Wednesday, 9 Literary Evening, Laurent de Brunhoff and philosophical bent, an exploration of Phyllis Rose some fundamental questions, like Thursday, 10 Salon 66, Ben Mezrich

What does it mean to be human? To be Friday, 11 Literary Talk Table, Susan Wolfson (Frankenstein by

good? Amoral? Evil? To care about Mary Shelley) someone? What is important? Are Monday, 14 Columbus Day. Club closed, bedrooms open there things worth dying for? And how Friday, 18 Literary Table, Margalit Fox, The Riddle of the does one decide? Labyrinth Rita Jacobs recommends Letting It Go Monday, 21 Science & Technology Lecture, Jeffrey Borenstein by Miriam Katin, a significant novelist Tuesday, 22 History Talk Table with David Schwartz. Citizens of and vivid storyteller who captures London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its interior monologue and external Darkest Finest Hour by Lynne Olson. narrative seamlessly with deft and Wednesday, 23 Wine Dinner, Danica Stitz elegant strokes, both verbal and Friday, 25 Theatre Round Table with Gail VanVoorhis pictorial. This book is about making Monday, 28 Special Event, Martha Graham Dance Company peace with the past, reconciling Thursday, 31 Book Discussion with Jacqueline Aronson (2 of 4) memory with current reality. (See the Thursday, 31 Lotos Got Talent entire review on the Club’s website.)

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Five East Sixty-sixth Street Reservations Are Important New York City 10065 SEPTEMBER 2013 Call 737-7100 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

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Labor Day Rosh Hashanah Dinner Club closed, Club dining bedrooms open 6:30 pm. reopens Beef Wellington Lobster Night Dover Sole Night and Bordeaux (Reserve your lobsters) Meet Me at the Bar

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Ray Ellis, 11:30 a.m. Central Park Lecture Central Park Tour Science and Technology Fall Opening Membership Francis Morrone Yom Kippur Francis Morrone Committee Cocktail Party Committee, 6 p.m. 11:30 a.m. Dinner

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Lobster Night Beef Wellington Porterhouse Steak for Two Dover Sole Night and Bordeaux (Reserve your lobsters) Meet Me at the Bar

History Talk Table Golf Outing

15 16 11:30 a.m. 17 12:30 p.m. 18 Foundation Board 19Committee on 20 21

6 p.m. Admissions, 6 p.m. Art Committee Finance Committee Venice Kick-off 6 p.m. 6 p.m. Literary Committee Strategic Planning Cocktail Party House Committee Special Events 6 p.m. Commission, 6 p.m. 6-7:30 p.m. 6 p.m. Committee, 6 p.m. Beef Wellington Lobster Night Porterhouse Steak for Two Dover Sole Night and Bordeaux (Reserve your lobsters) Meet Me at the Bar

Meeting of the Art Talk Table 22 23 Music 24 25 26 27 28 Directory Nancy Hall-Duncan Committee, 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. Lotos Conversation Treasures of Memorial Gathering, Public Affairs Louise Mirrer State Dinner Venice Trip Colette Mahoney Committee 6:30 p.m. Committee, 6:15 p.m. 6-7:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 9/27/13 to 10/3/13

Beef Wellington Lobster Night Porterhouse Steak for Two Dover Sole Night and Bordeaux (Reserve your lobsters) Meet Me at the Bar MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER DINING HOURS: 29 30 Wednesday, 2 Musically Speaking, James Barron Friday, 18 Literary Talk Table, Margalit Fox Friday, 4 Opera Talk Table, Robert Gutman Monday, 21 Science & Tech Lec., Jeff Borenstein Monday through Friday Monday, 7 State Dinner, Deborah Voigt Tuesday, 22 History Talk Table, David Schwartz Luncheon 12 to 2:30 p.m. Theatre Round Table Tuesday, 8 Finance Talk Table, Simon Lorne Wednesday, 23 Wine Dinner, Danica Stitz Bar Menu 12 to 10 p.m. Gail VanVoorhis Wednesday, 9 Literary Evening, Laurent de Brunoff Friday, 25 Theatre Round Table, Gail VanVoorhis Dinner 6 to 9 p.m. and Phyllis Rose 6 p.m. Monday, 28 Special Events Evening, Martha Reservations Thursday, 10 Salon 66, Ben Mezrich Graham Dance Company Call (212) 737-7100 Porterhouse Steak for Two Friday, 11 Literary Talk Table, Susan Wolfson Thursday, 31 Lotos Got Talent

The Lotos Club THE LOTOS CLUB CALENDAR

Five East Sixty-sixth Street Reservations Are Important New York City 10065 OCTOBER 2013 Call 737-7100 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Book Discussion DINING HOURS: 1 2 3 4 5 Monday through Friday 1 of 4 12:30-2:30 p.m. Luncheon 12 to 2:30 p.m. Musically Speaking Bar Menu 12 to 10 p.m. Luncheon Forum James Barron Governance Opera Talk Table Dinner 6 to 9 p.m. Committee 6:30 p.m. Committee, 6:15 p.m. Robert W. Gutman

6 p.m. 12 noon Reservations Beef Wellington Lobster Night Call (212) 737 -7100 Dover Sole Night and Bordeaux (Reserve your lobsters) Meet Me at the Bar

Finance Talk Reciprocal Clubs 6 7 State Dinner 8 Simon Lorne 9 Committee, 6 p.m. 10 11 12

Deborah Voigt 6 p.m. Literary Evening Salon 66 6:30 p.m. Laurent de Brunhoff Book Discussion Ben Mezrich Literary Talk Table And Phyllis Rose Club closed 1 of 4 6:30 p.m. Susan Wolfson 6:30 p.m. after breakfast, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 11:45 a.m. Lobster Night Bedrooms open Beef Wellington Dover Sole Night and Bordeaux (Reserve your lobsters) Meet Me at the Bar

13 14 15 16 17 Membership 18 19 Committee, 6 p.m. Columbus Day Library Young Leadership Literary Talk Table Club closed, Bedrooms open Committee Committee, 6 p.m. Margalit Fox 6 p.m. 11:45 a.m. Beef Wellington Lobster Night Dover Sole Night and Bordeaux (Reserve your lobsters) Meet Me at the Bar

History Talk Table

20 21 House Committee 22 David N. Schwartz 23 24 25 26 5 p.m. 11:30 a.m.

Wine Dinner Committee on Finance Committee Science & Tech Lecture Danica Stitz Admissions Theatre Round Table 6 p.m. Jeffrey Borenstein 6 p.m. 6 p.m. Gail VanVoorhis Lotos History 6 p.m. 6 p.m.

Committee, 6:15 p.m. Beef Wellington Lobster Night

Porterhouse Steak for Two Dover Sole Night and Bordeaux (Reserve your lobsters) Meet Me at the Bar

Book Discussion MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER

27 28 29 30 31 2 of 2 Wednesday, 6 Mark Twain Dinner Special Events Evening 12:30-2:30 p.m. Monday, 11 Veterans Day Dinner Martha Graham Meeting of the Lotos Got Talent Tuesday, 12 Theatre Round Table Dance Company Directory 6 p.m. Tuesday, 19 History Talk Table 6 p.m. 6 p.m. Monday, 25 Salon 66 Beef Wellington Lobster Night Thursday, 28 Thanksgiving Buffet Dinner Porterhouse Steak for Two Dover Sole Night and Bordeaux (Reserve your lobsters)