Speaking of the ESU Newsletter September to November The English Speaking Union 2019 of New York
Dear Fellow ESU New York Branch Members,
National Patrons
With the summer of 2019 winding down, we turn our attention back to The ESU New York Branch acknowledges the ESU New York Branch and what the fall season will bring. Again, and thanks the following individuals for their the Branch will offer generous support in this fiscal year 2019-20, monthly Mystery Book ending June 30, as members of the ESU Cub meetings (see calendar for titles the National Patron Program. List complete as of group will read), and June 30, 2019. the ESU Players are pulling together a Mr. Matthew Barhydt series of staged Dr. Paul Beresford-Hill CBE KSt.J readings of plays that Ms. Alice Boyne will continue to engage Ms. Virginia Brody a diverse group, including current and former ARNIC (Andrew Romay Miss Barbara Deacon New Immigrant Center) members, with the English language. Ms. Alta Devivo
In addition to these regularly scheduled members’ events, there will be a Dr. and Mrs. Charles Hesdorffer few lectures as well as a film screening, and a special curated tour of the Dr. and Mrs. Dentcho Ivanov Treasures from Chatsworth: The Exhibition at Sotheby’s. The Branch is Ms. Rossana Ivanova and Mr. Pierre Swart continuing its partnerships with the Art Deco Society of New York, Mr. Duncan Karcher Royal Oak Foundation and Historic Royal Palaces. And in December, Ms. Marjorie Kennedy (save the date: December 5, 2019) we will hold our annual Yuletide Mrs. Alice La Prelle Party in collaboration with the British Schools and Universities Club. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Deane Leonard
The annual English-Speaking Conference and Annual General Meeting Ms. Carol Losos (AGM) will take place in Washington, DC on November 1 to 3. Under Mr. David Martinelli the theme Evelyn Wrench’s Legacy: Transforming Lives Through the Mr. Darryl McCormick Power of English, the conference will set the stage for, and represent the Mr. William R. Miller CBE KSt.J kick-off , of the Centennial of the English-Speaking Union, which takes Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miness place in 2020. It will include presentations, speakers, receptions, meals, Mr.* and Mrs. Robert Morse break-out sessions, a panel discussion, plans for the centennial, and tours Mr. and Mrs. Bennet Muse of the Folger Library, the U.S. Capitol, Tudor Place, and the National Ms. Dorinda Oliver Museum of African American History and Culture. To register online, please go to www.esuus.org/esu/activities/19AGM/ Mr. Jonathan D. Rabinowitz Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott As the ESU begins to celebrate its centennial, and the ESU New York Mr. Noel Sloan Branch is seeking appropriate ways to mark the occasion. Feel free to let Mr. and Mrs. Brian Viner us know what you think we might do. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Warden —The ESU New York Branch Mrs. Annette Weinstein Mathew West, Esq. RENEW YOUR ESU NEW YORK MEMBERSHIP Mr. and Mrs. Dave Williams The ESU membership year runs from July 1 to June 30. Membership renewal materials will be going out at the beginning of July. You *Deceased may renew by mail or online at https://www.esuus.org/newyork/
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Events & Dates for Members ESU New York Branch Tour Treasures from Chatsworth: The Exhibition Sept Mystery Book Club Sotheby’s, 1334 York Avenue 9 A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George Thursday, September 12, 2019 6:30 pm Free Chatsworth, the fabled UK estate, is home Sept Treasures from Chatsworth: The Exhibition to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire and 12 Sotheby’s, 1334 York Avenue (at East 72nd St), NYC has been passed down through 16 3:00 pm Reception; 4:00 pm Docent-led Tour Fee generations of the Cavendish family. Rich Sept Branch Lecture with thousands of objects, the Devonshire Brexit - Do or Die by Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton University 26 Collection is widely 6:30 pm Fee regarded as among the most significant Special Branch Lecture with Royal Oak Foundation collections of art and Oct England’s Forgotten Queen by Dr. Helen Castor objects in Europe. 1 Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium, 417 East 61st St., NYC Treasures from Chatsworth: The Exhibition, 6:15 pm Fee a museum-style presentation, features 43 works displayed in a ground-breaking Oct ESU Players showcase by David Korins, set designer for Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas Hamilton. Visitors see 500 years of art and 3 6:00 pm Reception; 6:30 pm Curtain Free objects including: fine art from Rembrandt van Rijn to Lucian Freud; furniture and th st Oct Special Mystery Book Club Film Night : The Red Shoes decorative objects from the 16 to 21 Starring Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook and Marius Goring centuries; exceptional garments and 4 6:30 pm $5.00 donation for refreshments jewels; and archival materials celebrating historic occasions. Register online here: Oct Mystery Book Club https://www.esuus.org/newyork/about/ treasures/ 7 A Fatal Inversion by Barbara Vine 6:30 pm Free ESU New York Branch to Oct Branch Theater Night at the Amateur Comedy Club A Comedy of Tenors by Ken Ludwig Screen The Red Shoes 16 6:00 pm Reception; 8:00 Curtain (Tentative) Fee October 4
Nov ESU Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting While not a mystery nor a classic suspense Washington DC film, The Red Shoes is a 1-3 For details: www.esuus.org/esu/activities/19AGM/ Fee 1948 British drama written, directed, and Nov Mystery Book Club produced by the team of Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter Michael Powell and 7 6:30 pm Free Emeric Pressburger. A young ballerina joins an Nov ESU Players established ballet Small Hotel by Rex Frost company and becomes 14 6:00 pm Reception; 6:30 pm Curtain Free the lead dancer in a new ballet called The Red Shoes. Then, after falling in love, she Nov Branch Lecture co-sponsored by the Art Deco Society becomes torn between the man she loves Art Deco Architecture Across Canada with Tim Morawetz and her pursuit to become a prima 21 6:00 pm (Details forthcoming) Fee ballerina. Regarded as one Powell and Pressburger's best films, it was voted, in All events take place at the English-Speaking Union House at 1999, the 9th greatest British film of all 144 East 39 Street, New York, NY 10016 unless otherwise noted. time by the British Film Institute.
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