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COLLECTIONS CORNER DREAMS OF QUIXOTE Recently Acquired THE RED PHOENIX The Novel and the World Book talk with award-winning BOSTON ATHENÆUM novelist Virginia Pye Book talk with Amherst College NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2015 NOW ON VIEW Professor, essayist, cultural An installation of five Washington Allston paintings from Co-sponsored by the critic, and translator Ilan Stavans Congregational Library & Archives the Athenæum’s collection. Among the works is A Young Wednesday, December 9, 12-1 pm COLLECTING for P F Troubadour—a recent acquisition—which was exhibited Thursday, December 3, 12-1 pm No reservations required CHORO BASTARDO the BOSTON ATHENÆUM previously at the Athenæum in 1835. View A Young P F Reservations required This event and will take place at 14 Beacon This year marks the 400th anniversary of the in the 21ST CENTURY Troubadour and the rest of the installation in the hallway Street. publication of the second part of Miguel de Concert of original compositions leading to the Children’s Library. Cervantes’s classic Don Quixote of La and arrangements Taking her grandmother’s life as inspiration, Mancha. With the exception of the Bible, Virginia Pye has written a stunning new novel no other book has been translated into English Wednesday, December 16, 6-7 pm of Americans in China on the cusp of World more frequently—a total of twenty-two times. Registration begins December 2 at 9 am Maps,Charts,& Plans War II. During the dangerous summer of 1937, Indeed, accumulatively this is the world’s M R Members $15 NEWS YOU CAN USE a newly widowed American missionary finds most popular novel. herself and her teenage son caught up in the Using Baroque, early Jazz, and Contemporary FREE ADMISSION TO BOSTON HOME DÉCOR SHOW Classical music as a springboard, Choro DOWN IN THE DUMPS midst of a Japanese invasion of North China The Boston Boston Athenæum members and their guests are eligible to receive and the simultaneous rise of Communism. Athenæum’s Bastardo explores the different streams of complimentary admission to the Boston Home Décor Show, music that share elements with Choro, the November 3, 2015 - February 28, 2016 In Athenæum jargon, the “dump” refers to the Shirley must manage her grief even as she circulating and November 19-22 at the Cyclorama. Just pick up traditional Brazilian instrumental music re-shelving area on every floor. Members in navigates between her desire to help the special collections a voucher at Circulation or request one by from the beginning of the 20th century. the know have been perusing these shelves for idealistic Chinese Reds by serving as a nurse reflect the cultural email {[email protected]}. Choro Bastardo represents a groundbreaking years. Can’t make it into the building for this and the need to save both herself significance of Vouchers must be completed and submitted to transformation in the realm of Contemporary serendipitous search? Don’t fret, view our and her son by Don Quixote over the the show’s box office. escaping the last 200 years with Improvisation associated with neo-folklorist weekly list on the “Book Recommendations” COLLECTING FOR THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM IN THE 21ST CENTURY: MAPS, CHARTS, & PLANS brings together an war-ravaged scores of related practices and aims to recreate the atmosphere page under the “Library” tab of the website exquisite selection of materials from the institution’s rich cartographic collection. The third in a series, the exhibition celebrates IMAGING STUDIO In late October, we welcomed back to 10½ country before volumes, including of cabarets and vaudeville in Rio de Janeiro. for these reader-to-reader recommendations. the Athenæum’s robust acquisitions program and showcases more than 50 objects that have been added to the collection since the Beacon Street the Imaging Studio (formerly called the Digital Lab), it’s too late. Spanish and English Recent titles found down in the dumps, include: year 2000. Visitors will discover works from the 17th to the 20th centuries, including a chart of Casco Bay by J.F.W. where colleagues create the online images that bring our rarest editions of the novel, collections before the world. The new studio offers optimal climate DesBarres; a rare French edition of a classic map of the Americas by Petrus Bertius, published in the mid-17th century; West, Martin L, edited and translated by. Virginia will read responses to and analyses of the great and security controls, and ideal proximity to rare materials storerooms. and a beautiful example of one of the earliest charts to focus on the New England coastline by J. van Keulen. Homeric Hymns, Homeric Apocrypha, Lives of excerpts from the work, and works inspired by Cervantes’s novel and also share masterpiece. Homer, Library of Congress PA4025.H8 W47 OPENING RECEPTION GALLERY TaLKS Wednesday, November 18 Wednesday, December 9 COMPUTER LOCATIONS To accommodate the relocated Imaging intriguing, historical 2003 Monday, November 2 with John Lannon, 11 am-12 pm 2-3 pm Studio; provide members with more robust staff computing assistance; photos and writings and increase access to computers throughout the building, members’ 5:30-7:30 pm Curator of Maps Registration begins Registration begins Mulkern, John R. Know-Nothing Party in from her missionary computers have been relocated to the 2nd floor Bow Room and 5th floor No reservations required Registration limited November 4, 9 am November 25, 9 am Massachusetts: The Rise and Fall of a People’s grandparents, who THOMAS WOLFE AND Reading Room. Visit “Using the Library” under the “Library” P F to 10 participants M F M F Movement, Library of Congress JK2341.A8 lived in rugged northwest tab of the website or call the Reference Desk to learn more about THE LOST GENERATION M84 1990 China in the early 20th century. expanded printing options. The 2015 William Orville Mantel, Hilary. The Assassination of Margaret Thomson Endowed Lecture NEW FACES The Athenæum is pleased to welcome the following Thatcher: Stories, Library of Congress PZ4. DIRECTOR’s NOTE colleagues: Dawna Burrus, Administrative Assistant (Advancement); M292 As 2014 Lecture with former President Heather Lonks, Membership and Development Assistant; Charlotte cheers! of the International Thomas Wolfe Emans Moore, Acting Associate Curator of Paintings & Sculpture; As autumn deepens, and we approach the season Edith Sitwell described as Rose, Sarah. For All the Tea in China: How Society George Hovis Jeanette Miller, Polly Thayer Starr Foundation Intern; Liane Naauao, LET’S GET SPIRITED! “the time for home,” I hope that you will make yourself at home here at 10½ England Stole the World’s Favorite Drink and Conservation Intern; Virginia Rundell, Cataloging Intern; and Brian Young Patrons Sponsored Beacon Street. Much awaits you. In the galleries, we open the exhibition Changed History, Library of Congress HD9198. Thursday, December 10, 6-7:30 pm James Wanders, Systems Technician.View a complete staff directory G72 R67 2010 Tasting Event Registration begins November 24 at 9 am Collecting for the Boston Athenæum in the 21st Century: Maps, Charts, & on the “Contact Us” page under the “About” tab of the website. P R Members Free Non-members $15 Reception featuring samples Plans. In the Long Room, we welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning author John LEARN BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS Starting November 4, Readers from local distilleries In this lecture, George Hovis, Associate Matteson, New York Times best-selling author Mary Beard, taste-testing AFTERNOON TEA Services will offer drop-in workshops on basic computer skills, Professor of English at SUNY Oneonta expert Jack Bishop, and Harvard curator Ted Stebbins—to name only a few. including how to copy and paste, attach files to an email, adjust the Tuesday, December 8, 6-7:30 pm and former President of the Thomas Wolfe Our concerts include performances by the Asylum Quartet, Choro Bastardo, GLIMPSED Thursdays at 3-4:30 pm font on your screen, and more! Wednesdays at 1 pm and 6 pm in the All attendees must be 21+ Society, will argue that Wolfe, despite AT 10½ and Grammy-nominated pianist Judy Carmichael. In the Children’s Library, November 19 and December 17 Reference Department on the second floor. Registration begins November 24 at 9 am his protestations, is remembered as a M R Members $35 representative of the “Lost Generation,” we are increasing story times to four days per week. Elsewhere, we are Athenæum docent Scott Guthery A time-honored Athenæum tradition, complete a generation of artists who renounced the launching weekly computer basics classes, and introducing two new book shares with Open House visitors with scrumptious sweets and delectable treats M Members only outmoded verities of their forebears as discussion groups. We would be delighted to have your company at these interesting tidbits about the Henry that are sure to please even the most discerning useless in the modern age. Hovis will Knox Collection, formed by the P Open to the public taste buds. detail how Wolfe outgrew his youthful events, and your daily companionship as fellow readers, writers, and viewers Boston bookseller who became the R Reception to follow Please join us. assumptions and came to understand that here at the Boston Athenæum. first U.S. Secretary of War. More Registration begins at 9 am his own material and spiritual health were than 1,150 visitors attended the F Free event November 5 and December 3 linked to others. Elizabeth E. Barker, Ph.D. Open House on September 12. M Members $75 www.bostonathenaeum.org W Wait list } Stanford Calderwood Director COLLECTIONS CORNER DREAMS OF QUIXOTE Recently Acquired THE RED PHOENIX The Novel and the World Book talk with award-winning BOSTON ATHENÆUM novelist Virginia Pye Book talk with Amherst College NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2015 NOW ON VIEW Professor, essayist, cultural An installation of five Washington Allston paintings from Co-sponsored by the critic, and translator Ilan Stavans Congregational Library & Archives the Athenæum’s collection.