2016–2017 s EAS O N AUnique Lecture & Performance Series

ViennaontheVerge: 1890–1918 NOVEMBER 4–5, 2016

Vikings: Raiders, Traders,Neighbors FEBRUARY 24–25, 2017

Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh MAY 5–6, 2017

Marines’ Memorial Theatre 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco Tickets at City Box Office 415.392.4400 Information: humanitieswest.org We l c ome... to theHumanitiesWest 2016–2017 Season at Marines’MemorialTheatre near San Francisco’sUnion Square.

HUMANITIES WEST transports you… through time and across the globe, bringing you illuminating lectures and dynamic performances that focus on the people, places, and events that have shaped, and still inform, modern cultures. Now in our 33rd year, our unique multidisciplinary approach is designed to entertain and educate the intellectually curious, whether you are an arts lover, scholar, student, travel buff, or lifelong learner. Come stretch your intellect with Humanities West! You are invitedonagrand adventure… that explores major culture shifts in history. Experience the cultural contrasts of fin-de-siècleVienna, the wanderlust of the far-ranging Vikings, and the turbulence of Cleopatra’s Hellenistic Egypt. Subscribe today for the best seats at the best discounts!

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“Like” us on facebook at www.facebook.com/HumanitiesWest to get the latest on our upcoming events, Salons, and Walking Tours. Front Cover, from top: Judith I, oil painting by Gustav Klimt,1901,Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere,Vienna, Austria • Viking warrior photo source: https://www.pinterest.com/explore/viking- warrior/ • Claudette Colbert in the 1934 film Cleopatra, photo by Everett Back Cover, from top: Griensteidl Café inVienna, watercolor by ReinholdVolkel, 1896 • Viking longship image source: https://www.pinterest.com/explore/viking-ship/ • Cleopatra Before Caesar, oil painting by Jean- Léon Gérôme,1866, via wikipedia Offered with support from the George and Judy Marcus Family Foundation, Grants for the Arts / SF Hotel Tax Fund, Bank of the West,Hauben Charitable Fund, CBT Charitable Trust, Nancy Webb Ruskin Foundation, UC Berkeley, Stanford University, Mechanics’ Institute, RushTix, Italian Cultural Institute, and individual donors.

“There are many ways to feed your intellectual curiosity in San Francisco, but Humanities West offers one of the finest— a curated selection of lectures and performances around a specific topic—covering social history, fine arts, music, politics, and philosophy of the arts.” — Laura Zander, 2013, FIVE THÔT, A Digital Salon HUMANITIES WEST SALONS

For Salon tickets call City Box Office 415.392.4400. Info: www.humanitieswest.org An Evening with Alma Mahler, MusetoMen of Genius THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2016|6:00 pm Kayleen Asbo (Mythica Foundation and HW Advisory Council Member), Karen Clark (contralto), and Karen Rosenak (piano). Wife of Gustav Mahler, architect Walter Gropius, and novelist Franz Werfel; lover of artists Klimt and Kokoschka; and muse for many more men of genius, Alma Mahler (1879–1964) was at the center of fin-de-siècle Viennese cultural life. Her story is one of the most scandalous—and inspiriting—you’ll ever hear. In association with our Vienna on the Verge program November4–5, 2016. Hotel Rex,562 Sutter Street,SF. Tickets: $25/Salon. Cleopatra’s Lament: Italian Baroque Music THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2017|7:00 pm Céline Ricci (mezzo-soprano) and Derek Tam (harpsichord). Ars Minerva founder Céline Ricci performs the aria lament of Cleopatra from the long-lost Baroque Opera La Cleopatra, composed in 1662 by Daniele da Castrovillari. Celine also presents Ars Minerva’s 2017 Opera Schedule. In association with our Cleopatra:The Last Pharaoh program May 5–6, 2017. Marines’ Memorial Theatre Lobby, 609 Sutter Street,SF. Tickets: $25/Salon.

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HW pays CBO fees for meal tickets for you. These meal tickets are non-refundable. We will be pleased to write you a letter of donation for meals cancelled after the two-week deadlines. Please complete contact and payment information on the Order Form on the reverse. Bride of the Wind, a self-portrait by Oskar Kokoschka Stoclet Palace, designed by architect Josef expressing his undying love for Alma Mahler,1914 Hoffman,1905–11, Brussels, Belgium Vienna on theVerge:1890–1918 By the end of the 19th century deep rifts had emerged in Central Europe’s capital.Vienna’s public life and cultural arenas had changed irrevocably. The visual arts, music, literature, and architecture both reflected and contributed to this volatility. By 1900, the clash between tradition and the new had transformed Vienna from an ordered, imperial city to one fraught with divisive social, cultural, economic, and political upheaval.We explore this fascinating and tumultuous period—when a polarized Vienna gave rise to emergent modernism and some of Europe’s greatest artistic treasures. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016|7:30–9:30 pm Late Imperial Vienna:AMetropolis of Contrasts and Conflicts / Gary Cohen (History, University of Minnesota Twin Cities) Lecture & Performance / City of Musics: The Twilight of Tonality / Bruce Lamott (Philharmonia Baroque). Featuring chamber music by Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss, Anton Webern, and Oscar Straus, with Helene Zindarsian (soprano), Robert Howard (cello), and Keisuke Nakagoshi (piano)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2016| 10 am–noon & 1:30–4pm Literary Modernism in Austria / David Luft (Humanities, Oregon State U) Change from the Margins: Women, Jews, and Everyday Life in Fin-de-siècle Vienna / Lisa Silverman (History & Jewish Studies, U of Wisconsin Milwaukee) Passion, Obsession, and Betrayal: The Art of Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka / Kayleen Asbo (Psychology and Music, SF Conservatory of Music) The Question of Art in Viennese Architecture / Mitchell Schwarzer (Visual Studies, California College of the Arts) Discussion with Presenters / George Hammond, Moderator (Humanities West)

BRUCE LAMOTT KEISUKE NAKAGOSHI DAVID LUFT LISA SILVERMAN KAYLEEN ASBO Poetic Edda by Snorri The Wolves Pursuing Sól and Máni by J. C. Dollman, fromMyths of the Sturluson,1666 edition Norsemen from the Eddas and Sagas by Hélène Adeline, London,1909 Wanderlust: Viking Raiders,Traders, Neighbors From the sacking of Lindisfarne Abbey in 793 until the end of the 11th century, the Vikings exerted broad influence on European culture. Far more than barbarians and marauders; they were explorers, traders, poets, and masters of sailing. Their legendary exploits are vividly retold in the timeless Icelandic Sagas, and their Poetic Edda contains highly evolved alliterative poetry.The Vikings’ cosmology was as rich as the Greeks’ or Egyptians’, and as explorers they were unmatched—traveling to far off North America, Russia, Byzantium, Baghdad, and Sicily. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2017|7:30–9:30 pm Introduction: Viking Journeys to the East / Fred Astren (JewishStudies, SFSU) Viking Legacies / Patrick Hunt (Humanities, Stanford) Lecture & Performance: Norse Myth, Poetry, Music / Tim Rayborn Featuring stories and music from the Viking Age (voice, Saami drum, deerskin rattle, Baltic overtone flute, Nordic lyre, bone flute)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2017| 10 am–noon & 1:30–4pm Viking Language and Archaeology in Iceland: The Mosfell Archaeological Project / Jesse Byock (Old Norse and Medieval Scandinavian Studies, UCLA) From Frankish Altars to Scottish Fields: Trading, Raiding, and Gift-Giving in the Viking Age / Daniel Melleno (Classics, UC Berkeley) Serpents and Dragons:Viking Art in the Medieval World / Deborah Loft (Art History, College of Marin) The Lives and Deaths of the Norse Gods / Jonas Wellendorf (Old Norse, UC Berkeley) Discussion with Presenters / Fred Astren, Moderator (SFSU)

PATRICK HUNT TIM RAYBORN DANIEL MELLENO JONAS WELLENDORF Bas relief of Cleopatra VII One of many romanticized depictions of Cleopatra’s suicide,The Death Thea Philopator of Cleopatra by Reginald Arthur,1892, Roy Miles Gallery, London Cleopatra:The Last Pharaoh Her palace shimmered with onyx and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. CleopatraVII of Egypt was a brilliant negotiator and a shrewd strategist.Though she lived less than 40 years, her reign left an indelible imprint on history. She married two of her brothers, waged civil war against one, poisoned the other, and dispensed with an ambitious sister as well. She had sons with both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Until her ill- fated alliance with Antony, she was the wealthiest ruler in the Mediterranean and the most influential woman of the Hellenistic Age. Cleopatra’s dramatic life and untimely death have captivated our imaginations ever since. FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2017|7:30–9:30 pm Cleopatra:The Last Pharaoh / Stacy Schiff (Pulitzer-winning writer) Performance / Cleopatra at the Opera: Excerpts from Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto / Introduced by Clifford (Kip) Cranna (SF Opera). Featuring Sara Duchovnay (soprano) and Mariya Kaganskaya (mezzo-soprano) accompanied by piano. D E S I SATURDAY, MAY 6, 2017|10 am–noon & 1:30–4pm G N B Cleopatra’s Alexandria / Susan Stephens (Classics, Stanford) Y N A N C

Cleopatra’s Mark on Rome / Lisa Pieraccini (Classics, UC Berkeley) Y C A R

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Death Becomes Her:The Suicide of Cleopatra in Western Culture / C A R R

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