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FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

GET READY FOR THE YEAR'S MARFIELD PRIZE WITH

MY ARCHITECT: A SON'S JOURNEY

Please join us for a screening of the Academy Award-nominated 2003 documentary film about Louis Kahn, the subject of Wendy Lesser's 2017 Marfield Prize-winning biography for arts writing. Copies of her book, You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn, will be available in both hardcover and paperback for purchase at the screening.

Written, produced, and directed by Kahn's son Nathaniel, My Architect details Louis Kahn's extraordinary career. It features interviews with renowned architects Philip Johnson, Frank Gehry, and I.M. Pei and follows the director as he visits all of his father's buildings. 

The film also explores Kahn's complicated family life, having fathered children by three different partners, each of whom was kept in the dark about the existence of his other families. Reviewing the film in Chicago Reader, David Schwartz wrote, "This absorbing, beautiful documentary is the first-person odyssey of Nathaniel Kahn, son of legendary architect Louis Kahn by one of his longtime mistresses. Despite his accomplishments, Kahn Sr. died a penniless loner in Penn Station in 1974, leaving behind three families ... Seeking to unravel his father's mysterious personal life, Nathaniel combines rare personal footage and compelling interviews with the elder Kahn's colleagues, friends, and families."

A reception with light refreshments and a cash bar will precede the screening.

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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

$25 per person (cocktail reception & program)

EVENINGS WITH EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS
Featuring Emil Chudnovsky and Michael Sheppard

Emil on violin and Michael on piano will delight us with us with a smorgasbord of sonatas by several composers including Schubert, Strauss, and Sarasate.

Mr. Chudnosky is an expert teacher and coach with over a decade of experience teaching violinists at all levels.  A veteran of the competition circuit, he is a winner of top prizes from nine international competitions . His recital debuts include  appearances in New Zealand and throughout South America and Europe.

A pianist of dazzling virtuosity Michael Sheppard is also a composer, arranger and transcriber.  A graduate of the Peabody Conservatory, he made his debut at the Kennedy Center and has since performed with numerous orchestras nationwide as well as at Carnegie Hall, Asia and Europe.

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OPEN TO MEMBERS AND GUESTS ONLY

CINEMA COMMITTEE PRESENTS

CINEMA LUNCH PREMIERE

Featuring: THE TRUMP EFFECT

Please join us for our inaugural Cinema Lunch. We’ll have a brief show-and-tell from Cinematography Committee Chair Larry Jarvik about his role in the 2018 YouTube film, "THE TRUMP EFFECT: Deprogramming the American Mind," a feature documentary produced and directed by Agustin Blazquez, from 12 noon-12:30 pm, followed by a Two-Course Club Lunch for $20.

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