This page features Elegant events I’ve attenDed.

June 27th 2024

VINAS MORA WINE DINNER
SOMMELIER SERIES

Gedney Farm – a complex of spectacular period architecture with gambrel slate and cedar roofs and beautifully detailed dormers and cupolas.

The barns at Gedney Farm were built at the turn of the century and are modeled after the magnificent Normandy barns of nineteenth-century France. These barns were originally constructed to showcase the finest Percheron stallions and Jersey cattle of the day. Their classic proportions and majestic scale exemplify the expansive spirit and passion for excellence of Berkshire's Gilded Age. The original architectural features of the barn are strikingly preserved within a contemporary and adventurous interior space.

June 19th 2024

Reflections on Democracy Series

The Du Bois Freedom Center in Great Barrington, Massachusets, held its first conversation in our Reflections on Democracy series on June 19th at 6:00 p.m. In recognition of Juneteenth, the Visiting Scholar, Michael Blake, and the United States Congresswoman Nikema Williams engaged with the audience, discussing how we can all "Walk in the interconnected footsteps of Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois and Congressman John Lewis" and the importance of civic leadership at this time in our democracy.

June 13th 2024

Guillaume Lethière
(1760–1832)

The Clark Art Institute presents its first exhibition on the pioneering work of Guillaume Lethière. He was a key figure in French painting during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, navigating the French Revolution's turmoil to achieve acclaim. A favorite artist of Napoleon's brother, Lethière held prestigious positions and advocated for women artists. Don't miss this extraordinary exhibition celebrating Lethière's life and work!

June 7th 2024

What, Me Worry? 
The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine

The unforgettable art and satire of MAD, from its beginnings in 1952 as a popular humor comic book to its emergence as a beloved magazine that spoke truth to power and attracted generations of devoted readers through the decades.