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Cherie Burns will discuss her latest book, Searching for Beauty--The Life of Millicent Rogers, the first comprehensive biography of the Standard Oil heiress and fashion icon. Rogers lived a life emblematic of the first half of the Twentieth Century. From New York, Southampton, Paris, Austria, Washington, D.C.and Hollywood to Taos, New Mexico she created a sensation and invariably left a stylist impression. After three husbands and a series of lovers that included Ian Fleming, Roald Dahl, James Forrestal and Clark Gable, Rogers settled in New Mexico and reinvented herself a final time in an unpredictable resolution to her high-flying history.
"Millicent Rogers is truly an American Legend and Cherie Burns has finally given us a wonderful biography about her!"
–Diane Von Furstenberg
Cherie Burns is the author of The Great Hurricane: 1938, published by Grove/Atlantic (2005) in soft and hardcover. Jonathan Yardley of The Washington Post wrote: “Her own very good book is sure to help keep the terrible storm in its proper place in New England’s memory..”, and Liz Smith wrote in her column in The Daily News that the book was “A must if you care about brilliant reporting…” “Before there was the Perfect Storm, there was the Great Hurricane of 1938. Cherie Burns’s new book is not only a riveting and wonderfully written account of one of the worst storms of the century, it is a marvelous portrait of an era and a region. A must for all New Englanders and lovers of the sea,” said National Book Award winner Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Heart of the Sea and Sea of Glory.
Searching for Beauty--The Life of Millicent Rogers, the first biography of the Standard Oil heiress and fashion icon, will be published by St. Martin’s Press in fall of 2011.
Book signing with Iconoclast.
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Music Series: Screening of INTRODUCTION TO ROMANTICISM Presented by The Sun Valley Artist Series and the Community Library. 6 PM February 14th.
~ Admission is Free ~
"Introduction to Romanticism" is apart of the Teaching Company film series, featuring Professor Robert Greenberg a famous American composer . Films approx. (45 mins.). Discussion to follow.
The difference between Classicism and Romanticism has to do with expressive content, as Romantic composers sought to express more and more in their music: to paint pictures, describe complex emotions, and tell stories in instrumental terms. This lecture also examines the legacy of Beethoven's vision of music as self-expression. Finally, we introduce and examine four Romantic trends.
A discussion with the director, set designer and actors of Company of Fools’ February production of Yasmina Reza’s Tony Award winning play, GOD OF CARNAGE. The production, under the direction of Gary Hopper, features John Glenn, Keith Moore, Denise Simone & Patsy Wygle with set design by Joe Lavigne. The show will run at the Liberty Theatre from February 15 to March 3.
God of Carnage took Broadway by storm, taking home the Tony Award for Best Play and earning rave reviews. The New York Times called the play "First class! A four-way prize fight. Catnip for audiences." And the New York Post described it as "Gleefully nasty fun."
Under the direction of guest artist Gary Hopper, the cast of "God of Carnage" features some of the Valley's favorite performers. Alan Raleigh (Keith Moore) and his wife Annette (Patsy Wygle) visit the apartment of Michael and Veronica Novak (John Glenn and Denise Simone) for what all believe will be a civil discssion about how best to deal with a playground fight between their two sons. With fissures in the friendliness evident from the start, the meeting quickly degenerates as the four spiral into irrational arguments and the loaded topics of misogyny, racial prejudice and homophobia. Insults fly and the fault lines split open altogether, allowing free rein to "the god of carnage," in whom Alan admits proudly to believe. Loyalty to one's spouse becomes a disposable commodity. Spouses turn on spouses and new alliances are formed and dissolved in an event The New Yorker called "ninety minutes of sustained mayhem."
The artistic team for God of Carnage also includes Joe Lavigne (Set Designer), Elizabeth Weiss Hopper (Costume Designer) and K.O. Ogilvie (Stage Manager).
Originally Le Dieu du Carnage in French, Reza's play was first produced in English in London in March 2008, in a translation by Christopher Hampton, where it won the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. God of Carnage also enjoyed critical acclaim on Broadway, playing for 476 performances and winning the Tony, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League awards for Best Play. A film adaptation, directed by Roman Polanski and starring Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz, is currently in production in Paris.
