| What: The Architecture of Louis Sullivan: Newberry Library 10-Week Seminar
When: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, 60610
Description: In honor of the 150th anniversary of Louis Sullivan's birth, this Newberry Library Seminar will provide in-depth opportunities to study Sullivan's biography and published writings, analyze his most important buildings in detail, examine his connections to fellow architects, craftsmen, and materials suppliers in Chicago, and assess his ongoing influence and reputation.
Diane Dillon is a scholar-in-residence at the Newberry Library. She holds a Ph.D. in the history of art from Yale University.
10 sessions, $180
For more information on this program go to www.newberry.org/programs/SemFall2006.html#sullivan
or phone (312) 255-3700.
What: "Music of the Auditorium's First Golden Age"
When: 7:00 p.m.
Where: Rudolph Ganz Recital Hall, 7th Floor, Roosevelt University, 430 South Michigan Avenue.
Description: Free concert by the faculty &
students of Roosevelt University's Chicago College of the Performing
Arts. Louis Sullivan's incredible gold-leaf electroliers & the
restored Albert Fleury murals of Ganz Hall (originally the Banquet
Hall of the Auditorium Hotel) provide an evocative setting for
the faculty & students of Roosevelt University's Chicago College
of Performing Arts playing music popular between 1889, the year
of the Auditorium Building's opening, and 1893, the memorable
year of the World's Columbian Exposition.
The concert is free and no reservations are required, but seating is limited!
This program is made possible through the generous support of Mr. Seymour Persky.
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