International Lecture Series

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
The Nichols Foundation - Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Coxhead

Patron Sponsors:
Kenneth W. Cunningham, Jr. Endowment Fund
Virginia H. Van Wormer Lecture Fund

Vero Beach's premier arts lecture series features some of the most prominent speakers in the arts and humanities. Beginning in 2011, the International Lecture Series will move to the 243-seat Leonhardt Auditorium. This smaller, more intimate venue, with its recently upgraded surround-sound, theatre-style seats, larger screen and formal stage will be a significant enhancement, offering you a clear, unobstructed and closer view of the speaker.

In order to accommodate the numbers of participants, the International Lecture Series will shift to a two-program format with new starting times. You will be able to reserve in advance for the first 4pm presentation or second 6pm presentation. A light wine reception with an opportunity to meet the speaker will bridge both presentations beginning at 5pm.

Museum Members Only - Advance Series Tickets on sale NOW through Labor Day!
Individual tickets will go on sale in September

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Please select either the 4:00pm or 6:00pm lectures for the series (time changes for individual lectures must be made by calling Angela Fallon at (772) 231-0707, ext. 136).

4:00pm Lectures - Cost: $180
 

6:00pm Lectures - Cost $180

Michael York, Stage and Screen Actor
Adventures in Film Making: Life at 24 Frames a Second
February 7, 2011

Join the celebrated actor for a light-hearted look at his extensive 40-year career. Working with Laurence Olivier at his new National Theatre in the distinguished company of such luminaries as Maggie Smith, albert Finney and Ian McKellen proved to be a vigorous environment in which to perfect his craft. As his skills and acclaim grew to encompass the cinema, he worked under the direction of Franco Zeffirelli in The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet and Jesus of Nazareth. Among his many films are Cabaret, The Three Musketeers, Logan's Run, Murder on the Orient Express, all three "Austin Powers" movies, and the two Omega Code films.York's adventures have spanned the most dynamic period of film history: he was one of the last Hollywoood studio contract players, worked in Europe's New Wave, and saw the advent of the current digital era. Always a maverick, his life has been guided by whatever interested him the most.

For more information on this Speaker/Performer, please visit www.apbspeakers.com 


Paul Hayes Tucker, Art Historian, Claude Monet Scholar
Late Monet: Finding Meaning in the Mundane
February 21, 2011

In the last twenty-six years of his long, productive life, Claude Monet trained his extraordinarily sensitive eyes on the water garden he created on his Giverny property. The last surviving French Impressionist painted more than 200 views of this aquatic paradise, making it the single most important motif of his entire career. This presentation examines these dazzling "Water Landscapes," as Monet called them, setting them in the context of his achievements of the nineteenth century while illuminating their connections to their moment. They emerge not only as staggering examples of Monet's virtuosity but also as bearers of deep personal and historic meaning.
 

Billy Collins, Former U.S. Poet Laureate
An Evening with Billy Collins
March 7, 2011

Billy Collins is an American phenomenon. No poet since Robert Frost has managed to combine high critical acclaim with such broad popular appeal. His last three collections have broken sales records for poetry. He has published nine collections of poetry, edited four anthologies, and has appeared in a variety of periodicals including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The American Scholar. He considers humor "a door into the serious" - a door thousands of readers have opened with amazement and delight.
 

Robert Osborne, Film Historian & Host, Turner Classic Movies (TCM)
Hollywood 1939: The Greatest Year
March 21, 2011

Over seventy years ago, an astonishing mix of forceful personalities, creative talents, and artistic genius converged for one golden year in cinema, unlike any before or since. 1939 saw the release of Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Stagecoach, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Wuthering Heights, Gungda Din, Ninotchka, and Dark Victory, among many others that stand as a high point in American film. Join us for expert insight into why 1939 produced more classic movies than any other, and why it is unlikely another Gone with the Wind or The Wizard of Oz could be made today.

Billy Collins photo by Steven Kovich