More Lasting Than Bronze?
Award-winning sculptor Meredith Bergmann will show images of her Boston Women’s Memorial, which is celebrating the 15th anniversary of its unveiling. She will tell stories about other commissions, bringing history to life, Phillis Wheatley and poems, and the tradition of a lover’s quarrel between sculpture and poetry.
Meredith Bergmann is a sculptor, currently creating the Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage Movement Monument for Central Park, NYC. Her poetry publications include Barrow Street, Hudson Review, Light, Mezzo Cammin, New Criterion, Raintown Review, Tri Quarterly Reviewand the anthology Hot Sonnets. She was poetry editor of American Arts Quarterly from 2006-2017. Her chapbook, A Special Education, was published in 2014 by EXOT Books.
RSVP and more information, Deborah Melone, dmelone@rcn.com or 617.924.7167
Insider Tour of the Historic Omni Parker House
Where did Charles Dickens practice his reading of “A Christmas Carol” before speaking in front of an American audience? Where did the Transcendentalists hang out on the last Saturday of every month? Where did Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X work before they were Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X?
House historian Susan Wilson is back by popular demand to uncover the rich literary history of the Omni Parker House. Don’t miss this private talk and tour of the hotel, retracing the steps of renowned writers, including those of the “Golden Age of American Literature” like Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Longfellow as well as Mark Twain, Willa Cather, and Britain’s Charles Dickens.
This event is limited to the first 15 registrants. (Note: this event always sells out.) Once registered via Eventbrite, please meet up at Parker’s Bar at the appointed day and time, a half flight up from the 60 School Street entrance to the hotel.
