May 25, 2023 - "Mount Vernon: The Beguiling Reflection of America’s First President" -- Dr. Susan P. Schoelwer, fellow SR member, Executive Director, Historic Preservation and Collections and Robert H. Smith Senior Curator at George Washington’s Mount Vernon will lead the discussion. In the process of directing the architectural preservation, furnishing, and interpretation of Washington's home, Dr. Schoelwer gained a deeper perspective of Washington.  Mount Vernon is often said to be the autobiography that George Washington never wrote.

 

March 22, 2023 - "The Sistine Chapel You Never Saw" -- Jim Caldwell returns by popular demand for a virtual talk on Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel. Between 1508 and 1512, Michelangelo created a masterpiece that changed the course of Western art and is regarded as one of the major artistic accomplishments of human civilization. It is the largest painting ever executed by a single artist; the fresco contains over 300 figures, with the Book of Genesis as its inspiration.  Jim, artist, architect, teacher and art historian will bring forth the brilliant imagery and the telling of its story in perspectives not seen from 60 feet below.

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March 2, 2022 - "Barons of the Sea" -- A virtual talk on his recent book, Steven Ujifusa discussed the clipper ship's evolution, a sweeping history of nineteenth-century American dynasties and the battle for dominance transporting luxury items of tea and opium from China. A recipient of the Washington Irving Medal for Literary Excellence from the Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York and the Athenaeum of Philadelphia's Literary Award for Non-Fiction. Ujifusa has appeared on NPR and CBS Sunday Morning and received his A.B. from Harvard University and his master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

 

February 9, 2022 - "Who Shot Vincent?" -- A virtual talk by Jim Caldwell, fellow SR member, artist, art historian, and architect.  Jim examined Vincent van Gogh the artist, the myth, and his mysterious death and covered over 60 of Van Gogh's paintings.

 

December 8, 2021 - "Virtual Holiday Concert Featuring The Knights" --  Holiday favorites performed by this renowned group of young classical musicians. 

 

November 17, 2021 - "Virtual Event Opera Lafayette" -- Preeminent American interpreter and producer of 17th to 19th-century opera, Opera Lafayette’s Artistic Director Ryan Brown highlighted three recent productions.

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May 5, 2021 –  "A Private Live Virtual Tour of Winterthur Presented Exclusively for Social Register Members" -- Winterthur, the premier museum of American decorative arts and childhood home of art collector and horticulturist Henry Francis du Pont, houses 90,000 works of decorative and fine art made or used in America between 1640 and 1860, and 77 acres of historical gardens.  The tour included rooms and gardens not generally available to the public.  Led by Jeff Goff, Estate Historian at Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, and Chris Strand, the Brown Harrington Director of Garden & Estate at Winterthur.

 

April 22, 2021 – Exclusive Intimate Virtual Celebration of the 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower. This was a once-in-a-hundred-years celebration gala with our esteemed guest of honor, former British Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Sir John Major KG CH. 

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March 24, 2021 - "Heavenly Shades of Night, A History of Nocturnes" -- Jim Caldwell, an accomplished artist himself, with more than 450 collections worldwide, spoke about what twilight and night mean to us and how these mediums have been portrayed in art.  "It's about an awakened sensibility to what artists throughout history have tried to say; fascinated with depicting night for as long as there has been painting.  It is time of dreams and inner reflection."

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February 12, 2021 - "Exclusive Virtual Concert with The Knights," performing Beethoven's Symphony No. 8, first movement; Brahms' Violin Concerto with Gil Shaham; and S. Aghaei and C. Jacobson's Ascending Bird with Yo-Yo Ma.  The New York Times describes The Knights as "an adventurous young orchestra that has established a strong reputation for polished performances and imaginative programming."  The evening was hosted live (virtually) by Eric Jacobsen, artistic director, and conductor, along with celebrated violinist and composer Colin Jacobsen.  Audio engineered and sound designed by Grammy Award winner Jody Elff.

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January 30, 2021 - "An Exclusive Live Virtual Tour of Four World-Renowned Galleries" -- Along with  Helen Allen, Executive Director of The Winter Show as moderator, we explored the Nathan Liverant and Son gallery in Colchester, CT; Jonathan Boos gallery in New York City; Carolle Thibaut-Pomerantz gallery in Paris, France; and Spencer Marks gallery in Southhampton, MA.  These are four world-renowned experts in their field.

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January 13, 2021 - "The Year 1000" -- A fascinating, informative talk by Valerie Hansen, the Stanley Woodward Professor of History at Yale University and author of The New York Times bestseller The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World - and Globalization Began."  Dr. Hansen argues that the year 1000 was the world’s first point of major cultural exchange and exploration.  The London Sunday Times wrote, “Daring… A smart, broad-ranging survey of the global Middle Ages that is learned, thought-provoking—and perfectly tuned to our times.”

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November 18, 2020 - "Meet a Record-Breaking Athlete" -- An introduction to Kim Chambers, one of six people to swim the Ocean Seven, and the only woman to swim from Farallon Islands to San Francisco, considered the most dangerous of all swims.  Kim shared her incredible story that captures the world. 

 

October 18, 2020 -  "An Evening Celebrating Suzie Zuzek, the Artist Behind Lilly Pulitzer" --  Narrated by Becky Smith,  fellow Social Register member, and co-founder of the Suzie Zuzek Project, and Caroline Rennolds Milbank, fashion historian, author, journalist, curator, and appraiser. Private show for Social Register members only.

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September 30, 2020 - "An Exclusive Private Tour of the Heart of the U.S. Economy: U.S. Treasury Building" ---  Your leadership guides from the Treasury Historical Society hosted the tour including private historical spaces not even shown to VIPs.  A Social Register member exclusive.

 

September 16, 2020 -  " New Treasurers from India" -- An evening with the Founder and Director of the Museum of Art and Photography, Bangalore, India - not yet open to the public - exclusively for Social Register Members.

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August 19, 2020  - “A Spirited Conversation on the Direction of Fashion and Jewelry for Our Times” -- A panel discussion presented by Hindman Auctions exclusively for Social Register members.

 

July 29, 2020 – "An Evening with John Singer Sargent and the Scandal of Madame X" -- Presented by SR member and artist Jim Caldwell about the life, career, and work of the expatriate portraitist, John Singer Sargent, and the scandal surrounding his piece "Portrait of Madame X."

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July 15, 2020 – "An Evening at Monticello with Thomas Jefferson" -- A Private Live Virtual Tour of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello presented exclusively for Social Register Members.

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