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![Two Evenings with Kenny Werner | Jazz Lecture & Lecture Combo]()
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Thursday, July 31, 2025
7:30 PM
A longtime friend of the Athenaeum Jazz program, pianist Kenny Werner returns to the library for a two-part lecture and concert. A discussion of his internationally influential book, Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within, on Wednesday, July 30, is followed by a program of solo jazz piano improvisation on Thursday, July 31.
![Art of Wine | Special Lecture Series Presented by Barbara Baxter]()
Thursdays, March 13, 20 & 27, 2025
7:30 PM
Join wine whiz Barbara Baxter, who trained at Francis Ford Coppola Winery in Napa and studied in Italy and France, on a delightful romp through cultural history paired with harmonious wines. The Art of Wine will focus on three iconic winemaking regions which also emerged as cultural epicenters throughout history: the city of Rome, pairing outstanding Italian wines with architecture from the classical epoch; wines of Provence paired with the Impressionist artists; and the arrival of both the wine world and art world in innovative postwar Southern California. An entertaining dive: culture and viniculture!
![On the Edge: Radical Art and Music Scenes of Early 20th Century California | Presented by Dr. Charissa Noble (Series)]()
Thursdays, June 13, 20 & 27, 2024
7:30 PM
Bringing innovative research, fresh perspective, and dynamic challenges to the historical status quo, musicologist Dr. Charissa Noble presents her original research this summer at the Athenaeum in a special lecture series, On the Edge: Radical Art and Music Scenes of Early 20th Century California.
![Divine Dante | Victoria Martino Special Lecture Series]()
Tuesdays, September 14, 21 & 28; October 5 & 12, 2021
6:30 PM
Join art and music historian Victoria Martino on September 14, the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death, as she begins a five-week celebration of the poet’s power of inspiration, ranging from medieval to modern times.
