South Street Seaport Museum presents "WORLD OF THE WATERFRONT: MARITIME HISTORY, LITERATURE, ART and ARCHITECTURE"If you're in the New York City area, please join us at these events. For more information contact publicprograms@southstseaport.org or call 212-748-8735.
Thursday, May 8, 2003
7-9 p.m.
Melville Gallery at South Street Seaport Museum
213 Water Street (Manhattan)
Buckner F. Melton, Jr. reads from A Hanging Offense: The Strange Affair of the Warship Somers, a gripping historical account of a near mutiny on an American training ship that changed the course of maritime history,. Wine and refreshments. Admission is FREE ($3 suggested donation).
Wednesday May 14, 2003
7-9 p.m.
Melville Gallery at South Street Seaport Museum
213 Water Street (Manhattan)
Stanley Greenberg presents Water Works- A Journey Through New York’s Hidden Water System. New York's system of aqueducts, reservoirs, tunnels, gatehouses, and tanks has been under construction since the 1830s. Greenberg began photographing the system in 1992 and finished shooting in the spring of 2001, just before the events of 9/11 closed most sites to all access. Book signing. Wine and refreshments. Admission is FREE ($3 suggested donation).
Wednesday, May 21, 2003
7-9 p.m.
Melville Gallery at South Street Seaport Museum
213 Water Street (Manhattan)
John Griesemer reads from Signal & Noise, his epic historical novel about the laying of the trans-Atlantic cable and the men and women caught in its monumental tide. Wine and refreshments. Admission is FREE ($3 suggested donation).
Thursday, May 29, 2003
7-9 p.m.
Melville Gallery at South Street Seaport Museum
213 Water Street (Manhattan)
Diana Preston, reads from her account of sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania in 1915, which resulted in the death of 1,200 passengers and crew members. Preston uses interviews, letters, memoirs, and previously unreleased archival materials to personalize this dramatic story, while simultaneously resolving broader controversies surrounding this pivotal event in Western history. Book signing. Wine and refreshments. Admission is FREE ($3 suggested donation).
Tuesday, May 27, 2003
7-9 p.m.
Melville Gallery at South Street Seaport Museum
213 Water Street (Manhattan)
John Stobart, renowned painter of ships and ports, discusses The Age of Steam and Sail. This book takes you on a voyage to ports, inland waterways and the open sea as only the rare beauty of Stobart's paintings can. Book signing. Wine and refreshments. Admission is FREE ($3 suggested donation).
Friday, June 13, 2003
7-9 p.m.
Melville Gallery at South Street Seaport Museum
213 Water Street (Manhattan)
Ed O’Donnell reads from Ship Ablaze: The Forgotten Story of the Burning of the General Slocum and the Loss of a Thousand Lives. O'Donnell draws on firsthand accounts to examine why the death toll was so high, how the city responded to the catastrophe, and why this disaster has failed to achieve historic prominence. Book signing. Wine and refreshments. Admission is FREE ($3 suggested donation).
Sunday, June 15, 2003
3-5 p.m.
Melville Gallery at South Street Seaport Museum
213 Water Street (Manhattan)
Patrick Tull’s performance: "The Hero of the Slocum", based on the 1904 disaster that took the lives of 1021 immigrants on the excursion boat General Slocum. Tull renders 20 characters through a variety of voices and dialects. Wine and refreshments. Admission is FREE ($3 suggested donation).
Wednesday, June 18, 2003
7-9 p.m.
Melville Gallery at South Street Seaport Museum
213 Water Street (Manhattan)
Anthony M. Tung reads from The Preservation of Historic Waterfronts: Venice, Amsterdam, Mexico City, New York. Tung discusses the many forces that lead us to preserve the historic fabric of our cities. Book signing. Wine and refreshments. Admission is FREE ($3 suggested donation).
Friday, June 27, 2003
7-9 p.m.
Melville Gallery at South Street Seaport Museum
213 Water Street (Manhattan)
Bob Manzari performs a one-man performance of Wake of the Essex, the story of the shipwreck that Melville based Moby Dick on. Lou Rodgers is the author, director and co-producer. John Rodgers, who wrote the music to this performance, is a direct descendant of the sea captain who survived to tell the tale. Admission is $10.
Thursday, June 19, 20037-9 p.m.
Melville Gallery at South Street Seaport Museum
213 Water Street (Manhattan)
In Beyond the Edge: New York's New Waterfront, Ray Gastil presents a convincing case for inspired design in the revitalization of the city's waterfront, a vision that holds the promise of reconnecting New Yorkers to their waterfront as a vital place of work and of public life. Wine and refreshments. Admission is FREE ($3 suggested donation).
Wednesday, July 9, 2003
12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
Melville Gallery at South Street Seaport Museum
213 Water Street (Manhattan)
Artist and photographer Naima Rauam has painted, photographed, and documented the East River waterfront for more than 30 years. Naima will illustrate her vision through a watercolor, photograph, and slide presentation. Admission is FREE ($3 suggested donation).
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
7-9 p.m.
Melville Gallery at South Street Seaport Museum
213 Water Street (Manhattan)
Stephen Fox reads from Transatlantic: Samuel Cunard, Isambard Brunel, and the Great Atlantic Steamships, a book that illustrates the lives of the men who commissioned and designed the largest, fastest steamships of their day. Wine and refreshments. Admission is FREE ($3 suggested donation).
Wednesday August 6, 200312:15 – 1:15 p.m.
Melville Gallery at South Street Seaport Museum
213 Water Street (Manhattan)
Naima Rauam began painting and photographing the Fulton Fishmarket in 1965. Rauam shares the watercolor technique that has helped capture a passing moment in New York’s history. Admission is FREE ($3 suggested donation).
Wednesday August 13, 20037-9 p.m.
Melville Gallery at South Street Seaport Museum
213 Water Street (Manhattan)
Naima Rauam has been inspired by the Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg Bridges and the neighborhoods they connect. Naima reflects on how the bridges inform her work and her experiences climbing them. Wine and refreshments. Admission is FREE ($3 suggested donation).
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