RLS Events - 2012 Calendar

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2012 EVENTS
A Country House Lecture: The Vanderbilts: America's First Family
January 8, 2012 at 3pm at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's Grace Auditorium
Co-hosted by Roslyn Landmark Society and SPLIA (Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities) David Garrard Lowe of the Beaux Arts Alliance is a much sought after lecturer, cultural historian and author. Lowe has lectured widely in the United States and abroad, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His books include Stanford White's New York; Beaux Arts New York; Chicago Interiors; Lost Chicago; and Art Deco New York, published by Watson-Guptill.
To register, call 631-692-4664 weekdays Tickets are $20. Registration is required.

Start the New Year Right Party
January 18, 2012 , 6-8pm at the Atria of Roslyn (99 Landing Road)
Enjoy winter fare in Atria's elegant parlor room with speakers on our preservation projects and more. Musical entertainment with Wendy Kimball will be featured. Our experts include: Gustavo Carrera of Page Ayers Cowley on the Cedamere Mill, Nancy Rankin of John G. Waite & Associates on the Jerusha Dewey Cottage and Howard Kroplick on the Mackay Horse Statue and Harbor Hill Gates
All RLS members and their guests are invited. Cash Bar. Please RSVP rlsinfo@optimum.net or 516-625-4363.

"The Venus Fixers" with Ilaria Dagini Brey
February 15, 2012, 7:30 pm at the Bryant Library in Roslyn (2 Papre Mill Road)Free to RLS Members / Non-Members: $10 Please RSVP rlsinfo@optimum.net or 516-625-4363.
Join the Roslyn Landmark Society as we present a fabulous book filled with stories of art, history and much more. Author Ilaria Dagnini Brey will take us on a fascinating journey through Europe and tell the story how their treasures were saved. Franklin Hill Perrell will also talk about our Mackay Horse restoration project and compare it to Brey's narrative.
About the Book
In 1943, while the world was convulsed by war, a few visionaries—in the private sector and in the military—committed to protect Europe's cultural heritage from the indiscriminate ravages of battle. And so the Allies appointed the Monuments Officers, a motley group of art historians, curators, architects, and artists, to ensure that the masterpieces of European art and architecture were not looted or bombed into oblivion. Often working as shellfire exploded around them, the Monuments Officers of Italy shored up tottering palaces and cathedrals, safeguarded Michelangelos and Giottos, and even blocked a Nazi convoy of stolen paintings bound for Göring's birthday celebration. Sometimes they failed. But to an astonishing degree they succeeded, and their story is an unparalleled adventure with the gorgeous tints of a Botticelli as its backdrop.
March*
25          Tea & Tour of the Roslyn School of Painting
28          Architecture Lecture with Anthony Robins: "The Tallest Skyscrapers - Why So High?"
April*
19          NYC Art & Architecture Tour with Franklin Hill Perrell
22          "Earth Day: Long Island Native Plantings" with local expert Richard Weir
25          "The Mansions of Roslyn's Gilded Age" with author Paul Mateyunis
MAY*
4            "Out East: The Great River Trip" (raindate: May 11) with Roslyn Continuing Ed
6            Daytime Tour of Trinity Episcopal Church of Roslyn
9            NYC Art & Architecture Tour with Franklin Hill Perrell
23          Helen Goodman presents "Women of the Golden Age of Illustration" at the Bryant Library
JUNE*
6            Author Gary Laurence presents "Gilded Age Mansions"
21          NYC Art & Architecture Tour with Franklin Hill Perrell
27          Summer BBQ & Lecture: Alex Wolfe presents "SPLIA and Jones Beach Rescue: Endangered Properties on Long Island"
JULY*
25          "The Story of Saving the Architecture of Roslyn" - Roslyn architect Guy Frost will lead our panel of architects
28          Special Fundraising Event for Cedarmere
AUGUST*
15          "Roslyn By Rail" - Architectural Adventure on the LIRR!
29          Summer BBQ & Lecture: Howard Kroplick presents "Vanderbilt Raceway: Roslyn & Beyond"
SEPTEMBER*
8            Special 50th Anniversary Party featuring "Peggy & Roger Gerry: A Tribute to our Founders" with a tour of the Jerusha Dewey Cottage and Bryant Preserve on the grounds of the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn
29          Discover Roslyn Day: New Walking Tour of the Roslyn's Historic District (raindate: October 6)
OCTOBER*
11          NYC Art & Architecture Tour with Franklin Hill Perrell
20          "Landmarks of New York" traveling exhibit and the "Victorian Roslyn" display by the Roslyn Landmark
              Society (on view at the Bryant Library from Oct 20-Nov 20)
22          "Up North: Day Trip to Woodlawn Cemetery & Van Cortlandt Manor" with Roslyn Continuing Ed (raindate: Oct. 29)
24          50th Anniversary Lecture: "FALL in Love with Roslyn" Featuring the story of Roslyn presented by
              Franklin Hill Perrell joined by Ellen Fletcher Russell, author of "Roslyn Restored"
NOVEMBER*
7            Architectural Expert Panel: Understanding the Historic Guidelines of Roslyn Village
11          "Veterans Day Tribute to Roslyn's Civil War Heroes & More" - Tour of the Roslyn Cemetery
DECEMBER*
1            Roslyn Village Candlelight House Tour
12          Holiday Party with Long Island historian Monica Randall's presentation of "Winter Dreams in the Gilded Age"
13          NYC Art & Architecture Tour with Franklin Hill Perrell

* All dates are subject to change!