Special Events
FIELD TRIP: “THE GATES OF PARADISE”
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NYC
Wednesday, November 7
Bus to the Metropolitan Museum of Art leaves Barat House at 10:30AM sharp, and will return around 3:30PM.
Fee $45 (includes admission, tour and bus transportation).
There will be time for lunch on your own at the Museum Cafe.)
Trip is limited to 30 prepaid registrants
Preference given to students in the Florence and the Flowering of the Italian Renaissance program).
(Send check payable to Barat House)
New Program
COMING OF AGE ACROSS THE AGES How is adulthood defined? What are the social markers that let us know we have come of age? How do historical context & popular culture come into play? Imma De Stefanis, Ph. D., Interim Academic Dean at Manhattanville College, will lead the discussion as attendees consider these questions and more from the perspective of different generations and various cultures. Of special interest to parents, teachers, writers or anyone with intellectual curiosity about the topic. At the Dowd l O’Gorman Writing Center. $75 (includes lunch). Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:00AM-3:30PM