85th Annual Winter Lecture Series

Hear inspiring, provocative, entertaining speakers on Saturdays at 2 pm in Griswold House. There will be a tea reception following each lecture.

Museum members $10
non-members $15

Weather delays and cancellations will be posted on most Rhode Island broadcaster websites and on our page on Facebook.

• January 7: Darrell West
  Politics 2012: What's Going On?
  Politics up to the minute from the VP of Governance Studies and Director for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution.
  
  
• January 14: Art Manchester
  All That Jazz: 100 Years
  One of Rhode Island's favorite musicians demonstrates how jazz works.
  
  
• January 21: Hayat Alvi RESCHEDULED DUE TO SNOW (see below)
  
  
• January 28: Michael Conforti
  The Clark: Making an Impression in the Berkshires and Beyond
  Looking inside the revered Clark Art Institute, noted for its outstanding impressionism collection.
  
  
• February 4: Richard Greenwood
  Out to Pasture: Colonial to Present Day Dairy Farming in Rhode Island
  Historical analysis of resourceful farmers adapting to technological and cultural changes.
  
  
• February 11: Richard Gutman
  What's New is Old: 100 Years of Food Fads and Mainstream Trends
  Think today's food fashions are new? A look at food fads and trends since the Museum's founding will make you think again.
  
  
• February 18: William Vareika
  The Enduring Art of William Trost Richards: A case study of the rich artistic heritage of Newport and the Narragansett Bay region, with personal reflections in celebration of the Centennial of the Newport Art Museum and Art Association.
  
  
• February 25: Steve Feinberg
  Lights, Camera, Action Rhode Island: The romance of making films in the culturally and visually rich Ocean State.
  
  
• March 10: Hayat Alvi RESCHEDULED from January 21.
  The Middle East of Today and Tomorrow: The Long Term Trends
  Updates on the latest developments in the Middle East, and analysis of current and future trends.
  
  
  

"We always strive for meaningful eclecticism. Some topics focus directly on the 100 years. We wanted speakers to provide insight into the next 100."

                          - Richard Hunt, Chair of the Winter Lecture Series Committee

Many thanks to the sponsors of our 2012 Winter Lecture Series:

Ronald Lee Fleming II
Denise L. Roberts, CFP, CRPS
George and Anita Furbish
Robert and Cynthia Sinclair
Robin and Fred Warren
The Felicia Fund, Inc.
Johanna and Ronald Becker
Margot and Richard Grosvenor
and Richard Hunt,

with additional support from Taylor Rental, Empire Tea & Coffee, Edible Arrangments, Fatulli's, Aquidneck Honey, and Katrina's Bakery.

Inclement weather cancellations wil be posted on most Rhode Island broadcaster websites and on the Newport Art Museum's page on Facebook.