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On a Golden Afternoon
..Alice's Adventures in Wonderland began as a performance. On a “golden afternoon” in 1862 Lewis Carroll improvised the story aloud, as he looked after and entertained the three daughters of Henry Liddell, including, most importantly, the precocious Alice Liddell. Charlie Lovett, author, scholar and curator of the Library’s current exhibition, shares the details of Carroll’s love... [read full post]
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Alice Live!
To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts will present the exhibit Alice Live! The exhibit will trace the history of Lewis Carroll’s immortal Alice stories in live performance from their first professional staging in 1886 to the present day. Alice... [read full post]
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Go Ask Alice: Alice, Wonderland, and Popular Culture
Read all about it: Dame Gillian's lecture on "Alice in Time"'Go Ask Alice': Alice, Wonderland and Popular Culture, explores Alice parodies and ephemera for viewers of all ages, in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the publication of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the beloved children's story by Lewis Carroll. The exhibition draws material from Fales Library’s Alfred C. Berol Collection, the largest collection of Lewis Carroll... [read full post]
Event DetailsAlice in a World of Wonderlands
Bobby Fischer meets Alice in the work of Norberto ContiThis is an exhibition of many translations of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This is an outgrowth of the compiling of the book by the same name. Well over one hundred translators and scholars contributed to the 3 volume compendium of foreign language Alice knowledge.
Event DetailsAlice at Columbia
Chang Octagon Gallery, Rare Book and Manuscript Library Butler Library, 6th Floor, East, Columbia University, New York, NY, United StatesThis exhibit is about Alice Hargreaves being awarded an honorary Ph.D. in 1932, on the occasion of the centenary of Lewis Carroll's birth. The degree was awarded based on the fact that Alice as a child implored Carroll to write down the tale he had begun on a fateful rowing trip. There was much fanfare... [read full post]
Event DetailsAlice: 150 Years of Wonderland
Pee Wee Players Alice in WonderlandThis exhibition will bring to light the curious history of Wonderland, presenting an engaging account of the genesis, publication, and enduring appeal of Lewis Carroll's classic tale, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. For the first time in three decades, the original manuscript will travel from the British Library in London to New York, where it will be... [read full post]
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