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LCSNA Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting
The LCSNA Fall Meeting is this coming Saturday, October 10, 2020, 12:00 – 4:45 PM, EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, USA.
We are excited about the opportunity to “see” so many of you. The Program is exceptional and our program host is Arnold Hirshon, Vice Provost and University Librarian at Case Western Reserve University and LCSNA Board member.
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Book Club – Lewis Carroll: The Worlds of His Alices
Cindy Watter interviews Edward Guiliano about his latest book, Lewis Carroll: The Worlds of his Alices.
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LCSNA Keepsake Printing @ the Common Press
Common Press Fisher Fine Arts Library, 220 S. 34th St., Philadelphia, PA, United StatesThe folks at Penn’s Common Press are creating a 2019 LCSNA Keepsake for the Society that you will letterpress print.
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Mad Hatter Day Tea Party
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, in the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center 3420 Walnut St., Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, United States$30 per person; Limited to 50 people
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Eat what you see! So many tea things! There will be more than tea at this celebration of inspiration and creativi-Tea in honor of Mad Hatter Day. -
LCSNA Board Meeting
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, in the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center 3420 Walnut St., Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesAll members are invited, but space is limited. Please contact the Secretary if you plan on attending.
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Maxine & David Schaefer Memorial Reading
Penn Alexander School [in the atrium] 4209 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesSeveral classes of children from a local school will participate in reading a section of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, led by LCSNA members.
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LCSNA Fall 2019 Meeting – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, in the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center 3420 Walnut St., Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesGeneral Meeting, Sat, Oct 5: Free
Mad Hatter Day Tea Party, Sun, Oct 6: $30
LCSNA Keepsake Printing @ the Common Press, Sun, Oct 6: FreeThe Fall LCSNA 2019 meeting is going to be terrific! April Lynn James is the program chairperson for the meeting at the University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, with member Bob Stek supporting the effort. Mark the dates!
The General Meeting is October 5th and 6th. Confirmed speakers include:
- Charlie Lovett. Author, From Little Ruby to Debbie Allen: Alice on Stage in Philadelphia
- Estelle Markel-Joyet. American Philosophical Society, Dr. Wheeler in Wonderland
- Linda Cassady. LCSNA President, “Would you tell me, please which way I ought to go from here?”
- David McKnight. Director of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library of the Kislak Center, A Tribute to Charles Santore
- Riley McGuire. English Department, University of Pennsylvania, No Ending Up: Unfinished Vocal Normalization in Lewis Carroll’s Sylvie and Bruno.
- Sibylla Benatova. Kislak Center presenting, Alice Translated: A Wonderland of Bulgarian “Alice” Books
Sunday, October 6, 2019 there will be a Mad Hatter Day Tea Party with food, of course, and sharing information about various Carroll collections.
This tea party will be followed by a visit to Penn’s Common Press to letterpress print a Fall 2019 LCSNA Keepsake, compliments of the folks at the press.
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LCSNA Board Meeting
Hotel Indigo 509 Ninth Ave.; Nautilus Conference Room, San Diego, CA, United StatesAll are invited, but space is limited. Please contact the Secretary. Following the Board Meeting, the Board of Directors and any guests will retire to the Table 509 restaurant in the Indigo Hotel for a no-host, $25 per person, limited menu dinner.
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San Diego Central Library Tour
San Diego Central Library 330 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA, United StatesThe tour will include the Children’s Library, Rare Book Room, and Alice Exhibit.
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Maxine & David Schaefer Memorial Reading
San Diego Central Library 330 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA, United StatesSeveral classes of 4th and 5th graders will walk from their school to the San Diego Central Library to participate in a reading event, led by LCSNA members, based on a section of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
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