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5:30 pm
Film Screening of "The Age of Innocence"
Location: Portland Public Library, Rines Auditorium, Portland, ME 04101
Enjoy a screening of Columbia Pictures 1993 film version of Edith Wharton's classic "The Age of Innocence." Directed by Martin Scorsese, screenplay written by Jay Cocks, and starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Winona Ryder. Immediately following the film, UMaine Professor Jeff Evans will lead a critical discussion of the Scorsese film. Snow date March 11th, 5:30 - 8 PM.
5:00 pm
Kick-off Celebration - Scenes of Innocence
Location: Victoria Mansion, Portland, ME 04101
Need help envisioning the spectacular, Gilded Age homes described in “The Age of Innocence”? Then join us for the first of two performances at Victoria Mansion where well-preserved, lavish, and sophisticated original interiors serve as the backdrop for scenes from the novel. Students from the School of Music at the University of Southern Maine kick-off the evening with a musical presentation from the opera Faust followed by the Livermore Falls High School Theater group who perform select scenes from “The Age of Innocence.” Admission to this event is free, however, reservations are required as attendance is limited. Please e-mail information@victoriamansion.org and specify the 5 - 7 PM performance.
Snow date Saturday, March 14th, 5 - 7 PM.
7:00 pm
Kick-off Celebration - Scenes of Innocence
Location: Victoria Mansion, Portland, ME 04101
Need help envisioning the spectacular, Gilded Age homes described in “The Age of Innocence”? Then join us for this second performance at Victoria Mansion where well-preserved, lavish, and sophisticated original interiors serve as the backdrop for scenes from the novel. Students from the School of Music at the University of Southern Maine kick-off the evening with a musical presentation from the opera Faust followed by the Livermore Falls High School Theater group who perform select scenes from “The Age of Innocence.” Admission to this event is free, however, reservations are required as attendance is limited. Please e-mail information@victoriamansion.org and specify the 7 - 9 PM performance. Snow date Saturday, March 14th, 7 - 9 PM.
12:00 pm
Book Discussion of "The Age of Innocence"
Location: Down Home Cookin', 28 Preble Street, Portland, ME 04101
Join Portland Public Library's Director of Development and Programming Heather Tiffany to discuss "The Age of Innocence" and the novel's historical context - the Gilded Age. Please reserve your spot by contacting Heather at (207)871-1700 ext. 759 or progdev@portland.lib.me.us. Snow date Wednesday, April 1st, 12 - 1 PM.
6:00 pm
Book Discussion of "The Age of Innocence"
Location: Victoria Mansion, Portland, ME 04101
Join Margaret Chase Smith Library's Assistant Director David Richards in the first of three discussions to explore the setting for Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Age of Innocence," Gilded Age America. Consider how the clash of commerce and culture in the country's leading urban metropolis, New York City, shaped social lives after the Civil War. Be transported to the city's mansions and civic institutions, its places of business and commerce, its refuges and retreats. ASL Intepretation provided. Please reserve your spot by contacting Victoria Mansion's Education Director Tracy Quimby at (207)772-4841 ext.15 or tquimby@victoriamansion.org.
Snow date Wednesday, April 1st, 6 - 7:30 PM.
4:00 pm
Panel Discussion: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching "The Age of Innocence"
Location: The Albert Brenner Glickman Family Library at the University of Southern Maine, The University Events Room, Portland, ME 04104
Are you an educator looking for resources to teach "The Age of Innocence" or perhaps looking for a new approach to teaching about the Gilded Age? In this presentation University of Southern Maine Professors Kent Ryden, Ardis Cameron, Donna Cassidy, and Diane Wood provide an interdisciplinary look at Wharton's novel. Topics will include the cultural landscape and social spaces, gender and sexuality, art and architecture, and the construction of identity. Two contact hours will be awarded. RSVP to Tracy Quimby at (207)772-4841 ext.15 or tquimby@victoriamansion.org.
1:00 pm
The Victorian Lady goes to the Ball!
Location: Portland Museum of Art, Auditorium, Portland, ME 04101
Come watch performance artist Kandie Carle dress from corset to gloves as she prepares
for a ball. Resplendent in an 1890s ball gown, follow this Victorian Lady to the ball
where her dashing partner will Waltz, Polka, Two Step and Mazurka his way into her heart!
After performance artist Kandie Carle dresses from the inside out, she will "go to the ball" along with dance partner Marc Casslar of the Vintage Dance Society, where they will showcase the popular dances of the Gilded Age. Live music for the dance demonstration is provided by Spare Parts, Bill Matthiesen and Liz Stell.
12:00 pm
Book Discussion of "The Age of Innocence"
Location: Portland Public Library, Portland, ME 04101
Join Portland Public Library's Director of Development and Programming Heather Tiffany to discuss the family and social relations portrayed in "The Age of Innocence." Please reserve your spot by contacting Heather at (207)871-1700 ext. 759 or progdev@portland.lib.me.us. Snow date Wednesday, April 15th, 12 - 1 PM.
6:00 pm
Book Discussion of "The Age of Innocence"
Location: Victoria Mansion, Portland, ME 04101
Join Margaret Chase Smith Library's Assistant Director David Richards to critique Wharton's colorful cast of characters in "The Age of Innocence." Examine the contours of class differentiation in a newly modernizing world of commerce and consumerism. Contemplate the rules of romance, mores of society, and ethics of business for the Gilded Age leisure class. Assess the parallels to today! ASL Interpretation provided. Please reserve your spot by contacting Victoria Mansion's Education Director, Tracy Quimby, at (207)772-4841 ext.15 or tquimby@victoriamansion.org.
Snow date Wednesday, April 15th, 6 - 7:30 PM.
12:00 pm
Book Discussion of "The Age of Innocence"
Location: Portland Public Library, Portland, ME 04101
Join Portland Public Library's Director of Development and Programming Heather Tiffany to discuss the symbolism used in "The Age of Innocence." Please reserve your spot by contacting Heather at (207)871-1700 ext. 759 or progdev@portland.lib.me.us. Snow date Wednesday, April 29th, 12 - 1 PM.
6:00 pm
Book Discussion of "The Age of Innocence"
Location: Victoria Mansion, Portland, ME 04101
Join Margaret Chase Smith Library's Assistant Director David Richards to focus on the plot of "The Age of Innocence." Compare the love interests. Consider the passage of time. Judge the innocence. Praise or reprove Wharton's tale. Decide whether it is more a commentary on the Gilded Age or caution to the Jazz Age. ASL Interpretation provided. Please reserve your spot by contacting Victoria Mansion's Education Director, Tracy Quimby, at (207)772-4841 ext.15 or tquimby@victoriamansion.org.
Snow date Wednesday, April 29th, 6 - 7:30 PM.
12:00 pm
Keynote Presentation by Dr. Carol J. Singley - "Taking Risk, Making Change in the Age of Innocence"
Location: One Longfellow Square, 181 State Street, Portland, ME 04101
Have you or someone you have known asked, "Why does this book, 'The Age of Innocence,' about a narrow-minded, by-gone society still matter?" Then come hear Wharton scholar Dr. Carol J. Singley, Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University-Camden, as she shares what this book can teach us about accepting life and embracing change. In this lecture, Dr. Singley will analyze characters, point out major themes, as well as discuss Edith Wharton, her life, and some parallels between “The Age of Innocence” and her life. ASL Interpretation provided.
3:00 pm
"The Age of Innocence" - A Special Reading and Discussion
Location: Castle Tucker, 2 Lee Street, Wiscasset, ME 04578
In Victorian times, public perception was paramount. Your home, your dress, your activities were all judged and everyone who was anyone knew it. Was this true in the world of rural “country houses” for the Tuckers of Wiscasset, Maine as well as in New York society? Come to a reading and discussion of Edith Wharton’s insightful novel, “The Age of Innocence” at Historic New England’s Castle Tucker, in the 1866 Gothic Revival dining room. This event is SOLD OUT.
7:00 pm
Book Discussion of "The Age of Innocence"
Location: Peaks Island Branch of Portland Public Library, Peaks Island, ME 04108
Join Portland Public Library's Director of Development and Programming Heather Tiffany to discuss "The Age of Innocence." Please reserve your spot by contacting Heather at (207)871-1700 ext. 759 or progdev@portland.lib.me.us.
12:00 pm
Lecture by Pauline Metcalf: "Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman: The Unspoken Language of Rooms"
Location: Community Television Network, 516 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
Pauline Metcalf is an architectural historian and an interior designer. She is a contributing author and editor of Ogden Codman and the Decoration of Houses (David R. Godine, 1988). She has lectured extensively on late 19th- and early 20th-century interiors and on the influence of women on interior design and collecting. She has also been instrumental in the restoration of The Mount, Edith Wharton's home in Lenox, Massachusetts.
8:00 pm
Film Screening of "The Age of Innocence"
Location: Peaks Island Branch of Portland Public Library, Peaks Island, ME 04108
Enjoy a screening of Columbia Pictures 1993 film version of Edith Wharton's classic "The Age of Innocence." Directed by Martin Scorsese, screenplay written by Jay Cocks, and starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Winona Ryder.
12:00 pm
Lecture and Demonstration: The Meaning and Arrangement of Flowers
Location: Victoria Mansion, Portland, ME 04101
In "The Age of Innocence" why did Newland Archer send lilies of the valleys to his fiancée May Welland but yellow roses to her cousin Ellen Olenska? What meanings were associated with the separate flowers? And what meanings are associated with other flowers such as gardenias, red roses, daisies, and orchids? How did Ellen arrange the flowers that she received? In this slide lecture, Victoria Mansion's Deputy Director Julia Kirby shares the secrets implied by a suitor's choice of flowers. Following the lecture, Dan Kennedy, Owner, Harmon's & Barton's / Sawyer & Company Flowers, demonstrates the art of floral arranging. Admission to this event is free, however, reservations are required as attendance is limited. Please e-mail tquimby@victoriamansion.org or call (207)772-4841 ext.15.
12:00 pm
Carriage Exhibit
Location: Skyline Farm, North Yarmouth, ME 04097
Celebrate "The Age of Innocence" by attending the opening of this special exhibit and interpretive tour! Skyline Farm Carriage Museum will showcase carriages and sleighs similar to those used in New York during the 1870s, the backdrop for Edith Wharton's book. Knowledgeable docents will explain why the type of carriage being driven often signified the owner's economic status and social standing during the Gilded Age. Museum admission is free; donations are gratefully accepted. All proceeds benefit Skyline Farm, a nonprofit organization which owns an historic farmstead, including a carriage and sleigh museum. FMI Pamela Ames, (207)829-5708, www.skylinefarm.org, or info@skylinefarm.org.
10:00 am
"The Age of Innocence" and the Tuckers of Wiscasset
Location: Castle Tucker, 2 Lee Street, Wiscasset, ME 04578
To be considered a member of polite society in the Victorian era, there were strict rules to follow in all aspects of life. Public perception was paramount. To what extent were the wealthy and socially prominent Tuckers of Wiscasset, Maine disciples of fashionable taste and mores? Come to a special tour of Castle Tucker and find out for yourself. This event is SOLD OUT. There is still room on the 2PM tour.
2:00 pm
"The Age of Innocence" and the Tuckers of Wiscasset
Location: Castle Tucker, 2 Lee Street, Wiscasset, ME 04578
To be considered a member of polite society in the Victorian era, there were strict rules to follow in all aspects of life. Public perception was paramount. To what extent were the wealthy and socially prominent Tuckers of Wiscasset, Maine disciples of fashionable taste and mores? Come to a special tour of Castle Tucker and find out for yourself. Admission is $7, Free for Members of Historic New England. Reservations are required. Space is limited. Call 207-882-7169 or visit www.HistoricNewEngland.org to reserve a place.
12:00 pm
Carriage Exhibit
Location: Skyline Farm, North Yarmouth, ME 04097
Celebrate “The Age of Innocence” in 2009! Skyline Farm Carriage Museum will showcase carriages and sleighs similar to those used in New York during the 1870’s, the backdrop for Edith Wharton’s book. Gain a better understanding of why the type of carriage being driven often signified the owner’s economic status and social standing during the Gilded Age. Museum admission is free; donations are gratefully accepted. All proceeds benefit Skyline Farm, a nonprofit organization which owns an historic farmstead, including a carriage and sleigh museum, and offers public walking trails. FMI please contact Pamela Ames, (207) 829-5708, www.skylinefarm.org, or info@skylinefarm.org.
12:00 pm
Carriage Exhibit
Location: Skyline Farm, North Yarmouth, ME 04097
Celebrate “The Age of Innocence” Sundays in June, July, and August from 12 - 3 PM! Skyline Farm Carriage Museum will showcase carriages and sleighs similar to those used in New York during the 1870’s, the backdrop for Edith Wharton’s book. Gain a better understanding of why the type of carriage being driven often signified the owner’s economic status and social standing during the Gilded Age. Museum admission is free; donations are gratefully accepted. All proceeds benefit Skyline Farm, a nonprofit organization which owns an historic farmstead, including a carriage and sleigh museum, and offers public walking trails. FMI please contact Pamela Ames, (207) 829-5708, www.skylinefarm.org, or info@skylinefarm.org.
3:00 pm
Book Discussion of "The Age of Innocence"
Location: Skyline Farm, Visitor Center, North Yarmouth, ME 04097
History tells us who we are and helps to shape our identity. Often we think of history as merely political events, but social history is intriguing and influential. Join discussion leader Dale King at Skyline Farm to examine Edith Wharton's “The Age of Innocence” and her view of society during America's Gilded Age. What were the social mores of the day; are we still experiencing them to any degree today? Human needs, desires and relationships are universals. How did those living in the upper echelons of Gilded Age society deal with these universals? FMI please contact Sheila Alexander at (207)799-7614 or yiyim@maine.rr.com.
7:00 am
Trip to The Mount
Location: The Mount, Lenox, MA 01240
If you've been following all the fun of Victoria Mansion's Big Read programming celebrating "The Age of Innocence," you won't want to miss our trip to the Berkshires to tour The Mount, the home and gardens Edith Wharton designed herself! Join Mansion members and friends on an exciting two-day journey to see this amazing property and its gardens, as well as other fantastic sites in this scenic part of New England including Naumkeag, summer "cottage" of the Choate family in the 1870s, and Chesterwood, the country home, studio and gardens of Daniel Chester French. $400/person or $375/person with double occupancy. For more information, please e-mail information@victoriamansion.org or call (207)772-4841 ext.10.
7:00 am
Trip to The Mount
Location: The Mount, Lenox, MA 01240
If you've been following all the fun of Victoria Mansion's Big Read programming celebrating "The Age of Innocence," you won't want to miss our trip to the Berkshires to tour The Mount, the home and gardens Edith Wharton designed herself! Join Mansion members and friends on an exciting two-day journey to see this amazing property and its gardens, as well as other fantastic sites in this scenic part of New England including Naumkeag, summer "cottage" of the Choate family in the 1870s, and Chesterwood, the country home, studio and gardens of Daniel Chester French. $400/person or $375/person with double occupancy. For more information, please e-mail information@victoriamansion.org or call (207)772-4841 ext.10.
