The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts > Vaudeville Nation

Free Public Programs in conjunction with the exhibition:

The New York Public Library will present a series of lectures at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza.  For information on the Bruno Walter Auditorium programs only, please call 212-642-0142.

Saturday, February 4, 2006 at 3 p.m.
Waltzing in the Dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics
A lecture by Brenda Dixon-Gottschild

Wednesday, February 9, 2006 at 6 p.m.
The Voice of the City: Vaudeville and Popular Culture in New York
A lecture by Robert W. Snyder

Short subjects preserved by The Vitaphone Project will be shown at The New York Public Library's Donnell Library Center, 20 West 53rd Street, on Wednesdays in March.  Events are free and open to the public. Please call (212) 621-0609 for information on these screenings only.

March 1, 2006 at 2:30
Ron Hutchinson will appear and discuss the history and technical aspects of the restoration process of the Vitaphone Short Films.
Featuring films of Baby Rose Marie, the Foy Family and Burns & Allen

March 8, 2006 at 2:30
Featuring films of Blossom Seeley, Trixie Friganza and Joe Frisco

March 15, 2006 at 2:30
Featuring films of Sol Violinsky and Will & Eugene Howard

March 22, 2006 at 2:30
Featuring films of The Nicholas Brothers and Frances White

March 29, 2006 at 2:30
Featuring films of Molly Picon, Smith & Dale and Eddie Cantor