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Tuesday, January
23
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At Columbia University,
116th Street & Broadway: The Thirteenth
Annual Book Arts Lecture. Deborah Evetts will speak on
“Bookworms, Red-Rot, and Leather Dressing: A Conservator's
View,” in connection with the exhibit currently on view in
the
Rare
Book & Manuscript
Library: "Not Just
Protecting the Text: Bookbinding from the Rare
Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia
University." Lecture: 6:00 p.m., Third-Floor
Lecture Hall of the Graduate School of Journalism.
Reception to follow: Rare Book and Manuscript
Library, Butler Library, 6th Floor, East, to view
the bookbindings exhibition. For more information,
or for a map of the campus, please call Jennifer B.
Lee at 212-854-4048. To RSVP, please call
212-854-4768.
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Wednesday, January
24
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At the
Grolier
Club,
47 East 60th Street (between Park and
Madison Avenues): Grolier luncheon buffet. Noon
to 2:00 pm, at the Club.
Grolier Club
members and their guests only,
please.
At the
Grolier
Club,
47 East 60th Street (between Park and
Madison Avenues):
Opening reception of
"From
Almeloveen to Whittington: Book & Manuscript Catalogues
1545-1995 from the collection of George Ong."
Opening 5:30 pm; business attire;
Grolier
members and their guests only at the reception, but
please note that the exhibition will be open to the
public January 24-March 9,
2007. Also on show at the Club:
"Hot Off The Press: Prints of
2006 from New York Printshops."
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Thursday, January
25
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At the
Metropolitan Club,
1 East 60th Street (at Fifth Avenue):
The Grolier Club 123rd Annual Meeting and Dinner.
Grolier Club
members only, please.
At
Booklyn,
37 Greenpoint Avenue, 4th Floor, Greenpoint,
Brooklyn. Booklyn's Open Salon is Open! Come by
to check out the newest works of book artists
living in Brooklyn and around the world. Founded in
1999, Booklyn-an artist-run, non-profit,
consensus-governed, artist and bookmakers
organization-is located in the up-and-coming arts
neighborhood of Greenpoint (Brooklyn's Little
Poland) just north of Williamsburg, and just
minutes from Manhattan. Please call 718-383-9621 or
click
here for
directions.
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Friday, January
26
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At the
Morgan
Library &
Museum, 225
Madison Avenue: The annual meeting of the
Bibliographical
Society of America.
Papers from new scholars at 2:00 pm, meeting at
4:00 pm. Speaker: Bettina Wagner, on "Collecting,
Cataloguing and Digitizing Incunabula in Munich."
Reception follows.
At the 69th Regiment Armory, 68 Lexington Avenue
at 25th Street: Opening of a special
Bibliography
Week Book Fair. The
$12 admission is good for both days, Friday 5:00
pm-9:00 pm, Saturday 11 am-5 pm; Saturday-only
admission is $10.
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Saturday, January
27
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At the
New
York Public
Library,
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, South Court
Auditorium: The annual meeting of the
American
Printing History
Association. Reports
on this years' activities and initiatives;
presentation of the Individual and Institutional
Awards; news and information exchange, beginning at
2:00 pm; reception follows.
At the
Center
for Book
Arts,
28 West 27th Street, 3rd floor:
Winter Open House: Letterpress and Bookbinding Projects in
Action.
1 pm-5 pm. Come see
artists conduct demonstrations, tour the Center’s Jane Mead
Timken Printshop featuring our printing presses and type
collection, and view the current exhibitions
Dafatir: Contemporary Iraqi Book Art, and Red
Herring. Staff will be on hand to answer questions about
courses and programs. Refreshments will be served. Call
Amanda Stevenson at (212) 481-0295 for more details.
Information on other Center for Book Arts events and
programs can be found on their
website.
At the
Grolier
Club,
47 East 60th Street (between Park and
Madison Avenues): Bibliography Week "Farewell
Tea." All are welcome! The event commences at
ca. 4:30 pm, following the APHA annual meeting and
reception.
On show at the Club: "From Almeloveen to
Whittington: Book & Manuscript Catalogues 1545-1995 from the
collection of George Ong;" and
"Hot Off The Press: Prints of
2006 from New York Printshops."
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