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Edwin Booth's Curtain Call

by Lansing Moore Jr.

Founded as a members’ club, The Players has won a reputation for its historical stewardship—and irrepressible bonhomie.





Curious Objects: The Book of Dragons (and the Con Artist Who Made It), with Rebecca Romney - Meet the Sobieski Stuarts, two eccentric book publishers who produced a fantastical dragon-themed abecebestiary (alphabet book).
Current and coming: Feathered friends in Charleston - George Edwards’s bird prints are on display at the Charleston Show.
In memoriam: Gregory Cerio - It is with heavy hearts and profound admiration that we at The Magazine ANTIQUES bid farewell to our editor, Gregory Cerio.
Curious Objects CO BITES: Yoshiko Takaezo’s “Closed Form,” with Glenn Adamson - Glenn Adamson returns to the podcast to talk about the work of Okinawan-American ceramicist Toshiko Takaezu, and in particular one unique "closed form" vessel.
Curious Objects: Taylor Thistlethwaite Gets Excited About “Brown Furniture” - “There’s so much life in it. And it matures like fine wine.” Taylor Thistlethwaite swoops in to defend brown furniture on this week's Curious Objects podcast episode.
Endnotes: An Overdue Roll Call - A new partnership uncovers historical documents of Black and Native American Revolutionary soldiers.
Event Notice: Shaker Anniversary - Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Shakers’ Arrival in America
Venice on the Gulf Coast - John and Mabel Ringling’s fantasy palazzo in Sarasota is a testament to the romantic power of architecture.
On books: Book of Hours - A new treatise on the early American polymath David Rittenhouse draws attention to his elegant timepieces.
Current and coming: A “kaleidoscopic” artist at the Bard Graduate Center - Sonia Delaunay's sixty-year career is on display in a comprehensive exhibition.
Edwin Booth’s Curtain Call - Founded as a members’ club, The Players has won a reputation for its historical stewardship—and irrepressible bonhomie.
Curious Objects: Mixed Metals and the American Origins of Art Nouveau, with Art Slice - A look at the height of Tiffany and Company's success and some of their most stunning mixed-metal wares...



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