Gertrude Stein in Circles Exhibition Closing Event: Friends, Lovers, Rivals, and Comrades
Gertrude Stein in Circles Exhibition Closing Event: Friends, Lovers, Rivals, and Comrades
Join us for the closing of Gertrude Stein in Circles: Spheres of Life and Writing with live music by Baltimore-based chamber ensemble Ann Street Trio and a tour that will focus on the relationships that shaped Stein’s life and career. These include her family, the teachers who influenced her education as a scientist, the artists she befriended in Paris, her literary comrades and rivals, and her wife and ally Alice B. Toklas.
FREE. Advance registration is requested.
Program
- 4pm performance by Ann Street Trio, featuring works by French composers Germaine Tailleferre and Louise Farrenc
- 4:30pm tour by Stein scholar Gabrielle Dean, curator of Gertrude Stein in Circles
This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Gertrude Stein in Circles: Spheres of Life and Writing, on view at the George Peabody Library through March 2, 2025.
Image credit: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein on the Terrace at Bilignin," New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-cc64-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99