Merchant's House Museum
Events
Calendar of Events
Presented by The Center for Fiction
Second Tuesday of each month from Feb. 9 through May 11,
6 p.m.
Reading Group: An Infinite Fraternity of Feeling: Hawthorne & Melville
Led by Sheridan Hay, the group will read the short fiction of both writers, along with letters and other biographical texts. For the first meeting read Ethan Brand by Hawthorne and Bartleby by Melville.
Meet at The Mercantile Library Center for Fiction, 17 East 47th Street, NYC. Reservations & information at www.centerforfiction.org or 212-755-6710.
Two Turns Theatre Co. & Merchant's House Museum Present
February 11, 12, & 13, at 7 p.m. & 9 p.m.
The Turn of the Screw
Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from Henry James's classic ghost story and performed in the Museum's Greek Revival double parlors.$25, details & tickets at www.smarttix.com.
Sunday, February 14, 5:30 p.m.
Love in the Parlors: A Valentine in Concert
A 70-minute program of romantic songs and arias by 19th-century composers performed in the Museum’s Greek Revival double parlors by members of the Bond Street Euterpean Singing Society: Anthony Bellov, Rosalind Gnatt, Jane Rady, Dayle Vander Sande. Music by Brahms, Schumann, Faure, Wolf, Tosti, Foster and more. $20, $10 MHM Members.
For reservations and information, please call 212.777.1089.
Unless otherwise noted, all events require reservations and prepayment (48-hour cancellation policy).
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The Museum's public programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.