Fall 2024 Lectures
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398
GREAT CINEMA ADAPTATIONS: ORDINARY PEOPLE
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399
THEORIZING THE SNAPSHOT: FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY
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400
WRITING THE STORIES OF YOUR LIFE
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401
LEO TOLSTOY’S WAR AND PEACE
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402
HAVE YOU READ? HISTORY/MYSTERY/COMEDY
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403
DEGAS’S LITTLE DANCER OF FOURTEEN YEARS
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404
GREAT CINEMA ADAPTATIONS: GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
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405
MARITIME SMUGGLING ON LONG ISLAND: FROM PIRATES TO RUMRUNNERS
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406
DAWN OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE: THE EMERGENCE OF AMERICAN IMPERIALISM, 1898-1940
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407
MARBLE AS FLESH: CLASSICAL SCULPTURE IN ANCIENT, RENAISSANCE, AND MODERN ERAS
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408
FEUD: FITZGERALD VS. HOLLYWOOD
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409
GREAT CINEMA ADAPTATiONS: A ROOM WITH A VIEW
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410
TRUMAN CAPOTE’S IN COLD BLOOD REVISITED
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411
VOICES OF THE MET 2024-2025: THE WOMEN
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412
THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS, ENGLISH COLONIZATION, AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT
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413
FAMOUS LONG ISLAND SHIPWRECKS
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414
VOICES OF THE MET 2024-2025: THE MEN
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415
GREAT CINEMA ADAPTATIONS: ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
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417
TRUMAN CAPOTE’S BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S
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418
GREAT CINEMA ADAPTATONS: ZORBA THE GREEK
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419
SETTLER COLONIALISM, INDIAN REMOVAL, AND THE WESTWARD EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES
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420
LONG ISLAND NAVAL HISTORY IN WARTIME
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421
OIL AND WATER: TURNER’S SEASCAPES
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422
ALEXANDER ’S RADISHCHEV’S JOURNEY FROM ST. PETERSBURG TO MOSCOW
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Location
The Frick Estate Lectures are held on the grounds of the Nassau County Museum of Art.
All lectures are held in the Mansion unless otherwise indicated
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🚙 By Car
Nassau/Suffolk Counties: Take Wantagh or Meadowbrook Parkway north to the Northern State Parkway west.
Brooklyn/Queens: Cross Island Parkway to Northern State Parkway east Via Long Island Expressway or Northern State Parkway exit at Glen Cove Road (#39 on LIE, #31 on Northern). Drive north to the intersection with Route 25A/Northern Boulevard. Turn left (westbound). Continue to the second traffic light where the Museum entrance is on the right.
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🚂 By Train
Take the Long Island Railroad Oyster Bay line to the Roslyn station or the Port Washington line to the Manhasset station. The museum is a short taxi or Uber/Lyft ride from either station.
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🚌 By Bus
Nassau County’s N20H bus stops on Northern Boulevard at the entrance to the Museum.
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Our Mission
The Frick Estate Lectures was established in 2019 to provide mature adults with outstanding enrichment in the liberal arts and sciences. These lectures are intended to appeal to those who appreciate carefully curated and thoughtfully presented courses delivered by experts in the various fields of literature, history, music, art, philosophy, economics, psychology, and political science. The Frick Estate Lectures is incorporated under its own name and was designed to cooperate with and support its venue at the Nassau County Museum of Art.
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What we do
The Frick Estate Lectures provides personal enrichment for mature adults who appreciate literature, art, music, history, philosophy, economics, psychology, and politics science. Our liberal arts disciplines deliberately exclude vocational or “how-to” subjects. These courses cater to all who are interested in non-credit enrichment taught year-round by outstanding experts in their fields. Students who attend the lectures enjoy an aesthetic experience at our elegant venue and a diverse learning opportunity that invigorates and
inspires them.