Glass House Readings presented in partnership with the New Canaan Library

Glass House Readings brings notable authors and intellectuals to the Glass House to read from a new work. The guest author and audience will also walk the site and enjoy a light reception.

The Glass House. Visitors begin and end at the Glass House Visitor Center, located at 199 Elm Street directly across from the New Canaan train station.  Tickets $75 per person. Space is limited; reservations are required and can be made through the Glass House website http://www.theglasshouse.org.

The Glass House Readings series is presented in partnership with the New Canaan Library.  Watch for our joint lecture series that will take place at the Library in the winter months.

Sunday, May 19, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
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Daniel Mendelsohn, award-winning writer, critic, translator, and author of the international bestseller The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million will read from his forthcoming book, An Odyssey: A Father, A Son, and an Epic, to be published in 2014 by Alfred A. Knopf.

Mendelsohn’s book tells the story of a father and son wrapped around a retelling of Homer’s epic, entwining meditations on the Odyssey with an account of the year he spent reading The Odyssey with his late father — a year that culminated in their recreating the voyage of Odysseus at sea.

Thursday, June 13, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
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Christopher Rawlins will read from his book, Fire Island Modernist: Horace Gifford and the Architecture of Seduction. He is the founder of Rawlins Design Inc. and winner of numerous design competitions.

About the Glass House Built between 1949 and 1995 by architect Philip Johnson, the Glass House is a National Trust Historic Site located in New Canaan, CT. The pastoral 49-acre landscape comprises fourteen structures, including the Glass House (1949), and features a permanent collection of 20th century painting and sculpture, along with temporary exhibitions. The tour season runs from May to November and advance reservations are required. For more information, and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.theglasshouse.org.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately funded nonprofit organization that works to save America’s historic places to enrich our future. http://www.PreservationNation.org.

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Message From The Director

January 9, 2011

Happy New Year!

I write as air finally chills with winter, although the ground remains resolutely brown, denying the season its romance.  The Glass House site is closed to the public until May 2nd.  However, the staff is hard at work with many off-season projects.

Here is a look at how we spend the winter:

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Authors on Stage with Dietrich Neumann

Co-sponsored by the Glass House +
New Canaan Library

Sunday, December 11, 3:00pm-5:00pm

Lecture followed by book-signing.
Free and open to the public.

Dietrich Neumann will lead a discussion of his book, The Structure of Light: Richard Kelly and the Illumination of Modern Architecture at the New Canaan Library. The Structure of Light tells the story of the career of Richard Kelly, the field’s most influential figure and lighting designer of the Philip Johnson Glass House. The potential of electric light as a new building “material” was recognized in the 1920s and became a useful design tool by the mid-century. The Structure of Light is the first book to focus on the contributions of Kelly, a master in the field of architectural lighting. This fascinating volume celebrates the practice’s significance in modern design. Click here to register now.

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