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"El Greco to Velázquez" Events
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All events take place at the Nasher Museum unless otherwise noted.
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One way to experience "El Greco to Velázquez" is to plan a private event at the Nasher Museum. The museum offers several unique and elegant settings for private cocktail parties, dinners and other events. More Information
August
August 20
Preview Day
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
free for Duke Community and Museum Members
(limited free tickets available at the door only)
August 21
Opening Day
Exhibition opens to the public
10 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Tickets required. Valet parking available.
August 28
“Patronage and Style at the Court of Philip III”
Lecture by Nasher Museum curator Sarah Schroth, 7:30 p.m.
Reservations required. Call 919-681-2272.
Valet parking available.
September
September 5
Spanish Wine Tasting
Wine Authorities store, 7:30 - 9 p.m.
2501 University Dr. Durham, NC.
Call 919-489-2884 or visit Wine Authorities
September 8
Member Monday, 12 - 7 p.m.
September 11
“Cabezón to Cabanilles: The Golden Age of Iberian Keyboard Music ”
by Robert Parkins, harpsichordist, 7:30 p.m.
September 11
K-12 Teacher Workshop
Reservations Required. Call 919-684-8816.
September 12
Free Day
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
(limited free tickets available at the door only)
September 13
K-12 Teacher Event. Reservations Required. Call 919-684-8816.
September 18
K-12 Teacher Event. Reservations Required. Call 919-684-8816.
September 18
“Patronage and Style at the Court of Philip III”
Encore lecture by Nasher Museum curator Sarah Schroth, 7:30 p.m.
Reservations required. Call 919-681-2272.
Valet parking available
September 20
K-12 Teacher Event. Reservations Required. Call 919-684-8816.
September 21
“El Greco to Velázquez in Flowers”
by international designer Jim Johnson.
Sarah P. Duke Gardens, 2 - 4 p.m.
Call 919-684-3698 or visit The Duke Gardens
September 23
“Art with the Experts” interactive discussion by Sarah Schroth.
Durham County Library, main branch. 7 p.m.
Durham County Library.
September 23
El Greco to Velázquez: An Evening of Art and Wine
7:00 p.m.
Celebrate the Nasher Museum's blockbuster art exhibition, El Greco to
Velázquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III, with an evening at the
Fairview Dining Room! Dinner features regional Spanish cuisine and fine
Spanish wines. This sets the stage to hear from a museum docent about
these great works of art. A sparkling wine and hors d'oeuvres reception is
included. $95++. For reservations, contact the Fairview at 919.493.6699 or visit the Washington Duke Inn website.
September 25
“The Historical and Religious Context in 17th Century Spain”
Lecture by Antonio Feros and Rosemarie Mulcahy, (contributors to the exhibition catalogue).
7:30 p.m. Reservations required.
Call 919-681-2272. Valet parking available.
September 26
Spanish Wine Tasting
Wine Authorities store, 7:30 - 9 p.m.
2501 University Dr. Durham, NC.
Call 919-489-2884 or visit Wine Authorities
September 28
Family Day
12 - 4 p.m.
(limited free tickets available at the door only)
October
October 1
Free Day
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
(limited free tickets available at the door only)
October 2
Symposium: "Image and Illusion in Early Modern Spain"
6:30 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: Frederick De Armas, University of Chicago, "Framing
Francisco Ribalta: From Lope's La viuda valenciana to the Rimas del
licenciado Tomé Burguillos." The symposium continues all day Friday with
William Egginton, Johns Hopkins University, "The Theater of Truth” and
Margaret Greer, Duke University, "Honra es aquélla que consiste en otro
the reflected subject in Lope's 'Los comendadores de Cordoba.'"
For more information and a program, please contact Cathy Knoop, cknoop@duke.edu, 919-660-3102.
Co-sponsored by Duke’s Department of Romance Studies.
October 2, 3, 4
Stephen Jaffe: Commissioned Work, world premiere, co-commission with North Carolina Symphony and Nasher Museum as part of “El Greco to Velázquez."
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director. Los Angeles Guitar Quartet; Bonnie Thron, cello; Anton Jivaev, viola.
Program includes Rodrigo: Concierto de Andaluz, and Strauss: Don Quixote. Oct. 2, Memorial Hall, UNC Chapel Hill, 8 p.m. Oct. 3 and 4, Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh.
For tickets visit NC Symphony
or call the Box Office at 919-733-2750.
Tickets can also be purchased using Ticketmaster's charge-by-phone
service (919.834.4000) or Ticketmaster's online service, and in person
at approved Ticketmaster outlets.
October 3
Symphony Essentials
Panel discussion with composer Stephen Jaffe, Grant Llewellyn, music director of the North Carolina Symphony, and Sarah Schroth, co-curator of "El Greco to Velázquez." Discussion will highlight the Nasher Museum/North Carolina Symphony co-comission and the North Carolina Symphony related events in the "El Greco" festival.
Discussion at 6:30 p.m. Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh.
For tickets visit NC Symphony
or call the Box Office at 919-733-2750.
Tickets can also be purchased using Ticketmaster's charge-by-phone
service (919.834.4000) or Ticketmaster's online service, and in person
at approved Ticketmaster outlets.
October 5
Four Square Restaurant's 9th Anniversary Celebration and Nasher Museum Benefit.
Chef-owner Shane Ingram presents a Spanish Wine Dinner.
6 p.m. Price per person is $125
with $25 going to the Nasher Museum.
Call (919) 401-9877 for reservations.
Click here for the menu.
October 6
Manning Chamber Music Series
N.C. Symphony musicians
perform “El Greco” inspired chamber music.
Peace College, Raleigh
7:30 p.m.
For tickets visit the NC Symphony
or call the Box Office at 919-733-2750.
Tickets can also be purchased using Ticketmaster's charge-by-phone
service (919.834.4000) or Ticketmaster's online service, and in person
at approved Ticketmaster outlets.
October 10
Pub Concert Performance
North Carolina Symphony musicians
perform “El Greco” inspired chamber music.
G-Loft in Durham, 7:30 p.m.
For tickets visit the NC Symphony
or call the Box Office at 919-733-2750.
Tickets can also be purchased using Ticketmaster's charge-by-phone
service (919.834.4000) or Ticketmaster's online service, and in person
at approved Ticketmaster outlets.
October 9, 10, 11, 12
“Don Quixote” Carolina Ballet performance
with all new choreography by artistic director Robert Weiss.
Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh.
Performances at 8 p.m. on Oct. 9, 10, 11; 2 p.m. on Oct. 11 and 12.
For tickets call 919.719.0900
or visit the Carolina Ballet
October 16
"Diego and Me: Hendricks on Velázquez"
Nasher Museum, 7:30 PM
American artist Barkley L. Hendricks talks about drawing inspiration for his own work from the Spanish old master, whose work is on view at the Nasher Museum in "El Greco to Velázquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III."A retrospective of Hendricks' paintings, organized by the Nasher Museum, opens in November at the Studio Museum in Harlem. Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Family Lecture Hall. Open to the public. Free. Reservations recommended:
919-681-2272.
October 17
“The Spanish High Renaissance”
performance by The Tallis Scholars, choral group based in England.
Duke Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m.
Presented by Duke Performances.
For tickets call 684-4444
or visit the Duke Performances
October 18
Annual Semans Lecture: Jonathan Brown
foremost authority on Spanish art
the Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor
of Fine Arts, New York University.
7:30 p.m. Reservations required.
Call 919-681-2272. Valet parking available.
October 19
“Iberian Organ Music from the Golden Age”
(featuring images of
paintings from the exhibition)
by Robert Parkins, organist.
Duke Memorial Chapel, 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. Free.
919-684-2572, Duke Chapel
October 23
Carolina Performing Arts Concert:
Hesperion XXI with Jordi Savall,
viola de gamba and Montserrat Figueras, soprano.
Barcelona-based early-music ensemble performs
music and text inspired by Cervantes' Don Quixote.
Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, 7:30 p.m.
Carolina Performing Arts, 919-843-3333.
October 30
“Common Images and Themes in Art and Literature in the Age of Philip III”
lecture by Ronni Baer and Laura Bass
contributors to the exhibition catalogue.
7:30 p.m. Reservations required.
Call 919-681-2272. Valet parking available.
November
November 2
Free Family Day
12 - 4 p.m.
(limited free tickets available at the door only)
More information on our Calendar
November 3
Member Monday
12 - 7 p.m.
November 6
“La Vida es Sueño”
drama by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
interpreted and directed by Alejandra Juno.
Room 209 of the East Duke Building on East Campus, 8 p.m. Free.
November 7
“A Night in Golden Age Spain”
Gala benefiting the Nasher Museum.
For more information, click here.
November 8
Exhibition open 10 a.m. to midnight
November 9
Exhibition open 12 noon to midnight
Last day on view.
November 16
"An afternoon in the gardens of Spain"
Concert by the
Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle
with guest artist Robert Belinic
3 p.m., Carolina Theatre
309 West Morgan St., Durham
Call 919-560-3030 or go to
www.chamberorchestraofthetriangle.org
