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  • Tuesday, November 10, 7:00 – 8:00 pm – Book Signing with Ann Clifford, author of Stonehurst: An American Masterwork by H.H. Richardson and F.L. Olmsted

    Back Pages Books, an independent new and used book seller located at 289 Moody Street in Waltham, will host author Ann Clifford on Tuesday, November 10, from 7 – 8 pm.   The author discusses Waltham’s own Stonehurst: an American Masterwork by Henry Hobson Richardson and Frederick Law Olmsted.

    StonehurstWaltham’s Robert Treat Paine estate, also called Stonehurst, is a wonder of architectural genius.  Come for a discussion of the history of Stonehurst, Paine, Olmsted, and Richardson with Stonehurst director Ann Clifford, whose stunning book on the estate captures for the first time the beauty of this Waltham jewel in writing and images.  For directions and more information, log on to www.backpagesbooks.com, call 781-209-0631, or email info@backpagesbooks.com.

  • Friday, October 30, 6:30 – 9:00 pm – Spirit of Stonehurst

    Visit the hallowed halls of Stonehurst, an icon of American architecture, on Friday, October 30, from 6:30 – 9:00 pm.  Enjoy food, brew, and a bit of magic, too!

    Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and Frederick Law Olmsted, Stonehurst, the Robert Treat Paine Estate, is the only museum devoted to these two pioneering figures in American architectural and landscape design history. At Stonehurst, these close friends and collaborators forged a uniquely American architecture by focusing on the intimate, almost seamless integration of the natural and man-made worlds. Richardson and Olmsted, like Winslow Homer, Emily Dickinson and Mark Twain, were among the great artists of the post-Civil War era who asserted cultural independence from Europe by cultivating an aesthetic deeply rooted in the American landscape.

    The 109 acre Stonehurst estate is located nearby at 100 Robert Treat Paine Drive in Waltham, Massachusetts.  Tickets are $150 each, and sponsorship opportunities at higher levels are available. For more information, log on to www.stonehurstwaltham.org, or telephone 781-314-3290.  You may also make a check payable to Friends of Stonehurst and mail it to Stonehurst, 100 Robert Treat Paine Drive, Waltham, MA 02452.

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