April 25 • 3:00 – 3:30p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Ed will welcome back DIA Director Graham Beal, who will spotlight the new exhibition, Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit, as well as Museum history and news.

More at: http://www.dia.org/

April 25 • 3:30 – 4 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Ed’s guest is Ann Arbor Huron High School teacher Jeffrey Stringer, who is directing The Huron Players in a beautiful, mood-filled production of The Uninvited. Based on Dorothy Macardle’s novel Uneasy Freehold, and filmed in 1944 with the new title (starring Ray Milland, U of M School of Drama alum Ruth Hussey, and newcomer Gail Russell), the film is considered a supernatural-thriller genre milestone. That Huron High School students would choose this story over the usual dramatic fare is a bold statement, indeed, and perhaps a harbinger of great things to come!

April 18 • 3-4 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

We’ll be joined by author Barbara Klein Moss, who will describe her lyrical novel, The Language of Paradise, published by W.W. Norton. Taking place in mid twentieth-century Massachusetts, the cradle of Transcendentalism, the story illuminates the lives of three people – a married couple and their mercurial friend – who seek to create a pure world, a new Eden, for themselves and a child.

April 11 • 3-4 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Eminent historian Diana Preston will introduce her new book, A Higher Form of Killing, published by Bloomsbury Press, about events on the battlefield (use of poison gas), the high seas (the Lusitaniasinking and unrestricted submarine attacks) and home front (Zeppelin bombings of cities and towns) in the spring of 1915 that changed warfare forever.

March 28 • 3-4 p.m. on WAAM 

3:00:  Ed welcomes renowned artist Werner Pfeiffer and Toledo Museum of Art curator Tom Loeffler to highlight the exhibition, Drawn, Cut & Layered: The Art of Werner Pfeiffer, at the TMA.  More than 200 works on paper beguile the visitor with their beauty, mystery, and sculptural integrity.  See toledomuseum.org.

3:30:  Frick Collection curator Charlotte Vignon returns to describe her exhibition of French artist Charles Coypel’s (1694-1752) paintings and tapestries illustrating scenes from Cervantes’ masterpiece, Don Quixote.  Titled  Coypel’s Don Quixote Tapestries: Illustrating a Spanish Novel in 18^th Century France, the exhibition runs through May 17.  See frick.org.

March 21 • 3-4 p.m. on WAAM 

3:00:  Bonhams Auctions specialist Jon King spotlights the career and collecting interests of film icon Lauren Bacall, whose antique furniture and art will be sold by Bonhams in New York City, March 31.  More information @ bonhams.com

3:30:  Chuck Schmidt, president of Schmidt’s Antiques in Ypsilanti, returns to illuminate for us the 40 year career of Detroit-born painter and sculptor James Harrison.  Harrison, an Abstract-Expressionist, moved to New York around 1950 and contributed to the City’s post-war artistic dominance.  Chuck will describe the upcoming first auction of Harrison’s paintings, collages and sculpture, which, until recently, were in storage for 25 years.  More information @ schmidtsantiques.com

March 7 • 3-4 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

David Bomford, chief curator with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will join us to highlightthe stunning new exhibition, “Spectacular Rubens”, for which he is also curator. Especially interesting will be D. Bomford’s insight into the four Rubenstapestries – each 20′ long – and preparatory paintings that illuminate this grandest of Rubens’ commissions from the Spanish royal family.

March 1 • 3-4 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

John Maxtone Graham, the dean of maritime historians, returns to describe his new book, “S.S. United States: Red, White, and Blue Ribbon’d Forever” (Worton publishers). John’s immense knowledge and unbridled enthusiasm makes us feel that we’re sailing aboard that fastest of all ocean liners, which smashed all speed records on her 1952 maiden voyage, and retained them until her premature retirement in 1969.

February 22  • 3-4 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Ed will illuminate the history of children’s book illustration with mini bios ofof some of the best loved! Arthur Rackham, Beatrix Potter, Kate Gtreenaway and Ernest Shephard and highlight recent auction prices for their work. Also, ed will describe the influence of Romanticism, fantasy and the Pre-Raphaelite painters on the golden age of English book illustration.

February 15 • 3-4 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

The history of organ accompaniment in movie palaces during cinema’s early days will be spotlighted by Dr. Henry Aldridge, Professor Emeritus of film, Eastern Michigan University.

February 7 • 3-4 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Dr. margaret Carney founder of hte Dinnerware Museum, will regale us with the history and variety of domestic meal vessels and utensils. Like Art-deco? of Mid-century modern? We’ll highlight some great examples!

More at: dinnerwaremuseum.org