Feb 15 Dutch Treat Beautiful Marissa Mulder sings with perfect pitch, novelist John Burnham Schwarz speaks of deathly life in the cloistered Japanese court
DUTCH TREAT CLUB LUNCHEON
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2011
ENTERTAINMENT
Marissa Mulder recently performed at the National Arts Club’s “Cabaret on Mondays” series hosted by the Mabel Mercer Foundation’s Donald Smith. She performs often with Vocal Ease, the MAC Award-winning initiative which brings top level performers to local New York senior citizens, and she was featured in the recent all-star tribute to the music of Mickey Leonard. She will be accompanied by DTC member Bill Zeffiro.
SPEAKER
Author JOHN BURNHAM SCHWARTZ:’S acclaimed 2008 novel, “The Commoner,” was inspired by the lives of the current empress and crown princess of Japan, who, through marriage, became the first “commoners” ever to enter the longest-running, most cloistered and mysterious imperial family in the world, with personally tragic consequences for both women. Mr. Schwartz will discuss the 1600-year history of the Japanese Imperial Family, its strange, pervasive role in Japanese society through the Second World War and into the present day, and offer some thoughts on why, despite everything, it continues to exist. An accomplished screenwriter and author of four novels, his writings have appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times. A look into the ancient, and modern, culture of Japan!
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ENTERTAINMENT
Marissa Mulder recently performed at the National Arts Club’s “Cabaret on Mondays” series hosted by the Mabel Mercer Foundation’s Donald Smith. She performs often with Vocal Ease, the MAC Award-winning initiative which brings top level performers to local New York senior citizens, and she was featured in the recent all-star tribute to the music of Mickey Leonard. She will be accompanied by DTC member Bill Zeffiro.
SPEAKER
Author JOHN BURNHAM SCHWARTZ:’S acclaimed 2008 novel, “The Commoner,” was inspired by the lives of the current empress and crown princess of Japan, who, through marriage, became the first “commoners” ever to enter the longest-running, most cloistered and mysterious imperial family in the world, with personally tragic consequences for both women. Mr. Schwartz will discuss the 1600-year history of the Japanese Imperial Family, its strange, pervasive role in Japanese society through the Second World War and into the present day, and offer some thoughts on why, despite everything, it continues to exist. An accomplished screenwriter and author of four novels, his writings have appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times. A look into the ancient, and modern, culture of Japan!
