WOLF AND CARAS TO ONCE AGAIN CO-CHAIR KRAVIS CENTER’S POPULAR LUNCH & LEARN SERIES
The Kravis Center is thrilled to announce the 2014 – 2015 ArtSmart Lunch & Learn series, including such varied topics as Woody Allen’s Women: In Film and In Life, a tell-all conversation with Julie Gilbert and Lee Wolf on January 26; Ballet Superstar Marcelo Gomes interviewed by Steven Caras on February 16; and Princess Grace: Her Movies, Her Men, Her Monaco, moderated by Lee Wolf and Steven Caras on March 16.
2014 – 2015 Kravis Center “ArtSmart” Line-Up Highlights Woody, Grace and More!
(West Palm Beach, Fla.) Judy Mitchell, CEO for the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, announced Lee Wolf and Steven Caras will serve again as co-chairs for the Center’s popular 2014 – 2015 ArtSmart Lunch & Learn series. The series of three continuing arts education events includes lively lectures presented during lunch prepared by Catering by The Breakers at the Kravis Center. Tickets are $75 for each event and go on sale to the public starting September 27. Tickets are currently on sale to Kravis Center donors. Lunch & Learn lectures are held in the Kravis Center’s Cohen Pavilion.
Award-winning business leader, actress and lecturer, Lee Wolf also serves as a member of the Kravis Center Board of Directors. A 14-year dancer with the New York City Ballet, Steven Caras maintains an active schedule as a published author, featured lecturer, photographer, dance critic, guest ballet master and fundraiser. After 19 years of Lee Wolf chairing the series, Steven Caras joined her in 2012 to form this dynamic duo as co-chairs for the Lunch & Learn series for ArtSmart at the Kravis Center.
“Steven and I are delighted to once again co-chair the Kravis Center’s ArtSmart Lunch & Learn lectures,” said Wolf. “We have such a ball! ArtSmart is the Kravis Center’s series of arts education classes, workshops and lectures that takes arts lovers behind the curtain. Whether you’d like to improve your skill on the dance floor or learn more about classical music, creative writing or film, there’s an ArtSmart course – taught by nationally and locally recognized artists and instructors – that will intrigue and involve you. The Lunch & Learn series is just one part of the Kravis Center’s continuing education outreach.”
For more than 20 years, the nonprofit Kravis Center for the Performing Arts has helped students of all ages fuel their imaginations and expand their lives through comprehensive arts education programs. Last season, nearly 45,000 children from Palm Beach, Broward, Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties attended numerous performances through the Kravis Center S*T*A*R (Students and Teachers Arts Resource) Series. More than 3,000 adults attended ArtSmart continuing education classes and lectures – with topics ranging from Marilyn Monroe to Cuban folklore music.
The 2014 – 2015 ArtSmart Lunch & Learn line-up* includes such varied topics as Woody Allen’s Women: In Film and In Life, a tell-all conversation with Julie Gilbert and Lee Wolf on January 26; Ballet Superstar Marcelo Gomes interviewed by Steven Caras on February 16; and Princess Grace: Her Movies, Her Men, Her Monaco, moderated by Lee Wolf and Steven Caras on March 16.
Centrally located in West Palm Beach, the Raymond F.Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is one of the premier performing arts centers in the Southeast with a renowned national and international reputation. Established as a leading force in the social fabric of the community, its many outreach programs are as broad and varied as the community itself. To date, the Center has opened the door to the performing arts for approximately 2 million school children.
For general information about the Kravis Center performances and events like the ArtSmart Lunch & Learn series, please visit www.kravis.org or call the box office at 561-832-7469 (561-832-SHOW).
*Please see below for details on each 2014-2015 Lunch & Learn lecture.
2014 – 2015 Lunch & Learn line-up:
MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2015 AT 11:30 A.M.
Woody Allen’s Women: In Film and In Life – A Tell-All Conversation
Featuring Julie Gilbert, novelist, biographer, playwright and founder/instructor of The Writers’ Academy at the Kravis Center; and Lee Wolf, noted author, lecturer and Kravis Center Board member.
Woody, the man alone… Hardly! Woody Allen is synonymous with women. In every one of his films, in every article, in every photo he is and always has been with a woman. In his personal life from Louise Lasser to Soon-Yi, and in his auteur’s life from Diane Keaton to Scarlett Johansson, he has devoted himself to the complexities of women in love. Lee Wolf and Julie Gilbert return to investigate the highs and lows of Woody Allen’s personal and creative life and how the two converge. Sponsored by Leona F. Chanin.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2015 AT 11:30 A.M.
Ballet Superstar Marcelo Gomes interviewed by Steven Caras
Marcelo Gomes, Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre, is one of very few true celebrities in the history of classical dance. Houses around the world sell out within minutes after he’s scheduled to appear, reminiscent of a time when Rudolf Nureyev emerged as the first male ballet icon since Nijinsky. Gomes is equal parts artist and sex symbol, renowned for his spectacular technique, attentive partnering, and mind boggling versatility. Join former New York City Ballet dancer Steven Caras with Mr. Gomes in an intimate tête-à-tête accompanied by arresting images and video and discover for yourself why this charismatic ‘Danseur Noble’ is referred to by The New York Times as “a hero to believe in.” Sponsored by Susan Bloom.
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015 AT 11:30 A.M.
Princess Grace: Her Movies, Her Men, Her Monaco
Breaking away from a stringent family of means to pursue an acting career was the first of many triumphs in a life that deemed Grace Kelly true aristocracy – from Philadelphia society to Hollywood stardom to European royalty – her final role as that of Her Serene Highness, Princess of Monaco.
Join Lee Wolf and Steven Caras in a revealing conversation through which the real Grace Kelly emerges – an icy-eyed, hot-blooded icon who pulled those signature white gloves over many an eye during the naïve 1950s when one assumed all girls from ‘good’ families were in fact, good girls. Sponsored by Leona F. Chanin.