MWPAI Bulletin April 2019

WITH PARTY LIKE A ROCK STAR! MAX WEINBERG’S JUKEBOX

SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 7:30 P.M.

April 2019

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

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APRIL EVENTS April 3 Wednesday

Art Story: A Pop-Up Storytime 10:30 a.m.

Art Odyssey Interactive Gallery Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

April 5 Friday

A Closer Look Gallery Talk The Dream House of Helen and James: Fountain Elms and Victorian Architecture Paula Caruana, Decorative Arts Assistant 1:10 p.m.

Museum of Art Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium First Fridays Happy Hour Music by Rich Mollin Quintet 5 p.m.

Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court

April 6 Saturday Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m.

Museum of Art

Keyboard Conversations Chopin in Paris!

7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

April 10 Wednesday

Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

April 11 Thursday

PrattMWP Sophomore Gallery Opening 4 p.m.

McCulley Gallery, 14 Cottage Place

April 12 Friday

April 24 Wednesday

Exhibition Opening Freshman Show On view through May 9 PrattMWP Gallery in the Museum of Art Reception 4 p.m.

Fountain Elms Terrace

April 26 Friday

Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

April 14 Sunday

Museum Highlights Tour 2 p.m.

Museum of Art

April 17 Wednesday

Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

April 18 Thursday Art Alive!

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Museum of Art

For Kids and Families The DuffleBag Theatre Co. Peter Pan 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

April 19 Friday

Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium PrattMWP Sophomore Gallery Opening 4 p.m.

McCulley Gallery, 14 Cottage Place

April 20 Saturday Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m.

Museum of Art

Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium Film Series Phone 315-797-0055 or visit mwpai.org 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium PrattMWP Sophomore Gallery Opening 4 p.m.

McCulley Gallery, 14 Cottage Place

April 27 Saturday Art and Yoga 10:30 a.m.

Museum of Art

Concerts in the Court Max Weinberg’s Jukebox 7:30 p.m.

Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court ArtBreak Talk Exhibition Preview: Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection Anna D’Ambrosio, President and CEO Concerts in the Court intermission Museum of Art

April 28 Sunday

Chamber Music Society of Utica Ariel Quartet with guest Orion Weiss, piano 2:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

Louis Comfort Tiffany Treasures from the Driehaus Collection

April 21 Sunday Institute Closed

June 16 through September 8 Above: Visitors enjoying the Tommy Brown: Upstate exhibition opening on Saturday, February 9.

E STREET DRUMMER PLAYS YOUR SELECTIONS CONCERTS IN THE COURT April 27 • 7:30 p.m.

Rock and roll legend E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg plays what you want to hear as Concerts in the Court presents Max Weinberg’s Jukebox 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27 in the Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court.

In this high-energy interactive experience, Weinberg invites the audience to create, in real time, the set list he and his crack four-piece group will play that night. The group will perform songs from the glory days of rock and roll, as audience members choose from a menu of more than 200 songs from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The E Street Band (of course), and many more.

“Mighty Max” Weinberg, the driving rhythmic force propelling The E Street Band for 43 years, is also known to millions of fans for his 17-year stint as the bandleader and comedic foil to talk show host Conan O’Brien on NBC’s “Late Night” and “The Tonight Show.” Throughout his 50-year professional career, Weinberg has played with some of the biggest and most diverse names in music—James Brown, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, B.B. King, Tony Bennett, Ringo Starr, John Fogerty, Stevie Winwood, Sheryl Crow, and Isaac Hayes. Weinberg also has the distinction of being the drummer on two of the biggest-selling rock albums in history—Bruce Springsteen’s Born In The USA and Meatloaf’s Bat Out Of Hell.

Tickets for this performance are $46.50 for MWPAI members, $51.50 for general public.

VIP Packages with Max! Special VIP Packages are available that include the concert, one photo opportunity with Weinberg after the show, and up to three personalized autographs.

Packages are $161.50 for MWPAI members, $166.50 for general public.

For all tickets contact the Performing Arts Ticket Office at 315-797-0055 or 1-800-754-0797. Tickets are also available online at mwpai.org.

The Museum opens at 6:30 p.m. so that patrons may view the current exhibitions, socialize, and visit the Museum Shop.

Concerts in the Court feature a cash bar.

ARTBREAK TALK Exhibition Preview: Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection Anna D’Ambrosio, President and CEO Concerts in the Court intermission Museum of Art Sponsored by Empire Recycling Series Sponsored by Caruso McLean Investment Advisors 3

Museum of Art MYSTERIOUS, MARVELOUS, MALEVOLENT: THE ART OF ELIHU VEDDER

On view April 5 through December 29

Journey into the dark realm of vision, nightmare, and dream with Mysterious, Marvelous, Malevolent: The Art of Elihu Vedder, April 5 through December 29 in the Museum of Art. Since its first public appearance in 1863, Elihu Vedder’s The Questioner of the Sphinx has been a mystery. It is part of a group of bizarre and visionary paintings, drawings, and book illustrations that Vedder (1836–1923) began to create in New York City at the outset of the American Civil War. Prior to this, he had spent three years abroad while studying in Paris and Florence. There, he produced mostly bucolic studies of the Italian countryside. When he returned to New York City in 1861, he made an abrupt and radical departure into portraying the mysterious and the dangerous.

Discover Vedder’s journey into the realm of vision, nightmare, and dream. Explore how Vedder may have used ancient myths and legends of the monstrous, the terrible, and the fantastic to negotiate the horror, destruction, and alienation engendered by the national crisis of the American Civil War. This MWPAI Museum of Art exhibition is a collaboration made possible by the Art Bridges - Terra Initiative.

Elihu Vedder, (American, 1836-1923), The Questioner of the Sphinx, 1863, oil on canvas, 36 x 42 inches. Bequest of Mrs. Martin Brimmer, 06.2430. Courtesy, Museum Fine Arts, Boston. Reproduced with permission. ©2019 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All rights reserved.

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BOX OF ART IS Marcel Duchamp (American, born France, 1887-1968) is the grandfather of conceptual art; he was revolutionary in that he subverted ideas about handicraft and originality, believing that ideas rather than virtuoso skill were more important for successful art-making. His methods using chance processes and mechanical production have been influential for generations of artists.

This spring, visit the Cardamone Gallery to see the latest installation of Your Land, My Land: Immigrant Artists in the United States. The Museum of Art proudly displays Marcel Duchamp’s + + Boite-en-valise, his museum in miniature, which represents the most complete example of the Marcel Duchamp (American, born France, 1887-1968), work of Marcel Duchamp between 1910 and 1937.

Boite-en-valise, series D, 1961, mixed media, dimensions varibable, museum purchase, 2005.5.1

LAST CHANCE! Check out contemporary art from the Museum of Art permanent collection in Gallery 2 East to see works by Isidro Blasco, Hollis Sigler, Robert Morris, among others.

Visit soon, because you have only through April 21 as we begin to prepare the gallery for this summer’s blockbuster, Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection.

Georgia Marsh (American, born 1950), Regard of Tangents, 1991, oil on canvas, 84 x 72, in., gift of Mary Renée Trudel, 2018.14

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Paul Fabozzi (American, born 1965), S. Stefano Rotundo, 2000, watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil on paper, 18 x 15 in., Gift of the artist, 2018.9.3

Museum of Art Events TALKS AND TOURS

EDUCATION PROGRAMS

A CLOSER LOOK GALLERY TALK THE DREAM HOUSE OF HELEN AND JAMES: FOUNTAIN ELMS AND VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE Friday, April 5 1:10 to 1:30 p.m.

ART AND YOGA FOR MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT Saturdays, April 6, 20, 27 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.

Paula Caruana, Decorative Arts Assistant Free and open to the public

Drop-in fee: $10 MWPAI members, $15 general public Drop-ins pay at the door A restorative mix of art discussion, yoga, and meditation for all levels of ability. Wear comfortable clothing and bring your own yoga mat.

SPRING BUS TRIP NEW YORK CITY Wednesday, May 22, 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. $76.50 MWPAI members, $86.50 general public Tickets: 315-797-0055

Frederick and Rachel Proctor’s bookplate, c. 1909

MUSEUM HIGHLIGHTS TOUR Sunday, April 14, 2 p.m.

Free and open to the public

Spend the day exploring the Big Apple! Beginning at bustling Bryant Park (the bus drop-off and pick-up point), enjoy great shopping, renowned museums, Broadway theatre, restaurants, the High Line elevated park, Times Square, Eataly, Chelsea Market—the possibilities are endless! Hale Transportation provides the coach bus for this annual spring trip.

ART STORY A POP-UP STORYTIME Wednesday, April 3 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.

Free and open to the public For ages 3 to 5 The Art Story program is based on the Whole Book Approach—an interactive storytime approach developed by Megan Dowd Lambert in association with the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. By using this method, the program fosters visual literacy as young children read visual cues in picture-book illustrations and apply these skills to art in the galleries. For more information, contact the Museum Education Department at 315-797-0000, ext. 2158.

ART ALIVE! FAMILY DAY!

Thursday, April 18 • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Free and open to the public

Kids’ Crafts and Activities Sweet Escape at the Terrace Café will be open with a family-friendly menu.

For Kids and Families The Dufflebag Theatre Co., Peter Pan 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium

$8 MWPAI members, $10 general public Tickets: 315-797-0055 Sponsored by the F. X. Matt II Memorial Fund of The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Inc.

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Performing Arts BE PART OF THE ADVENTURE FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES The nearly world-famous DuffleBag Theatre Co. makes a triumphant return to the For Kids and Families series during Spring Break, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday, April 18 in the Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium.

Audience participation abounds as the group brings the swashbuckling story of Peter Pan to life in their signature zany fashion. Members of the audience join the action on stage as Peter and Wendy try to escape the clutches of the dastardly Captain Hook.

In addition to the DuffleBag Theatre Co. performances, all are welcome to take part in the many Art Alive! activities throughout the Institute including special free craft projects. Sweet Escape at the Terrace Café will offer a lunch buffet of family favorites.

Admission is $8 for MWPAI members and $10 for the general public.

Tickets may be purchased in advance at the MWPAI Performing Arts Ticket Office, 315-797-0055 or 1-800-754-0797, or one hour prior to the performance at the door. Tickets may also be purchased online at mwpai.org.

Sponsored by Natalie Brown Series Sponsored by Bank of Utica

KEYBOARD CONVERSATIONS CELEBRATES CHOPIN Grand masterpieces of Polish composer Frederic Chopin will be celebrated as Jeffrey Siegel’s Keyboard Conversations® presents Chopin in Paris! 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 6 in the Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium. The composer wrote several magnificent masterpieces while living in the beautiful City of Light. Siegel will share Chopin’s stirring polonaises, lovely moonlit nocturnes, and enchanting waltzes.

The always-popular Keyboard Conversations format offers listeners the opportunity to discover the influences that affected the creation of the music.

Siegel shares details about each composition that lead the audience to realize the subtleties and intricacies of these great works. The evening concludes with a session of questions and answers with Siegel.

Admission is $31.50 for MWPAI members and $36.50 for the general public. Flexible subscriptions are also available. Tickets may be purchased in advance at the MWPAI Performing Arts Ticket Office, 315-797-0055 or 1-800-754-0797.

Tickets are also available at mwpai.org.

Sponsored by Dr. Cynthia Parlato, Dr. Kenneth Novak, Dr. Lorna W. Grant and Dr. Douglas Hurd 6

Performing Arts COMING IN MAY Keyboard Conversations Fascinatin’ Rhythms Saturday, May 11, at 7:30 p.m.

Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium

The Met: Live in HD Dialogues des Carmelites Saturday, May 11, at 12:00 p.m.

Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium

Films are shown Wednesdays and Fridays at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. All films are shown in high definition following our recent conversion to Digital Cinema Projection and Sound using state-of-the art technology and equipment. Comfortable stadium seating in our Museum of Art Auditorium provides every patron an unobstructed view of our large screen.

Admission for all screenings is $8 for the general public and $6 for MWPAI members.

Admission for students with valid identification is $4 at all screenings.

Tickets are on sale 30 minutes prior to each screening.

Film Series Sponsor:

Film Passbooks for discounted admission to 10 screenings are available for MWPAI members for $55 and non-members for $75. For information, call the MWPAI Performing Arts Ticket Office, 315-797-0055, 1-800-754-0797.

If you’d like monthly film email updates, sign up for our Performing Arts film email by contacting Bob Mortis at bmortis@mwpai.org, calling 315-797-0055, or on our website at mwpai.org.

SPECIAL FILM SCREENING: CHARM CITY The MWPAI Film Series and WCNY will co-host a free screening of the film Charm City 7 p.m. Thursday, April 12 in the Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium. Filmed during three years of unparalleled violence in Baltimore, Charm City delivers a powerfully candid portrait of those on the frontlines. With grit, fury, and compassion, a group of police, citizens, community leaders, and government officials grapple with the consequences of violence and try to reclaim their city’s future. A moderated audience discussion of the film and its themes will immediately follow the screening. Admission is free but registration is required at wcny.org/events. The screening is part of WCNY’s Indie Lens Pop-Up Series.

FIRST FRIDAYS HAPPY HOUR FRIDAY, APRIL 5 Celebrate the changing seasons with First Fridays Happy Hour, 5 to 8 p.m., April 5.

• Lively American Jazz of the Rich Mollin Quintet.

• Blank and composed cards will be half price in the Museum Shop.

• Micro-tours at 5:45 and 6:30 p.m. throughout the Museum.

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PrattMWP and School of Art

March 12 through May 9

PrattMWP Freshmen Exhibition The PrattMWP Gallery is pleased to host the annual juried exhibition of the PrattMWP 2018-2019 Freshman class.

Opening Reception Friday, April 12, 4 to 6 p.m.

Free and open to the public

Varanya Kapoor, Recycled light sculpture, 2018

Upcoming Exhibition May 18 through June 16

Community Arts Education Student Exhibition Opening Reception Saturday, May 18, 3 to 5 p.m.

Free and open to the public Cash bar available

2018 Community Arts Education Student Exhibition

The PrattMWP Gallery is located in Museum of Art. Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.

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PrattMWP and School of Art LAST CHANCE TO TAKE A SCHOOL OF ART WORKSHOP THIS SPRING

REGISTER NOW FOR APRIL WORKSHOPS SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1 to 6 p.m.

LIFE-SIZE FIGURE DRAWING Ages 18+ / All Levels / Yulia Levkovich

Go big! Draw life-size figures on six-foot lengths of paper.

Instruction focuses on proportion, line quality, observation of the standing figure, and modeling of form through value.

Nude models will be used.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 6 to 9 p.m.

PHOTOSHOP COLLAGE AND LAYERS Ages 18 + / All Levels / Joella Burt

Joella Burt, Instructor, Digital Collage, 2018

Apply collage techniques to digital artwork and illustration with an intro to Adobe Photoshop through layers, custom brushes, and more.

Register at mwpai.org or call 315-797-8260 to talk directly with School of Art staff.

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR MWPAI’S 2019 CERAMICS SALT AND WOOD FIRING WORKSHOP Workshop instructors Michael Fujita, Pratt Institute Visiting Assistant Professor of Ceramics, and Veronica Byun, MWPAI Coordinator and Instructor of Ceramics, will welcome up to 16 participants to our historic ceramics studios this summer. The workshop is open to national and international registrants who want to explore form, function, aesthetic values, textures, tactile qualities, and surface development of atmospheric firing through salt and wood.

Participants will develop a contemporary and historic understanding of the qualities and processes of salt- and wood-firing and will learn to work with the ancient processes of the Anagama kiln. The resulting colors and textures are unique to the process and to each fire.

Monday, June 17 through Sunday, June 30, 2019 Ages 18 + up / Intermediate + Advanced Two-weeks / Code 182WK104-1 Tuition: $550 (Includes $50 Materials Fee) *Optional on-campus housing: $500 to $650 Questions?

Please contact Veronica Byun at vbyun@mwpai.edu or Michael Fujita at mfujita@pratt.edu Registration at 315-797-8260 or mwpai.org

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Museum Shop and Campus Store GRAB SOME HOMETOWN PRIDE PRODUCTS Utica photographer Alisa B. Cohen has magnets, cards, postcards, and keychains at the Museum Shop depicting images of Utica and Rome.

Local Images in a Variety of Merchandise - $5 to $7

April 5 First Friday Happy Hour Museum Shop Special Special Selection of Blank and Composed Cards 50% Off Museum Shop Hours Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.

Campus Store PROJECTS AND PACKING SALE

Monday, April 8 through Friday, April 26 All Black, White, or Black-and-White Mat Boards are 25% off Sizes range from 11” x 14” to 30” x 40” Telescoping or Standard Storage Tubes are 25% off

Tuesday, April 30 is National Tie-Dye Day! PrattMWP Tie-Dye T-Shirts are 30% OFF No additional discounts apply on sale items.

The Campus Store is located at 1216 State St., inside the Student Center.

Hours: Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed Saturday and Sunday 315-797-0000, ext. 2227 10

MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR ARTS INSTITUTE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Vige Barrie, Chair

Steven R. Kowalsky

Mark D. Levitt, Vice Chair

F.X. Matt III

William C. Craine, Secretary

Peggy O’Shea

Steven J. Brown

Michael D. Damsky, Trustee Emeritus

Michael D. Cominsky

John B. Stetson, Trustee Emeritus

Emma Golden Donna Harkavy

Anna D’Ambrosio, 6 President & CEO

Robert Knight

Development ART TRIP TO NEW YORK CITY ENLIVENS JANUARY FOR MWPAI MEMBERS A fast-paced trip to galleries, museums, and private art collections in New York made for a winter weekend of fun for a group of upper-level members. Fifteen art enthusiasts were treated to wine and cheese at Godel & Co. Fine Art, a breakfast viewing at Questroyal Fine Art, early entrance to the prestigious Winter Antiques Show on Park Avenue, a special tour of Jewelry: The Body Adorned at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and an exclusive tour of the private art collection of David and Laura Grey. Winter snow made for an extra day of museum-going: some went to the Whitney; others visited the Neue Galerie. If you would like to learn about our next trip, please contact Jill Maney at 315-797-0000, ext. 2297.

The group visiting David and Laura Grey’s private art collection. Left to right, in front: Laura Wetzel, Joan Abend, Nancy Grabow, Maria Rich, Jean Arciero, Elizabeth Lemieux, Sheila Inden, Laura Grey, Anna D’Ambrosio; Left to Right, in back: Diane Nill, Jill Maney, David Grey, Eileen Tommell, Donna Harkavy, Martha Widdicombe, Richard Widdicombe, Josephine Perkins, Marolyn Wilson.

SPRING INTO ART! April is a time of reawakening: the earth thaws and many cultures celebrate the renewal of life with centuries-old religious traditions including Easter and Passover. Perennials peek out of the earth and, if we’re lucky, our lawns turn green and the yellow blooms of forsythia and daffodils brighten our days.

April also means spring break and Art Alive! Family Day with the The DuffleBag Theatre Company performance of Peter Pan. Generous support from the F.X. Matt II Memorial Fund makes Art Alive! possible. Mrs. Lillian Matt, notes that Mr. Matt left the fund “so that children could expand their interest in art, and learn to think individually, because art can change their lives.”

Art has the ability to transform children’s lives. You can support programs like Art Alive! Call 315-797-0000, ext. 2297, or send a donation in the envelope you’ll find in your Bulletin. Thank you!

MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR ARTS INSTITUTE INFORMATION AND HOURS Museum Hours, including Fountain Elms: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m.

Performing Arts Ticket Office Hours: Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., one hour before performances and 30 minutes before films. Phone: 797-0055 or 1-800-754-0797 Art Odyssey: Interactive Gallery Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m.

PrattMWP Gallery Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m.

Art Research Library: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. Noon-5 p.m., Sun. 3-8 p.m.

Museum Shop Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m.

For information, call (315) 797-0000 (Voice and TDD)

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute is a fine arts center serving diverse audiences through three program divisions—Museum of Art, Performing Arts, and School of Art. The Institute also offers an art research library, an active membership program, a Museum Shop, Terrace Café, and outstanding rental facilities ideal for public programs and private events.

MWPAI receives funding from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

The following areas are accessible to the physically challenged: Museum of Art Galleries, Auditorium, and Sculpture Court, Art Odyssey: Interactive Gallery, Museum Shop, Art Reference and Music Libraries, Performing Arts Office, School of Art Gallery, Studio D, and the Pottery Studio, the Academic Center, and Student Center.

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PrattMWP

College of Art and Design 310 Genesee Street Utica, New York 13502 (315) 797-0000 mwpai.org

SWEET ESCAPE AT THE TERRACE CAFÉ NOW OPEN FROM 11 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M. Gourmet Sandwiches Delectable Salads Delicious Homemade Desserts Diverse Hot/Cold Beverages (Including Cappuccinos, Lattes, and Sipping Chocolate)

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Lunch To Go! Packaged Sandwiches and Salads

11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Prepared Fresh Each Morning The grill closes at 3 p.m. but delicious treats and chocolates are available until 4:30 p.m.

Grab & Go Hummus and Vegetables, Cheese and Crackers, and More