The Four Arts Club Programs for the 2014-2015 Season Christiana Creek Country Club Dessert Time - 12:15 p.m. Announcements - 12:45 p.m. • Program - 1:00 p.m. Guests Welcome April 6, 2015 Oliver Bernier Historian, Author - “Fireworks at Dusk: Paris in the Thirties” Mr. Bernier has been giving sold-out lectures at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, and has lectured across the country for museums and women’s clubs. He has appeared, among other places, at the Pierpoint Morgan Library, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and the National Geographic Society. He has conducted trips for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Federation of Arts, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and numerous others. 1 May 4, 2015 Steve Ross - Cabaret Legend With Cole Porter, Noel Coward, Gershwin, and creators of all the standards many of us grewup with and love, cabaret hasmade a resurgence in recent years. Steve was the first cabaret performer, after 40 years, when the Algonquin Hotel re-opened the Oak Room. He’s hosted a live cabaret series on BBC and the NPR special New York Cabaret Nights, at the Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, and on the Queen Mary II, New York to Southampton, sailing May 2014, and many more. 2 May 11, 2015 nd 2 Annual Elkhart Jazz Festival with Saxophobia at the Lerner Crystal Ballroom 1-3 The quartet offers audiences a glimpse at some of the most unusual saxophones ever made, and pays tribute to some of the great jazz legends. We will explore more than a half-century of classic jazz melodies, and will feature a tiny curved sopranino, slide sax, the Elkhart-made ConnO-Sax, plastic alto, straight tenor, and even a 6 1/2-foot tall contrabass saxophone. Doors open at noon for dessert and coffee. This event is eligible for the Gateway Mile Loyalty Card discount. Tickets available through The Lerner Box Office, 410 S. Main St., Elkhart, IN. 574 293-4469. THELERNER.COM This special program is underwritten by Bill & Diana Reglein. 3 June 1, 2015 Francine Segan Chocolate 101: History & Tasting Awell-known lecturer, food historian, and writer, Francine has appeared on the Today Show, Discovery Channel, the Food Network, PBS and as a regular on Martha Stewart Living radio. Learn how Christopher Columbus and Casanova played a part in the spread of chocolate and how the decadent 17th century European high society experienced chocolate. Discover chocolate’s history from bean to bar as she guides us through a tasting of various types of fine chocolates. August 3, 2015 Diane Tesler Plein Aire Painter at Midwest Museum of American Art Diane Tesler is a Plein Aire painter, an artist who sets up her easel in the great outdoors and paints from life. Discover what it means to paint on location. Diane will speak on her work and painting in the Indiana countryside, in Virginia, and in Tucson, Ariz. Diane’s studio, exhibition space and classrooms are in a renovated IOOF Lodge Hall in Kewanna, Indiana. This program will be in the Midwest Museum of American Art where Diane’s work will be on exhibition. All other programs at Christiana Creek Country Club 4
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