Monday, March 2, 2020
583 Park Avenue, New York City
6:30 pm: Drinks and hors d’oeuvres
7:30 pm: Dinner with words and music
1890s Costume or Festive Dress
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Simon Winchester
This majestic evening benefits the educational mission of Lapham’s Quarterly and provides core support to carry on the work of the magazine. The evening’s performances include:
Actor Christopher Lloyd
reading from William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” speech
Actor Alec Baldwin
reading Mark Twain’s “Letter from the Recording Angel”
Celebrated soprano Angel Blue
singing an aria from La Bohème
MacArthur Fellow Reginald R. Robinson
performing two ragtime classics
Great-granddaughter of Caroline Astor Jacqueline Astor Drexel
reading from “Mrs. Astor Speaks”
Actor Marsha Mason
performing a scene from Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest
Humorist Fran Lebowitz
reading from Lewis Carroll’s Symbolic Logic
To purchase tickets, please click here, email events@laphamsquarterly.org, or call the Decades Ball office at (212) 590-6874.
The Decades Ball is the annual gala event presented by Lapham’s Quarterly, bringing together friends and readers of the magazine, celebrated writers and performers, and devoted patrons. Guests are treated to performances of timeless readings and songs from the decade in the limelight, a menu featuring period food and drink, and rousing company the New York Times compared to “dedicated revelers at a Gatsby party.”
To view photos from previous Decades Balls, click below.
