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6:00 p.m. Speaker, F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre
Ulysses Grant Dietz, Chief Curator, Newark Museum:
“Grant, Twain and the Gilded Age: How a Symbol of Corruption Became a Literary Hero”
The Friends of the Library hosted their eleventh biennial Benefit Dinner on January 30, 2016, with Honorary Dinner Chairs, Drew President MaryAnn and Ron Baenninger. The evening began at Kirby Theatre with a program featuring Ulysses Grant Dietz, chief curator at the Newark (NJ) Museum and author of books on the decorative arts, the White House, and two vampire novels! Dietz spoke on “Grant, Twain and the Gilded Age: How a Symbol of Corruption became a Literary Hero.”
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