Adam Gopnik | On the Brink: 1914 a Century Later

Friends Lecture Series 2014-15

In 1914, Europe was on the brink of committing suicide. This talk by longtime New Yorker writer, art critic, and book author Adam Gopnik examines the ways in which the modernist movement—at its apogee of innovation in literature, visual arts, and music—was reshaped and destroyed by The Great War. Gopnik will investigate how the catastrophic collision of European powers ripped apart the early twentieth-century’s optimistic cultural life and progressive civilization in ways that only began to be reconstituted and restored in our own time, 100 years later.

Sponsored by the Mark and Mary Goff Fiterman Fund
Admission is free and open to the public.

This event has reached capacity. Overflow seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Call 612-870-3000 for more information.

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Cocktails with Our Lecture Speakers

A special Friends-only event

October 8, 2014: Join Adam Gopnik, author and staff writer for the New Yorker, in the historic Donaldson Mansion. Spend the evening  in a opulent home and share a drink with one of our world renowned speakers.

Tickets are $75. Space is limited. Call 612-870-6323 to reserve your ticket.

Sponsored by the Mark and Mary Goff Fiterman Fund