Latest Past Events
The Only Winner in War Is Medicine
Brignole Vineyard 130 Hartford Ave, East GranbyProgram Description: Award winning author and surgeon, Andrew Lam, M.D. will discuss his parallel career as a historian and writer. His latest book, The Masters of Medicine: Our Greatest Triumphs in the Race to Cure Humanity's Deadliest Diseases, recounts the greatest discoveries in modern medicine. Of all the factors that spurred such breakthroughs, one stands…
HMS Annual Meeting and Fundraiser
The Pond House 1555 Asylum Ave, West HartfordCome for a Dinner, Socialization & Great Talks Speakers: Gretchen Morgenson and Toni Boucher authors of: These Are The Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs - and Wrecks America The Huskey Effect: How UCONN is creating the Entrepreneurs of the Future Date: September 18th Time: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Toni Boucher, who is serving her first…
BLINDSIGHT: An Ophthalmologist Reflects on Visual Loss and Artistic Creativity
Hillstead Museum 35 Mountain Road, FarmingtonDinner, Dessert and Great Conversation SYNOPSIS: Is illness an obstacle, or an opportunity, for the genius of artistic creativity?How lindspdid artists cope and contend with visual loss? How do visual changes affect anartist's work? In this conversation, I will discuss the visual impairments of several of thegreat artists in the western Canon - Euphronios, Rembrandt,…