The National Arts Club will present an online "Afternoon with Edith Head" on June 30 at 3PM Eastern Daylight Time. Registration is free, and you can do it here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-afternoon-with-edith-head-registration-107597107846?aff=odeimcmailchimp&mc_cid=e67d2a0a39&mc_eid=6eea6e15db
The National Arts Club, out of New York City, has had a number of events called, "National Arts Club at Home" during this time of extreme social distancing. There have been a few fashioned-themed lectures such as this, with one on the history of tartans coming up July 14.
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Edith Head has a fascinating life story, both the one she created and the actual one. She was the most famous costume designer in Hollywood's golden age, determined in no small part by tireless self promotion.
The National Arts Club will not just be presenting a lecture on Edith Head. She will be there, in the person of Susan Claassen, an actress who inhabits Edith with astonishing reality. That is her at the top of the page.
I've had the pleasure of seeing Susan's performance some years ago at a small venue. I was sitting thisclose to "Edith" and didn't doubt for moment that Edith Head, who died in 1981, had come to Houston for the day.
You don't have to know much about her to enjoy the visit. She will fill you in, trust me.
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