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Marin Alsop

For Marin Alsop’s bio., please see pg. 7.

B I LL O' LE ARY

Scott Simon

Scott Simon hosts
his Saturday morning show on NPR,
and is also a Special
Contributor to CBS Sunday Morning.
He has written six books, the latest
being the New York Times bestseller, 
Unforgettable: A Mother, A Son, and the
Lessons that Last a Lifetime. In 2016, he
will receive the Order of Lincoln from
the state of Illinois, the state’s highest
recognition, and an honor he shares
with President Obama, Walter Payton,
Saul Bellow, Gwendolyn Brooks, The
Joffrey Ballet, and Bozo. He has thrown
out the first pitch at Wrigley Field,
and appeared in The Nutcracker with
various ballet companies, though never
twice with the same company. Scott is
married to Caroline Richard Simon,
and they have two daughters, Elise and
Paulina, whom he often embarrasses.
Scott Simon last performed with the BSO
in Icarus at the Edge of Time, in January
2011, Marin Alsop, conductor.

Brian Greene

Brian Greene, a 1984
graduate of Harvard
University, received
his doctorate from
Oxford University in 1986, where he
was a Rhodes scholar. He is now a
professor of physics and of mathematics at Columbia University. Dr. Greene
is widely recognized for a number of
groundbreaking discoveries in superstring theory, including the co-discovery
of mirror symmetry and the discovery
of topology change, which showed
that in string theory the fabric of space
can tear apart. Professor Greene is the
co-founder and director of Columbia’s
Institute for Strings, Cosmology, and
Astroparticle Physics, a research center
seeking string theory’s implications for
theories of cosmology.

Tiffany Glass:
Painting with Color and Light
SEPTEMBER 5–JANUARY 3
IN THE WINTERTHUR GALLERIES
Enjoy a captivating exhibition that showcases some of the most
iconic and celebrated of Louis C. Tiffany’s works. Included with
admission. Members free.
For more information, please call 800.448.3883 or visit
winterthur.org/tiffanyglass.
Presented by
The exhibition at Winterthur is organized by The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass.
Dragonfly hanging shade (detail), Tiffany Studios, New York City, ca. 1905. The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass, Queens, N.Y.

Winterthur is nestled in Delaware’s beautiful Brandywine Valley
on Route 52, between I-95 and Route 1. Take I-95 to Exit 7 in Delaware.
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