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The 2008 Wright
Lecture series at Monona Terrace Community and
Convention Center, One John Nolen Drive, in Madison, will
continue with Bob Greenstreet, Dean of the School of
Architecture and Urban Planning at UW
Milwaukee.
The event will take place on Tuesday, March 11, in the Lecture Hall of the Wright-designed Monona Terrace. Doors to the theater will open at 6:45 p.m. and seating is available on a first come, first served basis.
Greenstreet will discuss some of the planning and design issues facing the City of Milwaukee and the creative solutions that have resulted as part of the relationship between the University and the City.
The Wright Lecture Series is sponsored by Monona Terrace, the Southwest Wisconsin Chapter of AIA (American Institute of Architects) and Frank Lloyd Wright Wisconsin.
Parking is available in the Monona Terrace parking ramp for $3.
For information, call (608) 261-4000, TTY (608) 261-4150 or visit http://communityevents.mononaterrace.com.
Does anyone out there think Wright is being overexposed?
Or does the current bestselling novel about him, among other things, demonstrate that the well is far from dry?
What is it that keeps people interested in Frank Lloyd Wright (shown above in 1954)?
The work? Or the man?
Or both?
Jacob Stockinger has been an arts writer and reviewer, news reporter, features editor and arts editor at The Capital Times since 1981. He also teaches feature writing at the UW-Madison.