Scarsdale Library Speaker Events: Main Street Vegan Victoria Moran and MacArthur Fellow Nicole Eisenman

This month the Scarsdale Library welcomes two acclaimed speakers: author Victoria Moran on Saturday October 8 and artist Nicole Eisenman on October 22. Pre-registration is required for both events.

Vegan author and speaker Victoria Moran will be at the Scarsdale Public Library on Saturday, October 8 at 2 pm. Ms. Moran, a Main Street Vegan® and obesity survivor for more than three decades, is the bestselling author of twelve books, including Creating a Charmed Life (published in 30 languages), The Love-Powered Diet (a weight-loss classic), and the iconic Main Street Vegan. Her latest book is The Good Karma Diet: Eat Gently, Feel Amazing, and Age in Slow Motion. She will speak about eating healthfully and living compassionately in the real world.

Books will be available for signing and purchase after the talk.

Registered participants will receive a complimentary pass to SoulCycle - Scarsdale, and they will sample vegan fare from Masala Kraft in Hartsdale and Organic Pharmer, now open on Garth Road. One registered participant will also win a $50 gift certificate from Organic Pharmer.

Registration is required. Click here to sign up.

Artist and MacArthur Fellow Nicole Eisenman on October 22nd

Artist Nicole Eisenman will speak at Scarsdale Public Library on Saturday, October 22 at 5pm. A class of 2015 MacArthur Fellow, Eisenman has been the subject of numerous international gallery and museum exhibitions, most recently in a midcareer retrospective at the New Museum in New York City.

The prestigious MacArthur Fellows Program is awarded to individuals with outstanding talent who have not only shown success in their respective fields, but who are viewed to have tremendous potential for future accomplishment. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation identify Eisenman as a "painter expanding the expressive potential of the figurative tradition in works that engage contemporary social issues and restore cultural significance to the representation of the human form."

Eisenman's work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Kunstalle Zurich and the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany.

"Nicole Eisenman is among the most accomplished artists of her generation," commented Scarsdale Library director Beth Bermel. "Her appropriation of art historical subjects and iconography is often recast as contemporary discourse, addressing both personal and public attention to our communal cultural dialogue."

Eisenman, a 1983 graduate of Scarsdale High School, will discuss her work in conversation with fellow alumna and local artist Marnie Gelfman at this free library program.

Registration for this program is required as space is limited. To register, visit www.scarsdalelibrary.org, or call the Reference Desk at 914-722-1302.