• Jul 22, 2010 from 14:00 to 15:00
  • Location: Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach
  • Latest Activity: Sep 23, 2020
The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach’s Thursday evening, July 22nd Film Night presentation of Penn Station & Mad Men has been SOLD OUT. Due to high demand, the Preservation Foundation will be offering an ENCORE presentation on the following Monday, July 26th at 6pm. The story of Penn Station and its destruction is the story of the birth of the modern meaning of historic preservation. It showed that it was not just about important buildings but also about a community’s relationship to those buildings; that change and the new are not always for the better. One of television’s most critically-acclaimed shows, Mad Men used those points and that story in its episode Love Among the Ruins to illustrate its concepts of change, denial, and reinvention. Showings are FREE to all, though seating is limited. To make reservations please respond to this email or call 561.832.0731. Drinks, sodas, wine, and food snacks will be provided. As well, the special Palm Beach Martinis, made famous during last year’s Film Nights, will be available for all. Both showings will be held in Rosenthal Lecture Room at the Preservation Foundation’s offices located at 311 Peruvian Avenue in Palm Beach. This is the third in the Preservation Foundation’s three part summer film series on anxiety, change and progress. Each offers a representation of a culture or group in flux. The show Mad Men takes place in the 1960s, at a Madison Avenue advertising agency. In the 3rd season episode Love Among the Ruins, the firm is hired by representatives of Madison Square Garden to help them in their campaign to raze Penn Station in face of public opposition. The show’s lead character, creative director Don Draper argues, “say that change is neither good or bad. It simply is. It can be greeted with terror or joy: a tantrum that says, 'I want it the way it was,' or a dance that says, 'Look, it's something new’.” Before the showing of the episode a short excerpt from Ric Burns’ documentary New York dealing with Penn Station’s destruction will be shown. The Foundation’s Director of Public Affairs Alexander C. Ives will, as with the previous Film Nights present a short introductions to the film. Alexander C. Ives Director of Public Affairs Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach 311 Peruvian Avenue Palm Beach, Florida 33480 561.832.0731, ext.112 aives@palmbeachpreservation.org
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