{"id":135545,"date":"2026-02-16T22:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/135545\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T22:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:02:14","slug":"juilliard-president-emeritus-to-address-new-canaan-mens-clubnewcanaanite-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/135545\/","title":{"rendered":"Juilliard President Emeritus to address New Canaan Men\u2019s ClubNewCanaanite.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Polisi, president emeritus of The Juilliard School, will recount the history of Lincoln Center in a talk at Friday\u2019s meeting of the New Canaan Men\u2019s Club. Dr. Polisi\u2019s remarks will focus on Lincoln Center as a center for the performing arts and The Juilliard School\u2019s standing as an incubator for prestigious talent across the performing arts.<br \/>The Men\u2019s Club will meet at 10 a.m. in Morrill Hall at St. Mark\u2019s Episcopal Church, 111 Oenoke Ridge. Dr. Polisi\u2019s presentation will begin around 10:40 a.m., following the business portion of the meeting. During his remarks, Dr. Polisi will share insights both into the world-renowned conservatory and the rich history of Lincoln Center.<br \/>Dr. Polisi, who led The Julliard School for 34 years beginning in 1984, served in the longest presidential term in the school\u2019s history. He is also the author of \u201cBeacon to the World: A History of Lincoln Center,\u201d which describes how the project was conceived in the belief that \u201cAmericans would benefit from bringing together a diverse array of performing organizations.\u201d<br \/>As described in Polisi\u2019s book, John D. Rockefeller 3rd marshalled support for the project from an array of leaders at the time representing political and civic interests, major financial institutions and the performing arts. He viewed the creation of the future Lincoln Center \u201cas part of his responsibilities as a citizen of New York,\u201d recognizing the positive role that the arts played in the lives of New Yorkers.<br \/>Today, Polisi\u2019s book notes, Lincoln Center stands on New York City\u2019s west side as a cultural center for the arts, a foundation underpinning the \u201cquest for excellence in the demanding profession of the performing arts.\u201d<br \/>Aside from hosting guest speakers on a variety of topics, Men\u2019s Club members participate in a range of regularly scheduled activities, such as hiking, yoga and squash, and join in discussions through its book and cinema clubs. Many of its members are also involved in a variety of New Canaan civic activities. The Men\u2019s Club has openings for new members, men 55-years and above. For information about joining, email ncmens@ncmens.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joseph Polisi, president emeritus of The Juilliard School, will recount the history of Lincoln Center in a talk&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-135545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-manhattan","9":"tag-manhattan-headlines","10":"tag-manhattan-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}