PLEASE JOIN AUTHOR BENJAMIN FELDMAN AT THE HUDSON, NEW YORK CHAUTAUQUA ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 16TH AT 3:00 PM FOR A FASCINATING ILLUSTRATED TALK ABOUT THE LIFE AND TIMES OF NEW YORK’S FAMOUS TAVERNKEEP AND THEATER IMPRESARIO, WILLIAM NIBLO. HALF TOOTS SHOR, THE OTHER HALF SOL HUROK, NIBLO RULED THE ENTERTAINMENT INDSUTRY OF EARLY AND MID-19TH CENTURY NEW YORK. HIS BANK COFFEE HOUSE WAS “THE” PLACE TO MEET AND DO BUSINESS FOR POLITICIANS AND MEN OF AFFAIRS FROM 1813-1828, AND THEN NIBLO’S GARDEN DOMINATED THE WORLD OF GENTEEL ENTERTAINMENT, LASTING UNDER HIS NAME SOME 66 YEARS.
