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CHICAGO – The late playwright August Wilson left a gift to the world in the form of his “American Century Cycle,” a series of plays each individually set in a decade of the 20th Century, focusing on the black experience. Chicago’s Goodman Theatre presents Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” now through May 19th, 2024 (click here).
Podtalk: Legacy Curator Kathy Connor of The George Eastman Museum
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 25, 2024 - 8:28pm
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The George Eastman House and Museum in Rochester, New York
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Legacy Curator Kathy Connor of the George Eastman Museum
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The George Eastman Museum is located at 900 East Avenue in Rochester, New York, and is open every day except Mondays. Click Eastman.org for all details and tickets. This reporter is grateful to Legacy Curator Kathy Connor for her personal tour of the George Eastman House and sends best wishes for her retirement.
© 2024 Patrick McDonald, HollywoodChicago.com
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ROCHESTER, NY – The last week of the “job well done” certainly applies to the career of Legacy Curator Kathy Connor of the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York. After 42 years she retires as of March 31st, after overseeing the renovations and expansion to the Victorian mansion and the preservation efforts of George Eastman’s photography and film heritage.
George Eastman was in essence the inventor of at-home photography. As described in the Podtalk, he found a way to take the mechanics of picture taking from the studios of the era to the hands of everyone, as he evolved the photo/movie film formats through the years and compacted them further. Even as he passed away in 1932, the Rochester-based “Kodak” company (an invented name by Eastman) continued to innovate home photography and motion pictures for many years afterward. He was also a generous benefactor, providing $100 million dollars of his fortune … equivalent to two billion today … to various causes.
The George Eastman House and Museum in Rochester, New York
Photo credit: Eastman.org
The George Eastman Museum (AKA George Eastman House) was established in his former residence after use by the University of Rochester (he left to home to that institution). The museum opened it doors in 1949, and soon had the largest collection of rare photographs for preservation in the world. As part of its expansion in the 1980s and beyond, the museum also became the conservator of film stock, one of four conservation centers in the United States.The museum’s Dryden Theater for film projects its various prints and collections five days a week.
Kathy Connor began her tenure at the George Eastman Museum right after graduate school in 1982. She attributed her longevity to the various positions she took on, and her interaction with the development and expansion of the facility. As she recently told RochesterFirst.com, “I guess I’m walking away with a feeling of pride, that this house looks a ton better, and my mother always said, ‘You always leave your place better than you found it,’ and I feel I’ve done that here.”
Legacy Curator Kathy Connor of the George Eastman Museum
Photo credit: Eastman.org
In Podtalk interview by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, Legacy Curator Kathy Connor provides an overview of the George Eastman Museum …
A video overview of the George Eastman Museum, after their 2020 expansion …
 | By PATRICK McDONALD |
