BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//The Cliff Dwellers - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://cliff-chicago.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Cliff Dwellers
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Chicago
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20250309T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20251102T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20260308T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20261101T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20270314T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20271107T070000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260909T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260909T203000
DTSTAMP:20260805T015325
CREATED:20260803T162512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T162512Z
UID:32512-1788973200-1788985800@cliff-chicago.org
SUMMARY:Blair Kamin chronicles the story of Harvard's iconic gates
DESCRIPTION:“Precendent-Setting Portals: How Chicago-Connected Gates Helped Change the Face of Harvard and American Campuses”\nFormer Chicago Tribune architecture critic and Cliff Dweller Member\, Blair Kamin\, will relate the history of how Chicago businessman Samuel Johnston and Josephine Dexter (widow of prominent Chicago lawyer Wirt Dexter) came to sponsor Harvard’s most iconic gates – and how those gates altered the course of campus design around the nation. A guided question and answer session will follow. \nCopies of Blair Kamin’s book Gates of Harvard will be available for purchase. \nBlair Kamin is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for criticism and numerous other awards\, including the Order of Lincoln\, Illinois’ highest civilian honor. \nBar opens:  5:00 p.m.\nBuffet Dinner:  6:00 p.m.\nProgram:  7:00 p.m. \n$54 – Member Dinner & Program\n$60 – Invited Guests Dinner & Program\n$20 – Program Only Member & Guests \nReserve your spot no later than Wednesday\, September 2\nreservations@cliff-chicago.org or call 3121-922-8080 \n 
URL:https://cliff-chicago.org/club-event/blair-kamin-chronicles-the-story-of-harvards-iconic-gates/
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Dinner,Lecture
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cliff-chicago.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Blair-Kamin.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR