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Novel Affair 2023 Recap
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CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT TWO NIGHTS OF MEMORABLE NOVEL AFFAIRS AND TO VIEW PHOTOS →
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Ragdale Ring
Summer Picnic & Performances
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The annual Ragdale Ring performances return to the site of the original 1912 outdoor stage designed by architect Howard Van Doren Shaw and built for his poet and playwright wife, Frances Wells Shaw and their many artistic friends. With Ragdale’s recent acquisition of the former home of Evelyn Shaw and John T. McCutcheon, which reunited the original Ragdale campus, this year’s performances will offer guests an intimate experience to sit and enjoy memorable performances on the original ring “stage.”
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE 3 RAGDALE
RING PERFORMANCES THIS SUMMER
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14: Classical Chamber music of the Juliani Ensemble featuring Anita Graef
Reading by poet Reginald Gibbons
TICKETS →
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19: A Chicago Sinfonietta string quartet led by James Sanders
Reading by poet Kenyatta Rogers
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16: Duo of guitarist, Dave Miller and soprano Tracy Cantin
Reading by poet Simone Muench
TICKETS →
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Prior to the 7:00 pm performance, starting at 5:30 pm -
Come and Picnic along the Prairie!
Spread out a blanket or bring some lawn chairs, take in the view and wander the Shaw Prairie. Pack a picnic basket and some wine or buy your picnic dinner from the food truck parked near The Ring.
Parking on campus will be made available.
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Ragdale Ring Design Contest Winners
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Architect Howard Van Doren Shaw designed the original Ragdale Ring, on his family’s Arts & Crafts country estate, as an outdoor theater to accommodate the plays of his wife, Frances Wells Shaw and other creative performances by friends. Audiences of over 200 guests sat on the Shaw-designed benches in a circular orchestra paved with grass and surrounded by the low limestone wall.
In 2013, Ragdale launched an international competition to reinterpret Shaw’s Ring. Ragdale invites architects, artists, and designers to apply for the opportunity to design, build, and exhibit a new interpretation of the Ragdale Ring, a temporary theatre to house concerts and performances. A jury of architects, artists, and architectural historians select a single project to realize at full scale on Ragdale’s grounds.
The winning design for the 2023 Ragdale Ring competition goes to “Garden Room Table Room,” designed by DRAWINGS, a partnership made up of Daniel Garcia and William Smith. Garcia and Smith founded DRAWINGS in 2020 while pursuing their Master in Architecture degrees at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Based out of Brooklyn, NY and Portland, OR, Drawings operates out of two very different contexts in order to leverage their unique advantages. DRAWINGS embraces the inherent potential found in contrasting elements and ideas.
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Meet our Most Recent
Artists in Residence
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KRISTA TIPPETT
Non-Fiction, Saint Paul, MN
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MIKA TAYLOR
Fiction, Mansfield, CT
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SHELLY ORIA
Fiction, Brooklyn, NY
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DANNY NGUYEN
Non-Fiction, San Francisco, CA
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GABRIELLE GRACE HOGAN
Writing, Austin, TX
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NICHOLAS HILL
Visual Art, Granville, OH
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ROBIN HA
Visual Art, Winchester, VA
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ROSALYNN GINGERICH
Visual Art, Chicago, IL
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CASEY CARSEL
Visual Art, Chicago, IL
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COLWILL BROWN
Fiction, Belvezet, France
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KRISTEN ARNETT
Fiction, Winter Park, FL
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AMIR ADAM
Writing, Palo Alto, CA
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Ragdale Trustee Spotlight
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Join us in congratulating Lan Samantha Chang, Ragdale Trustee and Program Director at Iowa Writers Workshop. Sam’s novel “The Family Chao” was awarded the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, along with four other honored recipients. Members of the Anisfield-Wolf jury include Henry Louis Gates Jr., Rita Dove, Joyce Carol Oates and Steven Pinker.
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LEARN MORE →
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Call for Ragdale Garden Volunteers!
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Spring has officially sprung, and the Ragdale Vegetable Garden is bursting with fresh spinach, peas, onions, lettuces and more!
Might you like to volunteer in the Garden? It is a fun and relaxing way to spend time outdoors, get your hands in the dirt, and learn to grow your own food.
Help Ragdale’s Chef Linda enhance her garden-to-table dinners for the many artist-in-residents.
No prior gardening experience is needed. All volunteers work under the direction and supervision of Ragdale’s Garden and Land Manager, Jess Sladek. If you are interested in volunteering in the garden for the 2023 season, please email: [email protected]
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Ragdale Retreats
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Ragdale has never in its history been available for occupancy to the general public — until now. Modeled after our very successful artist-in-residence program, the Ragdale Retreat experience uses art as a means to help guests exercise their creative skills and indulge in diverse activities led by Ragdale’s acclaimed alumni. All retreat profits go to Ragdale as charitable donations to help support our artist residency program.
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LEARN MORE →
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Read with Ragdale
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Ragdale held its first inspiring book discussion in April, featuring The Dig, the debut novel by Ragdale alum Anne Burt. Hosted by Ragdale Trustee Ann Walters, the longtime professional facilitator of Between the Covers Book Discussions, Read with Ragdale will continue this fall, and will feature a Ragdale author at each book discussion.
Read with Ragsdale’s fall lineup of authors will be announced in late June. We invite book lovers to join us for this exciting new program and meet our authors on campus.
Please contact Ann Walters at [email protected] or Marita Seaberg at [email protected] or 847-234-1063 x 21 with any questions.
All Read with Ragdale books will be available at Lake Forest Book Store at a 15% discount. Please let the bookstore staff know at checkout that you are attending a Read with Ragdale discussion.
Discussions are limited to 20 people per session. Please look for more updated information in our next newsletter!
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Help us Support the Arts |
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Make a contribution to Novel Affair that will support Ragdale’s mission and consider booking memorable stays and special events at Ragdale!
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The Ragdale Foundation
1260 North Green Bay Road
Lake Forest, IL 60045
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