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December 4 – 6, 2009
Join President & CEO Ellen M. Rosenthal for an exclusive tour with Conner Society members, past and present. Travel to NYC for three days of history, art and culture!
Accommodations
Millennium Broadway Hotel
Located in the heart of Broadway, where the power of midtown and the drama of Times Square intersect! Enjoy the finer things in life in a hotel with guestrooms you'll want to call home. The dramatic location includes the Millennium Broadway Hotel, the Premier, the Hudson Theatre, Restaurant Charlotte and the Millennium Conference Center. Located on West 44th Street, a half block from Times Square, it is truly where you sleep in luxury, dine in elegance, and stroll to Broadway's best. The Millennium Broadway is where both the personal and professional flourish in style.
Destinations
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's new American Wing—including The Charles Engelhard Court and the American period rooms—reopens this spring. After more than two years of construction and renovation, the unparalleled collections of American furniture, sculpture, stained glass, architectural elements, ceramics, glass, silver, pewter and jewelry, will again be accessible to the public. Twelve of the Met's historic interiors have been renovated, reinterpreted and now feature interactive computer touch screens offering information about the rooms and their furnishings. The opening of the galleries marks the completion of the second of three parts of a project to reconfigure, renovate and upgrade every section of The American Wing by 2011.
Tenement Museum
The heart of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum is its landmark tenement building, home to 7,000 people from 20 nations between 1863 and 1935. Visitors to the Museum tour the cramped living spaces and learn about the lives of past residents: a German Jewish family (1870s), an Eastern European Orthodox Jewish family (1918) and an Italian Catholic family (1930s).
“South Pacific” at the Lincoln Center Theater
Now in its first Broadway revival, South Pacific won seven 2008 Tony awards and has been playing to sold-out houses since the first preview in March 2008. The marvelous cast of 40 is led by Laura Osnes and 2008 Tony-winner for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Paulo Szot. Although well known for its extraordinary score -- the songs include Some Enchanted Evening, Younger Than Springtime, Bali Ha'i, There Is Nothin' Like A Dame and A Wonderful Guy – South Pacific is also a deeply felt drama. Its portrayal of Americans stationed in an alien culture in wartime is as relevant today as when it first thrilled audiences in 1949.
New York Historical Society
"Lincoln and New York”
Abraham Lincoln—the quintessential westerner—owed much of his national political success to his impact on the eastern state of New York—and, in turn, New York's impact on him. This exhibition of original artifacts, iconic images, and hand-written period documents, many in Lincoln's own hand, will for the first time fully trace the evolution of Lincoln's relationship with the nation's largest and wealthiest state: from the time of his triumphant Cooper Union address here in 1860, to his efforts to hold the Union together in 1861, to the early challenges of recruitment and investment in the Civil War, to the development of new military technologies, and the challenge to civil liberties in time of rebellion.
This exhibition commemorates the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial. A catalog will accompany the exhibition.
Pricing
Ground Package: approx. $1050/per person
Air & Ground Package: approx. $1250/per person
*Both packages based on double occupancy*
Airfare prices as of September 15, 2009. Reserve early for best rates.
Itinerary
Friday, Dec. 4:
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9am: Departure from Indianapolis Int’l
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11:05am: Arrive NYC LaGuardia; Minicoach transfer from airport to hotel Millennium Broadway (approx. 45 min.); check bags for storage at hotel
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2pm: Arrive at hotel; Guests have free time, lunch on your own
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2–5pm: Board minicoach for transfer to Metropolitan Museum of Art. We may switch this visit to Sunday, in which case we would visit the New York Historical Society during this timeslot.
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5pm: Board minicoach for transfer to cocktail reception
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5:30-6:45pm: Cocktail reception hosted by Ellen Rosenthal, at the Heartland Brewery
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7pm: Guests are free for the evening and have dinner on their own
Saturday, Dec. 5:
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AM: Morning transfer to Lower East Side Tenement Museum; time TBD to arrive by 10am for the first tour at 10:15a
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10am–12:30pm: Tour Tenement Museum
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12:30pm: Board minicoach for transfer back to hotel
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1-4:30pm: Guests have free time, lunch on your own
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5pm: Assemble in lobby for transfer to pre-theater dinner (Becco, Northern Italian)
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5:30-7:30pm: Pre-theater dinner at Becco
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7:30-7:45pm: Transfer from Becco to Theater for South Pacific
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8-10:30pm: South Pacific
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10:30pm: Guests are transferred to hotel
Sunday, Dec. 6:
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AM: Check-out of hotel and store bags at hotel
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AM-1pm: Tour New York Historical Society
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1:15pm: Board minicoach for transfer back to hotel
** At this time, ground only guests are free to end their time with the group **
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1:30-4pm: Air & ground guests have free time, lunch on your own
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4:15pm: Air & ground guests depart hotel in minicoach for airport
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5pm: Arrive NYC LaGuardia
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6:15pm: Depart NYC LaGuardia
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8:30pm: Arrive Indianapolis Int’l
Book Your Reservation
Space is limited! Please RSVP to Adrianne Glidewell at 317.214.4491 or email at Glidewell@connerprairie.org