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Art of Wine and Eternal Rome | Barbara Baxter Special Lecture

"Bacchus" painting
Athenaeum Music and Arts Library
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Thursday, March 13, 2025 from 7:30 PM to 9 PM
Atheneum Music & Arts Library
21+
$60/65

Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.

Savor the Eternal City’s history and culture paired with Italian wines. We hear tales of good and evil set among Rome’s monuments, fountains, aqueducts, and sculpture—heroes and villains paired with vino Italiano.

About Barbara Baxter

Barbara Baxter studied wine academically at the Sorbonne in Paris and has continued her inquiry into the heritage of wine for more than a decade. She created visitor education programs for Francis Ford Coppolaʼs Rubicon Estate and has worked for Napa Valleyʼs most prestigious wineries: Sterling Vineyards and Opus One. She is the editor of Planet Wine and has also made wine in Napa Valley. Baxter has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, has lectured at major museums and universities in California, including the Getty Malibu, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Athenaeum Arts & Music Library, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center in Orange County, and The Huntington.

Tickets: $60/65

The lecture will be in person at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. There are no physical tickets for this event. Your name will be on an attendee list at the front door. Doors open at 7 p.m. Seating is first-come; first-served. Priority seating will be given to Donor level members and above.

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Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
858-454-5872
info@ljathenaeum.org

Atheneum Music & Arts Library

1008 Wall Street
La Jolla, California 92037

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