December 2, 2011 — Book Discussion A Christmas Party
6:00 to 10:00 PM
Pete's Tavern
Buffet Dinner and book discussion of A Christmas Party accompanied by a showing of the A&E Television production of the book. Unlimited beer, wine, soda, coffee, tea accompanies dinner.
December 3, 2011 — Black Orchid Assembly 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Vanderbilt Suites in the MetLife Building
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Ira B. Matetsky: "Nero Wolfe, Rex Stout, the Language, and the Law"
Bob Gatten "The Immigrant Ancestors of Rex Stout" (Click the icon to view the presentation)
David Benjamin "Dressing the Detectives: Fashion, Clothing,
and Characterization in Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Series"
Ettagale Blauer "Death of a Diner"
December 3, 2011 — Black Orchid Happy Hour La Fonda Del Sol — 4:30 to 7:00 PM
MetLife Building
December 3, 2011 — Black Orchid Banquet 7:00 to 10:30 PM
Vanderbilt Suites in the MetLife Building
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Featuring:
Guest speaker,
Linda Fairstein,
former Manhattan DA's office prosecutor and best-selling crime novelist
A meal inspired by the Nero Wolfe Cookbook and the Corpus, under the oversite of award winning chef, Franck Deletrain, and wine
Louis Penny awarded the Nero Award, presented annually to the author of the best American mystery novel written in the tradition of Nero Wolfe
James Lincoln Warren awarded the Black Orchid Novella Award, bestowed upon the author selected by Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine for an original unpublished work of fiction that conforms to the tradition of the Nero Wolfe series and the Novella style for which Mr. Stout is famous
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