☞ MEET: The World of Gloria Vanderbilt at MCNY

The World of Gloria Vanderbilt, Thursday, December 16th, 6:30 PM at the Museum of the City of New York. Join author Wendy Goodman, design editor of New York magazine, for a discussion of her newest publication, The World of Gloria Vanderbilt (Abrams, 2010). Gloria Vanderbilt, who is featured in the Museum exhibition Notorious & Notable: Twentieth Century Women of Style, is an artist, author, designer, and entrepreneur. Wendy Goodman will discuss how Vanderbilt brought her family name out of the Gilded Age and into the Digital Age, reinventing herself over and over along the way.

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: $12 Non-Members, $8 Seniors and Students, $6 Museum Members. A two dollar surcharge applies for unreserved, walk-in participants. For more information, call 917.492.3395 or purchase tickets directly on the MCNY site: LINK. The Museum of the City of New York, located in East Harlem, is at 1220 Fifth Avenue, between 103rd and 104th Street. Nearest subway is the 6 train at 103rd Street or 2,3 at 110th Street.