Lowell Lecture

Hemingway's Finca Vigía: The US-Cuban Collaboration in Preservation

Date & Time

Oct. 12, 2016 at 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Location

John F. Kennedy Library
Columbia Point Boston, MA 02125
Driving Directions

Speaker(s)

Congressman Jim McGovern; President Gladys Collazo Usallán, Cuban National Cultural Heritage Council; Finca Vigía Foundation Board Member and TV host Bob Vila; and former Hemingway Curator Susan Wrynn

Presenting Organization

John F. Kennedy Library

Join Congressman Jim McGovern; President Gladys Collazo Usallán, Cuban National Cultural Heritage Council; Finca Vigía Foundation Board Member and TV host Bob Vila; and former Hemingway Curator Susan Wrynn for a discussion examining US-Cuban collaboration on efforts to preserve documents, photographs, and books from Ernest Hemingway's home in Cuba, the Finca Vigía, as well as the house itself. Interpretation will be provided at this bilingual program. * Please note that this event coincides with Yom Kippur, a major holiday on the Jewish calendar. Unfortunately, this is the only date that our Cuban guests are available to be at the Kennedy Library.