Lena Dunham……writer…..producer and star of the hit TV show ….”GIRLS” starts her second season Sunday Night.
In the next to the last show of Season 1…….the episode centered around her reading one of her poems at the Salmugundi Art Club.
The Club is in a beautiful historic brownstone in Greenwich Village.
Many famous artists have belonged………William Merritt Chase, Louis Tiffany, N.C.Wyeth……….and now………..Thomas L Cathey !
Donald Silver……..noted author over over 100 children’s books and another famous artist…….Patricia J. Wynne are members of the Club.
The library is a favorite place for members and their friends to gather.
The library is used for discussions on art [ and lots of other subjects]. The Club adopted it present name after Washington Irving published his potpourri of wit and wisdom called “The Salmagundi Papers”.
The dining room still serves it’s famous “Salmagundi Stew”.
Enter…………..Lena Dunham……….”Hannah” in the show “GIRLS”. Up the creaky stairs to the library.
Hannah is waiting her turn to read her story.
Michael Imperioli…….plays her lit prof…….and invites her to read one of her stories.
The story was pretty wacky……….and it fit right in with this show.
Literature lovers all………..”extras” in this scene.
Hannah and her Prof discuss just how awful her story was.
Michael……….a resident of Greenwich Village……..you probably remember him as Christopher on the “Sopranos“.
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