French Riviera Fête: Jazz, Art, Cocktails and Literary Lives

Join us for 1920s-inspired evening at the DMA: • Hear a talk from Liza Klaussmann, author of Villa America, a dazzling novel set in the French Riviera in the 1920s. It is based on the lives of Sara and Gerald Murphy—the real-life inspirations for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night • Sip cocktails made from Gerald Murphy’s own recipes • Enjoy twenties jazz music with the Texas Gypsies—bring your dance partner! • Take a tour of works in the DMA’s collection by Gerald Murphy and artists who inspired him, as well as other works from that era • Hear actors read letters by Sara and Gerald Murphy and their circle of friends • Come dressed in 1920s attire *Tickets only required for the talk with Liza Klaussmann. Everything else is FREE.*