Books Between Bites

Join us for a free one-hour presentation on a book, author or local topic of interest.  Bring a lunch to enjoy during the program.

Daniel Russo presents Breaking Architectural Conventions and Societal Norms: a Discussion of Loving Frank by Nancy Horan.

Daniel Russo is the president of the Batavia Public Library Board of Trustees and is a senior docent at Geneva’s Fabyan Villa Museum. Loving Frank focuses on the years 1907 to 1914, when Frank Lloyd Wright was establishing his reputation as a ground-breaking architect and having a norm-breaking affair with a client, Mamah Borthwick. Russo will show us some of Wright’s buildings in the area and explore Borthwick’s struggles with society’s expectations. Ultimately, their relationship ended in tragedy, providing scandalous headlines for newspapers across the country.