Stephen Fried

Stephen Fried online talk: “Rediscovering Benjamin Rush, Yellow Fever & the Revolutionary Early Days of Penn Medicine”
2020-06-10 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | online
Please join us at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, June 10th, for a virtual book talk by award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author, Stephen Fried, on his book, RUSH: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor who Became a Founding Father. Rush, a 2018 American Library Association Notable Book of the Year, was also a 2019 finalist for the George Washington Book Prize.
In a presentation entitled, “Rediscovering Benjamin Rush, Yellow Fever & the Revolutionary Early Days of Penn Medicine,” Fried will discuss the monumental life of Benjamin Rush, medical pioneer and one of our most provocative and unsung Founding Fathers.
The Penn Libraries’ Biomedical Library book talk series features Penn authors and beyond. We are delighted to collaborate with the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts to feature Stephen Fried, who teaches at both Penn and Columbia, and who used Kislak Center collections to conduct research for his book.
Register here! Registrants will receive a Zoom link closer to the date of the event.
The book is available for purchase through the Penn Campus’ independent bookseller, People’s Books & Culture, formerly known as the Penn Book Center. Follow either of these links to place your order:
pennbookcenter.com
bookshop.org

Fred Harvey Foodie Dinner
2019-10-26 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, United States
Join us for a truly historic Fred Harvey-inspired meal in Santa Fe to benefit the New Mexico History Museum’s exhibitions and public programming, and the New Mexico Museum Foundation. Drinks and then dinner will be served in the grand ballroom at La Fonda on the Plaza.
Top local chefs will reinterpret classic dishes that civilized the wild West, along with between-course foodie history commentary from Chef John Vollertsen (Johnny Vee), bestselling author Stephen Fried, Harvey family members, and others.
Featured chefs will include:
Chef Jason Stewart, Inn and Spa at Loretto
Chef Jonathan Perno and Heather Guay, Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Organic Farm
Chef Peter O’Brien, Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi
Chef Annamaria O’Brien, Dolina Cafe & Bakery
Chef Lane Warner, La Fonda on the Plaza
Chef and MC John Vollertson (Chef Johnny Vee)
Recently featured on “CBS Sunday Morning”, https://youtu.be/scnWO9jFg2A?t=382
the Fred Harvey Foodie Dinner is now in its third year, and it sells out very quickly. So please RSVP as soon as possible to assure that you and yours can join us.
Each diner will receive a newly released piece of reproduction Mimbreno china designed by Mary Colter, from HF Coors, as well as a print of “The Last Harvey Girls,” the beloved painting by Tina Mion.
Tickets: $150
purchase them at: https://lensic.org/events/fred-harvey-foodie-dinner/

Fred Harvey History Weekend 2019! 10/25-28
2019-10-25 12:30 - 2019-10-28 12:00 (America/Chicago) | New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, United States
Fred Harvey History Weekend 2019!!!
Join us October 25-28 for the tenth year of Fred Harvey History events at the New Mexico History Museum and La Fonda on the Plaza in Santa Fe—and, for the first time, at the newly restored Harvey Castaneda Hotel in Las Vegas, NM!
Fred Harvey History Weekend begins with two days of lectures at the New Mexico History Museum, from 12:30-5, October 25 and 26.
The lectures are free but to guarantee yourself a seat (and us a head count) please email us to RSVP at fredharveybook@gmail.com
as soon as possible with the names and email addresses of everyone in your party. This email will also put you on the list for updates on the weekend, and for future Fred Harvey History events.
Watch this space for a complete listing of lecturers and topics.
Saturday evening join us for the Fred Harvey Foodie Dinner, a truly historic Harvey-inspired meal to benefit the New Mexico History Museum’s exhibitions and public programming, and the Museum of New Mexico Foundation. Drinks and then dinner will be served in the grand ballroom at La Fonda on the Plaza. Top local chefs will reinterpret classic dishes that civilized the wild west, along with between course foodie history commentary from Chef John Vollertsen (Johnny Vee), bestselling author Stephen Fried, Harvey family members and surprise guests.
Recently featured on CBS Sunday Morning, the Fred Harvey Foodie Dinner is now in its third year, and it sells out very quickly.
Dinner is $150 per person, and each diner will receive a newly released piece of reproduction Mimbreno china by Mary Colter from HF Coors, and a print of “The Last Harvey Girls,” the beloved painting by Tina Mion.
Please use this link to RSVP for the Fred Harvey Foodie Dinner as soon as possible to assure that you and yours can join us for this event, which funds the weekend’s Harvey programming in Santa Fe.
https://lensic.org/events/fred-harvey-foodie-dinner/
Optional events, 10/25-26:
Friday 5:30-7:30 PM, annual Harvey weekend reception at Santa Fe Antiques, 1006 Marquez Place, no RSVP necessary
Saturday morning, 10:30 AM, Harvey brunch at the newly restored Legal Tender Saloon at the old Santa Fe/Fred Harvey railway station in Lamy: $40 per person, reserve by calling 505-466-1650 or emailing legaltenderlamy@gmail.com.
On Sunday, October 27, the Fred Harvey History Weekend moves to Las Vegas, NM, the original Fred Harvey city in New Mexico, beginning in 1879. There we will celebrate the official grand re-opening of the Castaneda Hotel, the very first of the large Fred Harvey mission style trackside hotels in the Southwest, which opened in 1898 and has been closed as a hotel since 1948.
The re-opening festivities begin at 1:30 PM at the hotel, with a talk about the rescue and restoration of the building by Allan Affeldt, followed by a tour.
At 3:00 PM, there will be an opening of a new art show by Tina Mion, “Midnight Muse,” at the Mayeur Projects Gallery. It includes paintings inspired by living and working in Fred Harvey hotels.
Both of these events are free and open to the public
That evening there will be a grand re-opening dinner at the Castaneda’s new restaurant, Kin. Reservation information will be posted soon.
Monday, October 28, there will be an informal wrap-up breakfast at the Castaneda Hotel.
Optional events 10/27-28: for guided tours of the Montezuma Hotel/UWC, on the site of the original Harvey-run hot springs health resort outside of Las Vegas, as well as Castaneda and other Las Vegas sites, contact Southwest Detours, (505) 459-6987
Lodging suggestions: please make reservations in Santa Fe that allow you to be at the New Mexico History Museum by noon on Friday October 25 and stay over in town Friday and Saturday nights. For reservations at La Fonda on the Plaza, please call (505) 982-5511. For Sunday, please plan to stay over in Las Vegas, NM. The Castaneda is already booked for the entire weekend, but there is plenty of availability at its nearby sister hotel, the Plaza Hotel. Call 505-425-3591 for reservations.

St. Louis Union Station Harvey Girl Reunion!
2019-09-13 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | St. Louis Union Station Hotel, 1820 Market St., St. Louis, MO, 63103, United States
All aboard! Calling all Harvey Girls & Harvey workers or their descendants, and St. Louis railroad history fans. You’re invited to this free reception to celebrate the Fred Harvey heritage at St. Louis Union Station as part of the station’s 125th anniversary celebrations.
Enjoy refreshments based on Harvey railroad restaurant recipes and hear from writer Stephen Fried, author of the New York Times bestseller Appetite for America: Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West–One Meal at a Time. Fried will speak about St. Louis’ unique place in the Fred Harvey legacy and sign his book.
Beyond its fascinating railroading history, learn about St. Louis Union Station’s plans for the National History Landmark’s future as a family entertainment complex including the St. Louis Aquarium, St. Louis Wheel and other attractions opening later in 2019. RSVP for this free event today. Space is limited.
If you are a Harvey Girl or a Harvey Girl descendant who will be attending, send a note to us at harveygirl@insightrocks.com so we can welcome you!

Rediscovering Benjamin Rush
2019-09-12 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Missouri History Museum, 5700 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO, 63112, United States
Bestselling author Stephen Fried explores Dr. Benjamin Rush, the “American Hippocrates” and hero of medical care for mental illness and addiction, whose crucial role as a Founding Father and writer on racial, gender, and religious freedom is now being recognized.
Rush edited Common Sense, signed the Declaration of Independence, and served as confidante and doctor to Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Jefferson made him medical consultant for Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Rush also brokered the twilight peace in the friendship of Jefferson and Adams.
Sign language interpretation will be provided at this program.
This program is free!

RUSH at the Right Angle Club
2018-12-14 13:10 - 14:00 UTC | Pyramid Club, 1735 Market Street FL 52, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States

RUSH at the Radnor Memorial Library
2018-12-04 19:30 - 20:30 UTC | Radnor Memorial Library, 114 West Wayne Avenue, Wayne, PA, 19087, United States
Talk, Q&A, and book signing at the Radnor Memorial Library in partnership with the Radnor Historical Society

RUSH at The Jewish Federation of SGPV
2018-12-01 18:30 - 20:30 UTC

Mental Health & Faith: From Benjamin Rush to today's congregations
2018-11-28 | Temple Beth Zion, 300 S 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
From the late 1700s—when Dr. Benjamin Rush first explained that mental illness and addiction were medical conditions, and not failures of religious belief or will—until today, faith communities have struggled to know how best to address brain diseases among their congregants. Bestselling author Stephen Fried, a longtime member of BZBI, will discuss these issues based on his recent book on mental health politics, A Common Struggle, which he wrote with Congressman Patrick Kennedy, and his new biography of the founding father of American mental health care, Dr. Benjamin Rush. Besides exploring history and challenges, he will offer ideas which out congregation can immediately consider to improve the way it supports members with mental illness and addiction.

Library Company of Philadelphia Fundraising Dinner
2018-11-15 | Union League, 140 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA, 19102, United States
Keynote speech by Stephen Fried

Tampa JCCs and Federation "Don't RUSH" Event
2018-11-11 | Bryan Glazer Family JCC, 522 N Howard Ave., Tampa, FL, 33606, United States

RUSH Homecoming Event at Kelly Writer's House
2018-11-10 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States

Collaboration w/ the Athenaeum of Philadelphia and College of Physicians
2018-11-08 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | College of Physicians, 19 S 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
Event in collaboration with the Athenaeum of Philadelphia and College of Physicians featuring a book talk, Q&A, and light reception.

2nd Annual Fred Harvey Foodie Dinner in Santa Fe!
2018-11-03 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | La Fonda on the Plaza, 100 E. San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, United States
2nd Annual
FRED HARVEY FOODIE DINNER!
Join us for a delicious evening of Fred Harvey-inspired cuisine by Santa Fe’s boldest chefs! A benefit for the New Mexico History Museum’s exhibitions and public programming.
This year’s chefs will include:
Sean Sinclair, Inn & Spa at Loretto
Peyton Young and Andrea Thede, Harry’s Road House
Lane Warner, La Fonda
Annamaria O’Brien, Dolina
Matt DiGregory, Range Café
Chef and MC: John Vollertson (Chef Johnny V)
Dinner is $150 per person, which includes wine, as well as beer from Mother Road Brewery in Flagstaff.
Each dinner guest will also receive an exclusive reproduction Mimbreno platter–not yet available for sale–from the H.F. Coors company in Tucson. This beautiful platter was originally designed by Mary Colter for the Fred Harvey company in the 1930s.
Between courses, there will be a cooking demonstration, and short talks on how Fred Harvey brought Southwest’s cuisines to the world, and the world’s cuisines to the Southwest, with bestselling author Stephen Fried and others. Members of the Harvey family will be in attendance, as well as a few Harvey Girls!

Tickets: https://tickets.ticketssantafe.org/single/EventDetail.aspx?p=5558

Fred Harvey History Weekend in New Mexico: Nov. 2-4
2018-11-02 13:00 - 2018-11-04 16:00 UTC | New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, United States
Please join us in Santa Fe and Las Vegas, NM for the eighth annual Fred Harvey History Weekend, celebrating the living history of Fred Harvey, the Harvey Girls, Mary Colter, the ATSF railroad and their way of allowing us to explore the cultural legacies of the Great Southwest.
There will be talks from 1-5 PM on Friday (11/2) and Saturday (11/3) at the New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe. And presentations on Sunday 11/4 at the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, NM–along with a massive model train display. All talks are free and open to the public.
On Saturday night, we’ll have the Second Annual Fred Harvey Foodie Dinner at La Fonda Hotel, for which stop Santa Fe chefs will recreate (or reinvent) classic dishes originally created for Fred Harvey trackside restaurants and hotels, and ATSF dining cars. The dinner is a benefit for the New Mexico History Museum, to support its Southwest History programming (like this weekend.)
Tickets for the dinner are $150 and going fast.
For tickets: https://tickets.ticketssantafe.org/single/EventDetail.aspx?p=5558
For more information about the dinner: https://www.facebook.com/events/1894554894182405/
On Sunday, we all head to Las Vegas, NM. In the morning, you can schedule guided Harvey Girl tours of the Montezuma Hotel and the almost-completed renovation of The Castaneda, the landmark hotel which was the first of the great Harvey trackside resorts. To make tour reservations with Southwest Detours: http://www.southwestdetours.com/
At lunchtime, there will be a Fred Harvey Brunch by Matt DiGregory and the cooks at the Range Cafe at the Plaza. For reservations, call 505.425.3591
A full listing of all the speakers and the subjects of their talks will soon be posted here, and on the New Mexico History Museum site.
As always, Fred Harvey Weekend is brought to you by the New Mexico History Museum and La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe, and the Hotel Castaneda and Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas!

RUSH by Stephen Fried at ABQ JCC Book Festival
2018-11-01 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | JCC of Greater Albuquerque, 5520 Wyoming Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87109, United States
Bestselling author Stephen Fried returns to the ABQ Jewish Book Festival with his new historical biography RUSH: Revolution, Madness and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father (Crown)
Power-point lecture followed by Q&A, book signing and noshing
Tickets, $10 available in advance or at the door
co-sponsored by Bookworks

RUSH at the Smithsonian Institute
2018-10-30 18:45 - 20:45 UTC | Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, SW, Washington, DC, 20560, United States
Drawing from his new biography, author and journalist Stephen Fried resurrects the most significant founding father we’ve never heard of. He discusses why Rush became known as the “American Hippocrates” for transforming medical training and institutions, as well as for revolutionizing the understanding and treatment of mental illness and addiction. He traces how this son of a Philadelphia blacksmith grew into an internationally renowned writer and reformer, a fierce progressive agitator who championed public education and opposed prejudice by race, religion, or gender—all among the reasons why Fried feels the overlooked Rush deserves a place in the pantheon of great American leaders.
Fried’s book, Rush: Revolution, Madness, and the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father (Crown) is available for purchase and signing.

Lecture at the David Library of the American Revolution
2018-10-25 | David Library of the American Revolution, 1201 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA, 18977, United States
Stephen Fried will be a part of the fall lecture series featuring leading authors of new works on the American Revolution. The format of the event is a solo talk followed by a Q&A and book signing reception. The event is free admission.

RUSH Presentation at Beth El Temple
2018-10-21 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Beth El Temple, 2637 North Front Street, Harrisburg, PA, 17110, United States
Dinner reception and book presentation of RUSH at Beth El Temple in Harrisburg, PA

RUSH at the Penn Bookstore
2018-10-18 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Penn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
Talk, Q&A, and book signing at the Penn Bookstore!

RUSH by Stephen Fried, with Kay Redfield Jamison moderator
2018-10-14 15:00 - 16:30 UTC | Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20008, United States
Bestselling author Stephen Fried discusses his new book RUSH with bestselling author Kay Redfield Jamison, followed by Q&A and book signing

RUSH at the Kansas City Public Library
2018-10-11 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Kansas City Public Library, 14 W 10th St, Kansas City, MO, 64105, United States
His fame hasn’t endured like Washington’s, Jefferson’s, or Hancock’s. But Benjamin Rush—only 30 when he signed the Declaration of Independence—was almost equally extraordinary. He was the most famous physician of his time, pioneering national healthcare and revolutionizing the treatment of mental illness. He was also a progressive thorn in the side of the American political establishment, opposing slavery, capital punishment, and prejudice.
In a discussion of his new biography Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father, award-winning journalist and historian Stephen Fried examines perhaps the most significant Founding Father you’ve never heard of.
Fried is an adjunct professor at Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania.

In Conversation with the Rosenbach: Stephen Fried
2018-09-27 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | The Rosenbach, 2008-2010 Delancey Pl., Philadelphia, PA, United States
Bestselling author Stephen Fried discusses his new book RUSH: Revolution, Madness and the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father and the exciting unpublished materials from the Rush family he discovered at the Rosenbach. Talk followed by Q&A and a book signing

An Evening with Dr. Rush at Morven Museum in Princeton
2018-09-25 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Morven Museum & Gardens, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, United States
Book Launch: Museum Tour, Refreshments, Music, Illustrated Lecture, Q&A, Signing: Tuesday, September 25
$10 Friends of Morven; $15 Public
Book Purchase: Pre-Sept 25: $25; Sept 25: $30
Dr. Benjamin Rush was the most well known physician in 18th-century America, as well as a patriot, philosopher, author, lecturer, fervent evangelist, politician, and dedicated social reformer. Married to one of Richard & Annis Stockton’s daughters, Julia, Dr. Rush frequently visited Morven. Both Richard Stockton and Rush signed the Declaration of Independence and were key figures in America’s birth.
Hosting best-selling author and local resident Stephen Fried’s latest book’s launch during Morven’s grand reopening month is an exciting event. Fried shares Dr. Rush’s life and activities in and around Morven throughout Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father
The evening’s events begin at 5:00 p.m. with docent-led tours of our newly reopened Morven museum. Docents will share anecdotes on both Dr. Rush and his family’s relationship to Morven’s residents.
Light refreshments, including pastries and punch, as well as 18th-century live music, will begin at 5:45 p.m. inside Morven’s newly completed Stockton Education Center, adjacent to the Museum, following the tour.
At 6:30, the illustrated lecture, Q&A, and book signing begin.
Recent review of Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father:
“The best books are full of surprises. Rush has more of them than any historical biography I have read in ages. It is vast and sumptuous and brings to life Founding Father Benjamin Rush in full technicolor. Too long ignored, Rush’s varied and mercurial brilliance puts him smack in the company of such figures as Adams and Jefferson and Washington and Hamilton with one exception: he is more interesting than any of them. He revolutionized medicine. He revolutionized healthcare. He revolutionized life. Fried draws it all out with his usual perfect pitch of reportage and writing. What a grand feast and feat.” —Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights and A Prayer for the City
About Dr. Benjamin Rush
According to an article in the US National Library of Medicine: NIH, Rush was “unquestionably brilliant, he graduated from what later became Princeton University at age 14. He translated Hippocrates’ Aphorisms from the Greek at age 17. He wrote the first textbook of chemistry to be published in America. He was by all accounts a devoted, if highly paternalistic, medical practitioner, who cared deeply for his patients’ welfare.”
About the Author: STEPHEN FRIED is an award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author who teaches at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the University of Pennsylvania. He is, most recently, the author of the historical biography Appetite for America and the coauthor, with Congressman Patrick Kennedy, of A Common Struggle. His earlier books include the biography Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia and the investigative books Bitter Pills and The New Rabbi. A two-time winner of the National Magazine Award, Fried has written frequently for Vanity Fair, GQ, The Washington Post Magazine, Glamour, Rolling Stone, and Philadelphia magazine.
He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, author Diane Ayres, not far from where Rush lived.

RUSH at American Revolutionary Round Table of Philadelphia
2018-09-24 19:30 - 21:30 UTC
Scoogi’s Italian Kitchen & Bar
738 Bethlehem Pike, Flourtown, Pennsylvania 19031

Philly Book Launch Party for RUSH by Stephen Fried
2018-09-20 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Power Plant Productions, 230 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19106, United States
Philadelphia Book Launch party for
RUSH: Revolution, Madness & the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father
by Stephen Fried
Booze, munchies, a few words from the author, book signing (books provided by Joseph Fox Bookshop), general merriment, specific relief the book is done.

KWH/ Nora Prize Media Careers Event with Alum Pulitzer Winners
2018-09-13 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States

RUSH by Stephen Fried at St. Louis County Library!
2018-09-12 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | RUSH by Stephen Fried at St. Louis County Library, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri
Bestselling author Stephen Fried brings his new book RUSH: Revolution, Madness and the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father to the St. Louis County Library–lecture followed by Q&A and book signing.

Stephen Fried brings RUSH to Mercer Museum
2018-09-06 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Mercer Museum, 84 South Pine Street, Doylestown, PA, United States
Doylestown Bookshop presents bestselling author Stephen Fried debuting his new biography of Dr. Benjamin Rush at the Mercer Museum. This is the FIRST event in the nation after publication on 9/4

RUSH at the Smithsonian Institute: Stephen Fried Book Event
2018-08-26 18:45 - 20:45 UTC | Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, SW, Washington, DC, 20560, United States
Drawing from his new biography, author and journalist Stephen Fried resurrects the most significant founding father we’ve never heard of. He discusses why Rush became known as the “American Hippocrates” for transforming medical training and institutions, as well as for revolutionizing the understanding and treatment of mental illness and addiction. He traces how this son of a Philadelphia blacksmith grew into an internationally renowned writer and reformer, a fierce progressive agitator who championed public education and opposed prejudice by race, religion, or gender—all among the reasons why Fried feels the overlooked Rush deserves a place in the pantheon of great American leaders.
Fried’s book, Rush: Revolution, Madness, and the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father (Crown) is available for purchase and signing.
Tickets: https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/benjamin-rush-overlooked-founding-father
