Join Lansing legend Betty Price and East Lansing playwright and author Sandra Seaton 7 p.m., Tuesday, October 25th at Schuler Books in Okemos for a talk about Sandra’s article “Betty Price and George Nelson: Spreading the Word About Modern Design,” featured in the Fall 2011 issue of “Modernism” magazine, and Betty’s wonderful 50-year career in retailing at Liebermann’s in downtown Lansing. Read an excerpt from the magazine here.
Lansing area residents will remember Liebermann’s as a special store in downtown Lansing and it was the place to go for wedding gifts and luggage (real luggage). At Christmas it was filled with limited edition items you would see no where else.
Read more about George Nelson here.
At 97, Betty is a storehouse of information about the introduction of modernist design to the Midwestern marketplace. Copies of the Fall issue of “Modernism” will be available for sale that evening. Read more about Betty Price here.
George Nelson who has an international reputation was responsible for the design of the Liebermann’s store in downtown Lansing. The store which is considered an architectural gem is now vacant.
Read this excerpt from “Modernism” magazine here and read more about Modernism here.
