Renaissance Weekend

Renaissance Weekend is the name for a recurring series of invitation-only gatherings founded and hosted by Linda and Philip Lader. It was founded in 1981 with the objective of bridging traditional divides of professions, politics, religion, race and age. It substantially increased in prominence when repeat-participant Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992. A few other notable past participants include Hillary Clinton, Supreme Court Justices Harry Blackmun, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen Breyer, Donald Rumsfeld, Daniel Schorr, Wolf Blitzer Buzz Aldrin, and Mary Chapin Carpenter among many others.

Organized several times throughout the year, each Renaissance Weekend consists of seminars, discussions, informal lectures and performances. The gatherings aim for civility, non-partisanship, non-commercialism and public-spirited impact.

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