{"id":24829,"date":"2017-08-07T16:02:07","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T16:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/?p=24829"},"modified":"2017-08-07T19:38:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T19:38:18","slug":"philadelphia-aug-29-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/philadelphia-aug-29-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia &#8211; Aug 29 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steve McCurry was catapulted to fame with his iconic photo of the \u201cAfghan Girl\u201d \u2013 the young, Peshawari refugee \u2013 which first appeared on the cover of\u00a0<em>National Geographic<\/em>\u00a0in 1985. \u00a0He has achieved unparalleled excellence in photographic journalism in a career that has spanned decades and crossed borders of some of the most war-torn regions on earth.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career, Steve McCurry has documented the consequences of war on humankind, capturing those startling moments in images forever frozen in time.<\/p>\n<p>Join us as we honor Steve McCurry, a native Philadelphian, as our 127<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0\u201cExplorer of the Year\u201d. As such, he joins the ranks of Theodore Roosevelt, Jacques Cousteau, and Robert E. Peary. The Geographical Society of Philadelphia honors McCurry for capturing history\u2019s most captivating moments on camera.<\/p>\n<p>6:00pm Reception with Steve. \u00a0Cash bar.<br \/>\n6:30pm \u00a0Presentation<br \/>\n7:30pm \u00a0Legacy Dinner<br \/>\nTuesday, August 29, 2017<br \/>\nUnion League of Philadelphia<br \/>\n140 South Broad Street, Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presentation Only:<\/strong>\u00a0 $40 GEO Members \u2022 $60 Public<br \/>\n<strong>Presentation and Legacy Dinner:\u00a0<\/strong> $90 GEO Members \u2022 $125 Public<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/geographicalsocietyofphiladelphia.ticketleap.com\/steve-mc-curry\/\">GET YOUR TICKET <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ipsItemControls\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>ATTIRE:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe Union League has a<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em> very strict dress code<\/em>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ipsItemControls\">For men: \u00a0Jacket and tie are strongly preferred. Jacket and collared shirt are required at all times on the first floor members-only section of the League House.<br \/>\nNot Permitted: turtlenecks shirts, collared shirts open more than one button, untucked shirts, jeans, t-shirts, sneakers, and flip-flops.<br \/>\nFor women: \u00a0\u00a0Business suits, tailored pant or skirt ensembles and dresses.<br \/>\nNot Permitted: spandex, open midriffs, halter tops, shorts, leggings, extremely short hemlines (not more than 3&#8243; above the knee), jeans, t-shirts, sneakers, and flip-flops.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve McCurry was catapulted to fame with his iconic photo of the \u201cAfghan Girl\u201d \u2013 the young, Peshawari refugee \u2013 which first appeared on the cover of\u00a0National Geographic\u00a0in 1985. \u00a0He has achieved unparalleled excellence in photographic journalism in a career that has spanned decades and crossed borders of some of the most war-torn regions on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24829"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24829"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24855,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24829\/revisions\/24855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}