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Icon of the event Great Books: Jane Austen  Pride and Prejudice
Mon Oct 07, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Eatonville

Sense and Sensibility is Jane Austen's first published work, signaling the first appearance on the literary of this "Shakespeare of the novel". This lecture embraces the Dashwood sisters and their lovers as sustaining modern...

Icon of the event Branded by the Pink Triangle
Wed Sep 25, 2013 | 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lillian H. Smith

Between 5,000 and 15,000 gay men--identified by the pink triangle--were sent to the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, many to die there. After the war, this bitter history was for decades ignored. Author Ken Setterington t...

Icon of the event The 26th Helen E. Stubbs Memorial Lecture : Lois Lowry
Thu Oct 10, 2013 | 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Lillian H. Smith

Lois Lowry is the author of many distinguished books for young readers, including the Anastasia, Sam, Gooney Bird and Giver series. She was awarded the Newbery Medal for Number the Stars (1990) and for The Giver (1994), and i...

Icon of the event Author Visit - Ted Schmidt
Tue Oct 01, 2013 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Taylor Memorial

Can the Catholic Church recover? Dogged by scandals and poor leadership, the Roman Catholic Church is suffering from massive defections. Catholic journalist and commentator reads from his new memoir Never Neutral: A Teaching ...

Icon of the event The 7th Annual Sybille Pantazzi Memorial Lecture: Jeremy Tankard
Thu Oct 10, 2013 | 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Lillian H. Smith

Jeremy Tankard, the award-winning author-illustrator of Grumpy Bird, Me Hungry!, and illustrator of It's a Tiger!, whose picture books are as brilliant on paper as in ebook format, describes his creative processes.(Photo cred...