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October 30, 2007 Discussion at the Chicago Humanities Festival: November 8, 2008
Selected Works by Carl Sandburg»
October 30, 2007
October 30, 2007 Panel Dicussion at the Chicago Humanities Festival: November 9, 2008
An Enduring Idea: The Great Books Movement»
October 30, 2007
October 29, 2007 San Francisco Great Books Council Poetry Weekend: November 15-16, 2008
The San Francisco Great Books Council's annual Poetry Weekend is November 15-16, 2008 at Westminster Retreat in Alamo, California. There will be three discussions of poetry and discussion themes are "On Being Human," "Poets on...»
October 29, 2007
October 27, 2007 Tampa Bay Great Books Council Fourth Annual Weekend, January 16-18, 2009
Join us in Longboat Key, Florida to explore "The Mind of the South: Sampling Southern Writers." We'll discuss works by Flannery O'Connor, Carson McCullers, and Eudora Welty. For more information e-mail or call Patrick DeMarco at...»
October 27, 2007
October 27, 2007 Westchester Council Annual Event: January 24, 2009
The Westchester Great Books Council's 2009 Annual Event will feature discussions of Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens and Mister Pip, by Lloyd Jones. The event will be held from 9:30 a.m to 3:30 p.m at Briarcliff Middle...»
October 27, 2007
October 26, 2007 San Francisco Great Books Council Mini-Retreat, February 7, 2009
The San Francisco Mini-Retreat is a a one day event at the Mechanics Institute Library, 57 Post Street, San Francisco. There will be a discussion of the The Painted Veil, by W. Somerset Maugham along with a viewing of the 2006...»
October 26, 2007
October 25, 2007 Asilomar Weekend, San Francisco Great Books Council, April 3-5, 2009
The annual Asilomar Weekend, held at the Asilomar Conference Center, in Pacific Grove, California will include discussions of selected poetry, Antigone by Sophocles, Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain, and...»
October 25, 2007