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Sara Speaks,
Spring,
2009
(Past Issues of Sara Speaks)
Popular
Speaker, Astronomer Dr. Seth Shostak, Returns:
The Institute is
delighted to announce that Dr. Seth Shostak is once again returning to visit us.
This final lecture in our spring series will be in recognition of the
International Year of Astronomy, and will be co-sponsored by the Central Texas
Astronomical Society. Shostak is senior astronomer at the
SETI Institute in California, (Search for
Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute), the organization that is searching for
intelligent life in the universe. He will speak Sunday, June 28, at 4 p.m. in
the Longhorn Conference Center of the Stagecoach Inn in Salado.
Seth will
discuss our long term survival, the next generation of space exploration, and
what we may find among the stars. Are we destined to become a space-faring
society, or will efforts to leave our planet continue to be limited to a fringe
activity, an occasional distraction from our terrestrial troubles? Seth makes
the case that our final frontier offers us more than adventure: it is the only
path to survival!
Seth is an astrophysicist, who is a popular guest on national television
programs discussing our place in the universe and the hunt for life on other
planets. He is the author of the recently published book, Confessions of an
Alien Hunter, and the host of the weekly science radio program, “Are We
Alone?” Copies of his books will be available for sale.
The fee for this event is $20, payable in advance, at the door, or by online
registration through the
Central Texas Astronomical Society.
(The Stagecoach Inn is located on the service road just south of Thomas Arnold
Rd in Salado. From the north, exit Thomas Arnold Rd, turn left and cross over
the freeway at Thomas Arnold, turn right on the service road at the Exxon
Station. The Stagecoach Inn will be on your left about a .25 mile. Turn left
into the Stagecoach Main entrance. The Longhorn Conference Center will be on the
left adjacent to the main building entrance of the Stagecoach Inn.)
For more information on all of the above events, please contact the Institute
for the Humanities at 254-947-5729 or go to our website at
www.salado-institute.org.
The annual
Wilmer Memorial Lecture,
in memory of Institute founders Hank and Harry Wilmer, was held on June 6 and
featured a religious scholar from Baylor. Dr. Blake Burleson’s lecture, A
Meditation on ‘Staying Put:’ Jung’s Lessons from Africa, was well attended.
CD’s of that lecture are available from the Institute by calling
254-947-5729.
Dr. Burleson is Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the College of
Arts and Sciences and Senior Lecturer in Religion at Baylor University where he
teaches world religions and African studies. Texas Monthly 2004 Guide to
Texas Colleges and Universities listed “Religion with Blake Burleson” as one
of the four “best classes” at Baylor University. He has traveled extensively on
the African content since 1978 and directed the African Studies Program at
Baylor from 1996 to 2003.
Fall ’09 Series:
“Home, Heritage and Heroes “
We have finalized the fall
lecture series for this year and are very excited about the lineup. We are
beginning a little earlier than usual this year with two events in September.
Writer, Sharon Randall will start off the series. She is a nationally syndicated
columnist whose column appears in the Killeen Daily Herald.
The rescheduled the Enoch
Arden musical/dramatic program will be held in late September, and will coincide
with the Chocolate Festival going on in salado the weekend of Sept. 11-12.
In October, our featured
speaker will be popular western and Texas author, Elmer Kelton. He will be the
capstone event for the three day Founder’s Day Festival Oct. 23-25.
And finally, the
long-awaited Lee Marvin Memorial lecture will be held in November. The event
will feature a number of Marvin’s co-stars from the WWII movie The Big Red
One.
- Sun., Sept. 12, 4
p.m. – Syndicated columnist and author Sharon Randall
- Sun., Sept. 27, 4
p.m. -- Rescheduled Enoch Arden music/dramatic presentation
- Sun., Oct. 25, 2
p.m., -- Texas and western author Elmer Kelton; In conjunction with the
Salado Founder’s Day Festival
- Sun., Nov. 8, 4
p.m. – Inauguration of the Lee Marvin Memorial Lecture featuring “The boys”
from the movie The Big Red One(Bob Carradine, Mark Hamill, etc.).
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