Showing posts with label Lecture series. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lecture series. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

LECTURE SERIES IN VERO

from Nancy Steifel
Tuesday, March 18, 7 PM - Leonard Gougeon, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of American Literature at the University of Scranton, returns to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship to present “America's Second Revolution: New England, Great Britain, and the Civil War.”  Event is free and open to the community, no tickets or reservations required; donations are gratefully accepted.
Thursday, March 27, 7 PM –the final ORCA (Ocean Research & Conservation Assn) lecture:  “Science Sea Stories and Out Takes” – a look at 30 years of unpublishable bloopers and blunders.  Dr. Edie Widder, a deep-sea explorer and MacArthur fellow, will share some behind-the-scenes stories of three decades of research at sea. Tickets are $35 in advance or $40 at the door; student tickets are also available at $20.
Thursday, April 3, 7 PM - a FL Humanities Council lecture about the history of St. Augustine by archaeologist Carl Halbirt.  Event is free and open to the community, no tickets or reservations required; donations are gratefully accepted.
Sunday, April 13, 7 PM, the legendary Judy Collins will perform.  Tickets are $42.50 (balcony), $52.50 (main floor), and $97.50—the higher priced ticket includes a dessert reception with Ms. Collins following the concert. 
Wednesday, May 28, 7 PM – “Dreamers and Schemers,” another FL Humanities Council event about persons who made Florida history including Zora Neal Huston and 2 others.  Event is free and open to the community, no tickets or reservations required; donations are gratefully accepted.

To get tickets for the non-free events, call the Emerson Center box office at 772-778-5249 or order them online athttp://theemersoncenter.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=2800