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| Sat., Mar 13 |
2:00 |
Heights |
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Plato: Euthyphro / Apology (leader: Gene)
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| Sat., Mar 13 |
2:30 |
Northwest |
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Niccolo Machiavelli: The Prince (Penguin Classic paperback)
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| Tue., Mar 16 |
7:00 |
Sugar Land (First Colony) |
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Arundhati Roy: The God of Small Things
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| Tue., Mar 16 |
7:00 |
Looscan |
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Lawrence Bergreen: Marco Polo
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| Thu., Mar 18 |
6:30 |
Classical Poetry |
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Female Poets of the Renaissance: Female Poets of the Renaissance
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| Sun., Mar 21 |
4:00 |
Philosophy Cafe |
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John Locke: First 1/3, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Locke Series)
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| Tue., Mar 23 |
2:00 |
Westbury |
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pp 79-91 (from "The American Idea," Best of the Atlantic Monthly)
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| Thu., Mar 25 |
7:00 |
Clear Lake |
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Sherwood Anderson: Death in the Woods (Great Conversations Vol. 3, Isabel Konradi Leader)
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| Sun., Mar 28 |
3:00 |
Always on Sunday |
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Margaret Atwood: Hairball
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| Sun., Mar 28 |
4:00 |
Memorial |
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Jean-Paul Sartre: Being and Nothingness (Introduction and Part One) (Existentialism Series)
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| Thu., Apr 1 |
6:00 |
Montrose |
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E.M. Forster: The Machine Stops (Alice Leading - (publ 1909) 31 pages-SciFi)
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| Wed., Apr 7 |
8:00 |
Explorers |
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Kitty Ferguson: The Music of Pythagoras: How an Ancient Brotherhood Cracked the Code of the Universe and Lit the Path from Antiquity to Outer Space
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| Sat., Apr 10 |
2:00 |
Heights |
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Shakespeare: King John (leader: Steve)
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| Mon., Apr 12 |
7:00 |
Central Market |
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Tolstoy: Anna Karenina (Jackie Leading- (800 pgs) publ 1873 - Masterpiece - TIP: best to start reading early during previous month when reading is sh)
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| Tue., Apr 13 |
12:00 |
West University |
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Elizabeth Bowen: The Inherited Clock (short story from "Seven Deadly Sins" sampler)
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| Tue., Apr 13 |
2:00 |
Westbury |
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pp 209 & 231 of Dover anthology (Dover "Great American Short Stories" (starting p of two sels))
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| Tue., Apr 13 |
7:00 |
Meyerland |
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Banks / Barthelme / Beattie: The Child Screams and Looks Back at You / Cortez and Montezuma / Jacklighting
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| Sun., Apr 18 |
4:00 |
Philosophy Cafe |
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John Locke: Second 1/3, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Locke Series)
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| Tue., Apr 20 |
7:00 |
Sugar Land (First Colony) |
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Eric Hoffer: The True Believer
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| Tue., Apr 20 |
7:00 |
Looscan |
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Ignazio Stone: Bread and Wine
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| Thu., Apr 22 |
7:00 |
Clear Lake |
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Simone De Beauvoir: Introduction to The Second Sex (Great Conversations Vol. 3, Jackie Skeen Leader)
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| Sat., Apr 24 |
2:00 |
Monumental Great Books |
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Thomas Wolfe: Look Homeward, Angel
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| Sun., Apr 25 |
3:00 |
Always on Sunday |
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Werner Heisenberg: The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Theory
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| Sun., Apr 25 |
4:00 |
Memorial |
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Jean-Paul Sartre: Being and Nothingness (Part Two) (Existentialism Series)
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| Tue., Apr 27 |
2:00 |
Westbury |
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pp 108-115 & 127-136 of Atlantic anthology (from "The American Idea," Best of the Atlantic Monthly)
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| Wed., May 5 |
8:00 |
Explorers |
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Voltaire: Candide
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| Thu., May 6 |
6:00 |
Montrose |
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Jan Potocki: The Manuscript Found In Saragossa (Jo Leading - (pub 1805) 656 pages - 18th century classic of Polish/French fiction-a web of stories reminiscent of the Arabian)
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| Mon., May 10 |
7:00 |
Central Market |
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Margaret Atwood: Surfacing (Mary Leading - (208 pgs) publ 1972 - Atwood's searing and relentless eye for detail is in its earliest stages here.)
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| Tue., May 11 |
12:00 |
West University |
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John Synge: The Playboy of the Western World (from "Great Conversations 2" anthology)
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| Tue., May 11 |
2:00 |
Westbury |
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pp 13 & 240 of Dover anthology (Dover "Great American Short Stories" (starting p of two sels))
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| Tue., May 11 |
7:00 |
Meyerland |
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Backett / Boll: First Love / Action Will Be Taken
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| Sun., May 16 |
3:00 |
Philosophy Cafe |
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Selection Meeting for Next Series: 3-4 pm before our regular discussion
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| Sun., May 16 |
4:00 |
Philosophy Cafe |
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John Locke: Final 1/3, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Locke Series)
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| Tue., May 18 |
7:00 |
Sugar Land (First Colony) |
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Henrik Ibsen: Hedda Gabler
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| Tue., May 18 |
7:00 |
Looscan |
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Plato: The Republic (Penguin Edition)
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| Sun., May 23 |
3:00 |
Always on Sunday |
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Anton Chekhov: The House with the Mezzanine
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| Sun., May 23 |
4:00 |
Memorial |
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Jean-Paul Sartre: Being and Nothingness (Part Three) (Existentialism Series)
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| Thu., May 27 |
7:00 |
Clear Lake |
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Wislawa Szymbroska: Selected Poems (The End and the Beginning, Hatred, Reality Demands) (Great Conversations Vol. 3, Aggie Moore Leader)
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| Wed., Jun 2 |
8:00 |
Explorers |
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Albert Camus: The Myth of Sisyphus
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| Thu., Jun 3 |
6:00 |
Montrose |
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Mark Twain: The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (Alice Leading-(publ 1900) 128 pgs-indictment of political hypocrisy)
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| Tue., Jun 8 |
7:00 |
Meyerland |
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Borchert / Borges: Do Stay, Giraffe / The Aleph
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| Mon., Jun 14 |
7:00 |
Central Market |
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Pearl Buck: The Good Earth (Lynessa Leading - (368 pgs) publ 1931 - 1932 Pulitzer Prize winner-describes a non-Caucasian culture in detail and helped pre)
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| Tue., Jun 15 |
7:00 |
Sugar Land (First Colony) |
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Camus / Sartre: The Stranger / No Exit
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| Sun., Jun 20 |
4:00 |
Philosophy Cafe |
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John Locke: Wrap Up Locke Series (Locke Series)
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| Thu., Jun 24 |
7:00 |
Clear Lake |
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Jhumpa Lahiri: Interpreter of Maladies (Great Conversations, Vol. 3, Elizabeth Quigley Leader)
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| Sun., Jun 27 |
3:00 |
Always on Sunday |
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John Polkinghorne: Quantum Perplexity
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| Sun., Jun 27 |
4:00 |
Memorial |
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Jean-Paul Sartre: Being and Nothingness (Part Four and Conclusion) (Existentialism Series)
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| Thu., Jul 1 |
6:00 |
Montrose |
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Cormac McCarthy: No Country For Old Men (Brian Leading-(publ 2005) 320 pages-A mesmerizing modern-day western -plot follows the interweaving paths of the 3 central ch)
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| Wed., Jul 7 |
8:00 |
Explorers |
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Carl Jung: Man and His Symbols
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