Clemente Lecture Series

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So, in addition to being gainfully employed at the WSU Learning Center, I am involved in the Bard College Clemente Course in the Humanities. I know - it's a mouthful, especially when you add "Advisory Council" to the end of that. I'm part of that, too.

In fact, I wouldn't have my new job if I wasn't involved with this program that helps the economically disadvantaged get college credit. I wouldn't have even gone to school, most likely, to get my Associate degree.

It all sounds pretty dry and boring to those not in the course. I don't know, maybe it's lame to the participants. But I don't know many places where people get together to hash out philosophy, art, literature, and what makes the western world tick, in lay terms. My mind is blown every time I inject myself into this Socratic-based forum.

So, now it's open to the public on select dates. This is an attempt to interface with the local community and get a dialog going. If you are in the Jefferson County area on the dates below, I strongly urge you to make an appearance. Skeptics (as to whether intellectual discourse can be entertaining/explosive) are doubly urged to take part.

Landscape & Democracy:
A Free Lecture and Performance Series

• February 20th: Panel Discussion, "What is Democracy?" Clemente Faculty and guests, moderated by Scott Wilson.
• March 6th: “The Selling of the American West,” Slides, lecture and discussion with Danny Adams, Clemente Course History of Art faculty.
• March 20th: “Does Nature Have Rights?” Philosophy lecture and discussion with guest speaker Ron Moore, University of Washington Department of Philosophy and Aesthetics.
• April 10th: Benefit Concert “Songs of Home: a Recital of American Music” Sydney Keegan, mezzo-soprano and friends.
• April 24th: “Reinhabiting Language” special guests Holly Hughes and Tom Jay.

All events, except for the April 10th concert, take place in the Spruce Room, Washington State University, Port Hadlock (201 W. Patison), at 7 PM. The concert will be at the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Pt. Townsend.

here's the article that ran in the local paper