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Past Lectures
and Discussions (back to current lectures)
Lectures feature
an interesting speaker, easy parking and lunch or wine and hors
d'oeuvres at a convenient central Dallas location. Lectures start
promptly and, typically, end within an hour including Q&A.
Authors sign and personalize books following the program.
Past
Lectures:
THE AMERICAN PLACE THEATRE
LITERATURE TO LIFE
Production of
The Glass Castle (learn more)
By Jeannette Walls
September 9
Two Special Performances:
St. Mark's School - 9:30a.m.RSVP
Hockaday - 2:15p.m.RSVP
KAYE MOORE, PSY.D.
Speaking on Living an Authentic Life (learn more)
June 3 2008 at 6:30pm at Park Place Motorcars
ALAN GISHLICK, PH.D.
Speaking on the Interface of Science and Religion (learn more)
April 30th 2008 at Noon, Mercury Grill
Award-winning author of true crime and fiction books
DIANE FANNING (learn more)
Speaking on OUT THERE
March 26 2008 at 6:30pm at Park Place Motorcars
Pulitzer Prize-winning cultural historian
MICHAEL KAMMEN, PH. D. (learn more)
Lecturing on his book,
Visual Shock: A History of Art Controversies in American Culture
February 28 2008 at Noon, Mercury Grill
Wednesday, November 14, noon
SCHULZ: A BIOGRAPHY
Lunch Lecture at The Mercury Grill
by David Michaelis
Thursday, October 11, 6:30 p.m.
LITERATURE TO LIFE® PRESENTATION
at The Medical Center Children's Hospital
by The American Place Theatre
Wednesday, June 6, (4 - 5:30pm)
THE MONA LISA STRATAGEM: THE ART OF WOMEN, AGE AND POWER
at Neiman Marcus Downtown
by Harriet Rubin
Thursday, April 26, (noon)
THE BEST OLD MOVIES FOR FAMILIES: A PARENT'S GUIDE TO WATCHING TOGETHER
Lunch Lecture at The Mercury Grill
by Ty Burr
Thursday, March 29, (noon)
THE POWER OF MOVIES: HOW SCREEN AND MIND INTERACT
Location TBD
by Colin McGinn
Tuesday, February 13, (noon)
GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE
Lunch Lecture at The Mercury Grill
presented by George Friedman
Thursday, January 25, (noon)
A PERFECT MESS: THE HIDDEN BENEFITS OF DISORDER
Lunch Lecture at The Mercury Grill
Eric Abrahamson and David H. Freedman
Tuesday, November 7 (Noon)
Lunch Lecture
Alex Giorgio
Type E Personality
Thursday, October 26 (Noon)
The Mercury Grill, Preston Forest Shopping Center
Roger and Sally Horchow
The Art of Friendship: 70 Simple Rules for Making Meaningful Connections
Friday, October 6 (Noon)
Lunch Lecture at The Mercury Grill
Sheree Bykofsky and Lou Kreiger
Poker, Travel, Books and More!
Tuesday, September
12 (Noon)
Lunch Lecture at The Mercury Grill, Preston Forest Shopping Center
Stephen Schlesinger
Can the United Nations Survive?
June
6, 2006 at Noon at The Hockaday School
June 8, 2006 at 6:30pm at The Hockaday School
One lunch and one evening
Ann W. Wood
Using/Navigating Ebay workshop
April
17-20, 2006
Special Evening Event for Patrons with USA Film Festival
April
10, 2006 (6:30 PM)
Cocktail Hour Lecture
Andy Borowitz
Humor in Political Reporting
March
31 , 2006 (Noon)
Lunch Lecture
Robert Taylor
Forecasting Financial Markets, The Relationship Between Science
and Business
Co-sponsored with the Writer's Garret
March
2, 2006 (Noon)
Lunch Lecture
Mark Chandler
The Key to the Future of Medicine
February
9, 2006 (6:30 PM)
Cocktail Hour Lecture
Independent Nation
John Avlon
January 31, 2006 - (Noon)
Lunch Lecture
Insights
into Senior Moments
Dr. John Hart
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