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UPCOMING SEMINARS & EVENTS
- Fall Barbecue and Social – Our yearly fall social and
introduction of the the upcoming year's programs will again be
under the redwood trees at Stow Grove County Park in Goleta. Date
is already set for September 7 at 1:00 pm.
- Seminar on The Initiative Process Wed., Sept. 10, 17, 24 - Time
and Venue TBA
Ted Anagnoson will help us understand the California Initiative
Process and look at one or more of the many initiatives that will
be on the November 4 ballot.
- The Middle Ages Mon., Sept. 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20 - 1:30
- 4:30 pm Valle Verde Theatre
Mike Cribbs along with George Frakes, Don O'Dowd, Peter Kruse,
Howard Clarke and others will look at history, climate, religion
and everyday life in Europe between 500 and 1500.
- Globalization and Offshoring, Bob Macy. Tues., Dec. 2, 9, 16 - 9:30 - 12:30
- Venue TBA
Not scheduled but definite:
- Women in Art and their Heroic Struggle to Succeed, to be presented by Wayne
Hoffman in Winter/Spring 2009.
- From the 16th century to today, the story of women who
defied society and convention to become artists. A story complete
with murder, violence, revolution, official prejudice, and public
indifference. But a story of success! Three sessions, dates, time
and venue TBA
- Myth, History, and Poetry in Homer's Iliad - Howard Clarke will present three
three-hour sessions one on historical context and background,
a second on the poem itself, and a third on its meaning and influence.
In Winter 2009. Dates, time and venue TBA
- Documentary Films - Jorgia Bordofsky and Diane Wolf are organizing a seminar
to be presented after the Santa Barbara Film Festival in the spring
of 2009. Three sessions, dates, times and venue TBA
- Persian Gulf History and Economic Developmnt - Jayme deBarros
will include a short history of the Persian Gulf region from about
1800 and why it was important at that time to European powers;
especially England. The development of the area before oil and
after with an emphasis on Dubai, and maybe Abu Dhabi, specifically
and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) generally. Three session in
winter/spring 2009, dates, time and venue TBA
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