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First Wednesdays 2009-10 |
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“Sharing Our Past — Shaping Our Future” Since 1974 |
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Norwich Congregational Church, 15 Church Street. 7:00 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month. Norwich Public Library phone: 802.649.1184.
October 7 ~ The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power. New York Times’s Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger considers the most difficult problems confronting the Obama administration. Sponsor: The Norwich Bookstore
November 4 ~ True Compass: Remembering Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Powers will read from Senator Edward Kennedy’s memoir, True Compass, and share stories of the late senator. Powers served as Senator Kennedy’s collaborator on True Compass, which debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list. (Please note: This talk replaces the originally scheduled talk, “On the Ridge Between Life and Death: A Climbing Life” with David Roberts.)
December 2 ~ Ikebana as a Contemplative Path. Ikebana, the ancient Japanese art of flower arranging, is also a contemplative path to self-awareness.This illustrated lecture by Ikebana Master Marcia Shibata includes the creation of an Ikebana flower arrangement. Sponsor: Jericho Woodworking
January 6 ~ Poetry’s Spiritual Language. Using the poetry of Dickinson, Kenyon, Rumi, and Kabir—poets from diverse religious traditions—Dartmouth professor Nancy Jay Crumbine examines poetry’s language of spirituality. Sponsor: We’re Makin’ Waves
February 3 ~ Problem Solving in the Middle East and South Asia. Retired CIA Chief of Counterterrorism Haviland Smith considers the rivalries and conflicts involving Arabs, Israelis, Persians, Kurds, Pakistanis, Afghans, Sunni, and Shia, and to what extent they have been mitigated by regional powers, America, and the West. Sponsor: Ludwig Leskovar, Builder
March 3 ~ Stark Decency: German POWs in a New England Village. Historian Allen Koop tells the story of New Hampshire’s only World War II prisoner-of-war camp. He describes how ordinary people in Stark turned bitter division into camaraderie. Sponsor: Gilberte Interiors, Inc.
April 7 ~ 100 Years since Triangle: The Fire That Seared a Nation’s Conscience. Dartmouth Professor Annelise Orleck reflects on the March 25, 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Greenwich Village, which killed 146 workers, most of them young immigrant Jewish and Italian women. Sponsor: Smith & Vansant, PC
Friday, May 7 ~ E Pluribus Unum: Immigration, Diversity, Community. Presented With the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center. Disconcerting new evidence shows that community bonds are weakened by ethnic diversity. Author and Harvard sociologist Robert Putnam examines how our own history shows that the challenges can be overcome, enabling us to reap the many benefits of diversity. Location: Filene Auditorium, Dartmouth College
Series Sponsor: Ledyard National Bank
Program Sponsors: Dartmouth BookstoreGilberte Interiors, Inc. Jericho WoodworkingLudwig Leskovar, Builder Smith & Vansant, PCWe’re Makin’ Waves
Library Sponsors: The Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation Friends of the Norwich Public Library Mascoma Savings Bank FoundationNorwich Historical Society
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