HISTORY ’ S GREATEST VOYAGES OF EXPLORATION
HISTORY ’ S GREATEST VOYAGES OF EXPLORATION
November 3 – December 15 , 2016 | 10 : 00am | Special Interest Room | No Charge | Pre-Registration Required
FACILITATOR : KAREN ZARSE Throughout history , one of the deepest human impulses has been the drive to explore , encounter and reveal the unknown . In this course , you will join a quest to study the greatest explorers of world history and understand their motivations : religious impulses , pursuit of commerce , desire for conquest , and drive for scientific knowledge . It begins with the pre-modern explorers working without advanced technologies yet achieving epic results , and leads to the modern exploration of the harshest environments in the Arctic , Antarctic , the ocean depths and outer space . Course content is from The Great Courses with Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius , Ph . D ., University of Tennessee .
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There is no charge for this course but you must pre-register . A maximum of 15 participants will be accepted .
ROSEMARY BOWLER : The Fat Man & the Trolley : Moral Conundrums
Thursdays , January 12 , 19 , 26 & February 2 , 9 , 16 , 2017 | 10 : 00am | Woman ’ s Club Room | $ 150 / series of six
All of us have experienced the difficulty of making a major decision - Should I accept this job that requires me to move far away from friends and family ? Do I agree to bring up my children in a religion in which I do not believe ? Should I honor my mother ’ s end-of-life wishes if my siblings disagree ?
In this course , we will examine both actual and hypothetical situations demanding a moral decision in which either choice will produce both positive and negative results . We will attempt to find some guidance in the arguments made by thinkers , past and current , who have grappled with these dilemmas . We will look at how neuroscience is providing new insights into the ways we think and act . Chances are , at the end of the course , you may be even more confused than when you begin . If so , the course will have succeeded . I ’ ll leave it to you to determine why this is so .
AUTHOR & CHEF MICHAEL RUHLMAN COMES TO BOCA GRANDE The Soul of a Chef IS THE 2017 ONE BIG GRANDE BOCA BOOK !
Sunday , January 29 , 2017 | 2:00pm | Auditorium $ 150 Sponsor | $ 50 Reserved Seating | Free General Admission after January 1 , 2017
OBGBBC ( One Big Grande Boca Book Club ), modeled after a nation-wide concept held in many cities across America , will be held in Boca Grande for the third year . This program serves the mission of bringing together an entire community with a common read . There is nothing else quite like it on this island and you will not want to miss it !
Michael Ruhlman , nationally known author , chef , and TV celebrity , will be our guest with his book , The Soul of A Chef , as the featured book . His topic embraces the culture of food and chefs in America today . Anthony Bourdain , writing for the New York Times , describes the book as “ a hold-your-breath-while-you-turn-the-page thriller that ’ s also an anthropological study of the culture of cooking .”
The culminating celebration will be held Sunday , January 29 , 2017 , at 2:00pm in the auditorium at the Boca Grande Community Center . Michael Ruhlman will give a lecture , followed by a book signing in the Houghton Room . There will be activities associated with the reading , as well as interesting conversations and opportunities for intergenerational book-centered discussion . Cooking and food are topics we can all appreciate either as amateur chefs or enthusiastic consumers .
Sponsors are needed to underwrite the costs . Sponsors will receive reserved seating in the auditorium and an invitation to a special event with Mr . Ruhlman . The cost of Sponsorship is $ 150 per person . Any residual proceeds from this event will benefit the Dee Wheeler Children ’ s Fund , which supports island families ’ participation in children ’ s programs , including summer camp .
General admission seating will be available in the auditorium or for simulcast viewing in the Woman ’ s Club room , depending on your arrival time and seat availability . Photo by : Donna Ruhlman
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