AMERICAN PRESIDENTS & POLITICS LECTURE SERIES
COMMUNITY CENTER AUDITORIUM
The American Presidents & Politics Lecture Series continues to be one of the top-selling standout programs of the year . This program brings compelling authors and historians to Boca Grande , to share their knowledge of America ’ s most influential presidential leaders and political eras .
Wed ., Dec . 7 , 2016 | 4:30pm
Matt Bai , Political Journalist & Author
SPEAKING ON THE RISE OF TABLOID POLITICS AND THE 2016 ELECTION
As a National political columnist for Yahoo News and former chief political correspondent for The New York Times Magazine , Matt Bai is one of the most respected political journalists in the country . He challenges the way we view the intersection of media and politics and draws unique connections that resonate with a wide variety of audiences . In his book , All the Truth is Out : The Week Politics Went Tabloid , Bai brings us back to the first modern political scandal ( the fall of Gary Hart in 1987 ) and its reverberating effect on our politics and journalism in the decades since . In his lecture , Bai will expound upon the story of how politics became entertainment , and in light of the 2016 election give a provocative argument for why America and its media often get the leaders they deserve . Photo by : Michael Lionstar
Wed ., Jan . 11 , 2017 | 5 : 00pm
Akhil Reed Amar , Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University
SPEAKING ON THE CONSTITUTION : PAST , PRESENT AND FUTURE
In this talk , Professor Amar will explain and explore the constitutional significance of the epic election of 2016 and its implications for all three branches of the federal government . What does America ’ s constitutional future hold , and how can certain themes and patterns in America ’ s constitutional past help us to understand our current constitutional situation ? Come to this lecture and find out !
Wed ., Feb . 1 , 2017 | 5 : 00pm
Candice Millard , Writer & Journalist
SPEAKING ON PRESIDENT GARFIELD AND HER BOOK , DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC : A TALE OF MADNESS , MEDICINE & THE MURDER OF A PRESIDENT
Candice Millard is a New York Times best-selling author , and a former writer and editor for National Geographic magazine . Her book , Destiny of the Republic , was meticulously researched . James Abram Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president . Born into abject poverty , he rose to become a wunderkind scholar , a Civil War hero , and a renowned and admired reformist congressman .
Wed ., Feb . 22 , 2017 | 4 : 30pm
Evan Thomas , Author & Journalist
SPEAKING ON HIS BOOK , BEING NIXON : A MAN DIVIDED
Evan Thomas delivers the best single-volume biography of Richard Nixon to date , a radical , unique portrait of a complicated figure both determinedly optimistic and tragically flawed . The New York Times bestselling author of Ike ’ s Bluff and Sea of Thunder , Thomas brings new life to one of American history ’ s most infamous , paradoxical and enigmatic politicians , dispensing with myths to achieve an intimate and nuanced look at the actual man .
Photo by : David Welch
GENERAL ADMISSION $ 35 / lecture All four lectures $ 125 RESERVED SEATING $ 60 / lecture All four lectures $ 200 SPONSORSHIP $ 150 / lecture All four lectures $ 500
THANK YOU TO SPONSORS :
Pat & Jim Agger , Carol Armstrong , Claire & John Bissell , Pat Chapman , Chris & Jim Cowperthwait , Barbara & Jerry Edgerton , Frank Guyol , Joan & Jack Hall , Susan Hastings , Nancy & Andy Ireland , Lynda & Bob Jamison , Shelley & Roger Lewis , Sarah & John Lindahl , Lindsay & Lee Major , Madonna & John Merritt , Hebe & John Murphy , Ginny & Peter Nicholas , Ann & Ralph Poucher , Cappy & Peter Powell , Lynne & Mark Rickabaugh , John Shields , Honey & Sam Skinner , Alan Starling , Michael Saunders & Company : Carol Stewart , Richard Burdge & Lolo Weir , Cindy & David Wilds
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