Events In addition to our Signature Six, other more intimate events are a mainstay of the Institute’s life. Each semester we offer an array of interesting topics and excellent speakers. Here are a few of the special events coming up in 2016-2017:
AN EVENING WITH SARAH HEPOLA Author of Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget Monday, October 3: 7:00-8:30 pm; reception at 6:30 pm
THE NEW URBANISM: AN UPDATE FOR DALLAS Featuring Monte Anderson and Patrick Kennedy Wednesday, October 12: 7:00-8:30 pm; reception at 6:30 pm
SENIOR MOMENTS: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD An Evening with Author Willard Spiegelman Wednesday, October 26: 7:00-8:30 pm; reception at 6:30 pm
REPUBLIC OF SPIN: AN INSIDE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY With Presidential Historian and 2008 Hiett Prize recipient David Greenberg Tuesday, Dember 6: 7:00-8:30 pm; reception at 6:30 pm
FALL FLING: SONGWRITERS & THEIR SONGS SPRING CELEBRATION: A LITERARY & ARTISTIC FEAST
Reception and Program with Guest Speakers and Performers
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Classics at Cour Regard This Fall discover the magic of Cour Regard, our newest venue for
Cour Regard programs. Once a small bookstore tucked behind the Institute’s
Stroud House, Cour Regard is an intimate space with warmth and
charm. On October 7th, we will present the first in a season of themed
programs which will include food, wine, dramatic readings of our
favorite classics, and accompanying performances by local artists in
music and dance. Text selections and performers will be announced prior to each program.
October 7
December 2 February 3
April 7
Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji
Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
Four Fridays, 7:00-8:30 pm; reception at 6:30 pm Season pass: Members $150; Nonmembers $195; Member Teachers $60 Per program: Members $50, Nonmembers $65, Member Teachers $20 Books available for purchase
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Groups Dallas Institute groups aim for balance—just the right mix of heavy and light, tragic and comic, classic and contemporary. They’re havens for lovers of books, movies, and real conversation. Add the Institute’s hallmark hospitality and you have the makings of not just groups but true communities of mind and heart.
Breakfast or Lunch Book Groups
Dr. Larry Allums, Executive Director, The Dallas Institute Breakfast: Four Tuesdays, 7:15-8:45 am: Sep. 13, Oct. 11, Nov. 8, & Dec. 13 Lunch: Four Wednesdays, noon-1:30 pm: Sep. 21, Oct. 19, Nov. 16, & Dec. 21 Tuition: Members $200, Nonmembers $225 Includes breakfast or lunch and set of books (listed on dallasinstitute.org)
Speaking of Movies
Dr. Scott Churchill, Professor of Psychology, The University of Dallas Four Mondays, 6:30-8:00 pm: Sep. 19, Oct. 17, Nov. 21, & Dec. 19 Tuition: Members $100, Nonmembers $120 , Member Teachers $35
Friday Night Salon
Dr. Larry Allums, Executive Director, The Dallas Institute Bi-monthly Fridays, 6:30-8:00 pm; reception 6:00 pm. Oct. 14, & Dec. 9 Per session: Members $25, Nonmembers $35, Member Teachers $15.
New This Semester The Historians
Dr. Donna McBride Four Tuesdays, 6:30-8:00 pm: Sep. 6, Oct. 4, Nov. 1, & Dec. 13 Tuition: Members $100, Nonmembers $120, Member Teachers $35.
The Ben Franklin Circle
The Dallas Institute in partnership with the 92nd Street Y Bi-monthly Fridays, 6:30-8:00 pm; reception 6:00 pm. Sept. 9, & Nov. 11 Per session: Members $25, Nonmembers $35, Member Teachers $15
The Ben Franklin Circles (BFC) is a collaborative project of 92nd Street Y (92Y), the Hoover Institution, and Citizen University
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Classes Every Fall and Spring, the Dallas Institute offers short classes taught by Institute Fellows and guest professors.
Each class: Members $110, Nonmembers $125, Member Teachers $35
Fall Classes Dante’s Purgatorio
Dante’s Paradiso Four Thursdays, Oct. 27-Nov. 17 Four Wednesdays, Sep. 7-28 6:30-8:30 pm 6:30-8:30 pm Dr. Larry Allums, Executive Director, The Dallas Institute Option to enroll in both with a special two-class package: Members $190, Nonmembers $220, Member Teachers $50 Democracy in America
Dr. Thomas Lindsay, Dallas Institute Fellow Three Fridays, 7:00-8:30 pm: Sep. 16, Oct. 21, & Nov. 18
Spring Classes—dates to be announced Bestiary
Mary Vernon, Professor of Art, Southern Methodist University
The Swarming City
Dr. Joan Arbery, Professor of English, Southern Methodist University
William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom!
Dr. Larry Allums, Executive Director, The Dallas Institute
Electra in Myth and on Stage
Kevin Moriarty, Artistic Director, Dallas Theater Center
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