This is a four-session, discussion-style event.
Tuesday, March 3, 10, 17 and 24 at 1 p.m.
Joyce’s semi-autobiographical Portrait is considered one of the greatest examples in English of a Künstlerroman, a fictional narrative tracing an artist’s growth.
Thursday, March 5 at 1 p.m. at CCA Santa Fe, 1050 Old Pecos Trail
Donald Gluck reviews Ukraine’s history from 9th century Kyivan Rus, through the 1649 to 1764 Cossack Hetmanate, to today’s republic, emphasizing the Orange and Maidan Revolutions, and Russian Federation aggression.
Thursday, March 5 at 10:30 a.m.
Join New Mexico Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth for a special briefing on this year’s legislative session, including which issues were resolved, which issues failed, and which issues were left undetermined until a further special session or next year’s session.
Friday, March 6 at 10 a.m.
New archaeological discoveries indicate that the earliest human migrations from Asia to the Americas began much earlier than we previously believed. New discoveries and DNA data push this date back to at least 22,000 years ago.
Tuesday, March 10 at 3 p.m.
Colin Jacobsen, music director of Santa Fe Pro Musica, is also a skilled concert programmer, noted for his wide-ranging and thought-provoking selections. He’ll use the group’s orchestra concerts on March 14 and 15, as well as other concerts from Pro Musica’s recent past and future, as examples.
Thursday, March 12 at 10 a.m
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon is a Huguenot village in the mountains of southern France. In 1990, it was honored by Yad Vashem as the first recipient of its Righteous Among the Nations award to honor gentiles who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews.
Wednesday, March 18 & 25 and April 1 at 10 a.m.
In film, food is employed as a metaphor for excess and greed; conflict; passion; love and forgiveness; tradition and ritual. Different films may lead us to reflect on the meaningful act of sharing a meal, as that can be a gateway into experience, memory, opinion, and meaning.
Thursday, March 19 and 26 at 10 a.m.
In March 1944 President Franklin Roosevelt was in the final year of his unprecedented third term as U.S. President. At the time, his general physician noted that “Roosevelt represents a textbook case of untreated hypertension progressing to [likely] organ failure and death from stroke.”
Thursday, March 26 at 1 p.m.
The architects for the new Georgia O’Keeffe Museum will share an update on its design and construction. The presentation will include an explanation of the conceptual underpinnings of the design…
Tuesday, March 31 at 10 a.m.
Physician Jennifer Wise will help us put the “big three” cardiovascular risks—diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol—into the larger context of medical and lifestyle interventions. Dr. Wise will review the intricacies of these diagnoses, explain how we calculate heart risk scores, and review other notable risks to our vascular health.