Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Put your thinking -- and learning -- caps on!

Tomorrow marks the beginning of the Thursday night summer lecture series at the Hanley Community Center. As always, the center has lined up some great speakers, discoursing on a wide range of fascinating topics. The schedule for the season is as follows:

7/26 - "Too Much God-Damned Cobblestone: Armitage Heights, In The Words of Its Best-Loved Edwardian Recluses," by Dr. Peter Wicklund, professor of history and popular psychology at the University of Mishipeshu

8/2 - "Here Comes The Tickle Monster!," presented by Pelzi Engwall, M.Ed.

8/9 - "Why I Am An Ayatollah," presented by unlicensed non-Muslim cleric the Ayatollah Martin Wisniewski (part of the Mishipeshu Public Radio's Voices of Faith series)

8/16 - "Kill 'Em All And Let L. Ron Sort Them Out: Scientology Separatists and the Threat to Our Way of Life," presented by Dr. Bernie Freeman, founder, The Freeman Free Man Institute

8/23 - "Peak Physical Condition: An Erotic History of Olympic Villages, 1932-2004," co-presented by contemporary erotic historian Dr. Andrew Wogan

All lectures begin at 7 PM. They are always free and open to the public. A brief question-and-answer session will follow each lecture.

The Hanley Community Center is located at 3704 South Armitage Avenue, across the street from St. Amor of Aquitaine Catholic Church. Call them at (436) 283-1093, or visit them on the web at http://www.hanleycommunity.org/.

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