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Darwin Day Lecture @ Trinity U – Eugenie C. Scott
Darwin Day Seminar - Eugenie C Scott, former director of the National Center for Science Education, will provide a public lecture on Charles Darwin and the ongoing controversy surrounding his theory of evolution by natural selection. Dr. Scott, a trained physical anthropologist, has received many national awards for her efforts in increasing the public understanding of evolution and in combating efforts to introduce creationism and intelligent design into public high school science classrooms. Her recent awards include the Stephen Jay…
Find out more »Play: The Amish Project @ Attic Rep
THE AMISH PROJECT by Jessica Dickey San Antonio Premiere Performances: February 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 at 8 PM Feb 13 and 21 at 2:30 PM The Amish Project is a play based on a school shooting in the Amish village of Nickel Mines, in which a gunman shot and killed five girls between the ages of 6 and 13. The 2006 incident made international news, forcing a quiet traditional culture into the spotlight of a ravenous news…
Find out more »LaVar Burton @ St. Philips College
The Palo Alto College President's Lecture Series presents LeVar Burton, Award-winning Actor and host of "Reading Rainbow" as guest speaker on February 11, 2016, 11am in the Watson Fine Arts Theater. LeVar Burton launched his acting career while still a student at the University of Southern California. Cast in the groundbreaking role of Kunta Kinte in the landmark television series “Roots,” at 19 he found himself on the cover of Time Magazine. This event is free and open to the…
Find out more »***Taking Down Monuments ***
What happens when a monument no longer reflects the values of a society? Or (more likely) when a monument is still cherished by some, but reviled by others? What do we, as a community, do then? We’ll spend the first hour exploring how other countries and cities have dealt with their obsolete and controversial monuments (the theory) and the second hour discussing how San Antonio is addressing the Confederate monuments, symbols and names that remain as part of the civic…
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