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CLE Presents
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: May 2023
The Center for Life Enrichment provides invaluable lessons about life in the Big World and life here on the Plateau.
Education is not preparation for life. It is life itself.
Center for Life Enrichment brings you some of the world’s best authorities on life. Spend some elevating hours with national and global experts in politics, science, history, law, folklore, the arts, and so much more.
“This month we’re promoting three highlighted June programs,” says Fallon Hovis, Executive Director of CLE.
They are:
• Pulitzer Prize winning author Ed Larson
• Historian and author Eren Taser
• Garden Safari Tour and Cocktail Party, with Mary Palmer Dargan
If you’re not already a fan of Ed Larson, here’s your chance to meet this man of letters who’s earned some impressive numbers:
One Pulitzer Prize, 1998;
Seven continents on which he’s lectured;
One New York Times best-seller;
20 languages into which his work has been translated;
14 books of which he is author or co-author.
Join his lecture, “The Scopes Trial in History and Folklore,” Tuesday, June 27, 10:00 A.M. to Noon; cost is $30 (members)/$40 (non-members).
On Wednesday, June 28, attend “Conceived in Liberty,” 10:00 A.M. to Noon, $30/$40.
Eren Taser, a Bostonian who’s now an instructor at UNC-Chapel Hill, is captivated by the religious and social history of Soviet Central Asia. Soviet and Muslim, his first book, examines Soviet policies toward Islamic institutions. Don’t miss his presentation, “Putin’s War in Ukraine: the Russian Empire Reborn?” set for 2:00 to 4:00 Thursday, June 22, $30/$40.
On Friday, June 23, attend “NEOM: Line City in the Saudi Desert;” $30/$40.
For our garden lovers and flower aficionados, let’s stick in a green thumb and pull out a plum of an event, Garden Tour and Safari Cocktail Party at Fernwood, with its 280 feet of private waterfalls. This is the home of licensed landscape architects Hugh and Mary Palmer Dargan, ALSAs.
Enjoy their Out of Africa Dining Pavilion on the banks of the Upper Horse Pasture River. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres await. Hop aboard the CLE coach (parking is limited). Enjoy the ride and a party you’ll never forget.
For more information, contact Center For Life Enrichment Office at (828) 526-8811.
