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Sunday, August 3, 2025
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Monday, August 4, 2025
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August 4, 2025 -Jazz Meets Classical: Uncovering the Hidden Connections Between America’s and Europe’s Musical Traditions at Center for Life Enrichment
Jazz Meets Classical: Uncovering the Hidden Connections Between America’s and Europe’s Musical Traditions at Center for Life Enrichment
The late great Dr. Billy Taylor said: “Jazz is America’s classical music.” But what does he mean? What is the relationship between “America’s classical music” and the classical music of the European tradition
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
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August 5, 2025 -Fascism Unbound: Exploring the Rise of Transnational Movements Then and Now at Center for Life Enrichment
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August 5, 2025 -CLE | An Exploration of Old World/New World Wines at High Country Wine and Provision
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Featured August 5, 2025 - RecurringFeatured Nature Center Nights | What Bat is That? at Highlands Nature Center
Fascism Unbound: Exploring the Rise of Transnational Movements Then and Now at Center for Life Enrichment
With the recent rise of far-right governments around the world, fascism is back in the news. But what is fascism? And how do we identify a “fascist”? These questions are hauntingly similar to those of the interwar period.
CLE | An Exploration of Old World/New World Wines at High Country Wine and Provision
Step into the captivating world of wine as we guide you on a journey through the timeless classics of Old World wines and the bold, innovative flavors of New World […]
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Nature Center Nights | What Bat is That? at Highlands Nature Center
Stretch your wings and tune into the sounds of the many special bats of the Highlands area! Join our Naturalists on a walk through the Botanical Garden to watch them in flight.
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
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August 6, 2025 -CLE | Rooted in Restoration: A Garden Tour with Lisa Dailey
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Featured August 6, 2025 - RecurringFeatured Tinker Time for Tots at The Literacy and Learning Center
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August 6, 2025 -Free Expression from Ben Franklin to Facebook at Center for Life Enrichment
CLE | Rooted in Restoration: A Garden Tour with Lisa Dailey
Join Lisa Dailey of Cultivation for an immersive horticulture restoration class on plant diversity, soil rebuilding, and sustainable gardening practices. This interactive tour will guide you through a stunning 5-acre in-town mountain property, showcasing everything from untouched spaces to sophisticated gardens.
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Tinker Time for Tots at The Literacy and Learning Center
The Literacy & Learning Center is excited to bring back another season of engaging workshops tailored for preschoolers and their parents. The aim is to empower parents by demonstrating inventive ways to utilize everyday household items for their children's educational benefit.
Free Expression from Ben Franklin to Facebook at Center for Life Enrichment
What do we mean when we say that free expression should be regulated by the “free marketplace of ideas?” This seductive metaphor has gained widespread currency in the modern United States.
Thursday, August 7, 2025
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August 7, 2025 -Exclusive! How Journalists Skewered Big Business in U. S. History—and Why It Mattered at Center for Life Enrichment
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August 7, 2025 RecurringSummer Writing Workshop at Albert Carlton Cashiers Community Library
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August 7, 2025 RecurringKids Zone at Hudson Library
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Featured August 7, 2025 -Featured Zahner Conservation Lecture Series | Finding the Fabulous Ordinary at Highlands Nature Center
Exclusive! How Journalists Skewered Big Business in U. S. History—and Why It Mattered at Center for Life Enrichment
Thoughtful Americans have long resented special privilege and foreign domination. For much of U. S. history, one word—monopoly--symbolized both of these perils. To combat these perils, journalists —in conjunction with jurists, government officials, social scientists, and business people—have popularized an anti-monopoly vision that has shaped law, public policy, and popular culture.
Summer Writing Workshop at Albert Carlton Cashiers Community Library
Beginning on June 5 at 1:00 p.m. and continuing every Thursday until August 28, ACCCL staff member Michael Redman will lead a writing workshop that is free and open to everyone, regardless of previous writing experience.
Kids Zone at Hudson Library
Kids Zone features a variety of fun and interesting programs where kids can explore art, nature, science & more! Best for ages 5 and up.
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Zahner Conservation Lecture Series | Finding the Fabulous Ordinary at Highlands Nature Center
Featured Speaker: Georgann Eubanks, author, University of North Carolina Press
Friday, August 8, 2025
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August 8, 2025 -Judging the Court: The Evolving Role of the Supreme Court in Modern America at Center for Life Enrichment
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August 8, 2025 -Art Workshop – Creating a Watercolor Brush Painting in the Style of Japanese Tradition at Center for Life Enrichment
Judging the Court: The Evolving Role of the Supreme Court in Modern America at Center for Life Enrichment
In the Federalist 78 Alexander Hamilton called the Supreme Court an “intermediary” between the “People” and the legislature, as the Court served as a “bulwark” for a limited Constitution.
Art Workshop – Creating a Watercolor Brush Painting in the Style of Japanese Tradition at Center for Life Enrichment
Create a work of art based on the tradition of watercolor brush painting!
Saturday, August 9, 2025
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