APRIL - JUNE 2019 ISSUE NO. 2 OF 4 GLADSTONE'S LIBRARY CHURCH LANE, HAWARDEN, FLINTSHIRE CH5 3DF www.gladstoneslibrary.org | [email protected]| +44 (0)1244 532350 | AGONY IN THE GARDEN: Art & Faith from Eden to Gethsemane with Deborah Lewer Residential from £235, non-residential £160* Explore real and imagined gardens in visual art as places of abundance and desolation; as the settings for temptation and transformation; and as the stages for human and holy drama. 26 th APR to 28 th APR THE BOOK OF BOOKS Rare Books and Religious Texts £8 or £18.95 with dinner Assistant Librarian Gary Butler gives a history of the printed word with some spectacular, and unusual, examples from our religious collections. Mon 29 th APR 7.30pm SUBVERTING SHAKESPEARE with Emma Rees Residential from £235, non-residential £160* Was The Merchant of Venice Shakespeare joining in with the popular anti-Semitic clamour, or was he doing something far more subversive? And what does the play mean to us, in the post-Holocaust 21st Century? 10 th MAY to 12 th MAY
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Tickets £15, includes a copy of The Age of the HorseG L A D S T O N E ' S L I B R A R Y C H U R C H L A N E , H A W A R D E N , F L I N T S H I R E C H 5 3 D Fwww.gladstoneslibrary.org | [email protected] | +44 (0)1244 532350 |
A G O N Y I N T H E G A R D E N : Art & Faithfrom Eden to Gethsemane with Deborah Lewer Residential from £235, non-residential £160*
Explore real and imagined gardens in visual art as places of abundance and desolation; as the settings for temptation and transformation; and as the stages for human and holy drama.
26th A P Rto
28th A P R
T H E B O O K O F B O O K SRare Books and Religious Texts £8 or £18.95 with dinner
Assistant Librarian Gary Butler gives a history of the printed word with some spectacular, and unusual, examples from our religious collections.
Mon 29th
A P R7.30pm
S U B V E R T I N G S H A K E S P E A R E with Emma ReesResidential from £235, non-residential £160*
Was The Merchant of Venice Shakespeare joining in with the popular anti-Semitic clamour, or was he doing something far more subversive? And what does the play mean to us, in the post-Holocaust 21st Century?
10th M A Yto
12th M A Y
F A I T H I N T H E F A C E O F E M P I R E : The Bible Through Palestinian Eyes with Mitri Raheb£10, includes tea / coffee before the lecture
This year’s Robinson-Spong lecture explores the Bible and contemporary Christianity from a Palestinian perspective.
Sat 18th
M A Y10.30am
Sat 1st
J U N10am
W O M E N F I N D I N G T H E I R V O I C E with Ruthanna Hooke£35, includes lunch and tea / coffee
Ruthanna Hooke leads a workshop especially for women on the Linklater method of voice production.
10th J U Nto
16th J U N
L A T I N I N A W E E Kwith Robert ParkerResidential from £625, non-residential £440*
Whether you learned Latin at school, or perhaps just wish you had, Robert Parker’s great enthusiasm and skill will teach you the rudiments including poetry and prose.
21st J U Nto
23rd J U N
A L I B I S I N T H E A R C H I V E with some of the country’s most exciting crime writersResidential from £300, non-residential £125
A weekend of mystery and intrigue centring around The Crime Writers’ Association Archive for which Gladstone’s Library is the proud home.
* D I S C O U N T R A T E S F O R C L E R G Y A N D S T U D E N T S A P P LY .
Events will start at the times stated. Latecomers may not be admitted.
T H R O U G H P A L E S T I N I A N E Y E S . . .Contemporary Christianity in the Middle Eastwith Mitri RahebResidential from £235, non-residential £160*
16th M A Yto
18th M A Y
Look more closely at the rise and fall of Middle Eastern Christianity and the political situation in Israel Palestine.
