June - July 2013
Reynolds Plantation
June
Alfred Hitchcock Lecture & Discussion 4
I Will Sing Prelude Dinner & Concert 5
GARDEN: Creating a Space Lecture & Discussion 6
Russian History through Piano Music Lecture, Concert & Discussion 7
The Science and Psychology of PersonalityLecture, Workshop & Picnic Dinner 8
July
Natural Beginnings in Basketry Basket Making Workshop 9
An Evening of Speaking-in-TunesPrelude Dinner & Concert 10
Of Kings and Queens and HookersLecture & Discussion 11
The Civil WarLecture & Discussion 12
Southern Architecture Lecture & Workshop 13
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Alfred Hitchcock: Master of Suspense as Master of Images
Lecture & Discussion
Tuesday, June 4Dr. Janice Simon, UGA Art HistoryJosiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching ProfessorThe Heritage & Nature Center5:00 p.m. Cocktails5:30 p.m. Program$5.00 per personReservations begin May 4
Alfred Hitchcock is considered
by many as one of the world’s
distinctive visual approach and
involvement in all aspects of
“Hitchcockian” to be regularly
this lecture and discussion,
visual power and motifs of
his cameos, number 13,
blondes, doubling, birds,
4 June - July 2013
I Will Sing Lara Oshon in Concert: Smooth, Simmery & Soulful
Prelude Dinner & Concert
“Lara is without a doubt the most inspiring, passionate, heart-centered musical artist I have ever seen live on stage.”
- S. Santiago. Los Angeles, Filmmaker
Thursday, June 6Lara Oshon, Singer-songwriter Louis Romanos, DrummerThe Heritage & Nature Center6:30 p.m. Cocktails & Prelude Dinner8:00 p.m. Concert$49.95 per person, Prelude Dinner & ConcertReservations begin May 6
Prelude Dinner Menu
Course I
Fresh Mushrooms, Warm Bacon Vinaigrette
Course IIBacon Wrapped Chicken Breast
Course IIICrème Brûlée
Kof her original music mixed with a
few songs by some of
her favorite artists such
Her rich, warm voice
and rhythmic piano
drum beats, provided
by award-winning New
incorporates elements
of folk, neo-soul, pop,
Lara and Louis currently live in Athens, GA, and have performed and
an unforgettable evening! For more information on Lara and her music, please
For More Information: Contact the Member Concierge ~ 706.467.1111 5
GARDEN: Creating a SpaceLecture & Discussion
Thursday, June 13Matthew Klyn GARDEN, Owner & Landscape DesignerThe Heritage & Nature Center5:00 p.m. Cocktails5:30 p.m. Program$5.00 per personReservations begin May 13
Have you ever entered a garden and been transported to another world?
While anyone can place plants in the ground, it takes an artist to create a
his process including:
makes an area special
and unique
of surprise and
discovery
and irrigation
plants and hardscape
materials
selection and placement
maintenance tips
A
green principles to represent the forefront of the new wave of urban garden
6 June - July 2013
Russian History through Piano Music Lecture, Concert & Discussion
‘David Haas’s lifelong interest in Russian music was inspired by his paternal grandmother, who emigrated from Ekaterinburg, Russia to southern Ohio,
shortly after the Russian Revolution…’
Monday, June 17Dr. David Haas, Professor of Musicology UGA Hugh Hodgson School of MusicThe Lake Club5:00 p.m. Cocktails5:30 p.m. Program$5.00 per personReservations begin May 17
yotr Tchaikovsky, Mili Balakirev, Modest
Pictures at an Exhibition and Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, connecting each with an important
live piano performance, video clips, and
discussion, these fascinating connections
between music and history can lead to
new experiences of familiar music and new
David Haas holds degrees from the Cincinnati Conservatory and the University
Leningrad’s Modernists, a focus on the musical achievements of Dmitri
young experimentalists of
the 1920s and Symphonic Etudes, a translation and
and ballet of 20th-century
critic and scholar Boris
is currently preparing
language writing on
introductory music text,
Experiences of Music
For More Information: Contact the Member Concierge ~ 706.467.1111 7
The Science and Psychology of PersonalityLecture, Workshop & Picnic Dinner
Tuesday, June 25Dr. W. Keith Campbell, Professor of PsychologyUGA Psychology DepartmentThe Heritage & Nature Center4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Lecture, Workshop & Picnic Dinner$19.95 per person, Lecture, Workshop & Picnic DinnerReservations begin May 25
Picnic Dinner Menu
Honey Brined Chicken with Lemon Vinaigrette
The science of personality is one of the
Campbell will discuss some of the
central aspects of personality theory,
from the most basic trait models like the
He will describe how personality can
be measured and how it can be seen
in the environment around us, from
lecture and a brief cocktail break, the
workshop begins and it will be your
turn to have some fun participating in
personality questionnaires used today in
whose experience with personality testing
involved taking the Meyers-Briggs at
workshop concludes with summary and
D
books on the personality trait of narcissism,
and is currently writing a personality
textbook tentatively titled, Personality: Understanding Yourself and Others.
8 June - July 2013
Natural Beginnings in Basketry Basket Making Workshop
been in continuous use by human beings from our beginnings…
Monday, July 15 – Wednesday, July 17Peggie Wilcox, Basketmaker & TeacherThe Heritage & Nature Center9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Daily, Continental Breakfast & Workshop$175.95 per person, (supplies included)Reservations begin June 15
This workshop incorporates the
basics of twined basketry and
fragrant and naturally colorful
Attendees will twine a basket
Grass and learn about plant
material gathering, preparation,
and basketry history from around
eggie Wilcox has been making, teaching, and collecting baskets for 30
uses are renewable, sustainable, non-toxic, beautifully colored, often extremely
of gathering and processing plant materials are an integral part of each basket
For More Information: Contact the Member Concierge ~ 706.467.1111 9
10 June - July 2013
An Evening of Speaking-in-TunesSongs, Stories & Fiddle Tunes from the Appalachians
Prelude Dinner & Concert
‘Come enjoy music and song with a powerful heartbeat…’
Thursday, July 18Speaking-in-Tunes QuartetThe Heritage & Nature Center6:30 p.m. Cocktails & Prelude Dinner8:00 p.m. Concert$49.95 per person, Prelude Dinner & ConcertReservations begin June 18
Prelude Dinner Menu
Course IChilled Champagne Cantaloupe
Course II
Course III
Basil Lavender Cookie
Fresh Berries
This quartet from the
Carolinas captures the
spirited voice of ‘old-time’
Appalachian music, that
genre that represents the
earliest of southeastern
the Appalachians, this
powerfully rhythmic music
emerged in the 1700’s
and 1800’s from the
fusion of cultures from
and became the roots of
early country, bluegrass,
and other ‘modern’ music
ballads, sweet harmonies,
and stories will captivate
(mandolin/vocals), Dave
Of Kings and Queens and HookersA Romp through the First 200 Years of Kew Gardens
Lecture & Discussion
Monday, July 22Dr. K. Wilf Nicholls, DirectorThe State Botanical Garden of GeorgiaThe Heritage & Nature Center5:00 p.m. Member Cocktails5:30 p.m. Program$5.00 per personReservations begin June 22
Gardens, Kew, is in fact a combination of several properties that date back
as royal residences to the
defeat, victory, or event
of national import had
ever happened there
and maybe that is why
it afforded several
kings and queens the
opportunity to indulge
in the rather fashionable
pursuit of landscape
they did, creating the
beautiful and the bizarre,
ably assisted (though that
The path from royal residence to public garden was not without a few bumps
prurient) and it is they, standing on the shoulders of previous botanical giants,
that must be credited with making what Kew Gardens is today, a plant collection
of international importance, a repository of natural resources, studied by
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12 June - July 2013
The Civil WarNorth vs. South, A Personal Perspective
Lecture & Discussion
Soldier’s life is due to me, robs poor girls of their one heart’s delight, causes them for to weep and mourn the loss of a soldier so far from his home....
will give me joy, to hear once more from my sweet soldier boy..... William P. Mangum to his wife
Monday, July 29Mary Ellen Brooks, Emeritus DirectorUGA Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript LibraryThe Heritage & Nature Center5:00 p.m. Cocktails5:30 p.m. Program$5.00 per personReservations begin June 29
The Civil War was one
of the most devastating
events in the history of our
families and devastation
Mary Ellen Brooks, Emeritus
Director of the Hargrett
Library at the University of
Georgia, will share materials
from letters, diaries,
and other materials,
Mary Ellen will
present different
personal accounts
of the war from the
perspectives of both
soldiers and citizens
on both sides of the
Southern ArchitectureFrom Antebellum to Contemporary
Lecture & Workshop
Wednesday, July 31Professor John C. Waters, Founder UGA Historic Preservation Chip Wright, Architectural Consultant & InstructorUGA Historic PreservationThe Heritage & Nature Center4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Workshop & Cocktails$10.00 per person, WorkshopReservations begin July 1
mmerse yourself in a historical and visual
experience with southern architecture in this special
Athens, Elberton, or Greensboro and wondered:
historic or perhaps is it new? Who designed it, who
built it and what was their inspiration? Why does
program will help you to identify and appreciate the
styles, elements, and history of southern towns, their
The workshop begins with history
of southern architecture, building
materials available, architects of the
era, and how towns were planned,
visually explore, review, and identify
key elements, details, and features
of southern architecture from the
After a short cocktail break, and
using what you have learned,
we will clear the board and engage
in a fun visual classroom adventure
to identify buildings and styles found
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English Proverb
“from little acorns mighty oaks do grow”An old English proverb –“from little acorns mighty oaks do grow”– reminds us
much symbolism as we prepare an exciting series of programs to entertain and
Linger Longer Living cultural lifestyle programs combine the best of visual and performing arts (including exhibitions, music, lectures, excursions and instruction) with a uniquely diverse audience to create an
entertaining experience with the
Linger Longer LivingTo register for these events, please
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Marie GarrisonArts & Cultural Director
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