Of the all buildings named for

women on Brenau’s historic

Gainesville campus, only one has a

namesake so indelibly etched into

its façade that there is no mistaking

whom it honors.

As it was originally designed, the

Lessie Southgate Simmons Memorial

hall — commonly known today as

the Simmons Visual Arts Center —

was to be the home of the YWCA and

include a chapel for Brenau students

and faculty, as well as the library and

the Brenau Museum. The college once

owned a valuable collection of curios

and objects of historical and artistic

interest gathered from all lands.

There was also a valuable collection

of minerals and other geological

specimens, which would later include

the famous Brenau Dare Stone.

So who is the woman whose name

is placed so prominently on this

campus? She was a president’s wife,

but she is not our now-famous Lucile.

She is, however, our own muse — her

name was Celestia “Lessie” Muse

Southgate Simmons, after all — and

by all accounts, she was a force to be

reckoned with.

Born July 5, 1863, in Louisburg,

North Carolina, Lessie was the

daughter of educators from prominent

Virginia and North Carolina families.

Her father was president of the

Louisburg Female Seminary.

Lessie showed a prodigious

intelligence from her early childhood.

In music — both piano and voice —

she was considered a child prodigy,

but according to some accounts, she

also excelled in oratory, gymnastics

and medicine.

WINTER 2019

Newsletter of the Brenau University Learning and Leisure Institute

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• Welcome 3

• Things You Should Know 4

• Gainesville Classes 5-7

Lessie Southgate Simmons (Painting by A. Edmonds)

Lessie Southgate SimmonsDuring the 2018-19 academic year, Brenau University is celebrating its 140th anniversary. I thought you might like to read some interesting history about the school. — KSA

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• Gainesville

Short Courses 8

• Braselton Classes 9-10

• Braselton

Short Courses 10

• Academic Schedule 11

WINTER REGISTRATION

Gainesville and Braselton

Wednesday, Nov. 14

A proud sponsor of the

Center for Lifetime Study

and BULLI

Senior Financial Planning, LLC

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STAFF CONTACTS

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kamos@brenau.edu

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Office Manager

hbrand@brenau.edu

770.531.3175

Over 20 years ago, a group of Hall County residents gathered in the Wilson Room of the John W. Jacobs Building

to talk about the idea of a lifelong learning program at Brenau. The group included local visionaries and business

leaders, lifelong Gainesville residents and individuals who were new to the area.

Some of the attendees had visited lifelong learning programs in other places. Others had attended Elderhostel programs

throughout the country and had experienced firsthand the benefits of lifelong learning. All of them, however, were

dedicated to the idea of creating a unique opportunity for learning on the Brenau University campus.

From their dedication, BULLI was born.

we invite you to become a part of the bulli family.

Welcome to BULLI

Knowledge and Education

Fun and Excitement

Companionship and Sense of Belonging

Friendship

Travel Opportunities

Health Benefits

BULLI Hiking Club

Members hike throughout

Northeast Georgia. Each hike is

graded for its difficulty and most

outings end up with the hikers

enjoying lunch together. To join

the group, call Polly Elliott at

770.867.5997.

BULLI Bards

The Bards is a poetry group that

meets regularly to read poetry

submitted by group members and

to hone their poetry skills. If you

are interested, call Bill Early at

678.450.2867.

Dinner Together

Would you like to enjoy dinner,

Dutch treat, in the company of

other members? This dining-

out group meets on the third

Thursday of each month at various

restaurants in the area. Members

sign up to serve as host/hostess for

the month of their choice.

BULLI Reads

Our book club members gather

to discuss favorite fiction and

nonfiction books on the second

Tuesday of every month, except

December and July. BULLI Reads

meets in the Brenau Trustee’s

Library, room 115 at 4:30 p.m.

Our members volunteer to be

discussion group leaders. BULLI

members are invited to share in

the conversations about books

and to enjoy the fellowship of

other reading enthusiasts. For

details, please contact Virginia

Hale halev@earthlink.net.

BULLI Art Group

For those of you into creating

art, or those of you who would

like to hone your skills, the art

group meets on the first Friday of

the month at the BULLI House.

For more information, call Kathy

Amos at the BULLI House at

770.538.4705.

So what are you waiting for? Join BULLI Today!

BULLI – Where

Intellectual Curiosity

Meets Friendship

and Fun!

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Special Interest GroupsBULLI also has special interest groups that make the lifelong learning

experience richer. BULLI members can choose from:

things you should knowhow do i register for classes?

You may register in person at the BULLI House and Braselton Town

Hall or by mail or fax. Our fax number is 770.531.2054.

gainesville | wednesday, nov. 14Thurmond McRae Auditorium, 625 Academy St.,

adjacent to the Brenau Trustee Library

3:30 p.m. – social gathering 4 p.m. – registration

You may register at the BULLI House at 406 Academy St.

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. through Wednesday, Nov. 20.

You may also fax your registration forms to 770.531.2054.

Call the BULLI Office at 770.538.4705 or drop by today!

braselton | wednesday, nov. 14Community Room, Police & Municipal Court Facility

(entrance in the rear of the building)

5040 Highway 53, Braselton

4:30-5 p.m. – social gathering

5-5:30 p.m. – free bulli mini class Long Live the Queen! Curious and Intricate Traditions

and Protocols that Will Happen Upon the Passing of

Queen Elizabeth II. Presented by Carter J. Wood, President

of Lyman Hall Chapter, Georgia Society, Sons of the

American Revolution.

5:30 p.m. – registration

If you are unable to attend the Braselton registration

meeting, you may drop by the Braselton Town Hall through

Tuesday, Nov. 19, or contact Braselton Town Manager

Jennifer Scott at 706.654.5720.

Registration on a space-available basis will be accepted after the

official registration dates, but those registering after will not receive

priority consideration in assigning classes. Registrants who do not

get in a desired course will receive a refund in the form of a voucher

that can be used another term of the school year or for any class in

the current term that is not already filled.

For more information, call 770.538.4705 or visit www.brenau.edu/lifetimestudy

how do i become a member?

BULLI is open to anyone who is interested in

becoming a BULLI member. Members become

part of a vibrant learning community. BULLI

is supported through its membership fees. The

membership fee for the remaining three quarters

of the academic year is $110. Your membership

gets you exclusive access to BULLI courses and

includes the following benefits:

• Curriculum catalog each term

• Opportunity to enroll in classes

• EBits email newsletter

• Discounted membership at the Brenau

Fitness Center

• Library privileges (including computer use)

at the Brenau Trustee Library

• Social events at minimum or no cost

• Field trips – International trips

bulli courses | winter term jan. 7 – feb. 15, 2019BULLI courses are noncredit and have

no exams or prerequisites. You may take

as many courses as you wish for $40 per

course. Short course fees are based on

course length. Instructors are a mixture of

university professors, community experts

and qualified BULLI members who

enjoy sharing their knowledge and skills

with others. Courses are held at various

locations on the Brenau campus and

Braselton town facilities.

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BULLI membership is required for all course registration.

PLEASE NOTE: Brenau University will

be closed Dec. 19-Jan. 1 for the holiday

break. All registrations must be completed

by Nov. 30 to insure that all administrative

processing can take place before closing.

MONDAY

Enhance Your Drawing:

Combining Drawing and

Mixed Media

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Drawing is a skill that needs to be

worked on to improve, and that’s just

what we’ll do in this class. A famous

quote by painter Paul Klee — “A

line is a dot that went for a walk.”

— expresses the idea of the journey

and the movement from one point to

the other, which creates the line. In

this class, we will take the line with

our drawing skills and improve them

with the addition of other mediums,

among them being graphite, watercolor,

colored pencils and acrylic.

Jill Haack holds a B.A. in Graphic

Design from Eastern Illinois

University and an M.S. in Graphic

Arts. She teaches classes at the Atlanta

Botanical Gardens – Gainesville and

to private students, young and old. She

has taught several classes for BULLI.

The 50 Greatest Composers

and Their 1,000 Greatest Hits

1 – 2:30 p.m.

Join us as we count down the 50

greatest classical composers of all time.

We’ll start with Alexander Borodin at

No. 50, and over six weeks we’ll work

our way to No. 1. Will that No. 1 be

Mozart? Bach? Or Beethoven? Yes,

there will be “life nuggets” of all the

composers shared, and we will listen to

each composer’s greatest hits. We’ll talk

about what makes their music great, if

they were considered stars during their

time and why their music has met the

test of time. An extra feature of the

class will be performances of some of

the countless selections by these great

composers. Join us for a class in which

you will learn a little about a lot and

find out why music written centuries

ago still warms the heart and has you

humming those tunes in 2018.

Steve Coldiron has been involved

in music at First Baptist Church in

Gainesville since 2007, but his music life

began years before when he studied at

Wayne State University in Detroit, then

Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville,

Ky., and Westminster Choir College in

Princeton, N.J. He finally made it to

the South and to Gainesville, where his

ready wit and broad musical knowledge

make him one of BULLI’s most popular

teachers. Get ready to laugh and learn!

Three Geniuses of Spanish

Art: El Greco, Velazquez

and Goya

2:45 – 4:15 p.m.

Explore the works and lives of three

great Spanish artists, while viewing their

definitive paintings. El Greco was the

spiritual Greek mystic brought to Spain

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TIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

9 – 10:30 a.m.Strength in Motion

Wendy Peacock

BULLI Bards & Art Club

1st Fridays

10:45 a.m. –

12:15 p.m.

Enhance Your Drawing:

Combining Drawing

and Mixed Media

Jill Haack

Organs Out of Tune:

A Concert of Diseases

George Ordway

More Hidden Figures:

Women in Science

and Technology

Denise Lee

Laughter: Finding the

Funny in Everyday Life

Abigail Cutchshaw

Hiking

2nd &

4th Fridays

1 – 2:30 p.m.

The 50 Greatest

Composers and Their

1,000 Greatest Hits

Steve Coldiron

How the Renaissance

Re-Invented Theatre

Stanley Longman

Space Science: What

is Out There, What

Have We Done, What

Will We Do?

Frank Lock

The Increasing

Relevance of the

Garden of Eden

Edward Simmons

(Jan. 10, 17, 24 & 31)

Committee

Meetings

3rd Fridays

2:45 –

4:15 p.m.

Three Geniuses of

Spanish Art: El Greco,

Velazquez, and Goya

Tamra Glenn

Water, Water, Every-

where!

Linda MacGregor

More Bridge —

A Follow-up

Ruth Bruner / Lisa

DiCarlo

Hiking

2nd & 4th Fridays

to paint for the King, who then rejected

the artist’s work and left him to fend

for himself. Diego Velazquez created

art that portrayed royalty and peasants

with equal humanity, and his paintings

are like snapshots capturing an instant

in time. Francisco Goya, a man of great

passion, left a body of work that is a

broad record of Spanish life. Influenced

by personal tragedy and political turmoil

in Spain, Goya’s later works show some

of the bleakest views of mankind ever

painted. This course will induce each

artist’s distinctive styles and put their

masterpieces in historical perspective.

Tamra Glenn has taught high school

Spanish for over 30 years. She also

taught at the junior college level. Since

retiring, she has enjoyed engaging with

the Hispanic community in Gainesville

through her volunteer work and has

previously taught BULLI classes. Her

enthusiasm for Spanish art began when

she studied in Spain during college.

TUESDAY

Strength in Motion

9 – 10:30 a.m.

Do you want to feel terrific? Then you

need to focus on total body strength.

This low-impact class will help you

improve core strength, balance,

flexibility and posture for an overall

sense of well-being. Class is suitable for

all ages and fitness levels. Modifications

will be provided for certain exercises.

Wendy Peacock has been a fitness

instructor since 1996. She is certified

in group fitness, Pilates, strength,

step, spin and Zumba and has been a

certified personal trainer since 2013.

She has taught group fitness at Frances

Meadows since 2008.

Organs Out of Tune:

A Concert of Diseases

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

This unique course will update and

extend topics previously covered in

Organ Recital 1 & 2 and The Body

Human. Each class will begin with a

brief review of the normal structure and

function of an organ system, followed

by a discussion of diseases that affect it.

Special attention will be given to maladies

associated with the aging process, as well

as topics recently presented in genes and

cancer. Prior background in biology or

attendance at any of the previous courses

is not required to understand and enjoy

the material that will be presented.

George Ordway has a Ph.D. in

physiology from the University

of Kentucky and a Masters of

Physician Assistant Studies from UT

Southwestern Medical Center. He

is a retired professor of physiology,

who taught medical and allied health

students for 25 years, as well as many

BULLI courses, including Organ

Recital I and II, The Body Human,

How Healthy Are We?, Neuroscience I

and II, and Genes and Cancer.

How the Renaissance

Re-Invented Theatre

1– 2:30 p.m.

Theatre as an art form and social

institution died a slow death by the

early 6th century, the victim of both

church and civil decrees. Plays were

destroyed, actors were arrested and

excommunicated, and theatre buildings

became quarries for stones to build new

churches. Some time in the second half

of the 15th century, theatre began to

revive, aided by new knowledge of the

ancient world of the Greeks and the

Romans. Plays were revived and new

ones written. Academies and courts

brought them to life. Eventually, new

theatre buildings appeared, many of

them for public performances. All this

occurred in a variety of forms and

styles, especially in Renaissance Italy,

Golden Age Spain, Elizabethan England

and Neoclassical France. Of course,

that called for playwrights: William

Shakespeare, Ben Johnson, Lope de

Vega, Calderon, Moliere, Jean Racine

and more. Celebrate theatre in this

terrific new class.

Stanley Longman is a professor emeritus

and former head of the Department

of Theatre and Film Studies at the

University of Georgia. He is a playwright

and theatre historian, specializing in

Italian drama and theatre.

Water, Water, Everywhere!

2:45 – 4:15 p.m.

Explore Lake Lanier, including its

history and multiple uses, as well as its

role as the water supply for Gainesville

and Hall County. The course will

include an introduction to turning lake

water into drinking water and returning

treated, reclaimed water back to the

lake. We will address questions such

as, “Is the lake clean?” and gain an

understanding of the interstate water

issues involving Lake Lanier.

Linda MacGregor has a bachelor’s

degree in Environmental and Water

Resources Engineering from Vanderbilt

University. She is a licensed professional

engineer. She has worked in the water

business for 35 years — the first 20-

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plus years as a consulting engineer

and 10 years with the state of Georgia

as watershed protection chief and for

the Georgia Environmental Finance

Authority. Since February 2016, she has

been the director of water resources for

the City of Gainesville, responsible for

water, wastewater and storm water.

WEDNESDAY

More Hidden Figures: Women

in Science and Technology

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

We will explore the lives and

accomplishments of several women

— some known, most obscure —

who have contributed to advances

in technology and the sciences. From

Hypatia in ancient Greece to Countess

Ada Lovelace in Victorian England to

code-breaker Elizabeth Friedman in

World War II, we will see how, despite

obstacles to their participation, women

have shaped the world we live in today.

During the 28 years that BULLI

member Denise Lee worked with

programmers and engineers as a

technical writer, she developed an

interest in women in computers. She

has been researching the topic in more

detail since her retirement and is excited

to share what she has discovered with

others. Lee has been a teacher and

trainer since before graduating from

the University of Georgia. She holds

B.A. and M.A. degrees in English and

completed coursework for a doctorate

in adult education.

Space Science: What is Out

There, What Have We Done,

What Will We Do?

1 – 2:30 p.m.

NASA is back in the news!. How

much do you know about what they

are doing and why it is important?

This course will actively involve the

participants in learning about space

science from 1957 through 2100. Early

space exploration will be explored, as

well as what is currently being done.

We will together investigate predictions

about where humans may be in the

future and what we may be doing.

Frank Lock taught high school

astronomy, physics and chemistry for

36 years. He became a member of

the Network of Educator Astronauts

after applying for a NASA educator

astronaut position. As a result, Lock

has done numerous outreach events in

Georgia and Florida. He has been the

Gainesville Solar System Scale Model

tour guide since 2014.

More Bridge — A Follow-up

2:45 – 4:15 p.m.

You’ve learned the basics, now stretch

your playing abilities. Join us for a

continuation of the fall bridge class

taught by Ruth Bruner and Lisa DiCarlo.

Students will fine-tune their playing

skills by bidding more hands, practicing

their defensive game and exploring

conventions. The second manual in the

American Contract Bridge League Series,

Play of the Hand in the 21st Century,

will be available to students.

Ruth Bruner has extensive experience

playing duplicate and party bridge. She

has taught bridge in several Gainesville

City Schools. She has a B.A. in English

from Agnes Scott College, was certified

as a Georgia teacher in 1969. Lisa

DiCarlo, an excellent bridge player, is

enthusiastic about teaching new players

the wonderful game of bridge.

THURSDAY

Laughter: Finding the Funny in Everyday Life

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

What tickles your funny bone? What

humorous personal experiences do you

share with family and friends? In this

class, we will study comedy through the

ages, and we will explore why we laugh

and what it can do for our minds and

bodies. We will learn how to write jokes

and, for the adventurous, perform your

very own five-minute comedy routine.

Abigail Cutchshaw is a Gainesville

native and mother of five children. She

works as an early interventionist with

Babies Can’t Wait. Her specialty is

children with special needs. This past

summer, she taught a popular class on

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BULLI members had a great time hosting the Brenau tennis team at an ice cream social.

GAINESVILLE SHORT COURSESThe Increasing Relevance of the Garden of Eden

Four Sessions, 1 – 2:30 p.m.

Thursdays, Jan. 10, 17, 24 & 31

Although everyone recognizes references

to Adam, Eve and the Garden of Eden,

most of us don’t really know the story.

Nor do we realize that archeology,

genetics and related historical sciences

find historical significance in the story —

and that literature and religious studies

find timeless symbolism that speaks to

realities of our age. Historians, geneticists

and brain scientists have paid lots of

attention to the historical parallel to

eating from the tree of knowledge, known

as humanity’s Great Leap Forward. Brain

science and computer technology are

also reviving interest in the tree of life

as relevant to artificial intelligence and

possible downloading of the human mind

into permanent digital media.

Dr. Edward Simmons holds an M.A.

and a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University.

He is on the history faculties at Brenau

and Georgia Gwinnett College. His

special interests include religious history,

Bible study and Big History. He is also

author of the 2017 Illumination Award

Gold Medal for Spirituality Winner

“Talking Back to the Bible: A Historian’s

Approach to Bible Study.”

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By the time Lessie married Thomas

Jackson Simmons on Nov. 11, 1891,

she had owned her own music school

in Durham, North Carolina, received

numerous offers to represent musical

conservatories and organizations, and

studied internationally with some of the

most esteemed teachers of music.

One New York paper said of her:

“(She) combines a rare degree of

excellence as elocutionist, pianist

and vocalist with a charming

personality, which has won for her the

proud distinction of being the most

accomplished woman in the South.”

How Lessie and Thomas came to

Brenau is quite an interesting story. After

serving as president of Union Female

College in Eufaula, Alabama, Thomas

Simmons and his bride moved to Rome,

Georgia, where he served as president

of Shorter College and she worked as

director of the conservatory and head

professor of voice.

In 1910, H. J. Pearce and Azor Van

Hoose, who were co-owners of Brenau,

had a falling out and Van Hoose left the

school. Pearce, who needed both money

and prestige in order for Brenau to

survive, offered Thomas part ownership

of Brenau. Van Hoose, then, became

president of Shorter.

When the Simmonses came to Brenau,

they came bearing gifts for the college.

Some 22 pianos, four Shorter professors,

a boundless wealth of rare and beautiful

furniture from Asia and Italy, a collection

of artifacts large enough to fill a small

museum, and an amazing collection of

art followed them there.

While Thomas tended to the everyday

business of running a college, Lessie set to

work to create a true conservatory — a

separate college for the study of classical

music and other arts — for Brenau.

Because of her wide influence in musical

circles, she was able to enlist some of the

best instructors of the day for her girls.

Her letters reveal her determination to

bring Brenau to its full flower as the

premier music school in the South.

By 1913, Lessie had 150 students in

the conservatory. She brought world-

famous musicians to perform in the

1,200-seat auditorium, which at the time

did not bear the Pearce name. People

came by train from across the Southeast

to the performances. She also began an

annual Chautauqua — a sort of summer

festival with lecturers, politicians and,

of course, music — on the Brenau front

lawn. But most importantly, she educated

women toward self-sustaining careers

in music and music education. Brenau

had rightfully earned the distinction of

being one of the premier colleges in the

Southeast for music.

By late 1913, Lessie was seriously

ill. She had worked tirelessly and was

having, as it was euphemistically called

in those days “female problems,” which

were draining her of energy and strength.

Lessie traveled to a Baltimore hospital,

where a hysterectomy was performed.

She came back to Brenau, determined to

continue her work — her passion — but

her strength failed her. After returning to

Baltimore, she died on May 19, 1914. Her

funeral was held in Wake Forest, North

Carolina, where she was buried. Lessie’s

tombstone reads: “Consummate Artist,

Eminent Teacher, Consecrated Christian.”

A heartbroken Thomas was

determined to commemorate Lessie’s

life and accomplishments at Brenau by

raising the funds to construct a building

in her honor. He donated the first

$5,000, and friends and supporters of

Brenau donated the remainder.

Today, it houses Sellars Art Gallery, as

well as the ceramics studio, laboratories

and several classrooms and offices.

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TUESDAY

Healthy and Delicious:

Hands-on Cooking

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Join Chef Huff in his brand-new

demonstration kitchen at Wimberley’s

Roots at the Wimberley Center in

Winder, where you’ll prepare delicious

meals to enjoy and learn more healthy

food choices. The class timing is

perfect for lunch. This class has a $30

supply fee to cover food costs.

Chef John Huff is a Winder native

who received a Health and Exercise

Science degree from Furman University.

He then attended Johnson and Wales

University, finishing in the top of his

culinary arts graduating class. After

recently teaching culinary at Sims

Academy and Lanier Technical College,

Huff now shares his culinary and

nutrition passion with his community.

WEDNESDAY

Not Your

Grandmother’s Library

1– 2:30 p.m.

Do you remember your public library

fondly, with its dusty books and card

catalog? We think you’ll be even fonder

of the new public library. It has eBooks,

electronic magazines, downloadable

audio, free online language learning,

animated eBooks for kids and much

more. Oh, and your public library still

loves print books, too, just like you

do. Participants should bring a laptop,

smartphone, tablet or whatever they use

for downloadable content.

Braselton librarians Beth McIntyre,

Lori Hayes, Kelli McDaniel and

Alicia King will guide you through

the ins and outs of current library

opportunities and usage.

THURSDAY

Oh, My Goodness!

Is that Really True?

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Fact or fiction? True or false? How do

you know? In this multispeaker course,

we’ll examine several different topics

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10:45 a.m. –

12:15 p.m.

Healthy and Delicious:

Hands-on Cooking

John Huff

Oh, My Goodness! Is that

Really True?

Multiple Speakers

1 – 2:30 p.m.

Complimentary

Health Practices for

Optimum Health

Lynn Hammond

(Jan 7, 14 & 21)

Not Your Grandmother’s

Library

McIntyre, Hayes,

McDaniel and King

Behind the Vat with

the Winemaker

Simone Bergese

(Jan. 31, Feb. 7 & 14)

Carol Shannon shows students in the Braselton Fall Gardening class how to select plants.

and explore what’s real, what’s not and

how to tell the difference.

Jan. 10: The Psychology of

Misinformation Exposure —

Dr. Bartosz Wojdynski, assistant

professor, Grady College of Journalism

and Mass Communication, University

of Georgia

Jan. 17: Food and Farming Myths —

Paul Pugliese, University of Georgia

Extension agriculture and natural

resources extension agent/coordinator

for Bartow County

Jan. 24: The Ins and Outs of Fake

News — Dr. Kate Keib, assistant

professor of communication studies,

Oglethorpe University

Jan. 31: Vaccine Beliefs and

Misinformation —

Dr. Saima Hussain, pediatrician,

The Longstreet Clinic

Feb. 7: Nursery Rhymes Decoded

— Carter J. Wood, president, Lyman

Hall Chapter, Sons of the American

Revolution

Feb. 14: Chemtrails and Climate

Change: Fake News or Good

Science? — Pam Knox, agricultural

climatologist, Department of

Crop and Soil Sciences, College of

Agriculture, University of Georgia

BRASELTON SHORT COURSESBy starting dates

Complimentary Health Practices for Optimum Health

Three Sessions, 1 – 2:30 p.m.

Mondays, Jan 7, 14 & 21

Explore the whats, whys and hows of

three beneficial health practices: Yoga,

Tai Chi, and Reiki. Each has entered

the mainstream of highly respected

wellness options but are not familiar to

everyone. Three certified practitioners

will spend one session each introducing

you to their particular specialty and

will guide you in the basic instruction

of each. This class is suitable for all

ability levels, and all may be practiced

while seated, if desired.

Facilitated by BULLI member Lynn

Hammond.

Behind the Vat with the Winemaker

Three Sessions, 1 – 2:30 p.m.

Thursdays Jan. 31, Feb. 7 & 14

This three-session class offers instruction

on the world of grape varieties taught

by Simone Bergese, chief winemaker at

Chateau Elan. His classes will be held

at Chateau Elan, and each week will

focus on a different wine style, origin

and taste profile.

Simone Bergese holds a degree in

oenology and viticulture from Turin

University in northern Italy. He was

hired as chief winemaker at Patria

Winery in Sicily in 2003 and then served

in the same capacity at Firriato Winery,

one of the best-known wineries in Italy.

During that time, Bergese produced

over 18 million bottles of wine and was

awarded several international awards.

Since joining Chateau Elan in 2013,

his wines have won over 50 awards at

prestigious wine competitions.

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BULLI member Chris Kopesel with her scarecrow creations, Betty Jo and Bobby.

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SPRING

March 25 – May 3

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