Philadelphia Council
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Would you like to attend a special event?
Philadelphia Great Books Council
presents the
51st Annual Spring Institute
Sunday, May 16, 2010, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
Adulteress or Harami (Bastard): Society’s Scapegoats
The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini
You are cordially invited to attend the Philadelphia Great Books Council’s 51st annual Spring Institute.
In the morning, we will discuss Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic, The Scarlet Letter, the timeless tale
of passion and revenge, guilt and grace, sin and redemption in colonial America. In the afternoon, we take up
Khaled Hosseini’s 2007 novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, (a stunning follow-up to The Kite Runner),
a “beautiful, riveting, and haunting” story of violence, fear, hope, and friendship “set against the volatile
events of Afghanistan’s last thirty years.” In both fictions the authors explore the full range of what it means
to be human - and a woman – in oppressive societies and times.
Please see the flyer for more info: Philadelphia Spring Institute 2010
Philadelphia Great Books Council Theatre Party
Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 2 pm
Durrenmatt’s The Physicists
(discussion immediately follows the play)
Arcadia Theatre Main Stage
Arcadia University
450 S. Easton Road
Glenside, PA 19038
(directions: http://www.arcadia.edu/prospective/default.aspx?id=577 )
Join us for Aracadia Theater’s presentation of The Physicists, by Friedrich Durrenmatt.
We encourage you to read the play (it’s short but scintillating in its intellectual pyrotechnics),
see the play, and then engage in a discussion of its themes. You may want to bring a friend.
This darkly comic satire tackles scientific ethics and puzzles over our ability to handle the
ever-increasing responsibilities that emerge hand-in-hand with our technological advances. This
satiric drama of murder combined with humor and 180-degree plot twists, directed by Jared Reed,
asks the question about whether we humans can be trusted with the destructive potential of our
scientific strides or not. It dramatizes the ideas of Mobius, Einstein, and Newton amidst the
background of modern psychiatry.
Please see the flyer for more info: PhiladelphiaGreatBooksCouncilTheatreParty2010
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contact: Helen McGrane at phila5@greatbooksdiscussionprograms.org
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