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

contact the Member Concierge at

Marie GarrisonArts & Cultural Director

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