
Other Councils

Other Great Books Programs
Events Around the Country
This is a rundown of upcoming Great Books events in the United States and Canada. Most of these are organized by Great Books Regional Councils; some are organized by related organizations. Click the links for further details and to register for the events.
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February 11: San Francisco Mini-Retreat (Zoom)
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Readings: J.M. Coetzee, Age of Iron; two poems: Antije Krog, Country of Grief and Grace and Maya Angelou, His Day is Done
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February 11-12: New England Great Books Winter Weekend (Zoom)
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Theme: The Highs and Lows of a Silver Age: Germany Between the Wars
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Reading: Joseph Roth, What I Saw: Reports from Berlin 1920-1933; Joseph Roth, The Wandering Jews; Hans Fallada, Wolf Among Wolves
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February 25: The Art of Discussing Art, Houston, TX
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Theme: Art and the Ultimate: Turtles or Telos?
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April 13-16: New England Great Books Spring Retreat (Zoom)
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Theme: The Highs and Lows of a Silver Age: Germany Between the Wars (continued)
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Readings: Benjamin Carter Hett, The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic; Erich Kastner, Going to the Dogs: The Story of a Moralist; Alfred Doblin, Berlin Alexanderplatz; Berthold Brecht, The Threepenny Opera (book and 1931 film adaptation)
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April 28-30: Barbara McConnell Weekend at Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA
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Readings: Ayn Rand, short essays; Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things; Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Nathan the Wise; selected poetry
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April 29-30: Philadelphia Great Books Spring Institute (Zoom)
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Theme: Cultures in Collision
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Readings: N. Scott Momaday, House Made of Dawn; James Welch, Winter in the Blood
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July 8: Northern California Great Books Annual Meeting and Book Discussion (Zoom)
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Reading: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun
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July 15: Northern California Great Books Leader-Reader Workshop (Zoom)
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October 7-8: Northern California Great Books Long Novel Weekend (Zoom)
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Reading: Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
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