Georgia readers of this blog might want to pencil in some of the following dates (or use whatever new-fangled calendar system they have).
Next weekend (March 3, 4, and 5), the Drama Ministry of Oak Grove United Methodist Church will be presenting Marsha Norman’s Traveler in the Dark . If you like family- and faith-friendly theatre, this show is for you. Tickets for this production, directed by my talented and beautiful wife, are still available.
The following Monday (March 7), our friend Matthew Franck will be speaking at Oglethorpe University . His topic: “Charging ‘Hate’ in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate: How to Stop an Argument You’re Losing and Endanger Freedom While You’re At It.” The lecture is at 4 p.m. in the Talmage Room of the Emerson Student Center .
The following Monday (March 14), you get two speakers for the price of one: Michael DeBow on healthcare and the constitution at 4 p.m. and Stanley Carlson-Thies on religious freedom at 7 p.m., both in the aforementioned Talmage Room.
After a short breather, y’all can travel to Macon for a wonderful conference on Alexis de Tocqueville , featuring Peter Lawler, Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., and innumerable others (including me). The dates are Wednesday and Thursday, April 6 and 7.
After that, you can hightail it up to Rome, for the second “Stuck with Virtue” conference , hosted by the aforementioned Peter Lawler, and featuring, among others, Charles Rubin, Ronald Bailey, Patrick Deneen, and Robert Kraynak. The dates are Friday and Saturday, April 9 and 10.
The following weekend you can unwind with another play at Oak Grove United Methodist Church.
You’d think Georgia was some sort of hotbed of cultural and intellectual activity
