Monadnock Summer Lyceum presents between eight and ten cultural events in the Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church on Sundays, between the end of June and beginning of September.

Please join us on Sunday mornings to hear world class speakers on social, political, educational, cultural, scientific, economic, environmental and artistic topics.  Enrich your summer in Peterborough, NH in the heart of the Monadnock Region.

Presentations begin at 11:00am
Presentations are rebroadcast by NHPR on the following Saturday at 4.00 pm.
Presentations are free ~ donations accepted.
Wheelchair accessible.
Parking is available next to the church courtesy of Ocean Bank.
Following the presentations audience members are invited to a reception in the Parish Hall.

 

2012 Speaker Series

July 1 Leaf Seligman  Opening the Window:
A Sabbath Meditation on Paradox, Meaning and Joy
July 8 Christie Hager A New Era of Health Reform: The New England Experience
July 15 Gordon Peery, narrator A Celebration of New England Contra Dance Music
Honoring Bob McQuillen

July 22 Tracie McMillan Rethinking Food Politics in America:
From Farmer’s Markets to Walmart
July 29 Gus Speth Forging a New Politics To Drive Real Change
in America
Aug 5 Taylor Mali What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job
in the World
August 12   MacDowell Medal Day – No Lyceum
August 17 Wesley Wildman Make it Start! Make it Stop!
Technology and the Future of Religious Experience
August 24 Elizabeth Reis Confess or Deny: What's a "Witch" to Do?