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I think you are all on it - if not, please click the sign-up link below!</div><div><br></div><div>Phil </div><div><br></div>=================== Reading Odyssey - 28 July 09 =================<br> By Phil Terry<br> Sign up: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ReadingOdysseyNewsletter">http://tinyurl.com/ReadingOdysseyNewsletter</a><br>============================================================<br><br>- Announcing Darwin150 <br> Lecture series<br> Reading groups<br> Facebook campaign to get to 1 million members<br> Call for volunteers - we need your help!<br><br>- Graphic design volunteer needed<br><br>- Aristotle dialogue tonight, Sept 1, with Prof. Barry Schwartz <br><br>- Upcoming events (Xenophon, Homer)<br>- Slow Art Launches (from Berlin to Boston)<br>- Frankenstein on NBC<br>- Special thanks to sponsors and volunteers<br><br>----------------------------<br>Darwin150 Campaign<br>----------------------------<br><br>We are proud to announce.....<br><br>Darwin150 campaign<br><a href="http://www.darwin150.com/">http://www.darwin150.com</a><br><br>Goal: Celebrate 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's <br>"Origin of Species"<br><br>How:<br><br>- Facebook campaign to get to 1 million members<br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123</a> <br><br>...please join and spread the word. We have 250,000 members<br>but are aiming for 1 million by November 24. <br><br>- Free four-part lecture series with top scientists. Sign-up now <br>for webcasts or live audience at Harvard, Columbia and University <br>of Wisconsin:<br><a href="http://www.darwin150.com/events/">http://www.darwin150.com/events/</a><br><br>- "Origin of Species" reading group<br><a href="http://Darwin2009-1.Eventbrite.com/">http://Darwin2009-1.Eventbrite.com</a><br><br>---------------------------- <br>Four-part lecture series<br>---------------------------- <br><br>The Darwin 150 Project Lecture Series is designed to educate <br>the public on the most important insights from Darwin's great <br>book - as well as provide historical context and exciting <br>discoveries at the frontiers of 21st century evolutionary biology. <br>The series is free for all to participate in - live in person, <br>by phone and, in some cases, web.<br><br>Lecture 1: "The World Before Darwin"<br>Professor Everett Mendelsohn, Professor Emeritus, Harvard Univ<br>Wednesday, September 16, 2009<br>8:00PM EST/5:00PM PST<br>Register here to participate for free: (live at Harvard or via <br>live webcast or phone)<br><a href="http://darwinlecture1.eventbrite.com/">http://darwinlecture1.eventbrite.com/</a><br><br>Lecture 2: "Variation: Chapters 1 and 2 of 'On the Origin of <br>Species'"<br>Pulitzer Prize-winning Professor Jonathan Weiner, Columbia Univ<br>Wednesday, October 7, 2009<br>8:00PM EST/5:00PM PST<br>Register here to participate for free: (live at Columbia or <br>via phone)<br><a href="http://darwinlecture2.eventbrite.com/">http://darwinlecture2.eventbrite.com/</a><br><br>Lecture 3: "The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection and <br>the DNA Record of Evolution"<br>Professor Sean Carroll, University of Wisconsin<br>Wednesday, November 4, 2009<br>8:00PM EST/5:00PM PST<br>Register here to participate for free: (live at University of <br>Wisconsin or via live webcast or phone)<br><a href="http://darwinlecture3.eventbrite.com/">http://darwinlecture3.eventbrite.com/</a><br><br>Lecture 4: "Frontiers of Evolution"<br>Professor E.O. Wilson, Everett Mendelsohn, et al Harvard Univ<br>Tuesday, November 24, 2009<br>1:00PM EST/10:00AM PST<br>Register here to participate for free: (live at Harvard or via <br>live webcast or phone)<br><a href="http://darwinlecture4.eventbrite.com/">http://darwinlecture4.eventbrite.com/</a><br><br>---------------------------- <br>"Origin of Species" reading group<br>---------------------------- <br><br>Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - December 8, 2009<br>FREE for new members*<br>DARWIN'S ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES<br>Reading Odyssey intensive phone-based reading group<br>8:00 PM EST/ 5:00 PM PST (90 minute moderated discussion)<br><br>In the fall of 2009, we are running a Darwin phone-based<br>reading group for those who would like the Reading Odyssey<br>reading experience of this great scientific work. Special<br>thanks to Reading Odyssey sponsors Citrix Online and their<br>HiDefConferencing division.<br><br>The reading group will meet Tuesdays Oct 6, Nov 3 and Dec 8 at<br>8pm ET, 5pm Pacific via phone. The conference call number will<br>be supplied to all who register. The group will be moderated by <br>Havard PhD, Stephanie Aktipis. Stephanie is passionate about <br>general science education, Darwin and the Reading Odyssey method <br>of facilitating phone-based conversations. She also has received<br>teaching awards from Harvard for her work teaching Darwin's <br>"On the Origin of Species" to non science majors.<br><br>For more information and to register, click here:<br><a href="http://Darwin2009-1.eventbrite.com/">http://Darwin2009-1.eventbrite.com/</a><br><br>---------------------------- <br>Call for volunteers for Darwin150<br>---------------------------- <br><br>If you have 5-10 mins:<br><br>▪ Join our Facebook Group:<br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123</a> <br><br>▪ Follow us on Twitter:<br><a href="http://www.twitter.com/darwin150">http://www.twitter.com/darwin150</a><br><br>▪ Register for one or more of our lectures:<br>Our next one is with Harvard Professor Everett Mendelsohn on <br>"The World Before Darwin" on Wednesday 9/16 at 8pmET (live at <br>Harvard or via live webcast or phone).<br> <br>If you have 30 mins:<br><br>▪ Post our link on your Facebook Wall. To do this, just copy and <br>paste <a href="http://www.darwin150.com/">http://www.darwin150.com</a> into your Facebook status and click <br>the Share button.<br><br>▪ Tweet about us and use #darwin150<br><br>▪ Promote us in your Facebook status or Twitter feed. <br><br>---------------------------- <br>Graphic design volunteer?<br>---------------------------- <br><br>We need to design logos for Darwin150, Slow Art and some<br>ads for the Slow Art campaign (we've received free ad space<br>offers).<br><br>We also need a logo for the Reading Odyssey as a whole.<br><br>If you are or know a graphic designer who would like to volunteer,<br>then please contact Phil Terry at pterry at reading odyssey dot<br>com.<br><br>---------------------------- <br>Aristotle dialogue Sept 1 with Prof. Barry Schwartz <br>---------------------------- <br><br>Tuesday, September 1 (tonight)<br>Speaker, BARRY SCHWARTZ<br>Professor of Social Theory and Social Action, Swarthmore<br>Practical Wisdom and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics <br>8:00 PM EST/ 5:00 PM PST (1 hour call + Q&A)<br><br>Barry Schwartz, a longtime friend and advisor to the Reading <br>Odyssey, will speak to the Aristotle reading group about <br>"practical wisdom" and the lessons of the Nicomachean Ethics. <br>Barry Schwartz studies the link between economics and psychology, <br>offering startling insights into modern life. Lately, working <br>with Ken Sharpe, he's studying wisdom.<br><br>The general public is invited to attend and listen to this <br>discussion between Barry Schwartz and the 20 or so members of the <br>Aristotle reading group.<br><br>*Requires registration*<br><br>For more information and to register for free, click here:<br><a href="http://barryschwartz.eventbrite.com/">http://barryschwartz.eventbrite.com/</a><br><br>---------------------------- <br>"Xenophon In a New Voice" conference at NYU<br>---------------------------- <br><br>Wednesday, September 30, 5:30PM<br>"Xenophon in a New Voice"<br>Evening conference and reception at the New York University <br>Center for Ancient Studies<br><br>Featuring a number of academics and specialists including:<br><br>- Professor Paul Cartledge, Hellenic Parliament Global<br>Distinguished Professor in the History and Theory of<br>Democracy, NYU<br>- Matthew S. Santirocco, Seryl Kushner Dean, College of Arts<br>and Science and Angelo J. Ranieri Director of Ancient Studies,<br>NYU<br>- David Thomas, Independent Scholar, contributor to "The<br>Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika"<br>- Robert Strassler, editor "The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika"<br><br>Beautiful poster:<br><a href="http://ancientstudies.fas.nyu.edu/docs/CP/960/Xenophon_Poster_long.jpg">http://ancientstudies.fas.nyu.edu/docs/CP/960/Xenophon_Poster_long.jpg</a><br><br>Hosted by NYU College of Arts and Science Center for Ancient<br>Studies and supported by the Reading Odyssey<br><br>Register here for a FREE seat at the conference:<br><a href="http://xenophon.eventbrite.com/">http://xenophon.eventbrite.com</a><br><br>---------------------------- <br>Homer's Odyssey<br>---------------------------- <br><br>Monday, October 5, 2009 - December 7, 2009<br>Free for new members*<br>HOMER'S ODYSSEY<br>Reading Odyssey intensive phone-based reading group<br>8:00 PM EST/ 5:00 PM PST (90 minute moderated discussion)<br><br>In the fall of 2009, we'll start Homer again for those who<br>would like the intensive peer-based reading experience.<br>Mondays Oct 5, Nov 2 and Dec 7 at 8pm EST, 5pm Pacific.<br><br>Moderated by longtime Reading Odyssey moderator, Andre<br>Stipanovic. Andre has a PhD in comparative literature, speaks<br>and reads ancient Greek and Latin and has run many of our<br>reading groups. He's helped to develop the Reading Odyssey<br>method for phone-based facilitated dialogue and is a beloved<br>moderator by many of the veteran members.<br><br>For more information and to register, click here:<br><a href="http://homer2009.eventbrite.com/">http://homer2009.eventbrite.com/</a><br><br>---------------------------- <br>Slow Art launches<br>---------------------------- <br><br>The Reading Odyssey's latest initiative, Slow Art, is launching<br>in the U.S. and Europe this October.<br><br>This live event is designed to help participants see art in a <br>new way - to exercise their seeing, thinking and listening <br>muscles. <br><br>Slow art was started by the Reading Odyssey to invite novices <br>(and experts) to come, to feel welcome, to not worry about what <br>experts say but rather to take the time themselves to see and <br>discover what is possible when slowly viewing art. <br><br>Slow Art is one of our many free programs aimed at helping <br>adults break through the barriers that stop them from learning <br>like children learn - with an openness and excitement guided by <br>curiosity.<br><br>- - - October 10<br><br>Copenhagen<br><a href="http://slowartdk2009.eventbrite.com/">http://slowartdk2009.eventbrite.com/</a><br><br>- - - October 17<br><br>Boston<br><a href="http://slowartboston2009.eventbrite.com/">http://slowartboston2009.eventbrite.com</a><br><br>LA <br><a href="http://SlowArtLA2009.eventbrite.com/">http://SlowArtLA2009.eventbrite.com</a><br><br>Miami<br><a href="http://SlowArtMiami2009.eventbrite.com/">http://SlowArtMiami2009.eventbrite.com</a><br><br>New York<br><a href="http://SlowArtNYC2009.eventbrite.com/">http://SlowArtNYC2009.eventbrite.com</a><br><br>Stanford<br><a href="http://SlowArtStanford2009.eventbrite.com/">http://SlowArtStanford2009.eventbrite.com</a><br><br>Toronto<br><a href="http://SlowArtTO2009.eventbrite.com/">http://SlowArtTO2009.eventbrite.com</a><br><br>Washington, DC<br><a href="http://slowartdc2009.eventbrite.com/">http://slowartdc2009.eventbrite.com</a><br><br>Worcester, MA<br><a href="http://SlowArtWorcester2009.eventbrite.com/">http://SlowArtWorcester2009.eventbrite.com</a><br><br>- - - October 24<br><br>Berlin<br><a href="http://SlowArtBerlin2009.Eventbrite.com/">http://SlowArtBerlin2009.Eventbrite.com</a><br><br>London<br><a href="http://SlowArtLondon2009.Eventbrite.com/">http://SlowArtLondon2009.Eventbrite.com</a><br><br>---------------------------- <br>Host a Slow Art in your city?<br>---------------------------- <br><br>To host a Slow Art in your city, contact Phil Terry - pterry at <br>reading odyssey dot com or reply to this newsletter.<br><br>It's easy, you don't have to be an art expert and you don't have <br>to collect or manage money or do much by way of logistics.<br><br>Contact me for more information!<br><br>---------------------------- <br>Frankenstein on NBC<br>---------------------------- <br><br>Poet and author Laurie Sheck spoke to the Reading Odyssey back<br>in June just after her wonderful book, "A Monster's Notes" was<br>published.<br><br>Here's the book being discussed on NBC<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53Gzah55FLY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53Gzah55FLY</a><br><br>Here's the link to the mp3 of our conversation with Laurie:<br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/LaurieSheckmp3">http://tinyurl.com/LaurieSheckmp3</a><br><br>---------------------------- <br>Archived lectures<br>---------------------------- <br><br>- Richard Milner, author "Darwin's Universe"<br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/RichardMilner2009">http://tinyurl.com/RichardMilner2009</a><br><br>- Poet and author, Laurie Sheck<br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/LaurieSheckmp3">http://tinyurl.com/LaurieSheckmp3</a><br><br>- Dr. George Amato, American Museum of Natural History<br>Download mp3 and powerpoint presentation:<br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/DrAmatorecording">http://tinyurl.com/DrAmatorecording</a><br><br>- Robert Strassler, Editor, "Landmark Thucydides" <br>Download mp3 here:<br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/BobStrasslerJune2009">http://tinyurl.com/BobStrasslerJune2009</a><br><br>...and many more.<br><br>See all archives here:<br><a href="http://www.readingodyssey.com/">http://www.readingodyssey.com</a> <br><br>---------------------------- <br>Special thanks to sponsors<br>----------------------------<br><br>Special thanks to the sponsors who support the Reading Odyssey:<br><br>- Citrix Online and their HiDefConferencing Division<br>- National Geographic (for Darwin150)<br>- Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology<br>- Harvard Professor, John Dowling<br>- National Center for Science Education<br>- Campaign Monitor (for Darwin150)<br><br>---------------------------- <br>...and to volunteers<br>---------------------------- <br><br>Darwin150:<br><br>- Kendall Crolius, producer of the Darwin150 campaign<br>- So Young Park, chief marketing officer for Darwin150<br>- Chris Farnet, Quinn O'Neill, John Halloran, Gerardo Camilo, <br>James Falvo for managing the Facebook page (and we need more <br>volunteers to give them a hand)<br><br>Slow Art<br>- Laura Allen, Gillian Rose and Jim Convery are all working at <br>supporting the slow art movement around the world<br>- All our Slow Art hosts: Allyson Terry-Goldsby, Jeff Miller, <br>Karin Abramova, Payal Kripalani Michelle May, Laura Lee Briggs, <br>Georgina Goodlander, Lynn Kahle, Bettina Follenius and others<br><br>---------------------------<br>Until next time: many thanks, and warm regards,<br><br>Phil Terry, pterry at readingodyssey dot com<br><br><a href="http://www.readingodyssey.com/">http://www.readingodyssey.com</a><br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123</a><br><br>My bio:<br><a href="http://creativegood.com/team/phil.html">http://creativegood.com/team/phil.html</a><br><br>Tell your friends to subscribe. Point them here:<br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ReadingOdysseyNewsletter">http://tinyurl.com/ReadingOdysseyNewsletter</a><br><br>If you read down this far, then e-mail me and tell me about a <br>favorite book of yours.<br><br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br> contact info<br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Phil Terry<br>Founder, Reading Odyssey<br>e-mail: pterry at readingodyssey dot com<br>Twitter: PhilTerry<br>Reading Odyssey: <a href="http://www.readingodyssey.com/">http://www.readingodyssey.com</a> <br>Darwin150: <a href="http://www.darwin150.com/">http://www.darwin150.com</a><br>Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pterry">http://www.facebook.com/pterry</a><br><br>Facebook Darwin project: <br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123</a> <br><a href="http://www.darwin150.com/">http://www.darwin150.com</a><br><br>Bio:<br><a href="http://creativegood.com/team/phil.html">http://creativegood.com/team/phil.html</a><br><br>ABOUT READING ODYSSEY <br>Reading Odyssey is a nonprofit (in the process of appylying<br>for 501c(3) status) dedicated to helping adults read more and<br>think more.<br><br>We aim to help adults engage their intellectual curiosity -<br>and create conversations that provoke them to think and to see<br>in new ways.<br><br>Reading Odyssey hosts small tutorials and large lecture series. <br>It also runs the Darwin Facebook project, with over 250,000 <br>members and is currently in the early planning stages of a major <br>yearlong celebration of the 2,500 year anniversary of the Battle <br>of Marathon.<br><br>TEAM<br>Pat Wictor, my best friend and wonderful singer songwriter,<br>was the first person to agree to join me in this Odyssey. He's<br>been my intellectual partner, teacher and intellectual<br>inspiration for more than 25 years.<br><br>The talented and smart Kendall Crolius also joined the reading<br>groups early on and is now helping to produce the Darwin<br>lecture series this fall as well as other events. We are lucky<br>to have her practical wisdom.<br><br>Nancy Kopans, General Counsel for JSTOR,joined the reading <br>groups at the beginning and has brought her significant legal <br>expertise to us as we form our official nonprofit and apply for<br>501c(3) status.<br><br>Cathy Cranston, former publisher of the Harvard Business<br>Review, is also a longtime reader and has agreed to take the<br>lead on corporate and foundation grant-writing and<br>fundraising.<br><br>Andre Stipanovic was the third or fourth person to join the<br>Reading Odyseey when we first started. He began as a reader<br>but has now become our most veteran moderator. He has a PhD in<br>comparative literature, speaks and reads ancient Greek and<br>Latin and has run many of our reading groups. He's helped to<br>develop the Reading Odyssey method for phone-based facilitated<br>dialogue and is a beloved moderator by many of the veteran<br>members.<br><br>So Young Park has been the chief marketer for the Darwin<br>Facebook project and has generated significant press attention<br>and web enthusiasm for our work. A longtime friend, she's one<br>of the top web marketers in the world.<br><br>And thanks to the many others who have been on this odyssey -<br>and welcome to the new folks who will join us!<br><br>ADVISORS<br>Our advisors include Paul Cartledge at Cambridge University,<br>John Dowling at Harvard, John Marincola at Florida State, Barry <br>Schwartz at Swarthmore and Robert Strassler, an independent scholar.<br><br>VOLUNTEER? <br>Would you like to help volunteer behind the scenes?<br><br>We need LOTS of help - technical assistance (we want to build<br>a new website and are looking for an individual or a firm to<br>donate their services), promotional assistance, and help building<br>our grassroots network of individuals, colleges, universities,<br>high schools and so on. <br><br>Get in touch with me at pterry at readingodyssey dot com<br><br>SPONSOR? <br>If your company would like to sponsor The Reading Odyssey,<br>then contact Phil Terry at pterry at readingodyssey dot com<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------<br>(c)2009 Reading Odyssey. 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