PLATO Weekly Update

June 8, 2021

CURRICULUM

Summer Courses Begin This Week!

All courses are online this summer.

See the Courses Page for Summer Schedule 2021 details...

SPECIAL EVENTS 

NEW - June 20 - 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. A Summer Solstice Evening Walk in the Tenney- Lapham Neighborhood. Celebrate the summer solstice with a leisurely 3-mile evening walk through this beautiful, historic neighborhood located on Madison's near eastside. Fully-vaccinated participants do not need to wear masks unless they feel more comfortable doing so. Unvaccinated individuals who participate will need to wear masks as there will not be social distancing.

PLATO's Lecture series will return this fall. In the meantime, members can access Past Recordings.

THEATER

Continue to "attend" theater performances from your home through the variety of options listed on the PLATO Virtual Theater Trips page.

FEATURED AGORA WORKS

Each week, we offer for your enjoyment, a featured piece from contributors to PLATO's Agora arts and ideas journal. This week we feature Iris by Fay Ferington. 

SOCIAL GATHERINGS

Social Gatherings will resume this fall with in-person breakfasts. 

SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENTS & READINGS
Suggested readings, films, activities, and podcasts.

Select from a range of topics and formats for your reading, viewing, or listening, curated by PLATO's Diversity Awareness Committee. Just added is a link to a YES! magazine article with interviews of Asian-American and Pacific Islander artists, where they discuss how heritage and culture have or haven't influenced their work.