PLATO Weekly Update

October 25, 2022

CURRICULUM

WINTER COURSES
Interested in offering a Winter Course? Please contact Therese Stevens (thmstevens@gmail.com) or Kathie Burman(kburnam@burnamcoffee.com) for assistance. Note that Winter courses generally run 6 to 8 weeks and most begin the week of January 9th.

FALL COURSES
 Fall Courses continue through November.

SPECIAL EVENTS

THEATER TRIPS
Been waiting for a play that is fun? With a shorter bus ride? One that includes a companionable lunch with friends? Wait no more! Join us when we head to Spring Green to see a matinee of Stones in His Pockets on Thursday, November 17 at American Players Theater. An Irish village meets Hollywood in this hilarious and heartbreaking "timeless hit". There are sufficient seats available on the bus for you to bring more than one guest. Register and learn more  – registration deadline is Tuesday, November 1.

WALKS OF DANE COUNTY
Tuesday, November 8 at 9:30am – enjoy the prairies and waterways of Pheasant Branch Conservatory. Register and learn more.

BREAKFAST GATHERING 
THIS WEEK! Fourth Friday, October 28 at 9:30am, join fellow PLATO members and guests for breakfast and conversation at Marquette Hotel Café in Madison's Willy Street neighborhood. RSVP and learn more.

LECTURES

NOVEMBER 9! The History of Television Soap Operas will take place virtually on Wednesday, November 9 from 1pm – 2:15pm. Dr. Elana Levine, a professor of media, cinema, and digital studies in the Department of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is a longtime soap opera fan who looks at the genre through two connected lenses: the role soaps have played in shaping cultural understandings of gender, as well as the rise and fall of network television’s influence on pop culture. Register and learn more.

NOVEMBER 15! Clint Smith's Go Big Read Lecture on his new book: How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America on Tuesday, November 15 from 1pm – 3pm. PLATO is proud to host a virtual presentation of this important talk. We will spend the first hour+ watching his November 1 talk, followed by an online discussion of the many issues raised in his talk and the book. Register and learn more.

Check out archived PLATO Lectures on many interesting subjects!

PLATO SATISFACTION SURVEY –

COMING TO YOU TOMORROW

Tomorrow, October 26, you will receive a brief satisfaction survey regarding your experiences with PLATO. Your feedback will enable the PLATO board and committee volunteers to better serve PLATO members. The survey will be emailed to you from noreply@surveygizmo.com with the subject line “PLATO Members’ Annual Satisfaction Survey”. Please take a few minutes to let PLATO know how you feel about the organization and its programs. Thank you for your involvement and support of PLATO!

THE AGORA
A juried literary magazine published by PLATO.

Visit The Agora Features webpage for highlights from this past season, created and curated by fellow PLATO members for your enjoyment. 

SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENTS & READINGS

Select from a range of topics and formats 

for your Fall reading, viewing, or listening, 

curated by PLATO's Diversity Awareness Committee.

DID YOU KNOW? for October 25 – November 7, 2022

Did You Know… Kiel, WI was once known as the Wooden Shoes Capital of Wisconsin or that Pleasant Ridge, WI was founded by the formerly enslaved Shepard family? While we usually feature an individual here in Did You Know, we’re making a brief detour to highlight Recollection Wisconsin – an online cultural heritage resource providing free access to over half-a-million historical photos, maps, documents, and narratives telling the stories of Wisconsin’s people and places.

Visit the Social Justice webpage for more about connecting to 
Recollection Wisconsin & past DID YOU KNOW? features.

DID YOU KNOW? – spotlighting notable contributions made by non-mainstream individuals you might not have learned or read about. Suggestions for inclusions are welcome (send to Kathy at: ksmichaelis@gmail.com).