PLATO Weekly Update

March 28, 2023

CURRICULUM

SPRING COURSES
Information about Spring Courses can be found on the Courses page.

IN-PERSON COURSE PARTICIPANTS…
Be sure to review the COVID-19 protocols for your host locations and adhere to those requirements. Sometimes host locations need to cancel our courses for a few days because of an increase in COVID-19 cases. When these protocols are updated, we will announce them in the Weekly Update and on the website. 

SPECIAL EVENTS

THEATER TRIPS
JOIN US – this Spring at The Milwaukee Repertory Theater!

God of Carnage – “A dark and hilarious farce” and Tony award-winner for best play. Sunday, April 23 at 2pm at Quadracci Powerhouse Theater. The registration deadline has been extended through April 4. Learn more and register here. 

A World Premier! The Greatest Love for Whitney: A Whitney Houston Tribute –This much-anticipated production has opened! Our performance will be Saturday, May 6 at 3pm at the intimate Stacker Cabaret. Learn more and register here.

LECTURES
TOMORROW! On Wednesday, March 29 at 2pm at Capitol Lakes, author Scott Spoolman will share highlights from his new book Wisconsin Waters: The Ancient History of Lakes, Rivers and Waterfalls. Learn more about this event, parking validation, and the author.

NEXT MONTH! Note the new time! Wednesday, April 19 from 3–5pm, Martin Alvarado, Community Engagement Librarian at the Madison Public Library, will present a two-hour virtual lecture on The History of Latino Migration to Wisconsin. Learn more and register here.

Expand your knowledge base with recorded PLATO Lectures on an array of important topics.

BREAKFAST GATHERING
NEXT MONTH! Second Friday, April 14 at 9:30am, join fellow PLATO members and guests for breakfast and conversation at at Lakeside Street Coffee House in the Bay Creek neighborhood. Seating is on both the main floor and downstairs levels. You will need to descend a flight of steps in order to be seated on the downstairs level. RSVP and learn more here.

THE AGORA
A juried literary magazine published by PLATO 
celebrates members’ creativity and diversity of thought.

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 2023 reading, viewing, or listening, 

curated by PLATO's Diversity Awareness Committee.

DID YOU KNOW? for March 21 – April 3, 2023

Joy Harjo (May 9, 1951 – present) is the first Native American to be appointed as the United States poet laureate, serving from 2019-2022. Harjo has written nine books of poetry, several plays, children’s books and two memoirs. Harjo is a member of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation.

Visit the Social Justice page for more about Joy Harjo
or 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).