Leslie Powell Gallery Lunch Bag Lectures

Lunch Bag Lectures

22nd Annual Leslie Powell Lunch Bag Lecture Series
2009-2010

Come fight deadly dull lunch hours with us in our comfortable gallery!

Lunch Bag Lectures turn 22 (Yes, 22!!) and are still going strong. The Lunch Bag Crowd will examine subjects ranging from the arts, history, medical and journalism to the humor of just living —all topics of great interest and importance. Children over the age of 14 welcome. Don’t miss a one!

Come join us!

For more information, please contact the Gallery Director.

Art by Linda Nowell, Pampa, Texas

2009-2010 Season Lecture Schedule
Free of charge and open to the public. The noon Lunch Bag Lectures are held the third Thursday of the month from 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the Leslie Powell Gallery, 620 D Ave., in Lawton. The time gives you plenty of time to arrive and depart during the lunch hour, with maybe a minute or two to browse the gallery. The evening events are from 7 to 8 p.m. Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) Lunch Bag Lectures are the Friday before an LPO concert. Bring your own lunch or try our refreshment and beverage table. Bring a friend or come alone and make a new pal -- there are no strangers at the Lunch Bag Lectures -- this is where the most interesting people in Lawton gather.
August 2009
20	Lunch Bag Lecture. 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. “Women Rulers of Ancient Worlds" Dr. Vivian Tomlinson, Cameron University Dept. of English

28	LPO Lunch Bag Lecture.* 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. "The Musical Planet: Water" - Benjamin Britten - Four sea interludes from Peter Grimes. John Kalbfleisch, Music Director and Conductor, Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra *Precedes the Sat., Aug. 29 performance
September
17	Lunch Bag Lecture. 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. “Physical Therapy: Tips for Taking Care of You!” Bill Farmer, physical therapist
October
15	Lunch Bag Lecture. 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. "Tales and Images of Biological and Cultural Diversity of Mexico with an Award-winning Oklahoma Educational Connection" Professor Bruce Stewart, Murray State College
November
19	Lunch Bag Lecture. 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. “Marketing Efforts for Documentaries” Dr. Matt Jenkins, Professor, Cameron University Speech and Film
December
17	Lunch Bag Lecture. 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. “Meet Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus" Dr. David Fennema, Cameron University Theater Dept., and Barbara Boguski, MFA in Theater
January 2010
21	LPO Lunch Bag Lecture.* 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. "The Musical Planet: Land Topic - Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, Pastoral Jon Klabfleisch, Music Director and Conductor, Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra. *Precedes the Jan. 23 LPO concert.
February
13	Evening Lecture. 7 to 8 p.m. Valentine Poetry Reading “Riding the Curl of Light: Poems to Love Dr. John Graves Morris, Cameron University Professor of English

18	Lunch Bag Lecture. 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. “Eavesdropping, Staring and Asking the Hard Questions" Mary McClure, local radio personality and journalist
March
18	Lunch Bag Lecture. 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. “What I'm Doing Now: A Brief Guide to Life" Cyndi Cunningham
April
9	LPO Lunch Bag Lecture.* 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. "The Musical Planet: Sky" - Hoist the Planets Jon Kalbfleisch, Music Director and Conductor, Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra *Precedes the LPO concert on the following Saturday.

15	Lunch Bag Lecture. 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. "Music to Live By: Stories Behind Some of the World's Most Inspired Music" Veronica Hodgson, KCCU NPR radio personality
May
20	Lunch Bag Lecture. 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. "Over the Air Broadcast of OETA Television Signals: 50 Years of change and What it Menas to Today's Television Audience" Mark Norman, Deputy Director of Technology, OETA
June
17	Evening Lecture. 7 to 8 p.m. "Fencing the West: What Were We Thinking?" Dr. Gervace Hittle, retired Professor of English, University of South Dakota. She is in charge of fencing, buffalo, grass management, and hosts "Wild Idea Buffalo Company" customers who come to the ranch for short or extended visits to South Dakota.

Lunch Bag Lecture Fun

Following the Valentine Evening 2005 poetry reading, Lawton's own mystery author, JoAnna Carl (aka Eve K. Sandstrom), left, signed copies of "The Chocolate Puppy Puzzle," the latest in her series of Chocoholic Mysteries.

Music lover and collector Bill Cunningham, left, gets ready for a lively discussion of all things music, from Chopin to Muddy Waters and The Grateful Dead.

See what music lovers picked
as their all-time favorites.

Music Survey Results
(300K PDF)

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