Below is a listing of upcoming CIR programs and events. Click on the Programs/Events tab to the left for more detail on each of the items below or for Community Events (non-CIR events).
Upcoming Programs and Events
September Book Club Meeting
When: September 7, 2010
From: 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Location: Estancia Primera Clubhouse
Selected Book: The Imperial Cruise by James Bradley
Bradley seeks to explore the origins of America’s bloody 20th-century history. Operating as a two-man diplomatic tag team, President Teddy Roosevelt and Secretary of War William Taft would green-light secret treaties that would negatively impact future generations and are still adversely influencing our foreign policy.
Special Event – Talk on Global Energy
When: September 16, 2010
From: 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Subject: Energizing America: Facts for Addressing Global Energy
Speaker: Ms. Rayola Dougher
Location: The Forum, Santa Fe University of Art and Design (formerly College of Santa Fe), 1600 St. Michael’s Drive
Cost: $15 CIR Members
$20 Non-members & Guests
Fall 2010 International Lecture Series
When: September 18, 2010 - October 9, 2010
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Rogues and Rogue Nations is the topic of the Fall 2010 International Lecture Series. The series of three lectures focus on individuals and nations that are perceived as having failed to abide by or deliberately flouted international standards of conduct. Two prime examples are Iran and North Korea, both of which appear determined to develop and deploy nuclear weapons as key elements in their military arsenals. The United Nations has approved a number of economic sanctions and urged its members to impose them on these “rogue” nations. Although Venezuela has so far avoided such sanctions, at least from the American point of view, it is a less than desirable hemispheric neighbor. Our speakers are experts on these three nations and on the leaders who currently cause considerable alarm not only in the United States but in many other parts of the world. The three lectures are:
- Saturday, August 28 – Iran under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- Saturday, September 18 – Venezuela under Hugo Chavez
- Saturday, October 9 – North Korea under Kim Jong-il
The second two lectures promise to be as interesting and informative as the first.
International Lecture Series – Venezuela
When: September 18, 2010
From: 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Subject: Venezuela under Hugo Chavez
Speaker: Brian A. Nelson
Location: The Forum, Santa Fe University of Art and Design (formerly College of Santa Fe), 1600 St. Michael’s Drive
Cost: $15 CIR Members
$20 Non-members & Guests
World Affairs Event – Peacemaking that Works
When: September 29, 2010
From: 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Subject: Peacemaking that Works: Reconciliation with Young Women from Palestine and Israel
Speaker: Dottie Indyke
Location: Unitarian Universalist Church
107 West Barcelona Road
Cost: $10 CIR Members
$15 Non-members & Guests
International Lecture Series – North Korea
When: October 9, 2010
From: 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
NOTE: DR. ARMSTRONG REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED SPEAKER.
Subject: North Korea under Kim Jong-il
Speaker: Charles K. Armstrong
Location: The Forum, Santa Fe University of Art and Design (formerly College of Santa Fe), 1600 St. Michael’s Drive
Cost: $15 CIR Members
$20 Non-members & Guests
Wine and Dine for Diplomacy at Pranzo’s Cabaret
When: October 13, 2010
From: 05:00 PM - 09:30 PM
Support CIR by dining at Pranzo’s Cabaret on October 13!
Location: Pranzo Italian Grill
540 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe
Michael O’Reilly, a long time supporter of SFCIR, is donating 20% of the evening’s food proceeds to SFCIR.
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Gather your friends, whether CIR members or not, and enjoy coffee, drinks, hors d’oeuvres or dinner.
Reservations required.
Please call: 984-2645
Note: Mention SFCIR when making reservations
Special Event – Richard Rhodes and Panel Discuss Non-proliferation
When: October 23, 2010
From: 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Title: Twilight of the Bombs
Who: Richard Rhodes with a Panel of Experts
Location: The Forum, Santa Fe University of Art and Design (formerly College of Santa Fe), 1600 St. Michael’s Drive
Cost: $15 CIR Members
$20 Non-members & Guests
World Affairs Discussion Luncheon on the Middle East with Bill Stewart
When: October 27, 2010
From: 11:30 AM - 01:30 PM
Topic: Perspectives on the Middle East
Speaker: Bill Stewart
Location: Santa Fe Hilton, 100 Sandoval St.
Cost: $26 CIR Members
$32 Non-members & Guests
Lawrence Wilkerson Lecture on U.S. Cuba Policy
When: November 13, 2010
From: 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Subject: Why a Dramatic Change in U.S. Cuba Policy Is More Important Than Ever
Speaker: Lawrence B. Wilkerson
Location: The Forum, Santa Fe University of Art and Design (formerly College of Santa Fe), 1600 St. Michael’s Drive
Cost: $15 CIR Members
$20 Non-members & Guests