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Upcoming Programs and Events

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).

September Book Club Meeting

When: September 7, 2010

From: 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM

Book Club

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.

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Special Event – Talk on Global Energy

When: September 16, 2010

From: 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM

DoughersmallSubject:  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

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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

Nelson BookSubject:  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

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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  

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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

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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

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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

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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

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