When: March 11, 2010

From: 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM

Mary-Charlotte Domandi, the host of Santa Fe Radio Cafe on public radio KSFR 101.1, will interview Lynne Olson on Thursday, March 11th.  The show airs from 8:00 am to 9:00 am and can also be heard live on the web.  A podcast will be available after the show airs. Also, listen to Lynne Olson’s February 3rd interview on NPR.  She is scheduled for an interview on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Wednesday evening, March 3rd.

When: March 16, 2010

Dine Out This Spring and Participating Restaurants Will Support CIR Programs

Beginning March 16 and running through June 23, CIR will be the beneficiary of once a month donations from local restaurants.  But the final donation is based on the number of diners who attend, so we need your participation.  Gather your friends, whether CIR members or not, and enjoy dinner, drinks or just light hors d’oeuvres on one of the dates shown below.  You’re certain to greet CIR friends doing the same in a social setting that will help support CIR’s mission.  Eat your way to promoting Engagement in World Affairs!  Reservations highly recommended. 

Tuesday, March 16
Osteria d’Assisi
986-5858
58 South Federal Place
Downtown Santa Fe across from the Federal Building
Dinner from 5:00 pm

Tuesday, April 20
Capitol Grill
471-6800
3462 Zafarano Drive
In the San Isidro Plaza directly across from the Regal Santa Fe Stadium 14 movie theatres
Dinner from 5:00 to 9:00 pm

May – date and location to be determined

Wednesday, June 23
Vanessie
982-9966
434 W. San Francisco St.
Four blocks from the plaza and 1 block west of the Hilton Hotel; parking in lot or on Water Street
Dinner from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm

When: March 16, 2010

From: 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Location:  St. John’s College, Great Hall

Talk:  A Special Time in the Special Relationship—The United States and Great Britain

By:  Lynne Olson, freelance writer and former correspondent

Cost:  $15 for CIR Members/$20 for non-members
Co-sponsored by Santa Fe Council on International Relations and St. John’s College

Following her presentation, Olson will join in a panel discussion with Stanley Cloud and Mike Peters of St. John’s College, moderated by John Andrews.  The panel will entertain questions from the floor.

Lynne Olson has been a reporter and writer since shortly after her graduation from the University of Arizona.  She worked for the Associated Press in the U.S. From 1971 to 1973 and in 1974 became AP’s first woman correspondent in Moscow.  In 1976, Olson returned to Washington, where she covered Jimmy Carter’s presidential campaign.  In 1977, Olson joined the Washington bureau of the Baltimore Sun, where she covered national politics and eventually the White House.  In 1981, she became a freelance writer.  She has written for numerous publications and taught journalism for five years at American University in Washington.

Olson and her husband, Stanley Cloud, are co-authors of The Murrow Boys, which was named one of the best books in 1996 by Publishers Weekly.  Olson’s second book, Freedom’s Daughters, is the first comprehensive history of women in the civil rights movement.  Published by Scribner in February 2001, it won a Christopher Award in 2002.  Olson joined with Cloud again to write A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II, published by Alfred A. Knopf in September 2003.

Olson’s fourth book, Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England, was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in April 2007.  Drawing wide critical acclaim, it was named one of the top 10 books of 2007 by New York Times book reviewer William Grimes and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Book Prize in history.

Her latest book, Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour, will be published by Random House in February 2010.

St. John’s campus bookstore will have in stock two of Olson’s books:  Citizens of London (to be released February, 2010) and Troublesome Young Men (published April, 2007).  The bookstore will remain open until after the event.

Dinner Bonus:  Make plans to join us the night of this event for dinner at Osteria d’Assisi when the restaurant will make a donation to CIR based on the number of diners who attend.  That means we need your participation! Gather your friends, whether CIR members or not, and enjoy dinner, drinks or just light hors d’oeuvres with the knowledge that a portion of every dollar you spend will support CIR programs.  Reservations (at Osteria 986-5858) recommended; walk-ins accommodated as space allows.  Author, Lynne Olson, will accompany us to the restaurant.

Media Coverage:   Listen to Lynne Olson’s February 3rd interview on NPR.  She is scheduled for an interview on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Wednesday evening, March 3.  Mary-Charlotte Domandi, the host of Santa Fe Radio Cafe on public radio KSFR 101.1, will interview Lynne Olson on Thursday, March 11.  The Radio Cafe airs from 8:00 am to 9:00 am and can also be heard live on the web at www.ksfr.org.  A podcast will be available after the show airs at www.SantaFeRadioCafe.org.

Student attendance is FREE with proper identification.

Purchase your tickets by calling the Office or by using this secure website. (Note that, if purchasing tickets here, you will need to return to this page or the calendar multiple times to add tickets with differing Fee Types to your shopping cart.)

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When: March 20, 2010

From: 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Location:  Santa Fe Preparatory School

Speaker: Dr. Stanley Wolpert

Professor Wolpert will analyze India’s remarkable economic development, the opportunities created by the youthful majority of its population, and the challenges posed by the lagging rural sector. He will also discuss India’s strategic partnership with the United State and the terrorist threats the country faces, paying special attention to India-Pakistan relations and the long-standing conflict over Kashmir. Wolpert will consider both the nightmare scenario of nuclear conflict between these two countries as well as suicide bombings, and the prospects for peace and progress.

Stanley Wolpert is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Los Angeles where he is affiliated with UCLA’s Asia Institute. He earned his doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania and has published several books including A New History of India (4th edition, Oxford University Press, 1993).  His visit to New Mexico was arranged in conjunction with the Albuquerque International Association where he will be speaking on Sunday, March 21st.

Student attendance is FREE with proper identification.

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When: March 21, 2010

From: 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Have you lived or traveled abroad? Are you interested in what’s going on in the world? Why not join a group of globally-minded Santa Feans? Come to a reception and briefing on Middle East.

The Santa Fe Council on International Relations (CIR) is a non-profit member-driven organization dedicated to broader understanding of and engagement in world affairs. Members enjoy meeting foreign visitors, participating in discussions, attending lectures and other benefits. CIR counts almost 700 internationally-minded members. Shouldn’t you be one too?

This event is FREE but RSVPs are requested to the CIR Office. Please include your name, contact info and number of people attending in your group. Details and confirmation will be sent upon RSVP.