[Homer2009-1] Fwd: Reading Odyssey Newsletter November 4, 2009

Wed Nov 4 22:04:13 UTC 2009

I got the newsletter.  J  FYI, Amazon just informed me that Paul
Cartledge's new book is coming out earlier than expected:

  Paul Cartledge "Ancient Greece: A History in Eleven Cities"

    Previous estimated arrival date: January 07 2010 - January 11 2010

    New estimated arrival date: November 30 2009 - December 02 2009

-Tim

From: homer2009-1-bounces at readingodyssey.org
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To: homer2009-1 at readingodyssey.org
Subject: [Homer2009-1] Fwd: Reading Odyssey Newsletter November 4, 2009

Hey folks,

Just sent out the latest Reading Odyssey newsletter.

Let me know if you aren't subscribed (and want to be). I'll be happy to
add you!

Hope you enjoyed your call this week!

Best,

Phil 

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From: "Phil Terry" <pterry at readingodyssey.com>

Date: November 4, 2009 4:41:33 PM EST

To: "pterry at creativegood.com" <pterry at creativegood.com>

Subject: Reading Odyssey Newsletter November 4, 2009

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=================== Reading Odyssey - 4 Nov 09 =================
                                                  By Phil Terry
                  Sign up: http://tinyurl.com/ReadingOdysseyNewsletter
============================================================

- Sean Carroll webcast tonight, 11/4/09, 8pm New York time
  http://DarwinLecture3.eventbrite.com
- Slow Art 2010 all over the world
  http://Slow-Art.com
- Slow Art 2009 - a success
- Registration: Xenophon and Homer in January 2010
- Everything else (podcasts, video, websites, etc.)

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Sean Carroll's Webcast Around the World
8pm New York time
----------------------------

Sean Carroll, one of the great working scientists, will deliver 
a Reading Odyssey lecture for our Darwin150 campaign tonight, 
Wednesday, November 4 at 8pm New York time.

His lecture - "Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection and the 
DNA Record of Evolution" - is free and you can register to watch 
via webcast here:
http://DarwinLecture3.eventbrite.com

This webcast marks a milestone for the Reading Odyssey.

Why?

We have set up remote viewing of the lecture all over the world.

>From India to Mexico, from Spain to Canada, from Germany to 
Argentina, and across these United States, people will 
be watching Sean Carroll together. 

Want to see a sample of the many places watching tonight?
http://tinyurl.com/Lecture3network

How were we able to do this?

Talented volunteers and sponsors made it happen.

These volunteers and sponsors support the mission of the 
Reading Odyssey to help adults play with and reignite our 
curiosity about great books, ideas, art and science.

One of the most important and talented of the volunteers is 
Professor Sean Carroll himself.

A finalist for the 2009 National Book Award, Sean Carroll is 
both a great scientist - a pioneer in evolutionary developmental
biology - and a teacher passionate about making the beauty and
power of evolution accessible to people worldwide.

His book, "Endless Forms Most Beautiful", inspired my own
exploration of evolutionary biology and was influential in
shaping the origins of the Reading Odyssey. His current book,
"Remarkable Creatures" is, in a word, remarkable.

He's a real hero of mine and I'm honored that he has volunteered
to give a live lecture straight from the Ebling Symposium Center 
in the Microbial Sciences Building at the University of 
Wisconsin.

Join us tonight at 8pm New York, 7pm Central.
http://DarwinLecture3.eventbrite.com

---------------------------- 
Slow Art 2010
http://www.Slow-Art.com
---------------------------- 

We are now in the planning stages for the Reading Odyssey's
Slow Art 2010.

On April 17, 2010 in cities around the world - from Jakarta to 
Helsinki, from Boston to Los Angeles, from Copenhagen to 
Milwaukee - people will be slowly looking at art.

Click here to see the list of Slow Art 2010 cities:
http://www.facebook.com/SlowArt?v=app_10442206389

Consider hosting Slow Art in your city:
http://www.facebook.com/SlowArt?v=app_4949752878

And become a fan of our Slow Art page on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/SlowArt

---------------------------- 
Slow Art 2009 - a success
---------------------------- 

Our first Slow Art experiment in October 2009 led to *16* Slow
Art events around the world.

It was successful. Attendees loved the experience of looking
at a few pieces of art for 10 minutes or more.

See the testimonials from Slow Art 2009 here:
http://www.facebook.com/SlowArt?v=app_6261817190

And see the press we got for our first experiment:
http://www.facebook.com/SlowArt?v=app_11007063052

---------------------------- 
Registration: Xenophon and Homer in January 2010
---------------------------- 

- Xenophon reading group begins in January
Info and sign-up here:
http://Xenophon2010-1.eventbrite.com

- Another section of Homer's Odyssey starts in January
Info and sign-up here:
http://Homer2010-1.eventbrite.com

----------------------------
Everything else...
----------------------------

- Stanley Lombardo performs sections of Homer's Odyssey for us 
Live via teleconference December 14, 2009
http://Lombardo2009.Eventbrite.com

- Websites, podcasts and videos

 - http://www.Darwin150.com
   Home of our Darwin150 campaign

 - Darwin video channel
   Darwin150 Lectures via video - Vimeo Darwin channel
   http://vimeo.com/channels/66600

 - Homer 2009 reading group podcasts
   http://showsupport.typepad.com/odyssey/1_homers_odyssey

 - Darwin 2009 reading group podcasts
   http://showsupport.typepad.com/odyssey/8-darwin

 - Aristotle 2009 reading group podcasts
   http://showsupport.typepad.com/odyssey/7_aristotle/

 - Xenophon conference
   podcast coming soon

 - Poet and author, Laurie Sheck - podcast of our talk with her
   http://tinyurl.com/LaurieSheckmp3

 - Dr. George Amato, American Museum of Natural History podcast
   http://tinyurl.com/DrAmatorecording

 - Robert Strassler, Editor, "Landmark Thucydides" podcast
   http://tinyurl.com/BobStrasslerJune2009

See all archives here:
http://www.readingodyssey.com

----------------------------
Special thanks to sponsors
----------------------------

First, we must thank Citrix Online and HiDefConferencing.com. 
They make all our reading group phone calls, podcasts and phone 
lectures possible.

They have donated *three* years of phone and web services to us.

Please visit them online: www.citrixonline.com

And then, secondly, we must give thanks to the sponsors for 
Darwin150:

- National Geographic
- Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
- Citrix Online and their HiDefConferencing division
- Harvard Professor, John Dowling
- Campaign Monitor
- National Center for Science Education
- The New York Academy of Sciences
- Squarespace
- Creation: The Movie

----------------------------
...and to volunteers and moderators
----------------------------

Moderators of our 2009 reading groups:

- Andre Stipanovic for Thucydides and now Homer
- Pat Wictor for Homer
- Stephanie Aktipis for Darwin's "On the Origin of Species"

Volunteers of our various projects:

Darwin150
- Kendall Crolius, producer of the Darwin150 campaign
- So Young Park, chief marketing officer for Darwin150
- Chris Farnet, Quinn O'Neill, John Halloran, Gerardo Camilo,
James Falvo for managing the Facebook page (and we need more
volunteers to give them a hand)

Slow Art
- Tai Odunsi helping me to manage the online Slow Art community
- All our Slow Art hosts from around the world
- Special thanks to Gillian Rose for helping with the New York
event and with designing the template that all the hosts used

---------------------------
Until next time: many thanks, and warm regards,

Phil Terry, pterry at readingodyssey dot com

http://www.Darwin150.com
http://www.Slow-Art.com
http://www.ReadingOdyssey.com

My bio:
http://creativegood.com/team/phil.html

Tell your friends to subscribe. Point them here:
http://tinyurl.com/ReadingOdysseyNewsletter

If you read down this far, then e-mail me and tell me about a
favorite book of yours.

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contact info
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Phil Terry
Founder, Reading Odyssey, Darwin150 and Slow Art
e-mail: pterry at readingodyssey dot com
Twitter: PhilTerry
Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/pterry

Bio:
http://creativegood.com/team/phil.html

ABOUT READING ODYSSEY
Reading Odyssey is a nonprofit (in the process of applying
for 501c(3) status) dedicated to helping adults play with culture.

We aim to help adults engage their intellectual curiosity -
and create conversations that provoke us to think and to see
in new ways.

Reading Odyssey hosts small tutorials and large lecture series.

We run Slow Art and the Darwin150 campaign - the latter with 
over 250,000 members on Facebook. We are currently in the early 
planning stages for both Slow Art 2010 and also a major
two-year celebration of the 2,500 year anniversary of the Battle
of Marathon (the anniversary is September 2011).

VOLUNTEER?
Would you like to help volunteer behind the scenes?

We need LOTS of help - technical assistance (we want to build
a new website and are looking for an individual or a firm to
donate their services), promotional assistance, and help building
our grassroots network of individuals, colleges, universities,
high schools and so on.

Get in touch with me at pterry at readingodyssey dot com

SPONSOR?
If your company would like to sponsor The Reading Odyssey,
then contact Phil Terry at pterry at readingodyssey dot com

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