The Fall CCR schedule has been announced. It should be a very exciting semester!
Dates and titles are listed below. Abstracts for all our presentations can be found on the Calendar page.
Three out of four field trips have also been scheduled. Check out the Field Trips page for details.
Other CCR files, including our registration form, can be found on the Xtra File page.
Center for Creative Retirement
Program Schedule Fall 2014
September 16 Welcome Back
1:00: What’s New in Wine?
Brent Beam,
Bottles Beverage Store
2:30: Wine Tasting, CCR Overview and Social
September 23
1:00: Vote Smart: Voter Defense Project
Pete Silveston,
Engineering Professor, Retired
2:30: Don’t Believe Every Story
Jim Lundy,
Songwriter/Poet/Musician
September 30
1:00: Fun is Good
Mike Veeck, President,
Charleston River Dogs
2:30: What is Tai Chi, Anyway?
Kaye Finch, Ph.D., Private Practice and Al Finch, Ph.D., The
Citadel
October 7: Board Meeting
1:00: Bucket List: The Tournament of Roses
Larry Lopez,
Nature Photographer
2:30: Historic Homes of Charleston
Kitty Robinson,
President and CEO, Historic Charleston Foundation
October 14
1:00: Growing Tall: An Overview of the Charleston Horticulture Society
Kyle Barnette,
Executive Director, Charleston Horticulture Society
2:30: The Ancient Greek Federal Republic
Jane Bishop,
Professor of History, The Citadel
October 21
1:00: Footlight Players
Melonea Marek,
Footlight Players Director of Development
2:30: An Adverse Reaction – A Food Allergy?
Thomas B. Harper III, MD
October 28
1:00: Virtual Tour of the College of Charleston Mace Brown Natural History Museum
Mace Brown, Sponsor/Curator
2:30: Issues and the Election
Gibbs Knotts, Dean, Political Science Department, College of Charleston
November 4: Board Meeting
1:00: The Future of Print Media
Bill Hawkins of the Post and Courier, Retired
2:30: Birds and Scenes of the Lowcountry
Bill Carter, MD, Photographer
November 11
1:00: The Merchant Marines
2:30: The Mighty Boeing 787
Kurt Kraft, Director of Engineering, 787 Program
November 18
1:00: A Mediterranean Diet for Today
Patricia Moore-Pastrides,
Cookbook Author
2:30: Can I Have a Mulligan: The Redevelopment of Charles Town Landing
Rob Powell, Park Manager
November 25
Thanksgiving Recess
December 2
12:30: Luncheon/Holiday Gathering Music by Wayne Spattes Sr. playing classical guitar