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All Venice sessions are held in the Venice Community Center 326 South Nokomis Avenue (next to Venice Public Library), except February 1 and March 7, which will be held at The Venice Little Theater 140 Tampa Avenue West. Lectures start at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesdays (except on Jan 15…start time of 2:00 p.m.), and 10:00 a.m. on Fridays. Doors open at 1:50 P.M. and 9:15 A.M. respectively, with Series ticket holders encouraged to arrive 15 minutes before the schedule start time.

Season tickets for the Tuesday Contemporary series are $50 each and the Friday International series are $60 each. Single day admission tickets are $7 and go on sale to the general public not later than 15 minutes before the schedule lecture start time. Payment by cash or check. We do not accept credit cards.

Tuesday Series: Contemporary Issues - 2008

Tuesdays, 2:30 PM, Venice Community Center
Facilitators: Peter Huber, Jim Martin

The Tuesday Contemporary Series focuses more on domestic issues, many of which will impact the 2008 Presidential election. We do have one international program on Tuesday and are especially excited about it. This featured presentation January 15 will be a special Dialog dealing with the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. An expected sellout, a subscription to this series will ensure that you won’t miss this program and as well provide the opportunity to hear ten other great speakers. Programs are presented at the Players Theater on Tuesday mornings in Sarasota and repeated in Venice at the Venice Community Center in the afternoon.

Friday Series: International Issues - 2008

Fridays, 10:00 AM, Venice Community Center
Facilitators: Peter Huber, Jim Martin

The International Program Fridays in Venice at the Venice Community Center will again feature some old favorites. Dr. Robert Barylski, Martin Walker and Dr. Jerry Pubantz all return and are joined by some very exciting new speakers. As you might expect, the Middle East and China are featured in a number of sessions. Another explores the global competition for scarce resources, and we will look at Islam from the perspective of a Palestinian- American. The Friday morning Venice programs will be at the Venice Community Center, except for the Feb 1 and March 7 lectures, which will be at the Venice Little Theatre.