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Dinner at the Square
All GEOPolitics is Local: Global Issues, State Law and Hometown Lessons
Tuesday July 1, 5:30 to 7:30 PM
Buy tickets here.

Dinner at the Square

The difficulties pale beside the richness of the talk.
The Reverend Wiliam McD. Tully
Rector, St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in New York City

“Dinner at the Square” is a quarterly dinner discussion on a hot topic of interest. Rather than being polite by avoiding controversy, we’ll choose to discuss the divisive topics of the day. Defying the trend toward discussing issues most central to our lives in 30 second sound bites, we’ll discuss aspects of our annual topic for an entire season. Plus we’ll work between dinners to draw lessons from our conversations.

Find this year’s dinner program here.

Our topic for the 2007-2008 Dinner at the Square season:

Powering Up: America’s Energy Future

Want to get up to speed on our discussion so far?

The Economics of Power Generation 101:
Mother Nature, Common Sense and Turning a Supertanker
Notes here.

Energy Alternatives a la Carte: Fossils and Sunshine and Garbage, oh my!
Notes here.

The Nuclear Power Debate Version 2.0: What’s Old, What’s New, What’s Hype, What’s True
Notes here.

Coming dinner events:

July 1, 2008 5:30 to 7:30
All GEOpolitics is local:
Global Issues, State Law & Hometown Lessons

You are invited to come watch us disagree and still have a good time.

Dinners are at St. John’s Episcopal Church.

To purchase tickets, click here.

Each dinner will feature:

At least two knowledgeable speakers, either from each “side” of the issue or representing different aspects of the issue, each possessing good humor and good sense

Facilitators to make the discussion productive

A history lesson of sorts, by virtue of the presence of a Founding Father or two (lose the quill pens)

Good company, good food, good laughs

Please plan to join us at our next dinner:

July 1, 2008 5:30 to 7:30
All GEOPolitics is local: Global Issues, State Law and Hometown Lessons

Purchase tickets.

If you would like more ticket information by email, send a blank email to: dinner@tothevillagesquare.org

Tallahassee Roundtable

Beginning in September, we will have a monthly roundtable on a specific topic of local interest, with a new topic offered each new school year. We will invite experts on the topic, from different ideological perspectives, to join the Board and Founders in identifying the facts and looking for a common sense approach to the local issue. The results of the dialog will be offered to the public in an effort to clarify the facts, advance the discussion and improve the quality of life here in Tallahassee. We’ll keep you in the loop as our discussion proceeds.

Our first roundtable topic is Economic Segregation. Find the beginnings of a library on this topic here. Do you have resources to add to our library or experts to refer us to? Contact us at roundtable@tothevillagesquare.org.

Your contribution will support Village Square events.