20th Year Anniversary
2018-2019 Guest Speakers
Oct. 7 Adam Sudmann Lucky
Adam is Founder of My Lucky Tummy, a multinational popup food court as well as Program Director of With Love, a teaching restaurant & entrepreneur incubator. He grew up in food because his Mom studied under Julia Child. He captained his first wedding the summer he turned 16. Later he went to grad school for Critical Theory then got into events in NYC running big, splashy soirees for Gucci & Bentley & Krug. In the months he wasn’t working for the $50,000 handbag crowd he’d disappear to Cameroon, Cambodia, Morocco, India, Nicaragua, Turkey, etc. indulging a yen for travel. Adam had this long-simmering dream of building a multinational food court, stalls run by people from all over, making what they knew and loved.
Discussion will touch on topics such as: Why Lucky?, Haute and Homespun, Framing Refugees and What’s Next.
Nov. 4 Bob Oddy Stained Glass: Art and Technique
Bob Oddy was educated and lived his first 37 years in England. He came to Syracuse, in the middle of his first career, to teach Information Science at SU. After several years in which he pursued stained glass as a hobby, he resigned his professorship to focus on stained glass art full time. Almost all of his work has been commissioned for homes and work places across the country. He has written many articles and taught several intensive workshops on stained glass art.
Discussion will touch on topics such as: Techniques to achieve realism and detail: thoughtful choice of glass, intricate cutting, copper foil, fusing and painting. The illusion of depth: impression of 3 dimensions and of distance.
Dec. 2 Jaime Alicea Building Our Future: The Syracuse City School District’s Strategic Plan 2018 – 2022
Superintendent Jaime Alicea has dedicated his career to the Syracuse City School District, having worked his way up from a teaching assistant to Chief Operations Officer over the course of his 33-year career before being named Superintendent. A member of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Mr. Alicea also served on several local boards and committees, including the Onondaga County Public Library Strategic Planning Committee, SUNY Oswego Educational Administration Program Advisory Committee, Youth Leadership Greater Syracuse Founding Committee, New York State Education Department Assessment Committee. He currently serves on the Gifford Foundation Board of Directors and the Hope for Education Subcommittee.
Discussion will touch on topics such as: Overview of the components of the strategic plan including the mission, vision, core beliefs and commitments. Our priorities, goals and tasks. For each of the five priorities, Supt. Alicea will share the connection to the core beliefs and how they will be measured. Using the plan. Highlight the commitments SCSD will make to actively engage with the plan.
Mar. 3 Stephanie Miner Former Syracuse Mayor
Former Syracuse Mayor.
Discussion will touch on topics such as: TBA
Apr. 7 Rosemary Pooler U.S. Court of Appeals Second Circuit Judge
Second Circuit Judge.
Discussion will touch on topics such as: TBA
May 5 Bruce Coville Adventures in Writing for Kids
Bruce Coville has published over 100 books for children and young adults, including the million copy bestseller ALIENS ATE MY HOMEWORK, as well as the much-loved JEREMY THATCHER DRAGON HATCHER. He is also the founder of FULL CAST AUDIO, an audiobook publishing company devoted to producing full cast, unabridged recordings of material for family listening. The film version of his book ALIENS ATE MY HOMEWORK can be see on Netflix. He lives in Syracuse with his wife, illustrator and author Katherine Coville.
Discussion will touch on topics such as: Stories about the ups and downs, pitfalls and pratfalls, of a life spent writing for children … along with thoughts about why this literature matters, the ever-present danger of censorship, and why pleasure is the key to literacy.
All Lectures are held Sundays at 3 PM
Entrance is FREE
(Donations are always welcome)
Call 315-478-8634