Coming Events - Manning Clark House

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August

  • Wedneday 4 August
    Kristin Otto - author of Capital (wine and cheese)

  • Thursday 12 August
    an evening with singer, song-writer, activist Shane Howard (wine and cheese)
    Time: 5.30 for 6.00pm
    Entry: $20/25

  • Friday 13 August
    NMA-VRC-MCH symposium for the 150th running of the Melbourne Cup
    Full details on the NMA web site
    Venue: National Museum of Australia
    Entry: Free

  • Saturday 14 August
    Goanna (the band) in concert
    Time: 8.00pm
    Venue: John Lingard Hall at the Canberra Grammar School
    Entry: $30

  • Wednesday 18 August (tbc)
    Australian Society for Sports History at MCH – guest speaker: John Harms

  • Wednesday 25 August
    George Lovejoy Lecture to be delivered by John Harms in Brisbane (details to come)

  • Thursday 26 August
    John Moses talks about his latest book The reluctant revolutionary: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's collision with Prusso-German history (wine and cheese at MCH)
    Time: 5.30 for 6.00pm
    Entry: $10/$15

  • Tuesday 31 August
    Dymphna Clark Lecture – Maggie Beer
    Venue: Old Parliament House
    Further details to be announced

September

  • Tuesday 21 September
    MCH dinner with Peter Garrett, AM, MP (tbc)

Regular events at Manning Clark House

  • MCH Biography Book Group - last Tuesday of every month 10 am to 12pm
    Members and their friends are welcome. Age and gender irrelevant. Enquiries: Manning Clark House
    Meetings are at Manning Clark House.



  • MCH Fiction Book Club - third Tuesday of the month 6pm to 7.30pm
    Members and members' friends are welcome. Age and gender irrelevant. Enquiries: Manning Clark House
    Meetings are at Manning Clark House.



  • Alma Latina music rehearsals - every Monday evening
    Alma Latina is a group of musicians and singers who perform in Canberra and beyond, and last year played at a major festival in Cuba. Enquiries: Marisol Pacheco, tel 6295 8037.
    Rehearsals are at Manning Clark House.



  • Spanish classes - every Wednesday from 6 to 8 pm
    Spanish classes for beginners and those who can converse, are at Manning Clark House. Classes are free for MCH members. Tutors are Ramon Contreras and Ramon Cornejo-Rios, both wonderful!



  • Winter dinners Continuing the Great Conversations - once a month through winter



  • Canberra WEEKEND OF IDEAS at Manning Clark House - every year in March/April



  • MANNING CLARK LECTURE - every year in March


  • DYMPHNA CLARK LECTURE - every year in March/April



Manning Clark House Contact Details

For bookings and information on Manning Clark House events and activities contact Manning Clark House by
telephone: +61 (02) 6295 9433
fax: +61 (02) 6295 6029
email: info@manningclark.org.au
post: PO Box 3096, Manuka, ACT 2603, Australia

or please drop in to see us at the Manning Clark House 11 Tasmania Circle, Forrest in Canberra.


Events and Papers

One of the features of Manning and Dymphna Clark's life was the their enjoyment of stimulating conversation and ideas.

This continues through the range of seminars, talks and social gatherings that Manning Clark House organises and hosts.

Many of the talks or papers presented at these events are available at the Publications and Papers page of this web site.