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.