Several Social and Historical Lectures (Free!)

Check out these free lectures being held around the Fort Wayne area.  I would love to hear any of them, if only there was time...

Gray Barn Rising — Poetry reading by newly appointed Indiana Poet Laureate George Kalamaras, 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, Walb International Ballroom, IPFW, Fort Wayne, free, 481-4174

Marvella Bayh — Geoff Paddock lectures on the late wife of former Sen. Birch Bayh and mother of former Indiana governor and senator Evan Bayh, 2 p.m. Saturday, March 1, History Center, Fort Wayne, free, 426-2882

The Irish in Fort Wayne and How They Came To Be Here — George R. Mather Lecture by Tom Logan, 2 p.m. Sunday, March 2, History Center, Fort Wayne, free, 426-2882

Cross-Cultural Ministry in the 21st Century — Religious forum and a simple lunch, 12-1:15 p.m. Thursday, March 20, Walb Student Union, IPFW, Fort Wayne, free, 481-6992

Everything Old Is New Again: Lincoln Financial Group’s Archives Read Like Today’s Newspaper Headlines — George R. Mather Lecture by Nancy Jordan, 2 p.m. Sunday, April 6, History Center, Fort Wayne, free, 426-2882

Indian Mission Trip Report — Religious forum and a simple lunch, 12-1:15 p.m. Thursday, April 10, Walb Student Union, IPFW, Fort Wayne, free, 481-6992

St. Francis/Pope Francis: Don’t Forget the Poor — Lecture by Sister Anita Holzer, part of the USF faculty lecture series, 1 p.m. Thursday, April 10, Brookside Ballroom, University of St. Francis, Fort Wayne, free, 399-8050