City Barbeque Food for Thought’s 2025 Lineup
Enjoy engaging conversations led by Northern Kentucky University history professors and lecturers.
City Barbeque’s Food for Thought series is back with monthly lectures at the Cold Spring Branch from January through May. All talks are on Tuesdays at 6:30 pm. View the lineup below.
For those unable to attend, lectures will be recorded by Campbell Media and air on their website, app and TV the following Sunday and Wednesday at 4:30 pm.
Sponsored by Highland Heights City Barbeque. Sandwiches provided.
Jan. 21: Beatlemania in America with Dr. Burke Miller
When the Beatles launched their invasion of the U.S. in 1964, few fans foresaw how the group’s unprecedented popularity would reshape not only the music industry but society itself. Join Dr. Burke Miller—the chair of the Department of History and Geography and the director of social studies—in listening to some beloved Beatles tunes and what they can tell us about 1960s America.
Feb. 18: Slavery, Sovereignty and Freedom in the Atlantic World with Dr. Jonathan Reynolds
Dr. Jonathan Reynolds will discuss the contradictions central to the spread of ideas of democracy and the expansion of Atlantic Slavery in the period from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries.
While slavery has been a common fixture across much of human history, the opening of the Atlantic World led to the creation of a new form of enslavement that was unprecedented in its brutality and scope.
Registration opens on Dec. 20, 2024
March 18: A Swedish Nightingale and the Feejee Mermaid —The Legacy and Life of P.T. Barnum with Dr. Andrea Sutherland
Dr. Andrea Sutherland will take attendees into the world of entrepreneur and showman P.T. Barnum, who transformed popular culture in the nineteenth century.
His exhibits, traveling shows and humbugs shocked and entertained people across all ages and economic classes. Come and learn about the Feejee Mermaid, Joice Heth—George Washington’s nurse—the Leviathan and more.
Registration opens on Jan. 17, 2025
April 22: The Devil’s Queen—the Power & Personality of Catherine de’ Medici with Dr. William Landon
There are few Renaissance monarchs and even fewer Renaissance women rulers whose power has shown with such intensity as Catherine de’ Medici (1519-1589). From inauspicious beginnings—orphaned while she was less than a month old—Catherine eventually became the most formidable woman in continental Europe after the death of her husband Henry, the King of France.
Registration opens on Feb. 21, 2025
May 20: Antique Showcase with Dr. Brian Hackett
While not a licensed appraiser, Dr. Brian Hackett has worked in museums since 1984 and at NKU since 2012.
Hackett has an eye for historical items disguised as everyday objects. If you have a family heirloom you are just itching to know more about, register to have Dr. Hackett take a look. Spots are limited.
Only one item can be looked at per registrant. No weapons of any kind are allowed. An assessment form must be filled out ahead of the program, along with pictures, and dropped off by Monday, May 12 so that Dr. Hackett can better prepare. If the item is too large to bring to the program, multiple pictures with as many angles as possible will make it easier to access.
Registration opens on March 21, 2025
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If you visit the Cold Spring Branch this month, take note of its glass display case. This December, it features the work of one of the library’s own: Allison Insko, patron services assistant. A bust...0 CommentsComment on Facebook