2024-2025 AFTERNOON LECTURE SERIES

Mount Rainier National Park

Take a beautiful tour of the biodiversity of this spectacular national treasure replete with music and sounds from nature. Get a feel for the flora, fauna, trails ,and even the night sky of this amazing park. 

Road to Catastrophe

This audio-visual lecture explores the origins of World War I, which began in the Balkans and quickly escalated to a global scale. One hundred years ago, The War to End All War began in Europe, a tragedy which shattered illusions of progress and sowed the seeds for even more horrors to come. When it was finally over, 17 million were dead, 22 million were wounded, countless numbers were displaced, 4 empires were destroyed, and the map of Europe was redrawn. 

Stalingrad II

Join us for the second installment of the Stalingrad Trilogy. From October 14 to November 19, Paulus' 6th Army attempted to push Chuikov's 62nd Army into the Volga by crushing the defenders of the massive industrial complexes forever known to history: The Tractor Factory, The Barrikady, and The Red October. The horrific nature of the struggle is captured in actual photographs of the battles and complemented acoustically with powerful music and sound effects.

Road to Disunion

Join us for a chronological examination of the issues and events leading to the greatest military conflict this hemisphere has ever witnessed: The War Between the States. The program begins with a look at the Land Ordinance of 1787 and ends with the firing on Ft. Sumter.  

Stalingrad III

Join us for the final installment of the Stalingrad Trilogy. Learn about the greatest and costliest battle in history and the turning point in the war against the Third Reich.  

War Machine: Philip II & Alexander the Great

Everyone has heard of Alexander the Great but it was his father, Philip II, who  created the world’s greatest army his son used to such extraordinary success.  Learn about the genius and audacity of Philip II and Alexander the Great.