Barry Kraft, former OSF actor and lecturer, current Rogue Theater Company gadfly and Shakespeare scholar, as well as Jefferson Center member, will explore with us his thoughts on human divisiveness — especially that abrasiveness seemingly interwoven into the very fabric of party politics.
Please join us as we mutually consider these and allied issues, especially when we recall the creation of the Declaration of Independence, almost 250 years ago.
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were friends, then enemies, then friends again. Their thoughts about political partisanship and its pitfalls are brilliantly illuminated in the letters they exchanged from the time of their reconciliation in 1812 until they both died in extreme old age, on the same day, the 4th of July, 1826. What might those of us living through our current political situation learn from them?
The program will be held in the Jefferson Center, suite 101, in the Historic Ashland Armory, 208 Oak St. Light refreshments will be served.
Please contact Tony Davis, tonydavis0@gmail.com) with questions or for more information.