Recent Salon Photos

Architects Brian and Melissa Farling discussed and toured their remodeled and redesigned 1950’s ranch home they transformed into a dramatic contemporary space using inexpensive construction materials and implementing their design philosophy that quality of a space is more important than quantity.

Abdullahi Gallub, PhD, a professor at the School of Social Transformation, ASU, whose research is Islamist movements in North Africa and The Middle East, discussed current political and social developments and progress of The Arab Spring.

https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/855686

Frank Wilczek, PhD, a Nobel Prize winning theoretical physicist from M.I.T., and author of ‘The Lightness of Being’, discussed scientific concepts about time.

http://web.mit.edu/physics/people/faculty/wilczek_frank.html

http://www.lightnessofbeingbook.com/

International award-winning Celtic Fusion recording artist, Arvel Bird, a violinist and Native American flutist, is known around the world for his dramatic connection between Celtic and Native American traditions, stirring up scenes that echo from North American memory.  Dubbed “Lord of the Strings” by fans and music critics, his music evokes the soul of North American history and is thoroughly entertaining, but also enlightening and humanizing. 

In addition to selections from some of his best selling CDs, Arvel debuted music from his upcoming release: Titanic Centennial: Commemorative Special Edition, a collector’s album celebrating the enduring spirit of the passengers and crew on the Titanic. Kimberly Bird also performed with Arvel on stage.

http://arvelbird.com/

Lawrence Krauss, PhD, an internationally known theoretical physicist, New York Times bestselling author, frequent editorialist, lecturer, and director of ASU Origins Project, discussed his new book ‘A Universe From Nothing : Why There is Something Rather Than Nothing’.

http://krauss.faculty.asu.edu/

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/universe-from-nothing-lawrence-krauss/1102495919

http://www.amazon.com/Universe-Nothing-There-Something-Rather/dp/145162445X

Brian Callaway discussed his journey of entering the Odyssey of the Mind international competition involving creative problem solving, and how his team after a few months of preparation finished second of eight hundred team competitors from around the world.

http://www.odysseyofthemind.com/

Jeffrey Zeig, PhD, psychologist, author, lecturer, and founder of the Milton Erickson Foundation, was joined by his wife, Lilian to discuss the topics of a new book he has edited on advice by experts for every aspect of relationships.

http://jeffreyzeig.com/

http://www.lilianborgeszeig.com/Site_1/Welcome.html

http://www.erickson-foundation.org/

A show and talk a bit about two bicycles that Andrew Weed, an ASU design professor is remodeling including the plumbing of calcium carbide generated acetylene lamps. Both are 1930s Nottingham production Raleighs. Andrew will also talk a bit about Frank Bowden, the beginnings of The Raleigh Bicycle Company in 1887, and why the bicycle is still the highest civilized form of private transportation today.

http://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/directory/selectone.php?ID=4758

Michael Crow, PhD, named by Slate Magazine as one of America’s top thinkers, the 16th President of Arizona State University, has transformed ASU into one of the leading metropolitan research institutions, and provided a leadership role in the development of Phoenix. He discussed his ideas and goals.

http://president.asu.edu/about/michaelcrow

The globally unique and historic oasis of black sphinx date palms of the Mountgrove neighborhood of Arcadia was discussed by resident Dick Malone.

http://www.desertlivingtoday.com/2011/03/14/black-gold/

Paolo Soleri, author, visionary, architect, pioneer of new human spaces, and founder of Arcosanti, had a conversation about his ideas and life with award winning contemporary architect Eddie Jones. Paolo also presented a video about Lean Linear Arterial City, his current thinking about 'Arcology".

http://www.arcosanti.org/project/background/soleri/main.html

http://www.jonesstudioinc.com/

Rick Greenwald, author of 19 books on information technology defined cloud computing, explain the benefits and make some predictions on the future of cloud computing.

Oracle Essentials

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/letters/2011/06/27/110627mama_mail2

Open Hand, with Mary Petrich, saxophones, Mark Witt, trombone, Sean Brogn, bass and Ryan Anthony, drums performed original compositions and organic improvisations.

http://www.marypetrich.com/

Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Rebecca White Berch discussed issues of the Arizona appellate courts including the budgets, the legislature, and the caseloads.

http://azcourts.gov/meetthejustices/ChiefJusticeRebeccaWhiteBerch.aspx

David Pickus, PhD, a Barrett Honors College professor discussed the life and realist fiction and philosophical essays of Leo Tolstoy. His novels include ‘War and Peace’ and ‘Anna Karenina’.

(photo by Sisley Tiernan)

http://barretthonors.asu.edu/2011/01/dr-david-pickus/

Jazz pianist and recording artist Michael Kocour, who directs Jazz Studies at ASU, who has been hailed by the Chicago Tribune as one of the most sophisticated pianists in jazz, was joined by Jerome Salazar on Bass and Robbie Carrillo on drums, to perform and speak about jazz.

http://www.michaelkocour.com/

David Edelman, PhD, visiting from The Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, discussed current neuroscience research in the understanding of consciousness, the ongoing investigations at The Neurosciences Institute, and his own research with octopus.

http://www.nsi.edu/index.php?page=david_b_edelman

A conversation about current Arizona politics with political and community leader and former Arizona attorney general Grant Woods.

http://www.grantwoods.com/

A discussion with George V. Coyne, S.J., former director of The Vatican Observatory, and current President of The Vatican Observatory Foundation.

http://www.vaticanobservatory.org

Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne performed the piano with his chamber music group, followed by a discussion about Arizona politics.

http://www.azag.gov/

At her studio artist Carole Hanks, who creates figurative drawings, developing sequential stories and intellectual wanderings, discussed her art and The Daily Comics which she created once a week in 2010.

http://studio200e.com/

Gabriel Bey, with members of Spooky Kool, performed improvisational music for trumpet for jazz and other styles, and will discuss the creation of musical ideas.

(photo by Gabriel Bey)

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Installation artist Michael Marlowe discussed his figurative paintings and abstracts of a series of large scale drawings and paintings at his exhibition XXL.

http://www.michaelmarlowestudio.com/

http://afterhoursgallery.com/

Thanassis Rikakis, Director, School of Arts, Media + Engineering, ASU, who researches embodiment, time perception, and space in the virtual worlds, discussed hybrid human experiences that are physical and digital. Mina Johnson-Glenberg introduced concepts of embodied learning with Smallab Learning.

http://ame2.asu.edu/faculty/thanassis/

http://www.smallablearning.com

Lawrence Krauss, theoretical physicist, author, lecturer and director of the ASU Origins Project, discussed his just released new biography ‘Quantum Man’ about the life of Richard Feynman, who changed the way we think about quantum mechanics. The book provides a new understanding of the legacy of Richard Feynman, who has fascinated millions.

http://krauss.faculty.asu.edu/

http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Quantum-Man/

Writer-artist Ellen Palestrant read parts from her current work ‘The World Of Glimpse’ to the accompaniment of the music of Lyra, with guitarist Maryanne Kremer-Ames and violinist Allen Ames.

http://www.reclaimyourcreativity.com/html/pretzel/author.htm

Paul Davies, PhD, known internationally as a physicist, astrobiologist and cosmologist, author, lecturer, and director of The Beyond Center at ASU, discussed Winston Churchill during World War II, from his perspective as someone who is from Britain and who has read extensively about the life of Churchill.

http://cosmos.asu.edu/

At sunset on the 27th Floor of a highrise overlooking downtown Phoenix, and The Valley’s mountains, Arvel Bird, one of the major Native American artists on tour today, performed his violin. Arvel, who previously toured with Glen Campbell and Loreta Lynn, has blended Celtic and Native American styles into his own music. Arvel’s new CD recording ‘Ride Indian Ride’ has an edgier, soulful sound.

http://arvelbird.com/

Nobel laureate theoretical physicist Frank Wilczek,PhD a professor at M.I.T., and author of ‘The Lightness of Being’, discussed the nature of the universe.

http://www.frankwilczek.com/

http://origins.asu.edu

At his studio and home, artist Jim Cook discussed his colorful, vibrant paintings that capture the flavor of landscapes and people that he sees.

http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Cook/100000409981475

Bert Hoelldobler, PhD, one of the world’s top authorities on ants and Pulitzer Prize Winner, discussed the topic of his new book co-authored with his longtime colleague E. O. Wilson, ‘The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instinct’. Professor Hoelldobler’s research has illuminated the understanding of ants and the societal nature of living beings.

http://sols.asu.edu/people/faculty/bhoelldobler.php

http://www.amazon.com/Leafcutter-Ants-Civilization-Instinct/dp/0393338681

Chris Dorsey performed music for guitar by Argentinean composers Astor
Piazzolla, Maximo Pujol, and Marcelo Coronel.

http://www.chrisdorseyguitar.com/

Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, PhD, a professor of linguistics and cognitive science at the University of Arizona, and author of ‘What Darwin Got Wrong’ and ‘Of Minds and Language’ discussed the relationships of language and thought.

http://management.eller.arizona.edu/faculty/mpiattelli-palmarini.asp

Timothy Rodgers, PhD, the new director of the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, discussed his plans, the current exhibitions at SMOCA, and how significant social and aesthetic ideas of the past continue to be relevant for art of our time.

http://www.smoca.org/about_welcome_director.php

Philip Christensen, PhD, a Regents Professor, ASU, a co-investigator of the Mars Exploration Rovers, and principal investigator for the Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) and the Mars Odyssey THEMIS instruments, lead a general discussion of some background on Mars, the key science questions, some of the interesting recent discoveries, and future directions for Mars exploration.

http://themis.mars.asu.edu/christensen

The questions of what is necessary for humans to flourish, and why, was discussed by a panel of three from ASU that included: Sander Van der Leeuw, PhD, Dean of School of Sustainability,and also director of School of Human Evolution and Social Change; Bruce Rittmann, PhD, director of Environmental Biotechnology at The Biodesign Institute; and Neal Lester, PhD, Dean of Humanities.

http://sustainability.asu.edu/docs/gios_board_bios/van-der-leeuw_sander.pdf

http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/people/bruce-rittmann

https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/73432

After touring her play in Seattle , Edinburgh, and elsewhere, breast cancer survivor, writer / performer Tania Katan discussed her witty, honest and courageous One-Woman Show ‘Saving Tania’s Privates’ that is being performed at The Little Theatre at the Phoenix Theatre, September 16 – October 10 . The play explores her relationships with girlfriends, family and survival.

http://www.taniakatan.com/

The experience of being and living with gorillas in the wild of Rwanda, and what was learned about gorilla behavior, was discussed by Dieter and Netzin Steklis, who have served for twenty years as directors and scientists for the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International.

http://www.wild-minds.org/About_Us.html

Jack Farmer, PhD, an astrobiologist at ASU and NASA, discussed the origins of life on Earth and what we know of what life is in the universe.

http://jfarmer.asu.edu/

hosted by The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University

http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/

This evening Fred Linch begins The Salon Cinema II. A cinema buff and scholar, Fred Linch, who has been involved in introducing film to many in the Phoenix area, and who has extensive involvement with film festivals around the world, hosted the Spirit of the Senses original film series The Salon Cinema for 18 years.

The Salon Cinema II begins with The Master Viewer, on how to see and enjoy the cinema and it’s art form.

http://www.spiritofthesenses.org/saloncinema.htm

Classical guitarist Phil Hemmo performed music from his new CD ‘Romantic Works for Classical Guitar’. In Tucson, Phil is also principal of Southwest Guitar, Arizona’s largest guitar store and school and also member of a rock group ‘Mozart’s Sister’.

http://www.philhemmo.com/

Billie (Bill) DeWalt, PhD, director and president of MIM, The Musical Instrument Museum, discussed the vision and goals for this first global musical instrument museum that celebrates similarities and differences of the world’s cultures expressed through music.

http://www.themim.org/

Jeanette Nangreave, Graduate Research Assistant, ASU Biodesign Institute’s Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, discussed research her lab is doing, such as programming autonomous robots made from DNA that can follow a DNA track that may one day lead to medical therapeutic devices.

Origami is the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding. Imagine folding an origami object 100,000 times smaller than a typical paper origami. Remarkably, scientists are doing exactly that with DNA.

http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/people/jeanette-nangreave

Sara Cochran, curator of contemporary art at The Phoenix Art Museum, discussed her favorite selections of contemporary art at the Museum and why her choices are important for her.

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/arts/articles/2008/11/01/20081101cochran.html

http://www.phxart.org/

Mayo Clinic physician Murray Feldstein, MD introduced Paul Andrews, MD, also of the Mayo Clinic, discussed and toured members through the Mayo Clinic Simulation Center, an innovative and advanced facility for the teaching of medical skills to teams of medical professionals.

The facility replicates Mayo's emergency department, intensive care unit, hospital rooms and exam rooms. Learners hone skills ranging from nursing to emergency care to minimally invasive procedures. Stunningly realistic computerized mannequins greatly test learners' skills as they bleed, cry, stop breathing, require difficult intubation and present challenging medical situations.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/bio/10477403.html

http://www.mayoclinic.org/bio/13596314.html

http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2010-sct/5744.html

Kyrsten Sinema, a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, discussed Arizona politics and current issues of the State Legislature.

http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=52&Legislature=48

Carl ‘Bug Man’ Olson, associate curator, Dept. of Entomology, University of Arizona, discussed the insects in Phoenix and our relationship with them.

http://ag.arizona.edu/ento/faculty/olson.htm

At a hillside home, Paul Davies, PhD, a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, astrobiologist, best-selling author, and Director of the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science and Co-Director of the Origins Initiative, at ASU, launched his new book that questions existing ideas of what form an alien intelligence might take, how it might try to communicate with us, and how we should respond if we ever do make contact. Long time television host, producer and author, Hugh Downs moderated a lively conversation.

http://cosmos.asu.edu/

http://www.amazon.com

Outside, at a contemporary home’s patio two recording artists, Gabriel Ayala, considered today’s top Native American classical guitarist, and five time Grammy nominee percussionist Will Clipman performed.

http://store.canyonrecords.com

http://www.ayalaguitarist.com/

http://www.willclipman.com

John Kane of Architekton, one of the principal architects of the new Tempe Transportation Center, was joined by Bonnie Richardson from the City of Tempe to discuss the sustainable design and purpose of the building. John Romero whose business Bicycle Cellar, serves bicycle commuters, added to the discussion from this Center.

http://www.tempe.gov/greenprograms/transitcenter.htm

http://www.architekton.com/

http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2009/08/21/20090821tr-bikeopen0822.html

Joel Garreau, former long-time reporter & editor at The Washington Post, now the Lincoln Professor of Law, Culture and Values at ASU, discussed the ethical and strategic implications of emerging technology, military weaponry, and human enhancement capabilities. His most recent book ‘Radical Evolution’ is about the promise and peril of enhancing our minds, our bodies -- and what it means to be human.

http://www.garreau.com/

http://www.law.asu.edu/

Landscape artist Lee Brownson toured The Wallace Desert Gardens, an 18 acre private desert botanical garden in north Scottsdale.

http://www.wallacedesertgardens.org/

Artist Kevin Caron, who creates sculpture for public and private spaces, discussed his art at his studio.

http://www.kevincaron.com/perspective.html

Sam Campana, executive director of Arizona Audubon, led members on a discussion and viewing of birds along the Rio Salado south of downtown.

http://az.audubon.org/

Sander van der Leeuw, PhD, director of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at ASU discussed what the tipping point concerning climate change, population, poverty and pollution means for human survival.

Spirit of the Senses dinner salon series at The Barrett Honors College.

http://shesc.asu.edu/vanderleeuw

http://barretthonors.asu.edu/home/

Greg Peterson, creator of the Urban Farm, discussed his real world environmental showcase home that utilizes his extensive background to develop an innovative holistic home site, featuring an entirely edible 1/3 acre farm/yard, rainwater and greywater harvesting, solar applications along with extensive use of recycled building materials.

http://www.urbanfarm.org/about.html

Kimberly Marshall, director of the ASU school of music and an international organ concert performer, performed at the dramatic ASU Organ Hall that features a special Fritts pipe organ and an Italian Baroque organ.

https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/194165

http://music.asu.edu/facilities/organ.php

Bill Tonnesen, Artist and Landscape Architect, toured members through an unusual property with eight apartments he purchased and has transformed with vegetable gardens and art history.

http://www.billtonnesen.com/

Kent and Vicki Logan discussed their contemporary art collection.

http://www.panacheprivee.com/Arts_Culture/Kent_and_Vicki_Logan_Collection.asp

Matthew Whitaker, PhD, an ASU historian, author, and activist, led members on a tour of the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, located south of Chase Field. The Museum is housed in the former Phoenix Union Colored High /Carver High School building that was built in 1926 exclusively for African Americans during the period of enforced segregation from 1913 – 1954.

http://www.gwcmuseumculturalcenter.org/

http://www.drmatthewwhitaker.com/

Mark Siebel, founder of Doggie Steps and a personal dog consultant, discused his methods and philosophy of dog training.

http://www.doggiestepsdogtraining.com

From war-torn Somalia to the outback of Australia, Pauline Davies has spent 20 years reporting on cutting-edge science and health issues for the BBC World Service radio. Her award-winning documentaries and weekly programs have been heard by millions worldwide. Now Professor of Practice in the Hugh Downs School at ASU, Pauline continues to cover research topics that will shape tomorrow's world. Her presentation recounted some hair-raising challenges confronted in the line of duty.

http://humancommunication.clas.asu.edu/people/davies.shtml

Each year, Supreme Court Justices select the top law students to clerk on the U.S. Supreme Court. This salon gathered former Supreme Court law clerks now practicing in the Phoenix area to share stories of the Court and its Justices and the experience of working with the highest Court in the land. Law clerks from Justices White, Black, Powell, O'Connor and Stewart will be present. Pictured are Andy Hurwit, Scott Bales, Larry Hammond, Brett Dunkleman, Randy Nelson, Colin Campbell.

http://www.osbornmaledon.com/

Chef/owner Aaron Chamberlin talked about his new restaurant, St. Francis and architect Wendell Burnette discussed his architecture. Aaron Chamberlin has previously been at Jean-Georges in NYC and helped start Chelsea’s Kitchen in Phoenix.

http://www.stfrancisaz.com/

http://www.wendellburnettearchitects.com/

Artist Earl Linderman, a former ASU professor of painting and drawing and an author of textbooks on art, who paints colorful portraits of his imagined world of Doctor Thrill, hosted members at his studio.

http://www.earllinderman.com/

David Ewing Duncan, an American journalist, author and broadcaster, discussed his book ‘Experimental Man: What one man’s body reveals about his future, your health, and our toxic world’. The book explores what cutting-edge technologies in personalized medicine can tell us about individual health and life -- past, present and future: genes, environment, brain and body.

http://www.davidewingduncan.net/

http://www.experimentalman.com

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/#29633695

Charles Johnson, MD, of the Arizona Dermatology Group, discussed issues of skin cancer, sunscreen toxicity, laser techniques, nanoparticles, and future directions of care.

http://local.yahoo.com/info-26078421-arizona-dermatology-group-prescott

http://www.thebarrow.org/index.htm

http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/index.php?nothanks=1

At his contemporary studio and home, artist Jeff Zischke discussed his art and design for public and private spaces, that includes lighting, sculpture, and structures.

http://www.jeffzischke.com/

Patrick Sheridan, one of the most celebrated tuba soloists in his instrument’s history, who has performed in venues ranging from the White House to NBA half-time shows, performed compositions with pianist, Gail Novak.

http://www.PatrickSheridan.com/biography.htm

http://www.saltriverbrass.org

Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD and Stephen L. Macknik, PhD, neuroscientists at Barrow Neurological Institute, discussed their research with many top magicians from Las Vegas in understanding the mystery of illusion.

http://smc.neuralcorrelate.com/

http://macknik.neuralcorrelate.com/

http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com

Astrophysicist, Piet Hut, PhD, a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, who uses virtual worlds to explore reality, and who founded the virtual Kira Institute, spoke as his avatar Pema Pera from Second Life, projected into real life.

http://www.ids.ias.edu/~piet/

http://www.kira.org

Second Life Salons

Paul Westerhoff, PhD, chair of the Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering at ASU, who is involved with water issues, discussed the canals that cross through metropolitan Phoenix.

http://www4.eas.asu.edu/pwest/

Three recording artists performed with guitars designed and built by Jeremy Cooper, a luthier in Tucson. Gabriel Ayala, a Native American classical guitarist, Chris Dorsey, who performs Tango music, and Troy Gray, who performs flamenco style guitar performed. Jeremy discussed his guitar building.

http://www.jscooperluthier.com

http://www.ayalaguitarist.com/

http://www.chrisdorseyguitar.com/

http://www.troygraymusic.com

http://www.store.canyonrecords.com/

What is Romanticism and Are We?

Richard Nilsen, arts writer for The Arizona Republic, looked at the history of cultural insanity.

http://www.azcentral.com/

Psychiatrist Carl Hammerschlag, MD, an author, global lecturer, and healer, whose expertise in psychiatry, modern medicine, and Native American wisdom allow him to create a singular approach to understanding health and wellness in today's world, discussed the shamanic roots of healing.

http://www.healingdoc.com/

Pastry Chef Tammie Coe, who caters and also provides her baked goods at La Grande Orange, and her husband M.J. (Michael John) Coe, who directs MJ Breads, his wholesale artisan bread company, discussed their businesses at their downtown space.

http://www.tammiecoecakes.com

New York City philosopher, historian and award winning poet Jennifer Michael Hecht PhD, who has authored 'Doubt: a history' and 'The Happiness Myth: Why what we think is right is wrong' and several books of poetry, discussed her research and ideas.

http://www.jennifermichaelhecht.com/

Aubrey de Grey PhD, a British biogerontologist, Chairman and Chief Science Officer of the Methuselah Foundation, and author of the book 'Ending Aging', discussed his ideas of a roadmap to defeat biological aging.

http://www.methuselahfoundation.org/

"Ending Aging" on Amazon

Ceramic artist Kurt Weiser hosted members at his studio. Kurt uses the centuries-old tradition of china paint on porcelain to create sumptuous, provocative teapots and jars, resplendent with lush jungle scenes with figures, often nude and distorted in the Eden-like landscapes.

www.franklloyd.com/dynamic/artist_bio.asp?ArtistID=35

asuartmuseum.asu.edu/weiser/

The Internet animated virtual world of Second Life, a society of eight million inhabitants, was explored on a large screen. Using his avatar in Second Life, Chris Impey, PhD, an astrobiologist at The Steward Observatory, discussed social behavior, economics and ethical issues of Second Life.

http://daffy.as.arizona.edu/faculty/cimpey.html

http://www.chrisimpey.com

www.thelivingcosmos.com

www.amazon.com/Living-Cosmos-Search-Life-Universe/dp/1400065062

Contemporary architect Marlene Imirzian toured and discussed her restoration and redevelopment projects near downtown Phoenix . The projects include a market, a condominium, the transformation of a former historic bungalow, and the creation of an upscale residence.

http://www.imirzian-architects.com/

Filmaker C. C. Goldwater, granddaughter of Senator Barry Goldwater, discussed and presented her film 'Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater', a documentary that offers an intriguing glimpse into the public and private life of Senator Barry Goldwater. Her film includes interviews with Edward Kennedy, Hillary Rodham Clinton, John McCain, Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, family members and others.

http://www.mrconservativegoldwaterongoldwater.com

http://www.amazon.com

Violinist Dimitri Lazarescu of the Phoenix Symphony performed gypsy music. Music critic, Dimitri Drobatschewsky was in attendance.

http://www.phoenixsymphony.org

www.astringaffair.com

Television and radio talk show host Pat McMahon and therapist Duffy McMahon discussed the institution of marriage.

http://www.ktar.com/?nid=243

http://news.ktar.com/?sid=428926&nid=244

http://innovativetherapiesaz.com/wst_page2.html

Heather Bimonte-Nelson,PhD a professor and researcher of behavioral neuroscience psychology at ASU discussed how mazes provide a window into animal cognition.

www.asu.edu/clas/psych/people/faculty/bimontenelson.html

http://www.thebni.com

Architect Gordon Rogers, spoke about his contemporary architecture design at a residence that is nestled into the mountain and covered with original stone.

http://www.gordonrogers.com/

Linda Scott, director of education at Liberty Wildlife, discussed the foundations efforts for the preservation of large birds of prey and wildlife. Members met "Acoma," a beautiful red-tailed hawk, among others.

http://www.libertywildlife.org/

Journalist and former CNN news anchor Aaron Brown, who hosted the CNN flagship show NewsNight, who currently is the John J. Rhodes Chair at Barrett Honors College at ASU, discussed issues and opinions of the news media today.

http://cronkite.asu.edu/news/aaronbrown-051606.html

In the Afternoon outside on a Paradise Valley back porch, Award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction Jewell Parker Rhodes. a professor of creative writing at ASU, discussed her new book inspired by her grandmother, 'Porch Stories: A Grandmother's Guide to Happiness'.

www.pageturner.net/JewellParkerRhodes/

http://www.asu.edu/piper/

www.npr.org

William Eaton, three time Grammy nominee and designer of original, exotic multi-stringed musical instruments, discussed and toured members at his Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery, where students come from around the world to learn the art of guitar making.

http://www.roberto-venn.com/

http://www.william-eaton.com/

John and Lynn Kelley hosted members at their Summerwind Marchadors Ranch, located in the Sonoran desert overlooking the Verde River Valley, to speak about and show some of their Mangalarga Marchador horses and to tell of their adventures of importing and breeding this Iberian breed, the National Horse of Brazil.

http://www.summerwindmarchadors.com

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