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A Party for Edgar Allan Poe (He’s 200, Never More)
Monday, Jan. 12 at 6:45 pm

Edgar Allan Poe, the author of such enduring classics as “The Purloined Letter,” “The Tell-Tale Heart,” and “The Fall of the House of Usher,” is often referred to as America’s Shakespeare. Actor Scott Sedar gives a dramatic reading of some of Poe’s most powerful works.

Advice from a Couple of Fools
Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 6:45 pm

The financially savvy duo behind the The Motley Fool is back, this time sharing tips and strategies they put to work in “Million Dollar Portfolio”—allowing investors to follow along as Tom Gardner invests and manages $1 million of The Motley Fool’s own money.
Temple Grandin on Creating the Best Life for Animals
Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 6:45 pm

Temple Grandin, renowned animal behaviorist, applies her own lifelong experience with autism and presents research in animal science.
President-Elect Abraham Lincoln: Determination and Leadership
Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 6:45 pm

Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer recasts Lincoln during the great secession winter of 1861, from an isolated prairie politician yet to demonstrate his greatness to a skillful shaper of men and opinion and an immovable friend of freedom at a decisive moment.