Brain/Food
All are welcome to Brain/Food, where discussions of fiction, poetry and films and lectures will take place on Thursday evenings at 7 PM at the DeWire Center unless noted otherwise. Click on event titles to see full program details.
Brain/Food events are free, but we hope you will show your support by becoming a member or making a donation.
There will be a Potluck supper preceding the evening’s program beginning at 6 PM. Supper attendees are asked to bring a dish to share. Beverages will be provided.
For additional information, please call Betsy Beaugard, 570 525-3381.
Click on each event title for full program details.
Brain/Food: Climate Change and the Ocean
Aug. 1 - Climate Change and the Ocean, lecture by oceanographer, Jack Barth Jack Barth, an oceanographer at Oregon State University and summer visitor to Eagles Mere, will discuss what…
Brain/Food: Film, Charm City Kings (2020)
Aug. 8 - Film, Charm City Kings (2020). Mouse, 14-year-old boy, is fascinated by the street bike culture in Baltimore, Maryland. He desperately wants to join the Midnight Clique, a…
Brain/Food: Documentary, My Name is Pauli Murray (2020)
Aug 13 - Documentary, My Name is Pauli Murray (2020). Fifteen years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, Pauli Murray was arrested for doing…
Brain/Food: Film, The Quiet Girl (2022)
Aug. 22 – Film, The Quiet Girl (Ireland 2022 PG-13). Set in 1981, a withdrawn nine-year-old girl raised by impoverished parents among many other siblings. She is sent to spend…
Brain/Food: Film, Hold Me Tight
Aug. 29 – Film, Hold Me Tight (France 2021) The central character, Clarisse, is on the run from her family for reasons that are not immediately clear. The film alternates…