Events

How should we approach classical music?

Roden House 418 Texas Street, Denton, TX, United States

There's a great many more people who want to appreciate and enjoy classical music than those who actually do. Why is this the case? Is it an art form that […]

How should we approach art?

Roden House 418 Texas Street, Denton, TX, United States

How do I know when I am in the presence of a great work of art? Why do certain artists and works find themselves among the curated pieces in an […]

What is beauty?

Roden House 418 Texas Street, Denton, TX, United States

We end our 4 part series on the question that has been underlying it all: What is beauty and what role does it or ought it to play in our […]

Why should we care about Public Education?

Roden House 418 Texas Street, Denton, TX, United States

The American experiment of offering a public education through 12th grade is audacious and ambitious. It is also proving to be increasingly controversial, with criticisms coming from all sides and […]

Why are we banning books?

Roden House 418 Texas Street, Denton, TX, United States

If you've paid attention to your local school board over the last couple of years, you would think that there is an epidemic of children rebelling against their parents by […]

A Night with Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”

This will be the 2nd annual Dickens event, beginning last year with "Why we should read Dickens?" We'll focus this year's conversation around the holiday classic, A Christmas Carol. Once again, Denton's own Dickens' scholar extraordinaire, Dr. J. Don Vann. Drink and Think is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to reserve your spot.