Poet John Milton's revolutionary ideas about freedom will be discussed at a talk by Professor Quentin Skinner at the University this evening.

In conjunction with the exhibition Brave New Worlds, the Walker Art Center presents two Mack Lectures in November on the topic of Drawing Conflict, Writing War: Two Ways of Responding to Global Violence.

Keith F. Davis, curator of photography at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo., will present a lecture entitled Discovering Civil War Photography: Fact, Imagination, and Myth at the Amon Carter Museum on Saturday, October 27 at 11 a.m.

Dr. Robert Robbins and Dr. Kim McCreery of the African Wild Dog Conservancy are giving a lecture, in conjunction with The California Desert Chapter of the American Association of Zookeepers. The subject is the "Painted Wolves of the African Desert", on October 20, 2007 at The Living Desert in the Hoover Room.

Bishop Museum's Traditions of the Pacific educational program, supported in part by Outrigger Reef on the Beach, will present a lecture on Huahine: Island of the Lost Canoe with Bishop Museum archaeologist Yosihiko Sinoto, Ph.D., and a field trip to the Worksite and Marine Education Center for the Friends of Hōkūle'a and Hawai'iloa.

The chance to explore the myths and legends of the Lord of the Rings, learn African tribal drumming and understand the British weather is on offer as part of a new programme of weekend courses at the University of Bath on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 October.

Salman Rushdie, a supporter of free speech, believes that a writer should be able to speak out on the big issues of the day. He will speak on Monday, November 5, 2007, at Mountain High School at 7:30 p.m., and his topic is "The Culture Wars."

Getty Conservation Institute hosts Williams on Thursday, October 18, at 7 pm as part of its conservation matters lecture series. Nearly every parent has their child's macaroni art stashed somewhere in the house, or brittle sepia photos of family relatives and fading snapshots of childhood tucked into a box.

Football fans can find out how to ‘bend it like Beckham’ in a free public lecture at the University of Bath on Wednesday 10 October.

Join guest speaker Sue Arthur MA as she takes you through a history of Blackpool and the entertainment industry in The Lion and Albert Lecture on Wednesday 10th October in the Lawrence House Studio at 2.30pm.

The Saint Louis Art Museum is pleased to welcome acclaimed artist Lorna Simpson, together with author and art history professor Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, to the Auditorium for a free lecture October 4 at 7 p.m

Actress and entertainer Debbie Reynolds opens this season’s Friend of the Institute lecture series at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Ms. Reynolds will speak about her remarkable collection of film costumes.