The Fall Dinner is a sublime opportunity for Central Florida members and new friends to celebrate the season in style. Come enjoy a night of delectables and wonderful entertainment! Cocktails 6:00 p.m. | Dinner 6:45 p.m. | Entertainment 7:30 p.m. Entertainment: We are delighted to welcome Zoe Kindley, award-winning West End performer, internationally acclaimed vocal coach, […]
You’re invited to hear Dr. Tim Riley as he presents the November lecture, “Churchill: The Language of Leadership.” The ESU Central Florida Branch hosts many prominent authors and scholars, including ESU’s own Evelyn Wrench Lecture Series named after our founder. These renowned British and American speakers present programs on a wide range of topics, including […]
Today our ESU Happy Hour takes us on a journey through the pivotal events that shaped America 250 years ago, this time in the great state of Virginia, where revolutionary ideas became constitutional action. On May 15, 1776, at the Fifth Virginia Convention in Williamsburg, delegates in Philadelphia proposed to transition Virginia from a British […]
You’re invited to hear Dr. Juliette Wells as she presents the December lecture, “Jane Austen: A Lively Mind.” The ESU Central Florida Branch hosts many prominent authors and scholars, including ESU’s own Evelyn Wrench Lecture Series named after our founder. These renowned British and American speakers present programs on a wide range of topics, including […]
Christmas in America has a much richer and stranger history than the cozy images we know today. This festive ESU Happy Hour explores why early New Englanders outlawed Christmas, how rowdy wassailing gangs once filled the streets, and how German, Dutch, and English traditions eventually blended into the modern Santa. We’ll trace the journey from […]
January 6, 2027, 5 PM ET, Sponsored by the ESU Charlottesville, VA Branch Do you love a good mystery? For five decades, Agatha Christie’s primary obsession was murder, but her interest in houses was a close second, particularly the English country house. Taken together, some of her most popular works offer a keen look at […]
You’re invited to hear Dr. Elliot Engel as he presents the March lecture, “The Wizard of Oz: L. Frank Baum and His Classic American Fairy Tale.” The ESU Central Florida Branch hosts many prominent authors and scholars, including ESU’s own Evelyn Wrench Lecture Series named after our founder. These renowned British and American speakers present […]
You’re invited to hear Dr. Iris De Rode as she presents the April lecture, “When France Saved America: The Alliance That Won The Revolution.” The ESU Central Florida Branch hosts many prominent authors and scholars, including ESU’s own Evelyn Wrench Lecture Series named after our founder. These renowned British and American speakers present programs on […]
You’re invited to hear Dr. Nancy Sindelar as she presents the May lecture, “Hemingway: His Women, His Wars, His Passions.” The ESU Central Florida Branch hosts many prominent authors and scholars, including ESU’s own Evelyn Wrench Lecture Series named after our founder. These renowned British and American speakers present programs on a wide range of […]