Thematic Learning Initiative
Transform your life. Transform your community. Arts & Lectures’ Thematic Learning Initiative (TLI) extends the conversation from the stage into the community, enriching lifelong learning and initiating dialogue and empowerment through special events, book giveaways and more.
All Thematic Learning Initiative events are FREE.
2024-2025 Theme: Imagination in Action
For 65 years, Arts & Lectures has been a hotbed of art and ideas – a place where great minds and movers from across the globe converge. They leave us changed, challenged and ready to bust through our perceived limitations. Come behind the scenes, go beyond the barriers and discover the creative forces drawing outside the lines to redefine what we think is possible.
Winter 2025 Book Giveaway
Aflame: Learning From Silence
by Pico Iyer
(Released Jan 2025)
Pico Iyer has made more than 100 retreats at a Benedictine monastery in Big Sur. He says, “Sitting in a radiant silence above the sea feels like liberation, reminds you of what really matters and sends you back into the world with a fresh sense of energy and direction. But the ultimate secret of stepping away from the world is that it allows you to act with more compassion, selflessness and hope. Clear vision leads to clearer action.”
FREE copies of Aflame will be available at the Author Q&A and Book Signing with Pico Iyer on Jan 30 at Santa Barbara Wine Collective. Books available while supplies last.
With thanks to our visionary partners, Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, for their support of the Thematic Learning Initiative