​The La Grua Center

Paul Janssens was born in the Netherlands in 1929. He was the fourth in a family of fourteen children. He lived in a rural area near the village of Boxtel. He was 10 years old when the Germans invaded his country on May 10, 1940. His country remained occupied until May 5, 1945, when the

Narrated by Howard Park, this is an account of his finding COMET, a 1946 Sparkman and Stephens, 52’ yawl, restoring her and circumnavigating the world. Sharing his visual journal of watercolors and photographs, and the fascinating stories behind them, Howard reveals the beauty of distant ports and the adventures of life aboard his sailboat, COMET.

Peter Filkins will speak on "Writing History, Writing Biography: Capturing H.G. Adler's Many Worlds". Peter Filkins is the Richard B. Fisher Professor of Literature at Bard College at Simon's Rock where he has taught since 1988 and is currently Chair of the Languages and Literature Department. His first love is writing poetry and of which

Tolly Boatwright is Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at Duke University, where she has taught for 40 years. Her education began at the Boro School and Mystic Junior High. Her love of Latin was first kindled at Pine Point and nurtured more at WMI, now The Williams School. She works on Roman history

Daniel Post Senning will speak on "What are Manners Today?". This event is free and open to the public. Daniel Post Senning is the great-great grandson of Emily Post and a co-author of Emily Post’s Etiquette, 19th edition and The Etiquette Advantage in Business, 3rd edition. He is also the author of Manners in a Digital World: Living Well Online.

Harry Martin will discuss "Brush Up Your Shakespeare". This event is free and open to the public.