Register Here Great Books: The Odyssey with Brian Whipple and Mandy Monath 10:30-11:30 am | Wednesdays | May 6, 13 and 20 | Turnage Theater Gallery Cost (includes all three sessions): $10 for AOP members/$15 non-members What a ride! Whether you read it ages ago or never got around to it, join us as we jump into this weird and beautiful story of a man trying to find his way home. Read the book before the movie comes out this summer (Matt Damon as Odysseus)! Important note: We will use Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey, which can be purchased at Pamlico Books. Participants will learn, share, and discuss the epic in three sessions: May 6: Chapters 1-8 A son seeks news of his hero dad. The hero washes up on the beach at the feet of a beautiful girl. May 13: Chapters 9-16 Odysseus gets into all kinds of trouble involving one-eyed monsters, drug addicts, sailors turned into pigs, and a very unfortunate barbecue. May 20: Chapters 17-24 Odysseus sneaks home for some serious payback. Brian Whipple is a lifelong traveler who undertook his own odyssey to get to Washington. Mandy Monath is a sometime classicist and head of Pamlico Writer’s Group.
We are the Beaufort County Arts Council AKA Arts of the Pamlico and our home is the Historic Turnage Theatre in Washington, NC.
