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Interview: Nicole Beck on Portraiture

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Interview: Nicole Beck on Portraiture

What’s in a face? What’s in a painting of a face that isn’t in a photograph? Nicole Beck, a portrait artist based in Colorado Springs, talks about why she is drawn to painting faces, how she learned to paint, and the special significance that can be found in an image of a person’s face.

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Pub Night: The Golden Key

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Pub Night: The Golden Key

At the Anselm Society's July Pub Night, Christina presents her retelling of George MacDonald's story The Golden Key.

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It's Never Too Late for Art

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It's Never Too Late for Art

Join host Matt Mellema and a rotation of guests at the digital pub table to explore how art and storytelling matter for faith and to connect our stories, great stories, and the Great Story.

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Interview: Teaching Drama with Nancy Holaday

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Interview: Teaching Drama with Nancy Holaday

Join host Matt Mellema and a rotation of guests at the digital pub table to explore how art and storytelling matter for faith and to connect our stories, great stories, and the Great Story.

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Heraldry: Story through Symbols

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Heraldry: Story through Symbols

For longer than he'd care to admit, Matt has been designing an official coat of arms for the Anselm Society Arts Guild. After explaining the heraldic creatures he chose, he discusses the history and purpose of heraldry with Mandy and Christina. The three of them explore the ways that heraldry can describe what the Arts Guild is, where it came from, and what it aspires to be.

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Wanting to Doubt Shakespeare

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Wanting to Doubt Shakespeare

For centuries, Shakespeare has been widely accepted as the greatest writer in our language's history. For much of that time, maverick thinkers have argued that William Shakespeare didn't actually write his plays. One of those maverick thinkers is Mandy’s daughter, Bethany. She joins the table for a no-holds-barred debate with Matt about the authorship of Shakespeare. After the dust settles, the hosts explore the reasons why so many people feel compelled to doubt Shakespeare.

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Lewis and Eliot on Time (with Corey Latta) (S3 E10)

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Lewis and Eliot on Time (with Corey Latta) (S3 E10)

Join Brian, Jane, and special guest Corey Latta as they dig deeper into the philosophies that influenced Lewis and Eliot's theology of time, and consequently some of their most famous works like The Screwtape Letters and The Four Quartets.

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Finding Meaning in Time

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Finding Meaning in Time

What is time, and how does time work in the context of story? As part of Anselm’s “Why We Create” series, our own Jane Scharl wrote an amazing essay on the nature of time. At the pub table, Matthew and Mandy use that article as a launchpad for discussing the use of time in fiction.

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