Palm Beach Speakers Bureau showcases high interest, challenging lecture programs which both entertain and enlighten audiences.  Each visually enhanced presentation combines provocative insightful commentary with engaging images.These unique offerings provide rarified, insightful back stories on highly intriguing topics. Audience commentary, along with Q & A is always encouraged. Programs are tailored to suite the needs of adult communities and their organizations.

  • CURRENT TOPICS INCLUDE:
  • MICHELANGELO & DAVINCI: RENAISSANCE OF GENIUS -Comparitive biographies shown against individual works emphasizing why particular personality was a factor in creative efforts. This is an nontraditional view of both. Their creations may not be what we have been told &, in fact, hold thoughts of an entirely different intention.
  • STOLEN ART, STOLEN LIVES: The world of Wiemar, Cabaret & artistic revolution shown against the greatest period of art theft in history. Emphasis is placed on restitution & restoration efforts. Sale of this art reaches news pages each day.
  • LADY IN GOLD: The painting was sold for millions but what about the woman in the portrait? The art, culture & elegant world of Old Vienna seen through the eyes of those who knew the subject. This is a penetrating, sensitive history of the period and one family in particular. Many gaze at the painting not realizing its spell binding origins nor its recovery after WW2 & final sale.
  • PICASSO: The artist considered the greatest of the 20th century produced astounding works which transformed the nature of art itself. His works are examined against a questionable personal life, loves and extraordinary habits. This is a visual treasure.
  • SEEING WITH THE THIRD EYE: An introduction to parapsychology & paranormal studies. Varied topics include Kabbalah, Gnosticism, psychic powers & the leaders bridging occultism & science. All can gain from a better grasp of these ideas.
  • GRAVEN IMAGES: This is a revisionist take on what is categorized as the History of Jewish Art. This program provides a alternative view of contributions all too often misunderstood, distorted & clouded by time.
  • ART & MAGIC: Are art, science & magic really the same construct? Evolving perceptions of science show that art inherently provokes or supersedes scientific insights as illustrated by visionary artists.
  • FUTURE SHOCK: Alvin Toffler once suggested the future is already here. What sort of future does science suggest for us? Futurist topics address radical transformation & how we cope with change. This is a vison of fantastic future technologies, economic transformations invading our consciousness & possible health outcomes.They're all here and will affect our immediate life pre-determining our future- and not always in a positive way.
  • EINSTEIN, An Intimate Portrait: Einstein's life was a jumble of personal relationships and complexities not ususually understood. He was more a spiritualist than physicist. Why & how did his mind produce his ideas? This program reveals Einstein warts and all.
  • NOA, NOA: A visually stunning program about Paul Gauguin. His transition from banker to artist,  interaction with famous painters, life in France as well as the exotic, erotic environs of Tahiti are all here. Gauguin transformed art for all who followed.
  • THE EROTIC WORLD OF GUSTAV KLIMT: Life in Old Vienna was hardly subtle. The mesh of artistry along with social and familial exploits challenged all notions of traditional culture, propriety and human sexuality. If lust can be painted, Klimt was its artist.
  • ABRACADABRA :MAGIC, MYSTICISM & SCIENCE: This exotic, visually enhanced program explores the transition of ancient superstition through its evolution into magic & mysticism. The topic of Kabbalah is of particular importance to this presentation along with its current impact on scientific thought & culture.
  • WARRIORS OF ETERNITY: The First Emperor of China & The Terracotta Warriors. The recent fabulous discovery of thousands of buried terracotta statues in China suggests a storied,glorious past. This program melds a detailed exploration of this find with exotic imperial tracings of how China developed. Understanding how China, now, relates to the world must first be understood from this perspective and remains a direct result of this period of development.
  • THE MAYANS & THE MYSTERIES OF MESOAMERICA: Perhaps no other culture provides such a rich integration of spirituality, art, science & particularly bloody habits. Their culture, art & particularly insightful grasp of astronomy continue to amaze us.
  • SPINOZA: SAINT & SINNER. The writings & philosophy of Spinoza continue to intrigue, confound and stimulate the progress of current thinking effecting politics, culture and science. Spinoza's unwillingness to conform and bend his will to suite conventional ideals continues to challenge worldwide audiences. His ideas influence all aspects of today's notions of spirituality and science.
  • CHAGALL: A LIFE IN COLOR.Chagall's topsy-turvy universe in all its serated, kaleidoscopic color drenched complexity remains sensual & magnetically tied to deeply psychological roots. This visually enhanced program will examine Chagall's major works against biographical & creative influences resulting in a profound insight into his very personal, eclectic view of artistic possibilities.
  • HELLO DALI ! Salvador Dali was one of the most iconic flamboyant artists of the 20th century. His hallucinatory imagery & magic fetishism was matched only by his flair for self promotion. Dali's creations bridged painting & sculpture often resulting in a synthesis of paranoia and symbolist dreamlike creations.This visually enhanced program will trace his incredible life of near madness against the volume of Dali's enigmatic works.
  • TWO GUN COHEN  Born into dire poverty in London's East End slums Morris Cohen transformed himself into an adventurer, gambler and international deal maker eventually becoming a major general in Sun Yat-Sen's Chinese army. Perhaps he became the model for an ersatz 007.This visually enhanced program also visits the plight of Jews living in Shanghai during the war and how aspects of Zionism actively interfaced with the culture of China.
  • DIVINE SARAH:FIRST SUPERSTAR Sarah Bernhardt was no media dilettante. Her stage presence, acting and capacity to master roles set standards never really equaled. Perhaps her extraordinary lifestyle defined Hollywood style, over the top, outrageous behavior demonstrated in relationships with the rich and powerful of the period. Her appetites and lusts seemed unbounded by accepted norms making her an object of fascination. This visually enhanced program traces her early life, development and performances together with the glittering environment in which she thrived changing theater forever.
  • JERUSALEM:CITY OF SECRETS The millions of visitors who walk the streets of the Holy City may not realize that hidden beneath their feet is a world of a caves, passageways & hiding places. Some suggest they redefine location of the original Temple. This program traces how these are studied and their potential to change what we know about Israel's origins.
  • CUSTOM TOPICS:  Alternative, customized programs. combining visual & lecture programming are available to suit needs of groups and focus areas as directed.

                                                                                                             

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