Six time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close was often seen on Broadway until 1982 when she was cast in her award winning role as Jenny Fields in The World According to Garp (1982) alongside Robin Williams. For this role, a breakthrough in film for Close, she later went on to receive an Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress. The following year she was cast in the hit comedy The Big Chill (1983) for which she received a second Oscar Nomination, once again for Supporting Actress in the role of Sarah Cooper. In her third film, Close portrayed Iris Gaines a former lover of baseball player Roy Hobbs portrayed by Robert Redford, in one of the greatest sports films of all time, The Natural (1984). For a third and final time, Close was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Close went on to star in films like The Stone Boy (1984), Maxie (1985) and Jagged Edge (1985). In 1987 Close was cast in the box office hit Fatal Attraction (1987) for which she portrayed deranged stalker Alex Forrest alongside costars Michael Douglas and Anne Archer. For this role she was nominated for the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actress. The following year Close stared in the Oscar Winning Drama Dangerous Liaisons (1988) for which she portrayed one of the most classic roles of all time as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil, starring alongside John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer. For this role she was nominated once again for the Academy Award and BAFTA Film Award for Best Actress. Close just wrapped the final and fifth season on the hit Drama series Damages (2007) for which she has won a Golden Globe Award and two Emmy Awards. In her career Close has been Oscar nominated five times, has won three Tonys, an Obie, three Emmys, two Golden Globes and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

In 2009, Close founded Bring Change 2 Mind, an organization aimed to emerge as the world’s most effective organization working to end the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness through widely distributed Public Education Materials based on the latest scientific insights and measured for effectiveness. BC2M also acts as a portal to a broad coalition of organizations that provide service, screening, information, support and treatment of mental illness. As part of a national anti-stigma campaign Ms. Close worked with The Balanced Mind Foundation, Fountain House, and Garen & Shari Staglin of the International Mental Health Research Organization (IMHRO) to remove misconceptions about mental illness. She works closely with both her sister, Jessie Close, and nephew, Calen Pick, who both live with serious mental illness.

Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas), a NYC attorney, and his wife Beth (Ann Archer) confront the aftermath of the husband’s affair which turns obsessive and eventually violent when Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) refuses to let go. The highest grossing film of 1987 raises issues of how the public, the actors, and even the psychiatric consultants of the film saw Alex’s behavior from the perspective of the 1980s. The film garnered multiple Oscar nominations. (2K DCP presentation)

Ryan M. Brewer is an Indiana native who has recently relocated to California – where he is setting the world on fire. He’s home visiting family and so we booked him for this evening’s showcase. Ryan is one of the (if not THE) finest young talents we’ve featured – very handsome to look at, but even more impressive is his vocals and his songs!! This young man has it all and we’re lucky to have him in the house this evening. Local Duo – Anna Lynch-Hungerfield and co-writer James Damico will also perform their Contemporary style songs this evening. Anna also helps us as a guest host for the showcase upon occasion. She’s lovely, James is too – together they put together some nice music. Visiting from Brown County – Jason Blankenship will be performing his Country/Americana/Blues songs for ya all this evening. Jason gets around pretty darn well on his guitar, and our audience is always happy when he is on a Showcase, so this is a cool night for us. A fellow who will bring some ROCK & ROLL to the party – David Troxell will also be in the house tonight. David simply LOVES to play music – and will do it anywhere he can. He is a person who understands the streets, has been a busker for years, and after a recent surgery and recovery, is back at it and with us tonight! We think you’ll be entertained by the musical performers we’ve lined up for you this evening – there’s something musical for just about every taste.
NO COVER – ALL AGES WELCOMED

Lunch with Nature Series: Winter & Early Spring 2015 Schedule
Paynetown State Recreation Area on Monroe Lake

Bring a sack lunch to enjoy during the main presentation. Afterwards, there will be a short walk/hike that highlights the topic. Each program will last approximately 90 minutes.

Programs are FREE, but there is a gate fee in April (FREE admission in January, February, and March) to enter Paynetown SRA ($5 for vehicle for Indiana residents, $7 per vehicle for out-of-state; annual passes also available).

Due to indoor space restrictions, each program is limited to 12 people (register separately for each program). Advance registration is required Registration website links and deadlines are listed below.

Nature’s Architects: Monday, April 27 at 11:00a
Registration Deadline: April 23
Registration Link: http://bit.ly/lwnapr2015
The “builders” in the animal kingdom and how they pull off their architectural successes, with a short walk to look for some of these structures.