South Bend Salon is an informal gathering to discuss a variety of interesting topics shared by interesting people while enjoying snacks and beverages. We have yet to announce our 2025 Summer Season. See below for a history of past salons.
Summer 2025 Season
- Sr. Sr. Damien Marie Savino FSE author of the forthcoming book: Learning the Language of Creation: Catholic Social Teaching and Integral Ecology interviewed by Fr. Terry Erhman.
Summer 2024 Season
- Duncan Stroik: Rafaella: A New Fairytale Ballet or How to Create a New Classical Narrative Crowd Funded Ballet in 753 Fairly Easy-ish Steps, Tuesday, July 9th
- John H. Reynolds: Becoming Local, Wednesday, August 7th
Summer 2023 Season
- Dr. Anthony Monta: Reading Novels with Generation Z, Thursday, August 10th
Summer 2022 Season
- Fr. Bill Miscamble: American Priest | Fr. Hesburgh, Thursday, May 26th
- Dr. Mary Catherine Sommers: Catherine of Siena as Proto-Feminist, Tuesday, June 14th
- Libby Koultourides: Painting & Praying with Icons, Tuesday, July 12th
- Professor Steven W. Semes: Preserving the Treehouse – The Nexus of Heritage Conservation & Sustainability, Thursday, July 28th
- Dr. Monique Chireau Wubbenhorst: The Body and the Incarnation: Perspectives on Healing, Thursday, August 4th
- Dr. Jason Baxter: Do we Really Need a New Translation of the Comedy?: Language Embodiment and Translating Dante, Tuesday, August 16th
Summer 2021 Season
- Fr. Michael Sherwin: Jazz Goes Back to Church: the Religious Music of Dave Brubeck, Wednesday, July 21st
- Beth Hlabse: Already But Not Yet: Contemplating Healing, Freedom, and Interior Integration as a Young Psychotherapist, Thursday, July 29th
- Jonathan Watson: Three Great Myths in Modern Education, Thursday, August 5th
- Professor John Haas: Bending the Arc of the Universe: US Foreign Policy, Wednesday, August 11th
Summer 2020 Season (On Location at Patrick Deneen’s Backyard Deck)
- James Matthew Wilson interviewed by Randall Smith: An evening with Poet & Writer James Mathew Wilson, Thursday, July 23rd
- Dr. Jonathan MacArt: Virtual Environmentalism: Behind the Veil of Machine Learning, AI, and the Future of Life Online, Thursday, July 30th
Summer 2019 Season
- Elaine Stratton Hild interviewed by John Nagy: Singing for the Dying: Historic practices in end-of-life care, Wednesday, June 12th
- Patrick Deneen interviewed by TJ D’Agostino, Ed.D.: Anything But the Book (mostly) – A Conversation w/ Patrick Deneen, Wednesday, June 19th
- Ken Hallenius interviewed by Tamara Nicholl-Smith: On Air – Being on the Radio and the Art of the Interview, Thursday, June 27th
- Mary O’Callaghan, The Price of our Humanity: Eugenics, Abortion, and Cost-Effectiveness, Thursday, August 1st
- John O’Callaghan: The Mercy of Boo Radley, Thursday, August 8th
- Tamara Nicholl-Smith: Making Space for the Muse, Wednesday, August 14th
Summer 2018 Season
- Phil Bess: City Baseball Magic, Thursday, July 5th
- Kate Van de Loo: The Versatile Harp: Concert and Questions, Tuesday, July 17th
- Inge Deneen: Spinning a Yarn … Without Pulling Wool Over Your Eyes, Thursday, August 2nd
2016- 2017 Season
- Diana Philpot: Exactly How Catholic Classical Education Forms the Soul, Thursday, November 17th
- Dan Philpot: Under Ceasar’s Sword: How Christians Respond to Persecution, Thursday, January 19th
- Mike and Lori Hamman interviewed by Tamara Nicholl-Smith: Running for and Serving in Public Office, Thursday, February 16th
- Rand Cutter: Effective Altruism and Catholicism, Thursday, April 20th
- Jennifer Cabaniss Muñoz: Divorcing God – Why Leaving Religious Life Can Cause a Crisis of Faith, Thursday, July 27th
- Fr. Terrence Erhman CSC: Rediscovering God as Creator, Thursday, August 3rd
From the creators of the critically acclaimed Aristotle Drinking Club comes a new occasion for gathering, learning, and imbibing.
– South Bend Salon, A Treehouse Production.
Tamara Nicholl-Smith 