Warren Hagstrom's Prairie programs

A list of Sunday programs Warren Hagstrom led or helped with from 1976 to 2008
(Warren Hagstrom died July 29, 2017) 1976 Dec. 5^f - "The Devil Is the Spirit of Gravity: Friedrich Nietzsche" 1976 Dec. 12^f - "The Decline of the Saturnalia, from Ancient Rome to Contemporary Office Xmas Parties" 1977 Jan. 16^f - "Four Hindu Holy Men" 1977 Jan. 23^f - "What Does Religion Mean to You? Do you Define Yourself as Religious?" 1977 Jan. 30^f - "Religion & the Decline of Magic: The relevance of Max Weber" 1977 Feb. 27^f - "Music Among Friends: Franz Schubert" 1977 Dec. 1^f - "J.S. Bach, Music, Monarchy and Religion…But Mostly Music" 1979 Mar. 25^f - "Pythagoreanism" 1980 Mar. 30^f - "Clara and Robert Schumann: Music and Madness in the Family" 1982 Apr. 4 - "Tchaikovsky: An All-Music Service" 1983 Dec. 11^fm - "Music in the Family: W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)" 1984 Feb. 5^fm - "Music Among Friends: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)" 1984 Feb. 26^fm - "Dimitri Shostakovich: Music, Revolution and Tyranny" 1986 Sept. 28^f - "Who We Are" 1987 Mar. 22^fm - "George F. Handel : in Celebration of 303 Years of His Life" 1988 May 1^fm - "Stephen Foster" 1988 Sept. 18 - "Singing Together" at Garner Park, outdoor games, potluck lunch 1988 Nov. 13 - "Can the Family Be a Model for Morality in the Larger Society?" 1989 Feb. 26^f - "Can a Secular Humanist Love Cats?" 1989 July 16^f^m - "Bastille Day" 1989 Sept. 10^f^m - "Does Religion Have Any Redeeming Value?" 1st of a lay ministry 1989 Sept.17^f^m - "Can a UU Be a Christian?" 1989 Oct.1^f - "Bible (and Saints') Stories" 1989 Oct. 29^f^m - "The Devil is the Spirit of Gravity-Through Him All Things Fall" 1989 Nov. 5^f^m - "The Politics of Original Sin" 1989 Nov. 19^f^m - "UU's and Other Denominations: Are We So Different?" 1991 June 30^f - "Dreams" 1991 Aug. 25^f - "Celebrating Our German Free Thought Heritage" (at Sauk City, WI) 1991 Sept. 22^f^m - "Spirituality and Its Antithesis" 1991 Nov. 10^f^m - "In Celebration of the Life and Music of W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)" 1994 Jan. 23^f - "Music and Madness in the Family: The Schumanns and Brahms" (The next three programs are in one folder) 1994 Sept. 11^f - "Everyday Morality: Misrepresentation" 1994 Sept. 18^f - "Everyday Morality: Embarrassment, Poise and Tact" 1994 Oct. 9^f - "Everyday Morality 111: Vicious Circles of Deviance" 1994 Nov. 20^f - "Music in the Family: J.S. Bach (1685-1750)" 1995 Apr. 30^f - "The Life and Music of George Gershwin 1898-1937)" 1996 Mar. 17^f^m - "In Praise of Mendelssohn (1809-1847)" 1997 May 11^f^m - "How the Irish Saved Civilization Featuring Music by Samuel Barber" 1997 Nov. 9^f - "Culinary Rituals" 1998 Apr. 26^f^m - "Richard Rodgers and His Collaborators" 1999 Apr. 4 - "Gonna Make This Garden Grow" (Easter Intergenerational) 1999 May 9^f^m - "Franz Liszt, A Really Romantic Composer" 1999 June 6 - "The Religious Significance of Dogs" (with Nikki Bromberg) 1999 Nov. 21^m* - "Conspicuous Consumption, Competitive Consumption...." 2000 Jan. 16^f^m - "Our Korean Friends" (with Doleta) 2000 Feb. 20^f^m - "The Trickster" 2000 Mar. 19^f^m - "Richard Feynman, a Curious Character" 2000 Mar. 26^f - "Emily Dickinson" 2000 Apr. 23^f - "All About Bunnies" (an Easter Program) 2000 June 11^f - "The War on Drugs" 2000 Nov. 19^f - "Religions as Rackets" 2000 Dec. 10^f^m - "J.S. Bach (1685-1750)" 2001 Dec. 2^f - "Our Personal Encounters With Christianity" 2002 Apr. 28^f^m - "Cole Porter-His Life and Music" 2002 Sept. 1 - Canoe Outing and Picnic at Wingra Park 2003 June 22 - Summer Outdoor Service at Picnic Point (with Doleta) 2003 Dec. 14^f - "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart-Man and Music" 2004 Mar. 14 - "Strengthening the United Nations: Firsthand Stories from Prairie Members" (with Randy Converse and Bob Reuschlein) 2004 Dec. 12^f - "What Can We learn From the Jesus Myth?" 2006 Aug. 13 - "Through All Kinds of Weather (Musicale)" (with Doleta) 2007 Feb. 4^m - "The Myth of Romantic Love, Yesterday and Today" 2007 May 6 - "The Genius of Irving Berlin" 2008 Nov. 30 - "Prairie Reflections" (with Ruth Calden and Al Nettleton) ^f Folder available with speaker's outline, notes, source materials, etc., location TBD. ^m Digital audio mp3 file of full program available on request to archives@uuprairie.org. *No recording of first 45 min. of program due to operator error.
Updated September 30, 2019, by Archives Committee

A list of Sunday programs Warren Hagstrom led or helped with from 1976 to 2008

(Warren Hagstrom died July 29, 2017) 1976 Dec. 5^f - "The Devil Is the Spirit of Gravity: Friedrich Nietzsche"
1976 Dec. 12^f - "The Decline of the Saturnalia, from Ancient Rome to Contemporary Office Xmas Parties"
1977 Jan. 16^f - "Four Hindu Holy Men"
1977 Jan. 23^f - "What Does Religion Mean to You? Do you Define Yourself as Religious?"
1977 Jan. 30^f - "Religion & the Decline of Magic: The relevance of Max Weber"
1977 Feb. 27^f - "Music Among Friends: Franz Schubert"
1977 Dec. 1^f - "J.S. Bach, Music, Monarchy and Religion…But Mostly Music"
1979 Mar. 25^f - "Pythagoreanism"
1980 Mar. 30^f - "Clara and Robert Schumann: Music and Madness in the Family"
1982 Apr. 4 - "Tchaikovsky: An All-Music Service"
1983 Dec. 11^fm - "Music in the Family: W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)"
1984 Feb. 5^fm - "Music Among Friends: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)"
1984 Feb. 26^fm - "Dimitri Shostakovich: Music, Revolution and Tyranny"
1986 Sept. 28^f - "Who We Are"
1987 Mar. 22^fm - "George F. Handel : in Celebration of 303 Years of His Life"
1988 May 1^fm - "Stephen Foster"
1988 Sept. 18 - "Singing Together" at Garner Park, outdoor games, potluck lunch
1988 Nov. 13 - "Can the Family Be a Model for Morality in the Larger Society?"
1989 Feb. 26^f - "Can a Secular Humanist Love Cats?"
1989 July 16^f^m - "Bastille Day"
1989 Sept. 10^f^m - "Does Religion Have Any Redeeming Value?" 1st of a lay ministry
1989 Sept.17^f^m - "Can a UU Be a Christian?"
1989 Oct.1^f - "Bible (and Saints') Stories"
1989 Oct. 29^f^m - "The Devil is the Spirit of Gravity-Through Him All Things Fall"
1989 Nov. 5^f^m - "The Politics of Original Sin"
1989 Nov. 19^f^m - "UU's and Other Denominations: Are We So Different?"
1991 June 30^f - "Dreams"
1991 Aug. 25^f - "Celebrating Our German Free Thought Heritage" (at Sauk City, WI)
1991 Sept. 22^f^m - "Spirituality and Its Antithesis"
1991 Nov. 10^f^m - "In Celebration of the Life and Music of W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)"
1994 Jan. 23^f - "Music and Madness in the Family: The Schumanns and Brahms"
(The next three programs are in one folder)
1994 Sept. 11^f - "Everyday Morality: Misrepresentation"
1994 Sept. 18^f - "Everyday Morality: Embarrassment, Poise and Tact"
1994 Oct. 9^f - "Everyday Morality 111: Vicious Circles of Deviance"
1994 Nov. 20^f - "Music in the Family: J.S. Bach (1685-1750)"
1995 Apr. 30^f - "The Life and Music of George Gershwin 1898-1937)"
1996 Mar. 17^f^m - "In Praise of Mendelssohn (1809-1847)"
1997 May 11^f^m - "How the Irish Saved Civilization Featuring Music by Samuel Barber"
1997 Nov. 9^f - "Culinary Rituals"
1998 Apr. 26^f^m - "Richard Rodgers and His Collaborators"
1999 Apr. 4 - "Gonna Make This Garden Grow" (Easter Intergenerational)
1999 May 9^f^m - "Franz Liszt, A Really Romantic Composer"
1999 June 6 - "The Religious Significance of Dogs" (with Nikki Bromberg)
1999 Nov. 21^m* - "Conspicuous Consumption, Competitive Consumption...."
2000 Jan. 16^f^m - "Our Korean Friends" (with Doleta)
2000 Feb. 20^f^m - "The Trickster"
2000 Mar. 19^f^m - "Richard Feynman, a Curious Character"
2000 Mar. 26^f - "Emily Dickinson"
2000 Apr. 23^f - "All About Bunnies" (an Easter Program)
2000 June 11^f - "The War on Drugs"
2000 Nov. 19^f - "Religions as Rackets"
2000 Dec. 10^f^m - "J.S. Bach (1685-1750)"
2001 Dec. 2^f - "Our Personal Encounters With Christianity"
2002 Apr. 28^f^m - "Cole Porter-His Life and Music"
2002 Sept. 1 - Canoe Outing and Picnic at Wingra Park
2003 June 22 - Summer Outdoor Service at Picnic Point (with Doleta)
2003 Dec. 14^f - "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart-Man and Music"
2004 Mar. 14 - "Strengthening the United Nations: Firsthand Stories from Prairie Members" (with Randy Converse and Bob Reuschlein)
2004 Dec. 12^f - "What Can We learn From the Jesus Myth?"
2006 Aug. 13 - "Through All Kinds of Weather (Musicale)" (with Doleta)
2007 Feb. 4^m - "The Myth of Romantic Love, Yesterday and Today"
2007 May 6 - "The Genius of Irving Berlin"
2008 Nov. 30 - "Prairie Reflections" (with Ruth Calden and Al Nettleton)

^f Folder available with speaker's outline, notes, source materials, etc., location TBD.
^m Digital audio mp3 file of full program available on request to archives@uuprairie.org.
*No recording of first 45 min. of program due to operator error.

Updated September 30, 2019, by Archives Committee