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Festival Luncheon Lecture Series
Lf you want to learn more about Charleston and Charleston-related topics, you'll love our Eat and Run Luncheon Lecture Series.

These entertaining and educational light lunches feature speakers on popular Charleston topics, ranging from history to architecture to floral design tips. Each Eat and Run lecture will be followed by a brief tour (less than an hour) coordinated to compliment the day's topic. Luncheons will be served at the historic Captain James Missroon House, 40 East Bay Street, at the top of Charleston's historic High Battery, overlooking beautiful Charleston Harbor.

Tickets are $45 per person and reservations are required. You may order tickets online below; if you experience any technical difficulties with ordering tickets online, please call 843-722-3405.

Luncheon Lecture Series
Wednesday, March 19Katherine Saunders, HCF’s Associate Director of Preservation and expert on the early history of Charleston, on Colonial Charles Town: Birth of the Holy City.
Thursday, March 20Jim Martin, Director of the Charleston Parks Conservancy, on New Ideas: Gardening Outside the Box.
Monday, March 24Local historian Nicholas Butler, Ph.D., on Charleston's Golden Age of Music: 1766 – 1820.
Thursday, March 27Landscape architect Glen Gardner on The Evolution of Charleston Gardens.
Monday, March 31Author and researcher Jack McCray on Doing the Charleston: The Jazz Era in the Holy City.
Wednesday, April 2HCF Association Director of Museums Valerie Perry on The History-Shaping Women of Charleston.
Thursday, April 3Local tour guide Dee LeRoy on Charleston Ironwork: An Art Form Unto Itself.
Friday, April 4Local historian Nicholas Butler, Ph.D., on Charleston's Golden Age of Music: 1766 – 1820.
Monday, April 7HCF Executive Director Kitty Robinson on Preservation for a Living City.
Tuesday, April 8Culinary experts from Charleston Cooks! will be on hand to present a Lowcountry cooking demonstration.
Wednesday, April 9Winslow Hastie and April Wood, of HCF's Preservation staff, on Charleston Architecture: Understanding and Protecting One of America's Irreplaceable Treasures.
Thursday, April 10Master gardener and author Jan MacDougal on Charleston in Bloom.
Friday, April 11Author Susan Sully on Charleston Style: Interior and Exterior Elements.