Welcome

The Institute for Cultural and Healing Traditions, Ltd. is the only free-standing institute of its kind in the area. Its fundamental aim is to provide a forum for the presentation and the contemporary interaction of diverse cultures, including the healing cultures and their traditions.

The Institute for Cultural and Healing Traditions is concerned with these aspects of culture in their myriad expressions and in the various traditions which are the vehicles for these expressions. The Institute looks at these traditions in contemporary settings.

The Institute encourages ongoing independent individual work in various aspects of contemporary culture including the culture of healing .To this end, The Institute provides a freestanding public, educational forum every Thursday evening. This forum is for Independent Scholars to present their ongoing work to interested co-learners. It occasionally invites speakers for Thursday evening sessions. These sessions are always open to public participants and interested co-learners.

"The existing monuments form an ideal order among themselves, which is modified by the introduction of the new (the really new) work of art among them. The existing order is complete before the new work arrives; for order to persist after the supervention of novelty, the whole existing order must be, if ever so slightly, altered and so the relations, proportions, values of each work of art toward the whole are readjusted; and this is conformity between the old and the new."
- T.S. Eliot

Mysteries of Astronomy - The Top 15
Unanswered Questions of the Heavens

Link: Mysteries of Astronomy by Charles Fisher

About the author:
Charles has his engineering degree from the University of Iowa and is a published author with books written in the techincal field of computer science. Charles is with information Systems at Alcoa and is a resident of Rock Island.

The article by Charles was presented on May 9th 2013 during the Independent Scholars Evenings.

Upcoming Events

June 6th. 2013. 7.00 p.m
Independent Scholars' Evenings.

Does Six Sigma work?
Reviewing management principals of Six Sigma.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s Six Sigma was the new method: "Transforming the way we work" : Six-Sigma was the new customer-centered, profit-driven, defect-reduction, people-power, process-power method of American business as publicized by management gurus and consultants to American business, and subsequently, to world business.

Did it work?
Do we continue this method or do we transform it to the next level? If so, what will this new level be?

Open discussion:
Free and open to the public.

This Thursday June 6th. 2013 evening: Independent Scholars' Evenings:
At The Phoenix Fine Art Gallery
1530 Fifth Avenue. Moline. Illinois. 7.00 p.m 309-762-8547 for the Moline Club
309-762-9202 for The Institute.

light refreshments, wine and beverages are served. doors open at 6.30. Please use the 5th Ave entrance. The event will be held in the Dragon Gallery next to The Phoenix.

Independent Scholars' Evenings are sponsored by
The Institute for Cultural and Healing Traditions, Ltd. a 501(c)3 at state and federal level since 1996

Contributions may be sent to:
The Institute for Cultural and Healing Traditions, Ltd. 1530 Fifth. Avenue. Moline. IL 61265
Contributions are tax deductible up to the limits of the law.

Please see our archives.

3rd Fridays of the month:
Upcoming show: May 18th 2013
It's that time again - 4th Year of The...

River City Radio Hour

Presenting:

Joshua Forbes	TenorSax/Flute
Jon Moss	Bass
Zach Johnson	Piano
David Soliz	Drums
Glorie Iaccarino	MC/Oral Essay

May 18th 2013

1530 Fifth Avenue, Moline, IL
AT
THE MOLINE COMMERCIAL CLUB
on the 2nd floor of the Moline Club building
Social Hour @ 5:30p.m.
Dinner @ 6:30p.m.
Show @ 7:30p.m.
The Moline Commercial Club's Chef Linda will be serving a magnificent gourmet dinner prior to the show, by reservation only.

Please call 309-762-8547 to make a reservation.
Elevator is at the 16th Street entrance.
Tickets for Dinner & Show: $25.00/person

Tickets for the show: $5.00/person

*This event is open to the public and the audience can attend the show without dinner.