Pictured: Christopher A. Marinello.

New College of Florida and the New College Foundation announced the 2019-2020 season of New Topics, a five-lecture series featuring national speakers from a broad range of disciplines exploring topical issues. The series runs November 2019 through April 2020, and includes a conservationist program manager from Disney; an historian and jeweler who adorned the main characters of Downton Abbey; a contemporary Sherlock Holmes who excels in recovering stolen and looted works of art; the research manager at Disney’s Animals, Science and Environment; and experts in New Urbanism and environmental studies. Each program starts at 5:30 pm in New College’s Mildred Sainer Auditorium, 5313 Bay Shore Road in Sarasota. Tickets are $15. Reservations are highly recommended and can be made at ncf.edu/new-topics, or by calling the New College events hotline at 941-487-4888. 

Pictured: Christopher A. Marinello.

Reservations.