Culture is on the agenda this Tuesday, Oct. 24, as the Oregon Coast Learning Institute continues its winter semester, with presentations on Renaissance Italy and the Oregon Coast’s music scene. At 10 am, Rosanne Berton will show how the wealth of art, literature, architecture and music produced during the Italian Renaissance was counterbalanced by deep depravity, corruption and disease. The presentation will cover the major artists, patrons, popes and politicians of an era that could be described as “The New, The Depraved, and the Beautiful.”

At 1 pm, John Lavrakas, executive director of the Newport Symphony Orchestra, and Dr. Mary Lee Scoville music director of the Central Coast Chorale, will share the remarkable story of how two highly regarded musical organizations have come to be in this spot of rural Oregon. They will discuss their history, the communities they draw from, and the unique way they engage with audiences within the region.