Naples Town Hall heads to Estero for June program

METAXAS Naples Town Hall Distinguished Speaker Series presents New York Times best-selling author Eric Metaxas at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 6, at the Summit Church Auditorium in Estero.

Mr. Metaxas’ newest book, “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy” is the first major biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in more than 40 years. Through love letters and coded messages sent to and from Cell 92, the narrative takes readers through Mr. Bonhoeffer’s life journey as he left the safety of America for Hitler’s Germany in 1939. He was executed in a concentration camp in 1945, only hours before the Allied victory, for his involvement in the attempted plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

Mr. Metaxas is the founder and host of Socrates in the City, a Manhattan speaker series with a focus on “life, God, and other small topics.”

Guests have included Dinesh D’Souza, Os Guinness, Sir John Polkinghorne, Baroness Caroline Cox and Dr. Francis Collins.

He is also the author of more than 30 children’s books, and his work for Rabbit Ears radio has won three Grammy nominations for Best Children’s Recording.

He edited the Yale humor magazine, and his humorous essays and cultural commentary have appeared in The New York Times and The Washington Post, among other places.

Naples Town Hall Distinguished Speaker Series is completing its 28th year of bringing the world’s most influential leaders and speakers to Naples. Condoleezza Rice is the first announced speaker for next year, speaking on March 20, 2012.

Tickets to the evening with Mr. Metaxes are $25.

Summit Church is at 19601 Ben Hill Griffin Parkway in Estero, about 1.5 miles north of Corkscrew Road and east of I-75. For reservations or more information, call 659-6524 or visit www.naplestownhall.org. ¦