[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] 2/5 & 2/19 @ 11:00 AM/MR Hosted by: Barbara Anderson 2/5 We will continue with “Inventions that Changed Our Lives” and on Hopefully, the inventions of the 21st century will be comprehensible to us—if not, we’ll just party. 2/19 “The History of the Civil Rights Movement” will...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] 2/5 @ 1:30 PM/CH Instructor: Trich Chambers The presentation discusses the history, legends and personal stories that make up the rich heritage associated with the Underground Railroad. It explores how African traditions and the use of story cloths documented the history of tribes and set the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] 2/12 & 2/26 @ 11:00 AM/MR Hosted by: Sarah Rosenson 2/12 Is the way that political campaigns are financed in this country ethical? How does it compare to other countries? And what can realistically be done to improve it? 2/26 Ethics and Art in the Bible: We...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] 2/12 & 2/26 @ 2:00 PM/CH Instructor: Ira Miller 2/12, Ira Miller will begin a new mini-series called the Pillars of Soul. The first session, called The Roots of Soul: From Gospel and Blues to Rhythm and Blues, will take a look at the musical, cultural,...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] 2/5 @ 3:15 PM/CH 2/12, 2/19 & 2/26 @ 3:00 PM/ CH Instructor: Stuart Liss 2/5 Born into slavery and moved constantly across a chaotic nation, Dred Scotts life drifted on the currents of shifting laws, military posts, and bitterly contested ideas about freedom. Long before...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] 2/5, 2/12 & 2/26@ 7:30 PM/CH Hosted by: Leila Joffe In honor of Black History Month, we will celebrate some of the greatest African American performers to grace the Broadway stage. Among the performers we will explore are Audra McDonald, Bryan Stokes Mitchell, Norm Lewis, Cynthia...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] 2/13 & 2/20 @ 11:00 AM/CH Instructor: Stephen “Dr. Steve” Phillips, Ph.D. Deep in Egypt’s western desert, some 3 hours southwest of Cairo, lays an oasis known as Bahariya. Despite being distant and isolated, people have occupied Bahariya from antiquity to modern times. Egypt’s own “Indiana...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] 2/6 & 2/20 @ 1:00 PM/CH Host: Gerry Tremblay Join host Gerry Tremblay as he explores the back drop to some of the world’s most famous operas fun for all opera lovers. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] 2/1, 2/8 2/15 & 2/22 The Romantic Era ushered in sensibilities of nature, nationalism, emotion and sensuality in a reaction to the coolness and staid sensibilities of the Neo-classical era of the Enlightenment. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]2/15 @ 7:30 CH Instructor: Joel Sheffield Joel Sheffield will present the next in a series of talks in which he selects a specific year and discusses music, poetry, and even some science of that period.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...