Sundays @ 2:00 PM/CH 4/7 Johannes Vermeer – Famous Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. He is considered one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. During his lifetime, he was a moderately successful provincial genre painter, recognized...
3/11 & 3/25 @ 11:00 AM/CH Hosted by: Professor Judy Okun Through slides and lively discussion will explore how the onset of agriculture in a few specific places in the world led to the rise of human civilization and why these locations had just the right conditions...
3/18, & 3/25 @ 1:30 PM/CH Instructor: Michael Ludwig 3/18 The Samuel Jones Violin Concerto, recorded by Michael Ludwig 3/25 A look at Mozart’s Symphony # 35, the “Heffner” ...
3/11, & 3/25 @ 7:30 PM/CH 3/11 Lesley Gore: Lesley Goldstein (Gore) was an American singer and songwriter. At the age of 16, she recorded her first hit song "It's My Party", a US number one in 1963. She followed it up with ten further US...
3/5 @ 11:00AM/CH Instructor: Gary Scarpello A look at the stories of some of our favorite and iconic brands that have gone to the great retail mall in the sky. Like, Howard Johnson’s, Blockbusters, Toy’s R Us, Woolworth, Pan Am, Pier 1 Imports, Radio Shack, Compaq, Tower...
3/22 @ 11:00 AM/CH Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, most famous for writing the book “Frankenstein,” was one of the most important female activists for women’s rights – but during the age of the French Revolution and of Napoleon. Her passionate advocacy of educational and social equality for...
3/5 & 2/20 @ 2:00 PM /CH Instructor: Cantor Jana Schachter 3/5 Evolution-In this class we will focus on natural selection (“survival of the fittest”) and adaptation. 3/19 World Religions-In this class we will learn about the history, beliefs, and traditions of one of the world’s oldest religions,...
3/12 & 3/26 @ 2:30 PM/CH Instructor: Pat Worley 3/12 Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park is known for its beautiful landscapes & plentiful wildlife. But what you may not be aware of is how harsh the weather can be in the winter. We will visit Yellowstone...
3/6, 3/13, 3/20, & 3/27 @ 11:00 AM/CH Instructor: Steve Pollack A critical comparison of the American and French Revolutions, with focus on how they influenced each other, the impact on economies, why one revolution yielded a democracy and the other a dictatorship. Special consideration given to...
3/6 & 3/20 @ 1:00 PM/CH Presented by Herb Kaufman 3/6 "Hidden Mysteries and Stories of the Civil War" 3/20 "Duels, Fools and Scoundrels of the Civil War."...