4/20 @ 7:30 PM/MR Instructor: Joel Sheffield Joel Sheffield will continue a series of talks in which he selects a specific year and discusses the music, poetry, and even some science of that period. For the talk on April 20 consider the year 1791. (Hint: That is...
3/17 & 3/24 @ 11:00 AM/CH Instructor: Professor Judy Okun The Great Plains region of the US conveys images of vast grasslands, wagon trains, Native Americans, and wide-open spaces. With a combined geographical and historical lens, we will delve into this unique part of the US, from dinosaurs...
3/10 & 3/24 @ 1:30 PM /CH Music from Bach to John Legend – Music history and appreciation, focused on the styles and influences of western cultures’ most influential composers, performers and genres, with lecture and performance....
3/10 & 3/24 @ 7:30 PM/CH 3/10 Marlon Brando: thought to be one of America’s most important actors, Brando has left his mark on film and stage, helping to lead the way for method acting. His roles as varied as Stanley Kowalski, Mark Antony and Sky...
3/4 & 3/18 @ 11:00 AM/CH Instructor: Heather Overdor How novels got their start and why it’s healthy to read them....
3/11 & 3/25 @ 11:00AM/CH Instructor: Dan Pantano 'Some of the most loved Broadway musicals were written by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Both worked with others before meeting and creating musicals together, but their working relationship has been one of the best...
3/11 & 3/25 @ 2:30 PM/CH Instructor: Pat Worley 3/11 Time-lapse Photography One of my personal projects over the last couple of years was to venture into time lapse photography. Time-lapse photography is the art of taking single photographic images and combining them with creating a video...
3/5, 3/12, 3/19 & 3/26 @ 10:00 AM/CH Instructor: Steve Pollack How to use thinking skills relating to the latest changes and compelling issues in politics and global affairs....
3/5, 3/12, 3/19 & 3/26 @ 11:00 AM/CH Instructor: Steve Pollack American expansion westward, European expansion throughout the globe and the Gilded Age....
3/5 & 3/12 @ 1:00 PM/CH Instructor: Herb Kaufman 3/5 Secrets and Spies in American History: The Revolutionary War A spy is a person who is sent into enemy territory to inspect their work, ascertain their strength, and secretly communicate intelligence. In accordance with the rules of war, a...