5/19 @ 3:00 PM/CH Hosted by: Diane Steinbrink In this lecture Diane will discuss the family background and work of Amy Herzog, an American playwright. It will feature monologues of some of the significant characters from her plays After the Revolution, The Great God Pan, and 4000 Miles,...
5/19 @ 7:30 PM/CH Hosted by: Stephen Anderson Classical music, as we know it, has evolved over five centuries. The requirements of "Classical Music" are established. (I will provide three-time progression samples of classical music over the centuries and explain the differences between them as well...
5/26 @ 7:30 PM/CH Recognizing exceptional, young, classical musicians and having them perform at Lions Gate provides entertainment and insight into the strength, stability, and future of classical music for our seasoned audience. We have been assured that the student musicians draw equally valuable experience by performing...
4/8 @ 11:00 AM/CH Instructor: Professor Judy Okun We will explore the incredible story of Indo-European languages--their dispersal and influence throughout Europe and South Asia from humble beginnings in the Caucasus Mountains. Next, we will examine three main branches of the Indo-European Language Family--Slavic, Germanic, and Romance...
4/15 @ 1:30 PM/CH Instructor: Michael Ludwig A Survey of Some of the World’s Greatest String Quartet Ensemble ...
4/8 & 4/15 @ 7:30 PM/CH 4/8 Judy Collins: An Academy Award-nominated documentary director and a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, she is known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records (which has included folk music, country, show tunes, pop music, rock and roll and...
4/2 @ 11:00 AM/CH Instructor: Nancy Sanderson 4/2 Earth Day 2024 - In the decades leading up to the first Earth Day, Americans were consuming vast amounts of leaded gas through massive and inefficient automobiles. Industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of the consequences...
4/2 @ 2:00 PM /CH Instructor: Cantor Jana Schachter In this class we will learn about natural selection, or “survival of the fittest,” the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce offspring....
4/16 @ 11:00 AM/CH Instructor: Gary Scarpello How the world we know would not be the same if these people did not meet. This one-part presentation explores the chance meetings of these people that changed the world. Included will be, Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony,...
4/16 @ 2:00 PM /MR Instructor: Cantor Jana Schachter In this class, we will continue to learn about Hinduism, focusing on the topics of ethical principles, sacred space, sacred time, death/afterlife, and society and religion....