3/12 & 3/26 @ 11:00 AM/MR Hosted by: Sarah Rosenson In each of these sessions we will discuss a different ethical issue that has strong arguments on both sides. Our issues will be drawn from a wide range of sources and will cover a wide variety of...
3/12, & 3/26 @ 2:00 PM/CH Instructor: Ira Miller 3/12 The Rise of Sophisticated Soul: Philadelphia and Muscle Shoals. We are now in the early 1970s, and soul music is becoming more elegant, more orchestrated, and more geographically diverse. In Philadelphia, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff build a...
3/5 @ 3:15 PM/ CH, 3/12, 3/19, & 3/26@ 3:00 PM/ CH Instructor: Stuart Liss 3/5 Helen Keller is a household name. Everyone knows the story of the blind, deaf woman who defied the odds. However, what do we truly know about the woman she was beyond her...
3/5, 3/19, & 3/26 Hosted by: Leila Joffe In this course we will examine the magic of Lincoln Center Theater. We will examine clips from some of their most iconic musicals and plays. We will learn the history of how the theater started and take an in-depth look...
2/13 & 2/20 @ 11:00 AM/CH Instructor: Stephen “Dr. Steve” Phillips, Ph.D. The Romans arrived in Egypt at the time of Cleopatra VII, in the first century, BCE. Not only did the Romans incorporate aspects of ancient Egyptian religion into their own pantheon of gods and goddesses,...
3/6 & 3/20 @ 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....
3/29 @ 7:30 PM/MR 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....
3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, & 3/29 The Movements and the famous artists. Includes German and Italian Impressionism....
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] 2/2 & 2/23 @ 1:30 PM/CH Broadway since Rock & Roll – how has Musical Theater changed since the advent of Rock & Roll to the present? What is the relationship between popular music and Broadway shows. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] 2/16 & 2/23 @ 11:00 AM/CH Instructor: Professor Judy Okun The Sahara, the Rift Valley, Timbuktu, the tropics, the term Africa sparks multiple images and ideas in imagination. With a combined geographical and historical lens, this class embarks on an odyssey of the continent’s physical, historical and...