4/11, 4/18 & 4/25 Hosted by: Leila Joffe In this course, we will learn about the great composer Harold Arlen. He composed more than 500 songs Including “Over the Rainbow”. We will also learn about the legendary actress who made it famous, Judy Garland....
4/12 & 4/19 @ 11:00 AM/CH Instructor: Stephen “Dr. Steve” Phillips, Ph.D. We focus on the history and development of the Nile River cruise industry from the 19thcentury to the present day. Relive what was it like to sail leisurely some 500 miles up the Nile River...
4/5 & 4/19 @ 1:00 PM/CH Join host Gerry Tremblay as he explores the backdrop to some of the world’s most famous operas fun for all opera lovers. ...
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,...