SUNDAYS @ 2:00 PM/CH 5/5 Picasso: Continuation of the series on Picasso, focued on his work through World War II, his women, and his legacy 5/12 M C Escher: The famous Dutch graphic artist who made improbable images from woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints, many of......
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......
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 t...
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...
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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 Lang...
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......
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......
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....