Jun
03
2022
Fridays, July 8, 15, 22, 29 | 10 AM - Noon
Leader: Don Melander
This term we begin the first of four seminars on Alfred Hitchcock. In this course, we discuss:
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Rebecca (1940)
Saboteur (1942)
Shadow of...
Jun
03
2022
Wednesday, July 13 | 1 - 3 PM
NOTE: Different date than usual.
Leader: John McCausland
The American Novel Reading Group is rounding out its fourth year. The group selects novels from various lists of "100 best," and has read works ranging from...
Jan
29
2022
Fridays, 10 AM - Noon | April 8 - May 13
Leaders: Don Melander and Mary Lee Sargent
According to film historian, Monty Arnold, screwball comedies serve two human needs — escape and enjoyment. Their defining characteristics are farce, slapstick, romance,...
Jan
29
2022
Thursdays, 10 AM - Noon | April 7- May 12
Leaders: Dick Hesse and Mary Lee Sargent
America’s Founding Fathers is the second part of a three-semester Great Courses series exploring the founding of our government. The 12 lectures take us...
Jan
29
2022
Wednesdays, 1 - 3 PM | April 13 - 27
Instructor: Paul Brogan
Katharine Hepburn holds the record for winning the most Best Actress Oscars —four of them. Paul met her on the New Hampshire set of "On Golden Pond" in...
Jan
29
2022
Wednesdays, 1 - 3 PM | April 6 and May 4
Leader: John McCausland
This is an on-going group meeting through the year on the first Wednesday afternoon of each month to discuss a novel chosen by the group from several...
Jan
29
2022
Wednesdays, 10 AM - Noon | April 6 - 20
Instructor: Betsy Holmes
Textiles are so much more than fabric for clothing; they are the product of a fundamental human activity across time and culture. Textiles create beauty, express identity, display...
Jan
29
2022
Tuesdays, 1 - 3 PM | April 5 - May 24
Instructor: Carol Zink
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world’s most enduring political and human tragedies. It continues to flare up and capture media attention all over the world....
Jan
29
2022
Tuesdays, 10 AM - Noon | April 5 - May 10
Instructor: Eric J. Simon, Ph.D.
In this golden age of biology, the study of life affects all of us in countless ways. This course introduces biology as a scientific discipline...
Jan
29
2022
Mondays, 1 - 3 PM | April 4 - May 9 (NOTE CHANGE: No class on April 18 but will have a make up class on May 16 from 1-3 PM)
Instructor: Deborah Brown
Contemporary poems share these traits: an absence...
