Blurring the edges of genres, this interactive Zoom writing workshop will open new strategies for expressing ideas, emotions and experiences.

Focus on the impact of these three musical giants who revolutionized piano repertoire and performance technique in this combination of lecture and performance.

Discover the stories of twelve influential women who wore the crown and changed English history. Matilda, Eleanor of Aquitaine, the six wives of Henry the 8th, Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, Victoria and Elizabeth II.

Explore the discoveries that address the question of when, where and how people first migrated to North America and examine the different chronologies and cultures found in the archaeological record.

Best known for his novels, Dickens also wrote hundreds of short stories. Read and discuss selected stories from the famous Pickwick papers to his beloved Christmas stories, in this four lecture series.

Stephen Sondheim was the most influential composer-lyricist of the last half of the 20th Century, Join Richard Hanson for a lecture series that honors the legacy of this giant of Musical Theatre who managed to entertain and at the same time, speak to a higher moral and human truth.

Consider the turbulent political and social climate of the Sixties from JFK’s New Frontier to LBJ’s War on Poverty, the Cuban Missile crisis to Viet Nam, the sexual revolution to racial unrest and more.

Take a closer look at Spanish art from the late 16th Century to the beginning of the 19th Century as you investigate the turbulent rise and fall of Monarchial Spain, the Golden Age of Spanish Baroque and the eventual twilight of Spanish art.

Individually made from negatives in the dark room, modern black and white photography established a new art form. Revisit famous images by legendary photographers and discover hidden gems in four lectures plus a visit to the UA Center for Creative Photography.

Television and Rock and Roll – a match made in heaven! We’ll chronicle three decades of American Pop Music from the Rock and Roll of the 1950s to the Rhythm and Blues of Motown of the 1960s to Disco of the 1970s.

Examine the palace of Versailles from its political messages to its cultural triumphs through the reigns of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis VI to its evolution as a museum in the present day.
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