This Joint is Jumpin’
Tracing the musical evolution of Ragtime to Jazz to Boogie Woogie to Swing, we’ll be singin’ and swingin’ to the solid stomp of the Great American Song Book of the 1930s and 40s.
Tuesdays. Jan 18 – Mar 8
10:00 am – noon
Instructor: Richard T. Hanson
Great British Prime Ministers
Consider the legacy of twelve outstanding prime ministers from Sir Robert Walpole to Margaret Thatcher and examine their accomplishments in historical context.
Thursdays, Feb 10 – Mar 10
10:00 am - noon
Instructor: Richard A. Cosgrove
Who’s Not Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Cynthia Meier, Co-Founder of The Rogue Theatre, will talk about Woolf’s life, times, and work, with special emphasis on Mrs. Dalloway, which she is adapting and directing this spring.
Thursdays, Feb 10 – Mar 10
1:30 – 3:30 pm
Instructor: Cynthia Meier
World Archaeology: from Hunters and Gatherers to the Atomic Age
Explore the development of human culture after the emergence from Africa and entrance to the Americas.
Wednesdays, Feb 16 – Apr 6
10:00 am – noon
Instructor:
A Tale of Two Cities: Rome and Paris in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.
Rome and Paris are two of the world’s most beautiful cities, but they were not always that way. Consider how one city ceded artistic influence and political power to the other as we examine how Rome and Paris encouraged different ideas and agendas.
Wednesdays Feb 16 – March 30
1:30 – 3:30 pm
Instructor: Kevin Justus
Writing in the Midst of Chaos: The Insight of Writing with Trust in Our Own Experiences
Explore how writing heals, connects, reveals our truth and reinvents our style as we write the stories that make a difference in this crazy time.
Fridays Mar 4 – Apr 8
9:30 am - noon
Instructor:
The Pen is Mightier than the Sword
Embark on a literary and historical journey of American ideals, values, humanity, religion, culture, politics, and war as seen through the literature of our presidents.
Fridays, March 4 - 25
10:00 am - noon
Instructor: William A. Fry