Spring Term 2025
April 7 - June 13, 2025
This Week's Courses:
This calendar lists courses only; click here to view our complete calendar!
Spring 2025 registration opens on Thursday, March 6, 2025!
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This file and our print catalog feature brief course descriptions; for FULL course descriptions, click on the course links listed below.
Monday Courses
In-Person
9:30 AM.....George Angwin.....Nero Wolfe’s New York, the Brownstone Detectives
9:30 AM.....Peter Paquette.....The French in North America: 1500 - Today
12:30 PM.....Stephen Hackman.....Poetry Workshop
3:30 PM.....Joel Lazar and Susie Stevens.....Mindful Living in Modern Times
3:30 PM.....Ford Daley.....The Music of World War II
4:30 PM.....Robin Fisher.....The Art of Narrative Storytelling
Zoom
9:00 AM.....Thomas Hodgson.....Whose Declaration?: Reflecting on the Meaning and Significance of the Declaration of Independence
HyFlex
12:30 PM.....Iain Sim.....In Your Genes: Another Year, Another Nobel Prize (In-Person)
12:30 PM.....Iain Sim.....In Your Genes: Another Year, Another Nobel Prize (In-Zoom)
Tuesday Courses
In-Person
10:00 AM.....Lela Jaacks.....Art of Wellness: Human Design & Healing Power of Essential Oils Intro
11:30 AM.....Gloria Finkelstein.....French Tartines - Interactive Hands-on
12:30 PM.....Thomas Ebert.....Ten Discoveries and Care Innovations Which Profoundly Changed Clinical Practice
2:00 PM.....Dianne Burger.....Unlock Your Creativity: Handbuilding with Clay at Blackberry Hill
Zoom
9:00 AM.....Peter Gilbert.....Robert Frost’s First Book: A Boy’s Will
11:30 AM.....Jim Bays.....The U.S. Constitution - The Great American Mulligan
2:00 PM.....Richard Neugass.....Josh Gibson or Ty Cobb? African Americans in Baseball, 1860 - Present
HyFlex
9:00 AM.....John Sanders and Jim Wooster.....Great Decisions 2025 (In-Person)
9:00 AM.....John Sanders and Jim Wooster.....Great Decisions 2025 (Zoom)
10:00 AM.....Maynard Goldman.....The First Hundred Days (In-Person)
10:00 AM.....Maynard Goldman.....The First Hundred Days (Livestream)
3:30 PM.....Martin Jeffries.....“A Sort of National Property:” British National Parks Are a Different Kettle of Fish
(In-Person)
3:30 PM.....Martin Jeffries.....“A Sort of National Property:” British National Parks Are a Different Kettle of Fish
(Zoom)
Wednesday Courses
In-Person
10:30 AM.....Ellen Jonsson.....Creative Photography: Structures and Streets
11:30 AM.....David Grant.....Huck and "James"
1:00 PM.....Lee Mayman.....Art Direction in Film
3:30 PM.....Deborah Springhorn.....Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice
3:30 PM.....Jackson Penfield-Cyr.....The Art of Aging Gracefully: Stress & Seven Resources for Resilience
4:00 PM.....Beverly Marshall, Vic Henningsen, Bob Jakoubek, Laney Sammons, Steve Solomon.....Women of the White House: The Impact of Six First Ladies
Zoom
9:00 AM.....Sarwar Kashmeri.....A Historic Turning Point for America and the World
9:00 AM.....Lee Webster.....Final Rights: Creating Eco-friendly, Affordable, and Meaningful Funerals
9:00 AM.....Lee Webster.....Mingling My Tears With Yours: Writing Meaningful Condolence Cards and Authentic Obituaries
2:00 PM.....Robert Grafstein.....Politics and the American Working Class
HyFlex
9:30 AM.....Bob Rougvie.....Mussolini — the Rise and Fall of the First Fascist (In-Person)
9:30 AM.....Bob Rougvie.....Mussolini — the Rise and Fall of the First Fascist (Zoom)
2:00 PM.....Valerie Miller.....Early U.S. Women’s Movement: Inspiration for Today (In-Person)
2:00 PM.....Valerie Miller.....Early U.S. Women’s Movement: Inspiration for Today (Zoom)
Thursday Courses
In-Person
9:30 AM.....Patti Warren.....Beginning Watercolor, Part Two
9:30 AM.....Susan McCaslin.....The Book of Job
10:00 AM.....Mark Harvey.....The Guardians of America’s National Parks
12:30 PM.....Pat Cook.....The Art of Correspondence
1:00 PM.....Linda Galvan.....Listening to Bach’s Unaccompanied Cello Suites
Zoom
2:00 PM.....Peter Alder.....Telling Your Family’s Story, Past and Present
2:00 PM.....Morris Kaplan......Spanish Grammar and Conversation, Part 3
3:00 PM.....L Jon Grogan.....The Scramble for Africa (Or, How the African Countries Got Their Shapes)
4:00 PM.....Shawn Martin.....Giving Voice to Values: Having Difficult Conversations in a Polarized World
Friday Courses
In-Person
1:00 PM.....David Smith.....Protecting Ourselves From Scammers & Hackers
2:00 PM.....Moby Pearson.....Vienna and the Golden Age of String Quartets & Symphonies ~ 1785-1805
Zoom
10:00 AM.....Maryanne Garbowsky.....Ernest Hemingway Remembers: A Moveable Feast
HyFlex
10:30 AM.....Ralph Hammock.....And Then God Said (In-Person)
10:30 AM.....Ralph Hammock.....And Then God Said (Zoom)
Special Schedule- Tuesday/Thursday
Zoom
9:00 AM.....Phyllis Deutsch.....George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda