Sep
02
2024
Thursdays: 1:30 – 3:00 | Oct. 17 to Nov. 14
Location: Zoom
Instructor: Eric Simon | Facilitator: Amanda Marsh
J - Nature as the Consilience of Science and Art: An Ongoing Exploration
Consilience is the principle that truth can be found when multiple, independent lines of evidence converge...
May
20
2024
Zoom
Tuesdays, 10 AM - Noon | July 2, 9, 23, 30
Instructor: Jane Oneail
Facilitator: Amanda Marsh
This course is an introduction to a broad range of fascinating subjects in Art History, from exploring the lesser known aspects of some of the...
Feb
06
2024
Thursdays, 4:30 - 6:30 PM | April 4 - 25 | ZOOM
Instructor: Eric Simon Facilitator: Amanda Marsh
This course serves as a companion to a journey to the Galapagos Islands to be led by Eric from May 19...
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...