Spring 2017 Course Schedule
Course Description and Bio: We urge you to read the course description carefully before
choosing a course.
5-week Courses: Note that there are several 5-week courses given
in the first and second half of the semester (designated by 5a and 5b,
respectively, in the course code)
Film course: Although it extends over 2 class blocks, a film course counts as one course with a course fee of $135.
Registration: There is a limit of 20 course-weeks (two 10-week courses, one 10-week and 2 5-week courses, etc.).
Click on the day just below to go to the course offerings for that day, or scroll down:
Tuesdays starting Feb. 28; April 4 start for 2nd-half 5-week courses
Click on the course code for a full
description of that course and a brief biography of its course
leader(s).
| Time |
Course Leader Course Title Course Code
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1st Period:
10:00 - 11:30 |
Mary and Richard Mansfield
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Beyond IQ and Talent: Grit and Emotional Intelligence |
1Tue-1A-10 |
| Alorie Parkhill |
Moving Through this Life as a Woman, Man or a Variation on the Theme
(Not being given this semester)
|
1Tue-1B-10 |
Joel Kamer
|
Short Stories with a Dash of Math |
1Tue-1C-10 |
| Joel Freedman |
Introduction to Digital Photography
|
1Tue-1D-10 |
|
| 11:30 - 11:45 |
Break
|
| 11:45 - 12:45 |
Lunchtime Speaker or other activity
|
| 12:45 - 1:00 |
Break |
2nd Period:
1:00 - 2:30 |
Rabbi Robert Orkand
|
More from the Book of Genesis
|
1Tue-2A-10 |
| Marty Nichols |
Great Decisions +2 |
1Tue-2B-10 |
| Lois Novotny
|
Shakespeare, Opera and Ballet: Transforming One Art Form into Another
(5 weeks starting Feb. 28)
|
1Tue-2C-5a |
| Joanne Tuck |
Reconstruction (1865-1877): Its Legacy in Our Time
(5 weeks starting April 6)
|
1Tue-2D-5b |
|
Wednesdays starting March 1; April 5 start for 2nd-half 5-week courses
Click on the course code for a full
description of that course and a brief biography of its course
leader(s).
| Time |
Course
Leader Course
Title
Course Code
|
1st Period:
9:45 - 11:15 |
| Judith Pinnolis
|
Jews and French Film
(2-period class: 9:45 - 1:00)
(Closed)
|
2Wed-1A-10
|
| Art Finstein |
Why Sing Plays? An Exploration into the Craft of American
Musical Theater |
2Wed-1B-10 |
Carole McNamee
|
Writing a Memoir: Continuing the Story
(5 weeks starting March 1)
|
2Wed-1C-5a
|
| Elizabeth Cabot |
More Virginia Woolf
(5 weeks starting April 5)
|
2Wed-1D-5b |
| Mitch Fischman |
Boston’s Skyline - Boom or Bust
(5 weeks starting March 1)
|
2Wed-1E-5a |
|
| 11:15 - 11:30 |
Break
|
2nd Period:
11:30 - 1:00 |
| Judith Pinnolis |
Jews and French Film
continued
(2-period class: 9:45 - 1:00)
(Closed)
|
2Wed-1A-10
|
| Michael Kaufman |
Literature on Leadership |
2Wed-2B-10 |
|
Myrna Rybezyk and Theo Koziol |
Writing a Memoir: One Story at a Time
(Not being given this semester)
|
2Wed-2C-10 |
| Robert Berlin |
Climate Change: The Greatest Threat to our Planet or Hoax |
2Wed-2D-10 |
|
| 1:00 - 2:00 |
Lunchtime |
3rd Period:
2:00 - 3:30 |
| Harriet Janel-Starrett |
How to Develop a Vibrant/Productive American Economy |
2Wed-3A-10 |
Ruth Kramer Baden
|
Stanley Kunitz’ The Wild Braid - A Poet ... in the Garden
(5 weeks starting April 5)
|
2Wed-3B-5b |
|
Marvin Snider |
Hamilton
(Closed)
|
2Wed-3C-10 |
| Bette Lehman |
Tales of Seduction and Betrayal: Short Stories of the Modern Age
(5 weeks starting April 5)
(Closed)
|
2Wed-3D-5b |
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Thursdays starting March 2; April 6 start for 2nd-half 5-week courses
Click on the course code for a full
description of that course and a brief biography of its course
leader(s).
| Time |
Course
Leader Course
Title
Course Code
|
1st Period:
9:45 - 11:15 |
| Irwin Silver |
Comedy: Laughter on Film
(2-period class: 9:45 - 1:00)
|
3Thu-1A-10
|
| Suzanne Art |
From Frou-frou to Heroic: Painting in 18th and early 19th Century France |
3Thu-1B-10 |
| Harriet and Dick Kahn |
Ten of our Favorite Short Stories
(Closed)
|
3Thu-1C-10 |
| Alice Freedman |
The Fiction of Ian McEwan
(Not being given this semester)
|
3Thu-1D-10 |
|
| 11:15 - 11:30 |
Break
|
2nd Period:
11:30 - 1:00 |
| Irwin Silver |
Comedy: Laughter on Film
continued
(2-period class: 9:45 - 1:00)
|
3Thu-1A-10 |
|
Phyllis Cohen |
New Yorker Short Fiction Colloquium
(5 weeks starting March 2)
(Not being given this semester)
|
3Thu-2B-5a |
| Arnold Kerzner |
Everything You Wanted to Know About Hormones, but Were too Exhausted to Ask
(5 weeks starting April 6, missing April 20, and ending May 18 in makeup week)
(Closed)
|
3Thu-2C-5b |
| Lois Ziegelman |
Anna Karenina |
3Thu-2D-10 |
Sandy Grasfield and
Dana Kaplan |
Sleuths for All Seasons: a Global Survey
(Closed)
|
3Thu-2E-10 |
|
| 1:00 - 2:00 |
Lunchtime |
3rd Period:
2:00 - 3:30 |
| Carole Levy |
Philip Roth: The Historical Dimensions of his Literature
(Now a 5-week course starting April 6)
|
3Thu-3A-5b |
| Bonnie Lass
|
Bobby Zimmerman: Nobel Laureate
(5 weeks starting March 2)
|
3Thu-3B-5a |
Sandy Sherizen
|
Selected Hot Topics in Crime, Punishment, and Prevention
(5 weeks starting March 2)
|
3Thu-3C-5a |
Judie Strauss
| LILAC Players
No charge,and does not count against the 20 course-week limit (5 weeks starting April 6) | 3Thu-3D-5b
|
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Updated March 17, 2017
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 Updating... Ċ Peter Schmidt, Jan 9, 2017, 3:25 AM
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