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Fine Arts, Film & Literature   

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  • Writing Poetry from Haiku to Free Verse (2nd four weeks)
  • Dates: 10/14/2024 - 11/4/2024
    Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 4
    Building: Kirby Plaza
    Instructor: Carol Mohrbacher
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  • "Pride and Prejudice:" A Fresh Look at a Beloved Classic (1st four weeks)
  • Dates: 9/18/2024 - 10/9/2024
    Times: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 4
    Building: Kirby Plaza
    Room:
    Instructor: Deborah Schlacks
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    Book:

    Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, ed. Vivien Jones, Penguin Books, 2014, ISBN 9780141439518 (Also available online via Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, and other sites.)

 

  • Adventures in Watercolor
  • Dates: 9/20/2024 - 11/8/2024
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 8
    Building: A. B. Anderson Hall
    Room:
    Instructor: Edna Blanchard
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  • American Film Institute’s 100 Greatest Films
  • Dates: 9/17/2024 - 11/5/2024
    Times: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 8
    Building: Kirby Plaza
    Room:
    Instructor: Paul Chialastri
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    Fall term films are My Fair Lady, A Place in the Sun, The Apartment, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, The Searchers, Bringing Up Baby, and Unforgiven.

 

  • Creative Writing (1st four weeks)
  • Dates: 9/16/2024 - 10/7/2024
    Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 4
    Building: Kirby Plaza
    Room:
    Instructor: Cheryl Reitan
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  • Four Contemporary Poets
  • Dates: 9/19/2024 - 11/7/2024
    Times: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 8
    Building: Online via Zoom
    Room:
    Instructor: Tom Zelman
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  • Great Books Reading and Discussion Program
  • Dates: 9/19/2024 - 11/7/2024
    Times: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 8
    Building: Kirby Plaza
    Room:
    Instructor: Bonnie Lloyd
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    Book:

    The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program, First Series, Vol. 1, ISBN 0945159765. The book is required for this class and available for $30 from the Great Books Foundation, or you can find it used for about $5 on sites such as Amazon (1985 edition). 

 

  • History of Photography
  • Dates: 9/19/2024 - 11/7/2024
    Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 8
    Building: Kirby Plaza
    Room:
    Instructor: Sara Blaylock
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  • Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" and Percival Everett's "James:" Two Novels, One Character, Alternate Voices
  • Dates: 9/19/2024 - 11/7/2024
    Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 8
    Building: Kirby Plaza
    Room:
    Instructor: David Tryggestad
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    Books:

    1. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Penguin Classics, ISBN 9780143107323

    2. James by Percival Everett, Doubleday, ISBN 9780385550369 

 

  • Slow Reading Lawrence's "Sons and Lovers"
  • Dates: 9/17/2024 - 11/5/2024
    Times: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 8
    Building: Online via Zoom
    Room:
    Instructor: Patricia Hagen
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    Book:

    Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence, ISBN 9780141441443. Available at no cost online through Project Gutenberg.

 

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