Berkeley Class: Sept. 2 – Nov. 4 (Weds. 9am-12pm) Meets at North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst (at ML King Way), Berkeley Registration fee is $85 for the whole term and $45 for half term. Individual trips are $30. Register … Continue reading
Wednesday, 2-4pm The goal of this course is to illuminate recent history by showing films that depict the lives of people caught up in the important events of the 20th century. Through historical dramas and satires such as Gandhi, The … Continue reading
Thursdays, 10am-12pm This new course will present documentary films that examine important social, economic and political issues around the world. In the last two decades films such as The Fog of War, Fahrenheit 9/11, An Inconvenient Truth and Enron: the … Continue reading
Thursday, 2-4pm We will continue our survey of Western art and civilization with Roman, Medieval and Islamic Art in European Civilization. This course will survey numerous strands of European art and architecture within the context of Western history from ancient … Continue reading
Albany Class: Sept. 21 – Nov. 23 (Mon. 9am-12pm) Meets at the Albany Senior Center, 846 Masonic (near Solano Ave.), Albany Register at the Albany Senior Center (Masonic and Marin Ave.) or call Robin Mariona, Recreation & Community Services Coordinator, … Continue reading
Tuesdays, 10am-12pm This new course surveys the history of North America’s wildlife and human ecology from ancient times to the present. Major themes this semester will include: endangered wildlife, early 19th century biologists and scientists such as Audubon, Wilson, Gray and … Continue reading
Tuesdays, 2-4pm This course celebrates the music of the 20th century Modernist composers and performers from the late 19th century to the present. Course topics will include musical nationalism, jazz and pop influences, minimalism, the Early Music revival and post-modernist … Continue reading
Registration fee is $90 for the whole term and $45 for a half term. Individual trips are $30. Register online or contact me. The class meets every Wednesday morning for 10 weeks, with six fieldtrips and four class sessions. Classes … Continue reading
Wednesdays, 2-4pm This class examines recent history by showing films that depict the lives of people caught up in the important events of the 20th century. Through historical dramas and satires such as Gandhi, The Third Man, Paths of Glory … Continue reading
Thursdays, 10am-12pm This course presents documentary films that examine important social, economic and political issues around the world. In the last two decades films such as The Fog of War, Waiting for Superman, Fahrenheit 9/11, An Inconvenient Truth and Enron: … Continue reading