Lifelong Learning

“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts”–Harry S Truman 

Current Events

With Herman Lindenbaum
Keep up with the latest headlines and join the discussion on local, national, and international news. Topics covered will include domestic politics, international events, healthcare, science and other subjects of interest to you.
Wednesdays, 9/9, 9/23, 10/7, 10/21, 11/11, 12/9, 11:30am-12:45pm
Members Free/$5 a Session for Guests

Political Science

With Dr. Ian Drake, Associate Professor and Deputy Chair at Montclair State University, Department of Political Science
Title: The United States at 250: The Meaning of 1776
John Adams once said that the American Revolution happened in the minds of the people, long before the first shot was fired at Lexington in 1775. Today, many view the American independence movement and the Declaration that officially separated the colonies from Great Britain with reverence for the proclamations of human rights contained within it.
This discussion will consider the how and why the colonists’ minds changed about living under British rule, the importance of the Declaration of Independence at the time it was created, and what it has come to mean to many generations of Americans and others around the world since the Revolution.
Monday, 10/5, 11:30am-12:30pm, $20 Members/$25 Guests
Sponsored in part by the Berit and Martin Bernstein Open Endowment Fund

Musical Theater

With John Kenrick, Entertainment Historian
John is back by popular demand to present:

10/27 Irving Berlin: Let’s Face the Music

This Russian Jewish immigrant rose from singing waiter to writing Tin Pan Alley songs for vaudeville, then conquered Broadway and Hollywood with some of the most popular songs of the 20th Century. How did he compose more than 2,000 songs despite not knowing how to play the full piano keyboard? How did this avowed atheist write “Easter Parade,” “White Christmas,” and “God Bless America”? We recall the fascinating personal and dazzling professional life of a cultural icon.

11/3 Funny Ladies: The Queens of Comedy

Could you use some laughter? John Kenrick returns to discuss how the role of women in comedy has evolved from vaudeville and film, through radio, tv to contemporary stand-up comedy. It includes clips of Fanny Brice, Joan Rivers, The Golden Girls, Bette Midler, and Jessica Kirson, among others.

2 Tuesdays, 10/27 and 11/3, 11:30am,
$45 Members/$55 Guests for both
$23 Members/$29 Guests each session

Art Talks

With Professor Thomas Germano
Mark Rothko in Florence
Mark Rothko, born to a Jewish family, was a Latvian-born American abstract painter. He is best known for his color field paintings that depicted irregular and painterly rectangular regions of color. Although Rothko lived modestly for much of his life, the resale value of his paintings grew tremendously in the decades following his suicide in 1970. His painting No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) sold in 2014 for $186 million.
Tuesday, 10/13, 11:30am, $20 Members/$25 Guests
Lifelong Learning programs are sponsored by the Millicent and Harold May Family Endowment for Lifelong Learning in memory of Edward J. Newman, M.D. and the Michael J. Levitt Family Endowment Fund for Lifelong Learning.