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Our Exciting Fall 2007 Course Schedules: Courses arranged in order from Monday morning to Thursday afternoon for each session Fall 2007: October 8th to December 6th
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(Classes in red are filled or canceled) Special Note: there will be no classes held the entire week of Thanksgiving
* Course not listed in catalog. In the course of this program students will share their writing if they choose to do so and will edit selected works based on feedback. They will discuss the process of writing and explore shades of meaning, theme, character, plot, setting, mood and tone. Inexperienced writers will discover the joys of writing; experienced writers will sharpen their skills. Course Leader Evelyn Lerman is the author of Teen Moms: The Pain and the Promise and Safer Sex: The New Morality. She was a teacher, Vice Principal, and the Director of Personnel for Brookline Public Schools in MA until her retirement in 1992. In Waterville, ME where she summers, she teaches a writing course to Seniors at the Muskie Center. She has a B.S. in Journalism from Simmons College and a B.A. and a C.A.S. in Education and Language Development from Harvard University. DATE 8 Mondays, Oct. 8 - Dec. 3 (No class Nov. 12 & 19) TIME 9:30 – 11:00 F002 Canceled:BUTTERFLIES: HABITATS, PREDATORS, AND IDENTIFICATION The Sarasota County Butterfly Club will provide seven or eight speakers. Several environmental specialists including naturalists, an entomologist, a photographer (nature), an Audubon birder, and finally butterfly enthusiasts will lead the sessions as well. The schedule will include a field trip on the grounds and an introduction to our favorite live “critters” along with our favorite books. Course Leader Catherine LeBrie has studied butterflies for 25 years. She has served on the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs State Board of Directors, and District House as Butterfly Conservation Chairperson. She is a founder of the local Butterfly Club and serves as its president. She has lectured throughout Sarasota County and parts of the Tampa Bay area. She was instrumental in getting most schools in the Sarasota area to plant butterfly gardens. William Shakespeare is renowned as the English playwright and poet whose body of works is considered the greatest in history of English literature. Shakespeare’s plays form one of literature’s greatest legacies. Divided into comedies, histories and tragedies, Shakespeare’s plays have spawned thousands of performances, adaptations and films. From famous tragedies like Julius Caesar to comedies such as The Winter’s Tale and epic historic plays like Henry V, enlighten, sadden, teach and most important of all, entertain. This course will be devoted to reading and discussing three of Shakespeare’s plays: A tragedy, a comedy and a history. The participants and the instructor will read, discuss and hopefully draw some conclusions about t the following plays: Julius Caesar, The Winter’s Tale and Henry V. Participants will use their own copies of the plays, preferably ones with line indicators. Course Leader John Mellon is a native of Pittsburgh, PA. At Clarion State, PA. he received a B.S. in English and History. His Master’s Degree in Literature and Ph.D. in English were completed at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Mellon is a former high school English teacher in Nebraska and Florida. For 27 additional years he held administrative positions including Associate and Acting Dean & President of Western State College, and a consultant to trustees of state colleges in Colorado. He is a frequent lecturer and discussion leader on literary subjects and current events. Date Mondays Oct. 8, 15, 22, 29, Nov.5, & Nov. 26. (No class Nov. 12 & 19) Time 9:30-11:00 F004 FOLLOW THE LIEDER– THE ART OF THE ART SONG IN POETRY AND MUSIC Follow the Lieder traces the romance, history & structure of the German, French and English “Art Song,” from the poets to the composers who set the poetry. There will be ample recorded audio and video examples of songs featuring great singers of the past and present. Included in the session will be interviews with local and/or visiting singers and other musicians commenting on the art of singing great vocal literature from Bach and Mozart to Brahms and Barber. Course Leader June LeBell, now a full-time resident of Sarasota, was born in NYC and was the first female announcer on the nation’s preeminent commercial classical music radio station, WQXR. A sought-after lecturer on classical music and American Musical Theater, she is also a published author and columnist for the Sarasota Observer and Senses Magazine. She has had articles published in numerous periodicals including the New York Times, Gourmet Magazine, Stagebill and Ovation Magazine. She has lectured for the New York Philharmonic, Marilyn Horne Foundation, New York City Opera, Guggenheim Museum, and currently has lectures series for the Naples Philharmonic, SILL and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. She is also Executive Director of Gloria Musicae, Inc., Sarasota’s all-professional chamber vocal ensemble, and she sings with the group as a soprano. DATE Oct. 8 – Oct. 29 TIME 11:30 - 1:00 F005 CONTEMPORARY LATIN-AMERICAN LITERATURE Machado de Assis (1839-1908) and Jorge Amado (1912-2001) are two of the most famous novelists of Brazil. The masterpiece of Machado de Assis is Dom Casmurro (1899, 1900), a novel exploring the themes of marriage and adultery. Although Machado de Assis is a realist, the novel is written in an “eccentric and wildly unpredictable narrative style.” Amado’s Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1966) is the story of Dona Flor and her first amorous husband who expires dancing the samba during Carnival in Bahia and her second husband, Dr. Teodoro Madureira, a pharmacist, and a less passionate man than Vadinho, her first husband. Can a moral wife be married to one man and still carry on a passionate affair with her deceased husband? Texts: Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis, Trans. By John Gledson, Oxford UP, ISBN 0-19-510309-2 Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado, Trans by Harriet de Onis, Avon, ISBN 0-380-75469-X October 8th, 15th, & 22nd - Dom Casmurro October 29th, Nov. 5th, & 13th - Dona Flor and Her Two Husband Course Leader Florence Starr Hesler, Ph.D. has a B.A. from Douglass College of Rutgers University, a M.A. from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Delaware. She has won and co-directed several grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities on subjects dealing with the encounters of the Spanish with the Aztecs, Maya, Inca, Pueblo and Taino. DATE Oct. 8 – Nov. 26 (No class Nov. 12 & 19) TIME 11:30 – 1:00 F006 THE LAND OF A THOUSAND FACES – RUSSIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE - Class closed! Distant and mysterious to some, peculiar but friendly to others, Russia, or the former USSR as we knew it, has been a player on the world scene for as long as modern history can remember. After all, it occupies 1/6 of the territory of this planet, prides itself in intellectual, scientific, literary and artistic tradition, and a military might to consider. To better understand the country one would need a closer look at its history. Deeply rooted mistrust toward foreigners has always stood in the way to closer relationships. The language of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky is hardly spoken outside of Russia. Yet its music and ballet is being celebrated throughout the world. These seminars will include the following topics: historical review, literature and music, and introduction to Russian language. Course Leader Edward Kalantyrsky was born in the former USSR in Kiev. After immigrating to the USA in 1979 he taught Russian Studies at schools and universities including The American University and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He is an accomplished trumpet player, avid reader, and Russian art collector. DATE Oct. 8 – Dec. 3 (No class Nov. 12 & 19) TIME 1:30 – 3:00 F007 JAZZ LINEAGE: THE LEGACY OF THE GREAT SOLO STYLISTS Taking an instrument-by-instrument approach, we will examine the music of the major jazz soloists and trace their styles down to the playing of those that followed. Beginning with brief discussion of each instrumental group (trumpet family, trombone, saxophone family, keyboards, bass and percussion), we will study the playing of such major stylists as Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Jelly Roll Morton, Art Tatum and Bill Evans. Through videos, recordings, live demonstration and discussion; we will explore the lines of influence on more recent soloists such as John Coltrane, Wynton Marsalis and Chick Corea. Course Leader Henry Ettman is a Ph.D. social psychologist (University of Nevada) has 50 years experience as a professional jazz musician in addition to his academic career. He studied jazz performance with Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson and others, teaches in USF’s College of Arts and Sciences, plays drums in our area and has been teaching jazz classes in Sarasota for the last four years. DATE Oct. 8 – Nov. 26 (No class Nov. 12 & 19) TIME 1:30 – 3:00 F008 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY MAGIC Just as it was magic to see a photographic image swirl up in a darkroom developer tray at an early age, today the magic has shifted to the wondrous developments of digital imaging. The creative possibilities are boundless, the needed gadgets have become widely available and affordable, and one can enjoy it at any level. We will cover the information needed to begin enjoying and using that wonderful digital camera you either plan to buy, or already have. You will prepare to intelligently choose a camera to meet your individual needs and goals, and then to enjoy a great deal of pleasure using it. We will look at producing quality output: web images to display, e-mail, prints and slide shows with music and transitions that keep your audience awake and impressed. A class CD (lectures & images) will be available for $5.00. Course leader Jack S. Winberg, M.D., holds degrees in medicine, biochemistry, and microbiology. He was on the faculty of the University of Illinois and Northwestern Colleges of medicine, where he taught and practiced clinical psychiatry, and did research on brain metabolism. Since retirement he has been teaching digital imaging and is an active chamber music cellist. He taught Computer Graphics at SCTI and various courses in digital imaging at the Johnston Photographic Institute. DATE Oct. 16 - Dec. 11 (No class Nov. 20) TIME 9:30 – 11:00 F008A LANDMARK DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT Class is now closed The Jurisprudence of Preemption: New or Old? Members of the Academy will accompany Judge Landau in an examination of our fundamental understanding of how to confront crime, terrorism and warfare. The course will include free speech in wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism. Course leader Judge Sid Landau was a senior Judge sitting on the Appellate Court of the State of Connecticut. Previously, he served as an Associate Judge of that court for twelve years, a member of the Superior Court for fourteen years, a member of the Court of Common Pleas, and later as an Assistant Prosecutor for the State of Connecticut. Judge Landau, a graduate of New York University School of Law, has been accorded the status of Visitor to the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge, England. DATE Oct. 9 - Dec. 11 (No class Nov. 20) TIME 9:30 – 11:00 Top
Classes 1 and 2 (Oct. 9 & 16) will cover selection of binoculars and field guides; behavior around birds; resources such as magazines, bird clubs, internet and a slide show of Florida birds, including characteristics, migration patterns, and nesting behavior. October 23, Class 3, everyone will attend their first field trip on the grounds of USF to practice use of binoculars and to have a telescope while looking at birds on the bay and shoreline. Class 4 (Oct. 30) brings us back to the classroom. Classes 5 (Nov. 6) is when we will be attending our first field trip. Our 6th Class (Nov. 10th, which is a Saturday) will also be a field trip. Course Leader Jeanne Dubi has devoted much of her time to birding and to conservation of habitat in Sarasota County for the past 9 years. In January 1997 she began a survey of the birds of the Celery Fields, a 300-acre storm water retention site east of I-75. By the end of the year, she had tallied 132 species. With that information she approached the Sarasota Audubon Society with a proposal to protect the Fields from intense public use, and the bird count now stands at 198 species. The Fields are a site on the Great Florida Birding Trail. Before moving to Florida in 1997, Dubi lived and worked in New York City. Her last position in New York was as VP/General Manager of Harper’s Magazine. Dubi received her MBA from Iona College in New Rochelle in 1986. She is the current president of the Sarasota Audubon Society. DATE Tuesdays Oct. 9 – Nov. 10 TIME 9:30-11:00 F010 THE JOY OF TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY This is the lime of life when we are free to travel. How do we generally prepare for a trip and how do we choose what photographic gear to bring along? What are the photographic challenges that we will encounter on our adventures and how do we meet them? Afterwards, how do we improve, organize, keep safe, and easily retrieve all of our precious images? Then, how can we produce e-mails, slide shows, and prints that are show stoppers? These topics (and more) will all be covered in this course on travel photography. There will also be field trips to places like Myakka Park, Bok Tower, etc. CD will be available for $5.00. Course Leader Jack S. Winberg, M.D. holds degrees in medicine, biochemistry, and microbiology. He was on the faculty of the University of Illinois and Northwestern colleges of Medicine, where he taught, practiced clinical psychiatry, and did research about brain metabolism. Since retirement he has been teaching digital imaging and is an active chamber music cellist. He taught Computer Graphics at SCTI and various courses in digital imaging at the Johnston Photographic Institute. DATE Oct. 16 – Dec. 4 (No class Nov. 20) TIME 11:30 – 1:00 F011 THE JOY OF SCIENCE: EARTH’S CHANGING CLIMATE: Class now closed This course reviews the most up-to-date research on climate change, explaining the concepts, data, and analysis that have led an overwhelming number of climate scientists to conclude that Earth is warming and that we humans are in great part responsible. Whatever your views on climate change, it is important to understand how the current scientific consensus grew from basic physical principles and observations. The emphasis will be on concepts rather than mathematics and the only prerequisite is curiosity. The weekly presentation draws upon videotape segments by distinguished university scholars, followed by a discussion of recent related developments. You will find the presentation clear, objective, engaging and illustrated with fascinating examples and analogies. Course Leader Bill Keeffe holds a B.S. in physics from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a M.S. in physics from Penn State University. As a senior scientist in government and industry, Bill pursed his research interests in lasers, non-linear optics and high-intensity arcs. His professional affiliations include The American Physical Society, Fellow of the Illuminating Engineering Society and U.S. Representative to the Commission Internationale l’Eclairage. His avocation is the history of science. DATE Tuesdays, Oct. 9 – Dec. 4 (No class Nov. 20) TIME 11:30 - 1:00 F012 UNDERSTANDING BALLET-HISTORY AND NATIONAL STYLES A series of lively video-enriched lectures designed to enhance appreciation and enjoyment of ballet through an exploration of the history, styles and traditions of the art. The lectures will explain when, how and why ballet began and explore the development of French, Italian, Russian, Danish, English and American Styles of ballet. No required reading. Course Leader Virginia Page taught theatre in several Long Island high schools for 22 years and enjoyed a second career as booking agent for performing artists, including two ballet companies. Upon retirement to Florida in 1981, she became ballet and music critic for The Bradenton Herald and was appointed s assistant to the Founder of the Sarasota Ballet Archives. DATE Tuesdays, Oct. 9 – Nov. 13 TIME 11:30 – 1:00 F013 IT’S YOUR STORY: CREATING A THREE DIMENSIONAL “MEMORY KEEPER” SHADOWBOX OR SHRINE Break out that coveted box of photographs and mementos and tell your story. Bring the past into the present. Assemble keepsakes to become the centerpiece of an altar or shadowbox that are unique to your personal experience and expression. This construction allows us to remember, commemorate and honor your hopes, dreams and the turning points in your life. This personal sculpture will capture the essence of the people, places and passions that have inspired your life. A willing imagination, a dash of patience and some basic craft materials are all you need. An historical overview of shrines and altars in world cultures will be presented. A field trip with presentation of the Mexican, Day of the Dead altar will be included. Instructor will supply basic wooden boxes and art materials list. Course Leader Judith Levine attended Rutgers and Fairleigh Dickenson Universities, and attained a B.A. in art and art education. She earned an M.F.A. in visual art from Montclair State University, N.J. where she was on the art education faculty. She was an art teacher and district supervisor in Parsippany, N.J. for more than 30 years. Currently, Judith is the Coordinator of Teacher Professional Development at Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, J.J. and grants coordinator and educator at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota. Judith was the recipient of several grants to travel, study and collects the art of Tibet, West Africa, Egypt and Indonesia. She designs and creates limited-edition ethnic jewelry. DATE Tuesdays, Oct. 16 – Dec. 4 (No class Nov. 20) TIME 1:30 – 3:00 F014 CURTAINS UP AT ASOLO REPERTORY THEATRE Note: Class is now closed. Seeing a play is often just the beginning of a much greater conversation. This course will focus on the first three plays in Asolo Repertory Theatre’s main stage season where we will discuss the historical context, production history, and specific technical elements for A Tale of Two Cities, The Constant Wife, and The Play’s The Thing. Selected excerpts of each play will be distributed in class for discussion and it is recommended that participants plan to see each production (special ticket discounts will be available for registered class members). Course Leader Carrie Mills is the Education Director at Asolo Repertory Theatre. A native of Pennsylvania, Carrie earned her B.A. in Theatre from Penn State and her M.F.A. in theatre for young Audiences from Arizona State University. She has worked for many regional theatres across the country both on and off stage. Since she moved to Florida she has served on the Sarasota County Arts Education Task Force, Community Schools Partnership for the Arts, and is a member of the Leadership Sarasota County Class of 2007. DATE Tuesdays, Oct. 9 – Nov. 27 (No class Nov. 20) TIME 1:30 – 3:00 F015 LOCAL FLORIDA HISTORY (Class closed - Full) This lecture series combines with 2 field trips to enthrall persons who want to know more about local history, our origins and the part that the sea played in our development. We focus on Manatee and Sarasota counties, but take in local history of surrounding towns and waterways. Experts in this history will move us to current developments. Oct. 9, 2007 - Manasota History Until 1920. Dean Dixon: Supervisor, Manatee County Village and Historical Park Oct. 16, 2007 - Early Settlements in the Manatee Area: A Case Study. Cathy Slusser, Manatee County History Coordinator Oct. 23, 2007 - Field trip, Manatee Village and Historical Park. Dean Dixon: Supervisor, Manatee County Village and Historical Park Oct. 30, 2007 - History of the Sarasota Bay. Captain Johnny Walker, “Gone Fishin” ABC News, Channel 7 and 28 Nov. 6, 2007 - Founding of Historical Waterways. Roger Allen and Jeff Moates, Restoration of Cortez Village Nov. 13, 2007 - Archeology of the Manasota Region. Jeff Rogers, Curator, South Florida Museum Nov. 27, 2007 - The Crowley Legacy of Conservation and Commerce. Bill Cowdright, Crowley Museum Nature Center Dec. 4, 2007 - Field trip, Cortez Village, Star Boat Works and Fishing Pier. Roger Allen and Jeff Moates - Restoration of Cortez Village. Star Restaurant: Cheese grits, hush puppies, mullet, etc. DATE Tuesdays, Oct. 9 – Nov. 27 (No class Nov. 20) TIME 1:30 – 3:00 Coral reefs, one of nature’s most magnificent formations, serve as home to almost all phyla from algae and sponges to mollusks, crustaceans, fishes and turtles. Those of us living in Florida are so fortunate to have both natural and man-made reefs near our shores. The six sessions of this course will explore in depth the inhabitants of the reef, the interactions among multiple species and the means by which they cope with the challenges of survival. We shall use many of the photographs taken by the course director along with informal lectures that will include some of her personal experiences to gain an appreciation of the wonderful, fascinating environment. Course Leader Dr. Patty Sturtevant has been a SCUBA diver for over 40 years and an active underwater photographer for most of that time. Her travels have covered the globe extensively. She has dived in most of the major oceans collecting photographs of inhabitants of the world’s reefs. Her photos are frequently seen in a number of exhibits and slide presentations. She is a guide at Mote Marine Aquarium and a member of Dr. Eugenia Clark’s research team that studies the convict blenny and sand diver fishes in South Pacific Ocean reefs. Marine ecology became a hobby while she was still active as Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at Loyola Medical Center in Chicago, IL. Since retiring from that position in 1989 and moving to Sarasota, marine biology has become her primary interest and she continues to log close to 100 dives each year interacting with the myriad of underwater “friends” she loves to visit. DATE Wednesdays, Oct. 10 - Nov. 28 (No class Nov. 21) TIME 9:30 – 11:00 F017 WHAT ARE OUR ULTIMATE BELIEFS? What’s worth living for? We don’t ask that question out loud or discuss it with our family and friends. Using a round table discussion format we’ll seek to articulate our own personal beliefs through sharing and spiritual practices. We’ll do class exercises in meditation ritual, contemplation, nature and self reflection. There will be several guest speakers and we will examine religious writings. Class Leader Wolfe Zucker is a MSW and has recently earned a graduate certification in aging. He has just returned from two years at the Findhorn Foundation, an international spiritual community. DATE Wednesdays, Oct. 10 - Dec. 5 (No class Nov. 21) TIME 9:30 - 11:00 F018 ANALYSIS OF THE SHORT STORY The class will hold in-depth discussions of the author’s biography, story structure, setting, situation, main characters, plot or conflict, symbolism crisis or turning point, resolution or moral, and practical lessons on the author’s point of view. Prior to class please read 1) Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaller by Gustave Flaubert and 2) Two Blue Birds by D.H. Lawrence. The text to be used by the class is entitled Great Stories of the Masters ed. Charles Neider and published by Cooper Square Press. The books are available on Amazon.com, Alibris.com, Abebooks.com, and Biblio.com. Course Leader Mr. Paul Irene earned both B.A. and M.S. degrees from Queens College, CCNY. He taught music for 31 years at John Bowne H.S. in Queens, NY. Mr. Irene is both violinist & violist and enjoys playing chamber music. His other interests include reading short stories, fishing and watercolor painting. DATE Wednesdays, Oct. 10 – Dec. 5 (No class Nov. 21) TIME 9:30 – 11:00 This class focuses on bidding ONLY in today’s bridge world. It is for those who have played bridge before, know the terminology and the basics, and are ready to hone their bidding skills and bring them up-to-date. This format is based on lesson outlines handed out at each class. A sense of humor is a must. It is important to attend ALL sessions. Prerequisite: Basic bridge knowledge. NOT for beginners. Course Leader Ruth Howard, a Certified Bridge Teacher, has been teaching Bridge for the Sarasota County Adult Education program since 2000 and also teaches numerous private classes for all levels except beginners. She has also directed the weekly Intercity Duplicate Bridge Club game since 1998. A 30-year resident of this area, Ruth C. Howard has been active in the local bridge world since 1989. Named Unit 102 Volunteer of the Year for 2006, Ruth has served as Unit Treasurer for the past three years, will be co-chairing the Sarasota-Manatee February 2008 Regional Tournament, has co-chaired three local Sectionals, edited the 2006 Sarasota-Manatee Regional Daily Bulletin, currently edits the Unit 102 pages for Sunshine Bridge News, and serves as Unit Coordinator for the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). A native of New York, Ruth has lived in Sarasota, Tampa and is now a Bradenton resident. Her son and his wife (both attorneys in Tampa) have given her three wonderful grandchildren. DATE Wednesdays, Oct. 10 – Nov. 14 TIME 11:30 – 1:00 F019A HISTORY OF SMUGGLING IN FLORIDA Since its discovery Florida has a rich and colorful history in part because it has always been one of the major conduits for contraband. Booze, guns and drugs are just part of the story. Trade in endangered species, slaves, cigars – if it’s illegal, it’s been smuggled through Florida. The role of money laundering and disposition of profits will also be examined. Course Leader Stan Zimmerman is a reporter, writer, and author with awards from the National Press Club, the Society for Professional Journalists and the U.S. Naval Institute. He has a B.A. in Political Science and a M.A. in Journalism. Mr. Zimmerman is the author of 4 books, including A History of Smuggling in Florida.
DATE Wednesdays, October 10 - November 14
TIME 11:30 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. F020 THE NEW FILM: GLOBAL CONNECTIONS Class closed - full! This year’s academy award winners and nominees, along with, films developed in 2007, provided new directions in film making, in terms of their themes, creativity, chronological development and outstanding acting and characterizations, as well as the international and global perspectives they provide us. After viewing films or excerpts of them, we will discuss the films as art and then deliberate on the nature of the global dilemmas presented. Presenters will include Axel Lohrisch, world traveler, Peter Mermin, psychologist and a guest film critic. We will see films or broad excerpts of them, followed by discussion. So we may run overtime. October 10th - Our Interconnected World: Babel October 17th - Rulers and their Legacies: The Last King of Scotland, The Queen October 24th - Dimensions of Intelligence Gathering: Breach, The Good Shepherd, The Lives of Others October 31st - Immigration and Adaptation: The Namesake, The Painted Veil, Letters from Iwo Jima November 7th - Crime, Both Local and Large: Blood Diamond, The Departed, Pan’s Labyrinth, and Volver November 14th - Our Children: Little Miss Sunshine, Children of Men, Little Children Please Note: the class may extend after the Thanksgiving vacation depending on participant interest. DATE Wednesdays, Oct. 10 – Nov. 14 TIME 1:30 – 3:00 Method: Shared inquiry discussion allows everyone to read and enjoy great works of literature. Its effectiveness comes from the egalitarian approach it takes: discussion is based on the text at hand and only that text. Materials: Great Books Anthologies, Series ONE. The paperback anthologies offered by the Great Books Foundation provide an inexpensive and convenient way to use great texts as the basis of exciting discussion. Having everyone use identical books with the same translations and page numbers makes it easier to refer to the text and eliminates confusion during discussion. The text is available through the Campus Book Store. The package (Series One) contains two paperback volumes and a study guide. The fall session selections are in Volume 1 and Volume 2. Assignments: Class participants will be required to read selections prior to the class meeting. (Please read Civilizations & Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud prior to the first class meeting). Authors included this term are Rousseau, Darwin, Shakespeare, Hume, Tocqueville, Simmel, and Sophocles. Course leader Charles Sprandel has a B.A. in History and Political Science, Albion College and an M.S. in Japanese Studies and Comparative Education, University of Michigan. He taught English at Meisei University in Tokyo, Japan. Additionally he taught History and Philosophy of Education at the University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio. Mr. Sprandel taught at Maumee Valley Country Day School – on the elementary levels as well as Advanced Placement U.S. History at the high school. He was the head of the elementary school and later, head of the high school at Maumee Valley. His many experiences include Adjunct Professor of U.S. History at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. DATE Wednesdays, Oct. 10 – Dec. 5 (No class Nov. 21) TIME 1:30 - 3:00 Sue believes that taking classes and painting often will vastly improve anyone’s ability to paint. Using her simple three step process, she makes painting in watercolor easy for anyone. Her use of a limited palette of six colors and mixing on the paper helps the student maintain better color harmony and unity within the painting. She teaches how to paint from photographs as well as life while encouraging her students to find an individual style and develop that. Her class subjects include people, animals, flowers and landscapes. Her goal is always to entertain the viewer with light and color dancing through each painting. Course Leader Sue Lynn Cotton has had a lifetime career as an artist. Working as a commercial artist, she designed hundreds of logos, brochures, advertisements and book covers for twenty years in Dallas. She also illustrated products, places and many books. During this time she discovered the fun of watercolor. She studied from Arnie Westerman, Jim Kosvanek and Jan Kuntz, landscapes from Stephen Quiller and Carl Kahlio, and florals from Betsy Dillard Stroud and Mary Deloyht Arendt. She also studied with a number of other prominent artists. DATE Wednesdays, Oct. 10 – Nov. 14 TIME 1:30 – 4:00 No more secrets to growing Fantastic Orchids! Discussions and orchid demonstrations for our homes and gardens with will emphasize the basics: growing location for best blooms, watering, fertilizing in our Florida weather. Also included: buying an orchid and building a collection for year-round flowers; problems and their solutions; reading an orchid label; breeding and genetics or “Who’s your daddy?”; potting, mounting and dividing simplified; greenhouses; orchid shows and displays where you can win that ribbon! Ortho’s “All About Orchids” (purple cover) will be our guide and is available (new or used) on www.amazon.com Course Leaders Bill and Susan Fender, both USF graduates and former secondary school teachers, created and have operated their own plant business for over 30 years. Recipients of 15 awards from the American Orchid Society, including Pot. Susan Fender ‘Cinnamon Stick”, AM/AOS, the Fenders are still enthusiastic about their first orchid, Bc. Binosa, received in 1969 and still growing and blooming frequently! DATE Thursdays, Oct. 11 – Dec. 6 (No class Nov. 22) TIME 9:30 – 11:00 F024 KEEPING A WATCHFUL EYE ON WASHINGTON: HOW NEWS IS MADE AND REPORTED IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL (Class is now closed-full) Do we receive the information and opinion leadership from our Washington officials and the news media that we need to make informed and reasoned decisions about national public affairs? How – and how effectively – are we informing ourselves? We will try to answer these questions by examining the institutions of national government and political organizations as newsmakers, and the Washington press corps as news reporters. We will discuss the “old media” of print, radio and televisions, and the “new media” of the Internet and its websites and blogs. How are Washington newsmakers and news reporters organized? How do they operate and interact? How does this affect what we read, see and hear in the news media, and help create the bases on which we form our views and decide and act politically? We will use current new events as illustrations of how – and how well – we are kept informed – and keep ourselves informed – with news that is timely, accurate and complete, and with opinion leadership that is reasoned and worthy of our attention. Reading Materials: Instructor will provide on a weekly basis reprints of articles that introduce the topics of the coming week. Course Leader Herbert Waltzer is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Miami University (Oxford, Ohio), where over four decades he also served as department chair, Dean of the Graduate School, Dean of Research, and Associate Provost for Academic Affairs. He also has been an election analyst for CBS News, a commentator on public affairs, a consultant on university leadership management and governance, and a uniformed Air Force Public Information Officer. Before moving to Sarasota, he taught courses in the Institutes for Learning in Retirement at Miami University and the University of Cincinnati. His doctorate degree is from New York University. DATE Thursdays, Oct. 11 – Dec. 6 (No class Nov. 22) TIME 9:30 – 11:00 Writers Workshop is for people who want to perfect their craft, sharing their writing with members who write. We present our work, whether it is poetry, fiction, short stories, plays or other literary forms to each other. Many in the group have published and would like to have their work critiqued before they submit for publication. However, seeking to publish is not mandatory. Course co-leader Helga Harris was born in Berlin, Germany and later emigrated to the United States where she earned her degree at Pratt Institute. For more than forty years, Ms. Harris worked in the fashion industry, eventually producing her own label. In 1973 she moved to Florida and taught design at the University of Miami, Bauder Fashion College, and later at Sarasota Vocational Technical School. For the past ten years, writing has been her first love. Along with contributions to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and numerous magazines and anthologies, Ms. Harris has recently published her first book, Dear Helga…Dear Ruth, a touching, often humorous, account of the separation of two ten year old best friends during World War II and their attempts to keep in touch with each other over the ensuing years. Course co-leader Bill Andrews has a B.A. in English from Yale and a M.S. in Education and Social Policy from Northwestern University. He served for 32 years as an independent high school teacher of English and creative writing and an administrator in St. Louis, Chicago, and New Orleans. Bill served as the Chair of the Senior Academy Curriculum Committee and currently serves on its Board of Advisors. He is the Editor of the quarterly Academy for Lifelong Learning Newsletter. DATE Thursdays, Oct. 11 – Dec. 6 (No class Nov. 22) TIME 9:30 – 11:00 F026 FRENCH CLASS Class is now closed Are you longing to try out and possibly improve your rusty French? If you’ve been thinking about traveling to France but shrink at the thought of stuttering through your fractured French, let’s practice first with some reading and conversation classes. Jean de Florette, a marvelous story set in the south of France by French Academician Marcel Pagnol, provides a wonderful study of the Provencal mentality and the reading is not difficult. We’ll study a bit of grammar and vocabulary along the way and review those verbs which cause us so many headaches. We’ll finish with a viewing of Claude Berri’s 1988 movie and compare it to the book. Slides and pictures of Provence will be shown in our weekly Show and Tell, and to celebrate our new-found fluency, we’ll share a French culinary experience at the end of the course. Class taught in French, with a sprinkling of English for those who would like to attend without the necessary language skills; an advanced beginner’s level is desirable to fully enjoy and participate in class. In the winter term, we’ll continue this two part novel with the sequel, Manon des Sources. Course Leader Valerie Sutter holds a Master’s degree from the Faculte’ de Lettres de Lyon. She also holds a Master's degree from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. A former French teacher, she lived for five years in France where she taught at one of France’s grandes ecoles, and for twelve years in Brazil where she taught at the American School of Rio de Janeiro. She also taught in large public schools and prestigious boarding schools in New England before retiring from teaching and founding the French Traveler. Fluent in French and in Portuguese with a modest grasp of Spanish, Valerie spends many months of the year in France imbibing French culture and organizing trips to France for teachers and other Francophiles. DATE Thursdays, Oct. 11 – Dec. 6 (No class Nov. 22) TIME 11:30 – 1:00 F027 SENIOR GEOGRAPHY CHALLENGE Throughout the course participants will be presented with a variety of highly motivating, intellectually stimulating and sufficiently challenging world and United States geography activities. All of the activities are designed to extend and enrich knowledge of geography in a relaxed, fun filled classroom setting. Through the use of higher order thinking skills, “ho hum starters”, brainteasers, riddles and terrific trivia, participants will remain actively involved. Each session will include individual, small group and full class instruction. Only a basic knowledge of geography is necessary for participation in this course, which is ideal for anyone who enjoys geography and an intellectual challenge and likes to have fun learning. Course leader Guy Parillo is a retired elementary and middle school teacher and principal. In addition he worked as a sales rep/consultant for Nystrom, one of the leading suppliers of social studies materials to schools in the United States. He is an experienced presenter and invariably receives rave reviews from all participants in his programs. DATE Thursdays, Oct. 11 – Nov. 15 TIME 11:30-1:00
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