COURSES – SPRING 2026 (Under Dev) / Old Courses / MORAL TALES FOR OUR TIMES
Coordinators: Lynnel Garabedian, Sandy Kessler
Our class will read several plays in which individuals act morally and bravely in the face of enormous social and political pressure and at great cost to themselves.
The plays include An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, and A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt. Our goal is to discuss how to respond honorably to the moral challenges of the Trump era by being inspired by great literature.
A WEEK / TUESDAY / 1:00 – 2:30 PM / IN-PERSON / ROOM 15-17
| Moral Tales for Our Times | ||
| Date | Presenter | Title |
| Sep 02 | Lynnel Garabedian, Sandy Kessler | A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt |
| Sep 16 | Lynnel Garabedian, Sandy Kessler | A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt |
| Sep 30 | Lynnel Garabedian, Sandy Kessler | The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato |
| Oct 14 | Lynnel Garabedian, Sandy Kessler | Selections from I Am Malala by Malala Yousafza |
| Oct 28 | Lynnel Garabedian, Sandy Kessler | To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee |
| Nov 11 | Lynnel Garabedian, Sandy Kessler | To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee |
| Dec 02 | Lynnel Garabedian, Sandy Kessler | To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee |
Other Classes:
- CHAIR MEDITATION
- EMOTIONAL DICHOTOMIES WITHIN
- EARTH: GEOGRAPHY
- FEDERALIST PAPERS: AN INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONALISM
- THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
- GREAT EXPECTATIONS
- CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
- WOMEN LEADERS
- ART AND PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE
- SMARTPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY
- THE TWILIGHT ZONE
- WORLD OF RELIGION
- OLD TESTAMENT AS LITERATURE AND IN THE ARTS
- HEALTH AND MEDICINE
- POWER: THE GLORY OF IT
- JAZZ: YESTERDAY AND TODAY
- IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE, CAN IT?
- FLAWED GREATNESS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
- PORTRAIT OF A LADY
- STAR-CROSSED LOVERS
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: A BRAVE NEW WORLD?
- WOMEN SPIES
- DAISY MILLER & WASHINGTON SQUARE
- BEETHOVEN: THE MIDDLE YEARS
- ALL THE KINGS MEN
- JAZZ AT NOON
- WORLD OF THEATRE
- THE SCARLET LETTER
- THE GREAT GATSBY
- TOCQUEVILLE'S DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA
- MEXICO: SOUTH OF OUR BORDER
- HISTORY OF MEDICINE
- HARLEM RENAISSANCE
- CONSTRUCTION: BEYOND BRICKS AND MORTAR
- ACTING WORKSHOP I
- THEATER TALKBACK
- BOOK CHATS
- ADVENTURES IN DINING
- SE HABLA ESPAÑOL
- FOOD: BEYOND JUST CALORIES
- TONI MORRISON: THE LEGEND
- INVISIBLE MAN BY RALPH ELLISON
- SIXTIES
- ELIZABETH GASKELL
- WEEK IN PARIS
- CLASSICAL MUSIC
- CREATIVE WORKSHOP
- MUSIC OF THE HEART
- EMILY DICKINSON CIRCLE
- SYMPOSIUM
- NYC AND ITS ENVIRONS: PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS
- RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY
- WATER
- FOLK MUSIC AND MELLOW ROCK
- CONTEMPORARY BRITISH CULTURE
- AUSTRALIA – THE LAND DOWN UNDER
- HUCKLEBERRY FINN
- AGING
- FASCINATING ISLANDS
- BLACK WOMENS VOICES
- THE NOBEL PRIZES
- READING EDITH WHARTON
- WOMEN IN GREEK DRAMA
- THE NEAR EAST
- HISTORY OF GERMANY
- A PASSAGE TO INDIA
- INDIE FILMS
- SLAVERY'S ROLE IN U.S. CAPITALISTIST DEVELOPMENT
- RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
- READING THE RABBIS
- RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
- MYTHOLOGY
- LITERARY HEROINES
- HOWARDS END
- HOUSE OF MIRTH
- FABULOUS FIFTIES
- COMEDY CENTRAL
- READING BLACK LIVES
- BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES
- MOZARTS WOMEN
- ANTISEMITISM: PAST, PRESENT, FACTS, MYTHS
- AFRICAN CONTINENT
- PRESENTERS SHOWCASE
- INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
- ACTING CLASS
- FOREIGN AFFAIRS
- LAW & ORDER
- POINT OF VIEW
- MODERN OPERA
- MOVERS & SHAKERS
- SOCRATES AND THE PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHY
- FASCINATING NONFICTION
- GREAT CONVERSATIONS
- ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY
- SHAKESPEARE: CYMBELINE