POINT OF VIEW

Coordinators: Terri Hicks, Barbara Gordon, Bob Hartmann

This is an interactive discussion class in which both the coordinators and class members bring in short opinion pieces &ndsp; editorials, op-ed articles, reviews, etc.

A vote is taken on which pieces to discuss that day and individuals argue their views.

Other Classes:

GREAT EXPECTATIONS
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
WOMEN LEADERS
THE TWILIGHT ZONE
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
SCIENCE CLUBHOUSE
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
MODERN OPERA
MOVERS & SHAKERS
SOCRATES AND THE PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHY
FASCINATING NONFICTION
GREAT CONVERSATIONS
ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY
SHAKESPEARE: CYMBELINE

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