Quest Courses – Fall 2023 / Old Courses / WEEK IN PARIS
Coordinators: Laura Lopez, Donna Basile, Ellen Rittberg
The course will offer a sampling of France’s notable contributions to Western culture and civilization.
This may include gourmet cuisine, vinicul- ture, perfume distillation, cabaret, haute couture, cinema, iconic monuments or inventions that you never knew were French. Or we may explore the work of a French artist, musician, writer, film maker, scientist, philosopher, or political leader.
B WEEK / MONDAY / 10:30 – 12:00 PM
A Week in Paris, Spring 2023 | ||
Date | Presenter | Title |
Feb 13 | Lincoln's Birthday | No Classes |
Feb 27 | Laura Lopez | TBD |
Mar 13 | Ze'eva Cohen | Paris Opera Ballet |
Mar 27 | Paul Adler | Derain |
Apr 17 | Arlene Hajinlian | Debussy |
May 01 | Donna Basile | Rooftops of Paris |
May 15 | Ellen Rittberg | TBD |
Other Classes:
- THEATER TALKBACK
- FOOD: BEYOND JUST CALORIES
- INVISIBLE MAN BY RALPH ELLISON
- ELIZABETH GASKELL
- CREATIVE WORKSHOP
- EMILY DICKINSON CIRCLE
- SYMPOSIUM
- RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY
- CONTEMPORARY BRITISH CULTURE
- AUSTRALIA – THE LAND DOWN UNDER
- HUCKLEBERRY FINN
- AGING
- FASCINATING ISLANDS
- BLACK WOMEN’S VOICES
- THE NOBEL PRIZES
- READING EDITH WHARTON
- WOMEN IN GREEK DRAMA
- THE NEAR EAST
- HISTORY OF GERMANY
- A PASSAGE TO INDIA
- INDIE FILMS
- 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
- READING BLACK LIVES
- BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES
- MOZART’S WOMEN
- ANTISEMITISM: PAST, PRESENT, FACTS, MYTHS
- AFRICAN CONTINENT
- PRESENTER’S SHOWCASE
- INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
- ACTING CLASS
- LAW & ORDER
- POINT OF VIEW
- MODERN OPERA
- MOVERS & SHAKERS
- SOCRATES AND THE PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHY
- GREAT CONVERSATIONS
- ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY