FABULOUS FIFTIES

Coordinators: Michael Wellner, Ellen Gottfried, Bob Gottfried

It’s safe to say that every single one of us at Quest remembers the Fifties pretty clearly. If there is any single word that describes that decade it’s transformative.

Politically, it began with President Harry Truman, born in 1884, and ended with the election of JFK. Technically, it saw development of the first computers and the beginning of the information age.

The Fifties changed the way we live, shop (with the rise of the suburbs and shopping malls), and travel. The first commercial jet plane took off in 1954. Join us as we examine these: the Korean War, Senator Joe McCarthy, Elvis Presley, Rock ‘n Roll, and so much more.

A WEEK / TUESDAY / 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Other Classes:

THE TWILIGHT ZONE
HEALTH AND MEDICINE
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
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
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
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

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