COURSES – FALL 2026 / Old Courses / TIME: THE WONDER OF IT
Coordinators: Andrea Irvine, David Bartash, Marion Schulthies
Think of “time” as our common starting point – and then watch it unfold in every direction.
Each class brings something new: a dive into numbers, a spark from Tesla, a reflection on early man, a time capsule. Our presenters shape the theme to fit their passions, making every session unpredictable and engaging.
A WEEK / WEDNESDAY / 10:30 AM – NOON / IN-PERSON / ROOM 15-17
| Time: The Wonder of It | ||
| Date | Presenter | Title |
| Feb 04 | Marion Shulteis | Shipwrecks: Time Capsules Beneath the Sea |
| Feb 18 | Sheila Sasmor | What’s Unusual About Friday the Thirteenth? |
| Mar 04 | Gil Santiago | Archeology 101 |
| Mar 18 | Laurie Spiegel | The Under-Appreciated Neanderthal |
| Apr 01 | Andrea Irvine | The “Long Now” 10,000 Year Clock |
| Apr 22 | David Bartash | The Seasons of a Man’s Life, The Seasons of a Woman’s Life |
| May 06 | Mark Cardillo | Is America’s Time Up? The Global Decline of Democracy |
Other Classes:
- BEETHOVEN: THE LATE YEARS
- POWER OF PLAY
- BALZAC: PÈRE GORIOT
- CHAIR MEDITATION
- BOOK CLUB: CREATIVE NONFICTION
- EMOTIONAL DICHOTOMIES WITHIN
- EARTH: GEOGRAPHY
- ERAS IN AMERICAN HISTORY
- FEDERALIST PAPERS: AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONALISM
- MORAL TALES FOR OUR TIMES
- THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
- TIMELESS WRITINGS: THE CANTERBURY TALES
- GREAT DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS, ACTORS
- ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY
- 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
- SHAKESPEARE: HAMLET
- POWER: THE GLORY OF IT
- JAZZ: YESTERDAY AND TODAY
- IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE, CAN IT?
- FLAWED GREATNESS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
- HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY
- 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
- WONDERFUL BOOKS OUT LOUD: SLOUCHING TOWARDS BETHLEHEM
- 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
- ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK
- MODERN OPERA
- MOVERS & SHAKERS
- SOCRATES AND THE PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHY
- FASCINATING NONFICTION
- GREAT CONVERSATIONS
- GREAT PLAYS
- SHAKESPEARE: CYMBELINE