COURSES – SPRING 2026 (Under Dev) / Old Courses
The courses listed below were offered in previous semesters. Click on any title to view the related course page.
A PASSAGE TO INDIA
Coordinators: Lynnel Garabedian, Sandy Kessler
Continuing our fall course on the fiction of E. M. Forster, the focus during the spring term will be his novel, A Passage to India, considered by many scholars to be Forster’s masterpiece.
ACTING CLASS
Coordinators: Roy Clary, John Spiegel
The class includes exercises and improvisations. Members also work on monologues and scenes. Emphasis is on the importance of relationships and relating to objects to achieve a greater reality in creating a character.
ACTING WORKSHOP I
Coordinators: Roy Clary, Dena Kerrin
The class performs theater exercises and improvisations. Members also work on monologues and scenes.
ADVENTURES IN DINING
Coordinators: Frank Montaturo
Step out of your familiar neighborhood and explore with Frank the extraordinary gastronomical options, available everywhere in our city.
AFRICAN CONTINENT
Coordinators: Ann Goerdt, Bob Gottfried, Bob Reiss
In the fall semester we will add to the information that we provided about Africa in the spring.
AGING
Coordinators: Art Spar, Bryn Meehan, Larry Shapiro
The class will study the phenomenon of aging, from lectures on biology to discussion topics related to aging.
ALL THE KINGS MEN
Coordinators: Lynnel Garabedian, Sandy Kessler
Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men is one of American literature’s greatest political novels.
ANTISEMITISM: PAST, PRESENT, FACTS, MYTHS
Coordinators: Harriet Finkelstein, Marian Friedmann, Bob Reiss
This course will explore antisemitism from ancient times to its current manifestation.
ART AND PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE
Coordinators: Debbi Honorof, Sharon Katz, Victor Brenner
Discover the captivating world of architecture and its historical, cultural, and environmental impact on our society.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: A BRAVE NEW WORLD?
Coordinators: Wayne Cotter, Leslie Goldman, Michael Wellner
It’s hard to make it through the day without hearing about the latest development in Artificial Intelligence (AI).