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  • Civics, Law and Justice NOW on Zoom and Updated Times (Zoom)
  • Fee: $65.00
    Dates: 5/6/2025 - 6/24/2025 
    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    Day: Tu  Sessions: 6
    Seats Available: 59
    Zoom: This class will be delivered via Zoom. A Zoom link will be emailed to registered members the day of the class.
    Instructor: J. Layne Smith

  • Circuit Judge J. Layne Smith shares his perspective on 1) our state and federal governments, 2) the Bill of Rights, 3) criminal law, 4) grand juries and death sentences, 5) civil and family law, and 6) a day in the life of a trial judge. 

    Class Size Limit: 90
 

  • History of the Earth (In-Person) Updated Time
  • Fee: $65.00
    Dates: 5/6/2025 - 6/24/2025
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM ET
    Day: Tu  Sessions: 6
    Seats Available: 77
    Building or Location: Allegro Senior Living Community  Room:  Chapel
    Instructor: Darryl Myers

  • A review of the history of the Earth, as reconstructed by modern science. This class will review the timeline of major events in Earth history, highlighting trends and transitions, and causal links between geology, climate and living things. This is an overview for anyone with a general interest, not a technical class for geology or biology majors.

    Class Size Limit: 90
 

  • Journey to the Amazon (In-Person)
  • Fee: $25.00
    Dates: 5/8/2025 - 5/15/2025
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM ET
    Day: Th  Sessions: 2
    Seats Available: 15
    Building or Location: Allegro Senior Living Community  Room:  Chapel
    Instructor: Austin Howard

  • Why is Amazonia so diverse? To answer this question we will explore prehistory, civilizations, shamanism and cuisine. We will also look at the staggering linguistic diversity of the Amazon basin and the Andean foothills. This course will feature documentary footage and first-hand video experience as well as the latest research on the region’s species and peoples. Students will walk away with a sense of the Amazonian environment, history and living tradition as well as the instructor’s first-hand experience.

    Class Size Limit: 30
 

  • Siberia: History and the Present (Zoom)
  • Fee: $65.00
    Dates: 5/5/2025 - 6/23/2025 
    Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    Day: M  Sessions: 6
    Seats Available: 68
    Zoom: This class will be delivered via Zoom. A Zoom link will be emailed to registered members the day of the class.
    Instructor: Asya Pereltsvaig

  • In this course, we'll talk about Siberia, its people, its economy, environmental issues and Russia-China relations.

    Class Size Limit: 90
 

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