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This course will teach you how to find credible, up-to-date health information online and introduce you to free resources from the National Institutes of Health and National Library of Medicine. Topics will include health conditions, diets, medications, and how to talk to your doctor and ask clarifying questions. The focus of this course is locating and evaluating health information; no lessons, resources, or information presented constitutes medical advice.

While aging brings new challenges, it offers a beautiful opportunity to reconnect with yourself. Gentle Chair Yoga invites you to move with intention to create greater strength, flexibility, balance, and mobility. Utilizing a chair in seated and standing poses allows you to explore movement with confidence and stability. Through mindful breath work, you’ll find a renewed sense of peace and energy. Love your body, honor your progress, and age gracefully with improved health!

This class will survey five works of fiction from the 20th century that are pivotal and enduring in the literary lexicon and the culture at large—but that are largely unread by modern audiences. We will discuss these books in the context of their time as well as consider their relevance to our current era and the odd perch on which these stories have alighted. 

In this course, we will consider how science fiction has indexed and investigated both social hopes and social anxieties. Lectures will survey: 1) the genre’s gothic origins and growth in dime novels and "pulp" magazines; 2) the Golden Age and New Wave of the mid-20th century; and 3) cyberpunk and the contemporary. Each week will offer historical context, deep dives on key texts, and critical frameworks for interpreting science fiction in relation to technology and society.

If you've always dreamed of learning to speak French but found it too fast to understand, or been frustrated in the process, this class is for you. We will begin by gentle and slow pronunciation and work up to full sentences, and finally dialogues, taking it easy, and making a lot of room for questions so you can build confidence and comfort in your speech process. It's never too late to follow your dreams to speak and communicate in French. We will enjoy some virtual regional travel too!

Suggested reading: Rick Steve's French for Travel

 

 

 

This class will take a chronological look at each of the thirty-six films that Steven Spielberg has directed, from his first, “Duel,” to his iconic blockbusters, such as “E.T. – The Extra Terrestrial.” The course will also explore lesser-known Spielberg films, and his award-winning dramas, such as “Schindler’s List," providing an appreciation for the work of Steven Spielberg and why he has been a most impactful filmmaker across multiple generations.

Join us for a captivating online course where we'll explore the fascinating stories behind popular songs that hold a special place in the hearts of the artists who created them but did not necessarily become their most well-known hits. We’ll also unveil how some songs took on new meanings and styles when covered by other artists, who made those songs their own. Through a combination of anecdotes, rare archival contents and audiovisuals, we'll uncover the secrets behind amazing songs

What languages are spoken in Europe? The first ones that come to mind are the large national languages like French, German, English, Spanish, and Italian. But there are over 400 languages currently spoken on that continent, and in this course we will explore some of lesser-known tongues. In doing so, we will discover some stunning, if rarely-visited, destinations across Europe and will learn about the history and culture of different groups inhabiting the continent.

This course will explore such issues emphasizing critical analysis, spotting the issues, identifying the implications and attempting to reconcile within the applicable frameworks whether legal, diplomatic, national security, human rights and/ or otherwise.

Artists such as Jim Morrison, Miriam Makeba, Bob Dylan, and Nina Simone transformed pop music in the 1960s, but they did not do so without a fight. Rather, they were confronted at key turns by forces within the status quo who pushed back against them. This course charts work of these artists and the opposition they encountered amid the unprecedented upheaval of the tumultuous sixties. Through the use of previously unreleased FBI files and other extensive research it will bring to light the unexp