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Summer Term 2023 online course registration will begin Monday, April 10. Phone Registration will begin Monday, April 17.

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Beginning Level French: Everyday Vocabulary
In this 10-week beginning level course, our focus will be on building up a bank of everyday vocabulary. Supporting grammar structures will also be presented to allow participants to learn how to apply those words to communicate across a variety of situations.

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Instructor: Cathleen Sendek-Sapp Fee: $0.00
Dates: 5/16/2023 - 8/1/2023 Days: Tu Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Sessions: 10
THIS IS A TEN WEEK COURSE

THIS CLASS WILL MEET OVER ZOOM
This class will be held on May 16, 23, 30; June 6, 13, 27; July 11, 18, 25 and Aug 1.

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Great American Orations
Before social media, Americans found inspiration and challenges from such talented public speakers as Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Eleanor Roosevelt, Frederick Douglass, Eugene V. Debs, and Clarence Darrow. These speakers and their speeches will be considered in historical context.
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Instructor: John Burt Fee: $0.00
Dates: 5/16/2023 - 6/13/2023 Days: Tu Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Sessions: 5
THIS CLASS WILL MEET OVER ZOOM
This class will meet on May 16, 23, 30; June 6 and 13.

History of Italian Cuisine: Traditions and Origins
This course is an introduction to Italian history and culture through the lens of Italian cuisine and its role in literature, historical texts, visual arts, and film. Members will examine the history of food culture and its sociocultural and socioeconomic impacts from antiquity to contemporary Italy.

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Instructor: Cinzia Delfini Fee: $0.00
Dates: 5/16/2023 - 6/6/2023 Days: Tu Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Sessions: 4
THIS IS A FOUR-WEEK COURSE

THIS CLASS WILL MEET OVER ZOOM
This class will meet on May 16, 23, 30 and June 6.

Landscape Photography
In this highly interactive course, members will learn landscape composition, exposure, lenses, depth-of-field, lighting, timing, HDR, photo editing, photographing different seasons, dealing with flare, shooting in snow, and much more.
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Instructor: Eli Vega Fee: $0.00
Dates: 5/16/2023 - 6/13/2023 Days: Tu Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Sessions: 5
THIS CLASS WILL MEET OVER ZOOM
This class will meet on May 16, 23, 30; June 6 and 13.

Deceit, Treachery, and Revenge
This course will look at an interesting group of fictions, all of which have an intimate relation to Thomas Middleton’s 1607 drama The Revenger’s Tragedy. This bloody Jacobean circus of a play dramatizes the return of Vindici, a wronged man who is at the same time a sort of antic homicidal moralist. The course will then turn to a group of works significantly influenced by The Revenger’s Tragedy: Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Roger Zelazny’s Amber Cycle, and George Miller’s Mad Max Fury Road. Critical topics discussed will include the ins and outs of revenge tragedy, strange and often lurid gender and sexual politics, mixtures and mutual thefts between artistic genres, and questions of artistic influence. In particular, the course will consider the revenger as a paradoxical character at once moral, reflective, and capable of a kind of joyous brutality.
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Instructor: Jeff Aziz Fee: $0.00
Dates: 5/16/2023 - 6/13/2023 Days: Tu Times: 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM Sessions: 5
THIS CLASS WILL MEET IN-PERSON
This class will meet on May 16, 23, 30; June 6 and 13.

U.S. Civil War
This course looks at the U.S. Civil War from all aspects, including the causes, the outcomes and significance of the main battles, the personalities of the participants, and the death of Abraham Lincoln less than a week after the war ended. The course educates the members on this significant event in our history through lectures, slides, and discussion.
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Instructor: David Albert Fee: $0.00
Dates: 5/16/2023 - 6/20/2023 Days: Tu Times: 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM Sessions: 6
THIS CLASS WILL MEET IN-PERSON
This class will meet on May 16, 23, 30; June 6, 13 and 20.

Advanced Intermediate French Exploration: Miscellaneous Topics
This course is designed for those who have taken several French courses and are interested in strengthening their comprehension skills. Each week’s lesson centers on a selected topic with the goal of building and recalling useful vocabulary. The class is conducted, for the most part, in French. No text is required.

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Instructor: Cathleen Sendek-Sapp Fee: $0.00
Dates: 5/16/2023 - 8/1/2023 Days: Tu Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Sessions: 10
THIS IS A TEN-WEEK COURSE

THIS CLASS WILL MEET OVER ZOOM
This class will be held on May 16, 23, 30; June 6, 13, 27; July 11, 18, 25 and Aug 1.

Great Summer Gardening Begins Now!
Pittsburgh's garden guru Doug Oster is back to help members have their best garden ever this summer. Doug will cover soil preparation, composting, planting, and garden tips and tricks he has picked up over 40 years of playing in the dirt. "Gardening should be fun," he says, and that is what he strives to share in every class.
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Instructor: Doug Oster Fee: $0.00
Dates: 5/16/2023 - 6/13/2023 Days: Tu Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Sessions: 5
THIS CLASS WILL MEET OVER ZOOM
This class will meet on May 16, 23, 30; June 6 and 13.

English Country Dance for Beginners
This class begins by teaching the basic figures used in English country dancing and practices them in the context of beautiful historic and modern dance compositions. Members will explore the grace, elegance, and playfulness of this dance form (think of Pride & Prejudice). No partner or experience necessary. Participants will regularly switch partners in our dance sessions. Be prepared for physical, mental, and social stimulation! The focus will be on dancing and enjoying moving with the music.
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Instructor: Gaye Fifer Fee: $0.00
Dates: 5/16/2023 - 6/13/2023 Days: Tu Times: 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM Sessions: 5
THIS CLASS WILL MEET IN-PERSON
This class will meet on May 16, 23, 30; June 6 and 13.

Feminist Political Thought: Early and Modern
This course will examine elements of the "three waves" of Western feminist political thought, focusing on the intersection of ideas raised in the theories with political questions and concepts. The course will be a refresher for students familiar with the topic and an entry point for those who have not been exposed. Topics will include debunking of all the myths surrounding the "other F-word" that is feminism and focus on how democracy—a form of government that best maximizes freedom and equality, benefits from the theoretical inquires of both classic and modern feminist thinkers. The course will bridge the “three waves” and discuss further and contemporary inquires as well. Come find out why feminism is not just for women, it is a theory for everyone; and why people strive so hard to make us believe otherwise.
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Instructor: Andrew Lotz Fee: $0.00
Dates: 5/16/2023 - 6/13/2023 Days: Tu Times: 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM Sessions: 5
THIS CLASS WILL MEET IN-PERSON
This class will meet on May 16, 23, 30; June 6 and 13.

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