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Six classes will cover short stories, which have become modern classics, from 1899 to 1967, from the turn of the twentieth century to the apex of the Black Arts Movement. Selected stories exemplify an evolution in style and gender from Charles Chesnutt through James Baldwin to Alice Walker. The text list includes a provocative emphasis for conversation. Each author provides two signatory tales. Charles Chesnutt, "Wife of His Youth"; (1899) (Prioritize past, present, or future?); James Baldwin, "Going to Meet the Man" (1965) (Promote a legacy of beauty or of social change?); Alice Walker, "In Love and Trouble" (1973). (Which young woman merits the trust to inherit and pass on [Toni Morrison's phrase) the family's wealth)? The course encourages senior conversations about the wisest legacy for future generations.
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Fee: $57.00
Capacity Remaining: 6
Dates: 3/7/2023 - 4/11/2023
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Sessions: 6
Days: Tu
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Instructor: Dr. R Baxter Miller
Building: River's Crossing
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Agatha Christie is the world's best selling author of mystery novels. This presentation will cover Christie's life and career development. Ms. Christie worked as a pharmacy assistant in British hospitals during World Wars 1 and 2. She learned drug knowledge that she then incorporated into many of her stories. This talk will cover many of the drugs featured in her mysteries and will emphasize those used for murder.
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Fee: $12.00
Capacity Remaining: 23
Dates: 3/24/2023 - 3/24/2023
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: F
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Instructor: Flynn Warren
Building: River's Crossing
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Agatha Christie is the world's best selling author of mystery novels. This presentation will cover Christie's life and career development. Ms. Christie worked as a pharmacy assistant in British hospitals during World Wars 1 and 2. She learned drug knowledge that she then incorporated into many of her stories. This talk will cover many of the drugs featured in her mysteries and will emphasize those used for murder.
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Fee: $12.00
Capacity Remaining: 95
Dates: 3/24/2023 - 3/24/2023
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: F
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Instructor: Flynn Warren
Building: Online via Zoom
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Best known as a beloved novelist and memoirist, internationally acclaimed author Pat Conroy (1945-2016) began his writing life wanting to be a poet. Over time, Conroy transitioned successfully to prose, incorporating the lyrical and descriptive elements he most admired in poetry. This presentation explores Conroy’s early forays in poetry, some of his influences and teachers, the poetic nature of his famous prose, and his lifelong love of reading poetry.
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Fee: $12.00
Capacity Remaining: 38
Dates: 4/14/2023 - 4/14/2023
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Sessions: 1
Days: F
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Instructor: Jonathan Haupt
Building: River's Crossing
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We read short items and selections from some of the world's best fiction and non-fiction. As well as interesting insights we strive for personal growth and social engagement. This year, 2022-2023, we will read the selections in the Great Books Foundation anthologies Modern American Poetry (978-1-880323-88-5, $26) and The Nature of Life, v.1 (ISBN 978-0-945159-72-8, $20). Used copies may be available on the Internet.
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Fee: $66.00
Capacity Remaining: 20
Dates: 2/8/2023 - 5/3/2023
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 7
Days: W
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Instructor: Bill Loughner
Building: River's Crossing
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This class will meet Wednesdays, February 8th and 22nd, March 8th and 22nd, April 5th and 19th, and May 3rd.
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We read short items and selections from some of the world's best fiction and non-fiction. As well as interesting insights we strive for personal growth and social engagement. This year, 2022-2023, we will read the selections in the Great Books Foundation anthologies Modern American Poetry (978-1-880323-88-5, $26) and The Nature of Life, v.1 (ISBN 978-0-945159-72-8, $20). Used copies may be available on the Internet.
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Fee: $66.00
Capacity Remaining: 96
Dates: 2/8/2023 - 5/3/2023
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 7
Days: W
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Instructor: Bill Loughner
Building: Online via Zoom
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This class will meet Wednesdays, February 8th and 22nd, March 8th and 22nd, April 5th and 19th, and May 3rd.
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The Korean Spirit and Culture Promotion Project (KSCPP) will provide instructions on how to read simple Korean alphabet in less than half an hour. The class will also provide an opportunity to learn about Korea's most respected historic figure, King Sejong the Great, the creator of the Korean alphabet. KSCPP will email class materials.
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Fee: $12.00
Capacity Remaining: 38
Dates: 2/20/2023 - 2/20/2023
Times: 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Sessions: 1
Days: M
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Instructor: Yoon Han
Building: River's Crossing
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The Korean Spirit and Culture Promotion Project (KSCPP) will provide instructions on how to read simple Korean alphabet in less than half an hour. The class will also provide an opportunity to learn about Korea's most respected historic figure, King Sejong the Great, the creator of the Korean alphabet. KSCPP will email class materials.
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Fee: $12.00
Capacity Remaining: 99
Dates: 2/20/2023 - 2/20/2023
Times: 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Sessions: 1
Days: M
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Instructor: Yoon Han
Building: Online via Zoom
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This class will trace the debate over the nature and role of women in America during eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century America. The three main "voices" in this debate were conservative (women were to be domestic, pure, pious), liberal (women should have rights equal to men), and radical (marriage should be abolished). But a covert "cult of passion" arose in response to all three of these arguments, suggesting that following one's feelings led to the highest virtue.
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Fee: $12.00
Capacity Remaining: 24
Dates: 3/15/2023 - 3/15/2023
Times: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Days: W
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Instructor: Patricia McAlexander
Building: River's Crossing
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Our fellow Athenian Will Leitch has written a highly acclaimed novel titled How Lucky, set in our hometown. It has been called "as suspenseful and funny as it is moving--an unforgettable story of a fiercely resilient young man, Daniel, living with a physical disability, and his efforts to solve a mystery unfolding right outside his door." Daniel lives on Agriculture Drive! Will Leitch will discuss his book and his remarkable writing career, which spans the worlds of fiction, journalism, and broadcasting. He'll also make some jokes and answer every question anyone has. You might want to pick up a copy of How Lucky at Avid and bring it to the luncheon for Will to sign.
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Fee: $33.00
Capacity Remaining: 45
Dates: 4/18/2023 - 4/18/2023
Times: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Sessions: 1
Days: Tu
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Instructor: Will Leitch
Building: Trumps Catering
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