Scarsdale Adult School Catalog Fall/Winter 2024-25
Literature, Film, Theater, and Television Walking Tour: Franz Kafka at the Morgan Library and Museum
Running November 22, 2024 through April 13, 2025, the Morgan Library and Museum's exhibit on Franz Kafka presents an extraordinary collection
relating to this immensely influential author who penned a relatively small body of work, dying of tuberculosis in 1924 at the age of forty. Highlights include the original manuscript of The Metamorphosis , manuscripts of Amerika and The Castle , letters and postcards to his sister Ottla, personal diaries where he also composed fiction such as his short story, "The Judgment," notebooks used while studying Hebrew, and family photographs. In addition to the biographical materials, the display includes items relating to his posthumous fame, including Andy Warhol's portrait of Kafka that appeared in the 1980 series Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century .
HELENLEE is an independent art educator, conducting research and crafting personal, customizable, in-person and virtual gallery experiences for adults and children at several museums. She studied art history as an undergraduate and graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with areas of concentration in Asian Art and Modern Art. Thursday, December 5 • 1:00pm-2:30pm • Morgan Library and Museum • Course 12746 • $85
Book Discussion: Be Ready When the Luck Happens (2024) by Ina Garten Discuss bestselling cookbook author Ina Garten’s acclaimed new memoir, Be Ready When the Luck Happens (2024). The long-awaited personal account from the cultural icon known as the Barefoot Contessa is an intimate yet entertaining story suited for readers hungry for a seat at her bountiful table. Garten’s gift is to make everything look easy yet all her achievements have been the result of hard work, bold choices, and exquisite attention to detail. The book brings her past and her entrepreneurial process to life in her
inimitable voice, chronicling decades of personal challenges, adventures, and unexpected career twists. From a difficult childhood to meeting the love of her life, leaving her White House job to become the owner of a small gourmet shop, and springboarding that decision on the way to becoming a famous cookbook author and TV show host, Garten has blazed her own trail. Participants should read or listen to the memoir before class. LORI ROTSKOFF (see bio for “Swimming Lessons: Swimming and Aquatics in Popular Culture, Literature, and Life”). Book Discussion and Breakfast*: Friday, November 22 • 10:15am-12:00pm • Beach Point Club • Course 12896 • $50 *Enjoy a hearty Continental breakfast in a club setting overlooking Long Island Sound. Menu includes make-your-own yogurt parfaits with granola & other toppings, fresh fruit, hard-boiled eggs, mini pastries, coffee, tea, and orange juice. A portion of the proceeds from this event will be donated to the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Hunger Taskforce. Book Discussion Online: Tuesday, December 10 • 11:00am-12:30pm • Zoom • Course 12920 • $30
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