Special Events | 4 |
Recipes to Live By: An Evening with Al Roker and Courtney Roker Laga in Conversation with Joy Bauer | 4 |
Author Visit: Lorraine Besser, The Art of the Interesting: What We Miss in Our Pursuit of the Good Life and How to Cultivate It (2024) | 5 |
Author Visit: Chris Whitaker, All the Colors of the Dark (2024) | 5 |
Author Visit: Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures (2022) | 6 |
Author Visit: Sierra Greer, Annie Bot (2024) | 6 |
Author Visit: Catherine Newman, Sandwich (2024) | 7 |
Author Visit: Alexandra Lapierre, | 7 |
Belle Greene, A Novel of America's Most Famous Librarian (2023) | 7 |
Author Visit: Alice Hoffman, When We Flew Away (2024) | 8 |
Author Visit: Daniel M. Lavery, Women's Hotel (2024) | 8 |
Author Visit: Beena Kamlani, The English Problem (2025) | 9 |
Author Visit: Julie Averbach, The Art of Trader Joe's (2024) | 9 |
Author Visit: Vicki Valosik, Swimming Pretty: | 10 |
The Untold Story of Women in Water (2024) | 10 |
Author Visit: Danielle Friedman, Let’s Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World (2022) | 11 |
Author Visit: Ava Purkiss, | 11 |
Fit Citizens: A History of Black Women’s Exercise from Post-Reconstruction to Postwar America (2023) | 11 |
Walking Tours | 12 |
Art Appreciation | 16 |
Walking Tour: European Wing | 16 |
at the Met | 16 |
Walking Tour: Modern Wing at the Met | 16 |
Walking Tour: American Wing | 16 |
at the Met | 16 |
Walking Tour: Mexican Prints at the Vanguard at the Met | 17 |
Walking Tour: Siena, the Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 at the Met | 17 |
Walking Tour: Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature at the Met | 17 |
Harlem Renaissance and Beyond | 18 |
Masterpieces of French Art from the Medieval Era to the Modern Age | 19 |
Walking Tour: Collecting Inspiration: | 20 |
Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co. at the Met | 20 |
Walking Tour: Andy Warhol and Andrew Wyeth Exhibits | 20 |
at the Bruce Museum | 20 |
Walking Tour: Print Center New York and FLAG Art Foundation | 20 |
Walking Tour: Make Way for Berthe Weill at the Grey Art Museum | 21 |
Walking Tour: Mondays at the Met | 21 |
Walking Tour: Flight Into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876 to Now at Met | 22 |
Walking Tour: Harmony and Dissonance: | 22 |
Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930 at the Guggenheim | 22 |
Walking Tour: Monstrous Beauty: | 22 |
A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie at the Met | 22 |
Walking Tour: The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt at the Jewish Museum | 23 |
Walking Tour: Draw Them In, Paint Them Out: | 23 |
Trenton Doyle Hancock Confronts Philip Guston at the Jewish Museum | 23 |
Walking Tour: The Way I See It: Selections from the KAWS Collection | 23 |
at the Drawing Center | 23 |
Walking Tour: Contemporary Galleries of New York City | 24 |
Walking Tour: Elizabeth Catlett at the Brooklyn Museum | 24 |
Venice Biennale Virtual Tour | 24 |
Walking Tour: Tribeca, New York's Hottest Gallery District | 24 |
Walking Tour: Galleries of Chelsea | 25 |
Walking Tour: Greenpoint Art Excursion, North Brooklyn Renaissance | 25 |
Walking Tour: Lower East Side Art Scene | 25 |
Walking Tour: Fashionable Upper East Side | 25 |
Virtual Tour: TISH--Shabbat Tablescapes at Mishkan Museum of Art in Israel | 26 |
John Singer Sargent and the Gilded Age | 26 |
Black American Artists Amy Sherald, | 26 |
Kerry James Marshall, and Kehinde Wiley | 26 |
Georgia O’Keeffe from New York to New Mexico | 27 |
Edward Hopper, Reginald Marsh, George Bellows, the New York of Dreams and Reality | 27 |
Winslow Homer’s America | 27 |
Manet, Renoir, and the Art of the Impressionists | 27 |
Architecture | 28 |
Walking Tour: Greenwich Village, West of Fifth Avenue | 28 |
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Walking Tour: Privately Owned Public Spaces in the Financial District | 28 |
Walking Tour: Stone Facades, Modern and Neo-Traditional Architecture on the Upper East Side | 28 |
Walking Tour: Financial District | 29 |
Walking Tour: Southern End of Riverside Drive | 29 |
Monuments and Sculptures of Riverside Park | 29 |
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Walking Tour: Chelsea During Halloween | 30 |
Walking Tour: Central Park During | 30 |
Fall Foliage | 30 |
Walking Tour: Gilded Age Mansions of the Upper East Side During Holiday Season | 30 |
Walking Tour: Grand Central Terminal | 31 |
Walking Tour: Farley Post Office and | 31 |
Penn Station's Moynihan Train Hall | 31 |
History and Culture | 32 |
France's Influence in America | 32 |
Italy's Influence in America | 33 |
Food History of New York City | 33 |
Role of Museums in American History | 34 |
Holiday Traditions in New York City | 34 |
Walking Tour: Wonderful Women of Greenwich Village | 34 |
Walking Tour: NYC Immigration's Many Waves | 34 |
Walking Tour: Real Clothes, Real Lives at the New York Historical | 35 |
Walking Tour: Women of Woodlawn Cemetery | 35 |
Current Events and Politics | 36 |
Let's Talk Current Events: Topics in the News | 36 |
Moral Dilemmas, Case Studies in Justice, Ethics, and Morality | 36 |
American Presidency, a Critical Analysis | 37 |
Supreme Court Preview | 37 |
Myths and Facts about the Deglobalizing World Economy | 38 |
Demystifying the International Monetary Fund (IMF) | 38 |
Literature, Film, Theater, and Television | 39 |
Walking Tour: Franz Kafka at the Morgan Library and Museum | 39 |
Belle da Costa Greene at the Morgan Library & Museum | 39 |
Walking Tour | 39 |
Museum Preview | 39 |
Book Discussion: Be Ready When the Luck Happens (2024) by Ina Garten | 40 |
Swimming Lessons: Swimming and Aquatics in Popular Culture, Literature, and Life | 41 |
Book Discussion: Long Island Compromise (2024) by Taffy Brodesser-Akner | 41 |
BookTalk with Harriet Sobol | 42 |
Mommy Dearest: An Examination of Motherhood in Three Contemporary Novels | 45 |
Older Women in Contemporary Literature: Voices of Wit, Wisdom, Strength, and Sass | 45 |
Book Chat with Anna Katsavos | 46 |
Long Island (2024) by Colm Tóibín | 46 |
Book Discussion: The Rainbow (1915) by D.H. Lawrence, | 48 |
a Modernist Family Saga | 48 |
Book Discussion: Madame Bovary (1857) | 48 |
by Gustave Flaubert, After the Wedding Cake | 48 |
Book Discussion: Ivan Goncharov's Oblomov (1859), | 48 |
a Superfluous Man | 48 |
Book Discussion: Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina (1878), the Ultimate Novel | 49 |
of Men and Women | 49 |
Book Discussion: D. H. Lawrence’s Women In Love (1920), Sisters and Husbands | 49 |
Book Discussion: Jane Eyre (1847) by Charlotte Brontë | 49 |
Shylock, Barabas, and Antisemitism | 50 |
Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing | 50 |
Celebrated Canadian Short Stories | 51 |
Literary Voices of Appalachia | 51 |
Remarkable Short Stories | 51 |
Film Discussion of Movies Playing at Jacob Burns Film Center | 52 |
Film Discussion: Martha (2024) | 52 |
Fifty Years of Steven Spielberg's Magic | 53 |
Writing | 54 |
Finding Your Voice through Memoir Writing | 54 |
Writing with Your Senses | 54 |
Moments in Time Writing Workshop | 54 |
Music Appreciation | 55 |
Music of the Fifties | 55 |
Pianist Cristiana Pegoraro in Concert | 55 |
Poetry of Joni Mitchell | 56 |
Beyond Beethoven: A Thousand Years of Music | 56 |
Performing Arts | 57 |
Ring Your Bell for Beginners | 57 |
Ring Your Bell I | 57 |
Ring Your Bell II | 57 |
Group Piano Lessons for Beginner & Intermediate Students | 58 |
Learn to Play the Violin | 58 |
Learn to Play the Cello | 58 |
Learn to Play the Guitar | 59 |
Learn to Play the Ukulele for Beginners | 59 |
Joy of Singing | 60 |
Acting and Improv | 60 |
Arts & Crafts | 61 |
Drawing: Deconstructing the Face | 61 |
Drawing the Face | 61 |
Introduction to Graphite Pencil Drawing | 61 |
Drawing Landscape and Nature with Graphite Pencils | 62 |
Drawing Landscape and Nature in Color with Graphite Pencils, Colored Pencils, and Watercolor Paint | 62 |
Drawing Meditations in Nature | 62 |
Zen Design Drawing | 63 |
Realistic Drawing | 63 |
Landscape Painting with Hard and Oil Pastels | 63 |
Watercolor Painting | 64 |
Watercolor Painting | 64 |
Painting Botanicals in Watercolor | 64 |
Watercolor Intensive | 64 |
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Painting Wet into Wet | 65 |
Painting the Landscape | 65 |
Mixed Media Abstract Painting | 65 |
Drawing and Acrylic Painting | 66 |
Introduction to Classical Oil Painting | 66 |
Beginner and Intermediate Oil Painting | 66 |
Open Studio Painting for All Levels | 67 |
Plein Air Painting | 67 |
Art of Mandalas for Self-Discovery and Growth | 67 |
Painting with Pastels | 68 |
Pastel Painting: Landscapes, Still Life, and Flowers | 68 |
Cultivating a Connection with Art: Charcoal and Pastels | 68 |
Cultivating a Connection with Art: Drawing, Oil Pastels, and Oil Sticks | 68 |
Express Yourself Through Collage | 69 |
Painting with Brilliant Colored Paper | 69 |
Collage Creation | 69 |
Create Handmade Greeting Cards | 70 |
Pop-Forward Greeting Cards | 70 |
Sculpting with Air Dry Clay | 70 |
Monoprinting with Gelli Plates | 70 |
Paper Quilling | 71 |
Basics of Bargello | 71 |
Origami Gift Boxes | 71 |
Knitting for All Levels | 72 |
Advanced Beginner Knitting | 72 |
Weaving for Your Kitchen | 73 |
Weave a Waste Basket | 73 |
Weave a Heart Basket | 73 |
Hobbies and Edutainment | 74 |
Introduction to | 74 |
Digital Photography | 74 |
Digital Photography: | 74 |
Starting Your Journey | 74 |
Intermediate to Advanced Digital Photography | 74 |
Photo Editing with Adobe Lightroom Classic | 75 |
Introduction to iPhone Photography | 75 |
New Features in Apple's Photos App with iPhone's iOS18 | 75 |
Computers, Technology, and the Internet | 76 |
Create Photo Books with Canva, Shutterfly, or Mixbook | 76 |
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Introduction to AI and ChatGPT | 76 |
Intermediate ChatGPT | 76 |
Mastering Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace | 77 |
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Spreadsheet Basics Using Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets | 77 |
Presentation Basics Using Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides | 77 |
Word Processing Basics Using Microsoft Word and Google Docs | 77 |
Introduction to Cloud Storage Using Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive | 77 |
Natural Sciences | 78 |
The Solar System | 78 |
The Stars | 78 |
Galaxies and the Universe | 78 |
Home and Garden | 79 |
Step by Step Guide to House Renovating | 79 |
Buyer Beware: Demystifying Home Buying | 79 |
Financial and Retirement Planning | 80 |
How Money Works | 80 |
Investing at Retirement | 80 |
Life After Work: How to Prepare a Good Life in Retirement | 81 |
How Tax Planning Changes Through Four Stages of Retirement | 81 |
Games | 82 |
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Beginner Bridge | 82 |
Advanced Beginner Bridge | 82 |
Intermediate Bridge | 82 |
Bridge: Supervised Play | 83 |
Beginner Canasta | 84 |
Canasta Strategies: Aces, Sevens, and Special Hands | 84 |
Thursday, December 5 • 10:30am-12:30pm • Shaarei Tikvah • Course 12956 • $28 | 84 |
Canasta: Supervised Play | 85 |
Cribbage: Basic Rules, Gameplay, and Strategy | 86 |
Let's Play Mah Jongg: | 87 |
Beginner Series | 87 |
Let's Play Mah Jongg: | 87 |
Supervised Play | 87 |
Food and Beverage | 88 |
Cooking with Renee Cohen: Greenmarket to Grill | 88 |
Holiday Cooking with Renee Cohen | 89 |
Hearty Winter Fare with Renee Cohen | 89 |
Everyday Healthy Cooking with Renee Cohen | 89 |
Culinary Walking Tour: | 90 |
Multi-Ethnic Cuisine of Astoria | 90 |
Culinary Walking Tour: Arthur Avenue | 90 |
Culinary Walking Tour: Bushwick's Street Art and Culinary Scene | 91 |
Culinary Walking Tour: Industry City | 91 |
Culinary Walking Tour: Chinatown | 91 |
Fitness and Dance | 92 |
Fit Blast: Cardio, Strength, and Abs | 92 |
Total Body Workout with Bands | 92 |
Body Sculpting | 92 |
Sit and Be Fit: Chair-Based Body Sculpting | 93 |
Walk 15® | 93 |
Movement to Music | 94 |
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Ballroom Dancing: Salsa and Bachata | 95 |
Learn the Hustle | 95 |
Line Dancing | 95 |
Postural Therapy Movement | 96 |
Restorative Stretch, a Proactive Approach to Stress and Pain | 96 |
Gentle Yoga | 97 |
Essential Yoga | 97 |
MELT Method for Active Adults | 97 |
Health, Wellness, and Personal Growth | 98 |
Capture the Crowd | 98 |
Nutrition Guidance for Menopause | 98 |
Supplements to Support Aging | 98 |
Gut Health Tips | 98 |
Ecstatic Dance for the New Moon | 99 |
Book Discussion and Workshop: | 99 |
The Way of Integrity (2021) | 99 |
by Martha Beck | 99 |
Taste and Talk | 100 |
Sex Matters, Brain, and Body | 100 |
Volunteering to Make A Difference | 100 |
Living with ADHD | 100 |
Vision Board Workshop | 100 |
Languages | 101 |
Beginner Spanish | 101 |
Advanced Beginner Spanish | 101 |
Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Spanish | 102 |
Intermediate Spanish | 102 |
Intermediate to Advanced Spanish | 102 |
Advanced Spanish | 103 |
Conversational Spanish | 103 |
Intermediate to Advanced Conversational Spanish | 103 |
Advanced Conversational Spanish | 103 |
Conversational French | 104 |
Conversational Italian | 104 |
Beginner Portuguese | 105 |
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Beginner German | 105 |
Intermediate German | 105 |
American Sign Language (ASL) | 106 |
Support Our School | 107 |
Our Team | 107 |
Campaign 2023 Honor Roll | 108 |
General Information | 110 |
Registration Information | 111 |
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Register By Mail Form | 112 |
Index of Classes By Day of the Week | 113 |
Monday | 113 |
Tuesday | 114 |
Wednesday | 116 |
Thursday | 119 |
Friday | 120 |
Saturday | 121 |
Index by Time of Day | 122 |
Morning Classes (starting before 12:00pm) | 122 |
Afternoon Classes (starting between 12:00pm and 5:59pm) | 127 |
Evening Classes (starting at 6:00pm and on) | 130 |
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