3 - 4 session courses = $35
5 - 6 session courses = $45
Valid January 1, 2010 - August 31, 2010
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"THE LAST DAYS OF SOCRATES"
Course Instructor: Bernard Dumoff
MONDAYS
Dates: Nov. 8, 15, 22, 29, Dec. 6, 13
Time: 10:30am - 12 noon Fee: $52.00 including course workbook Course Number: FMAM 6
The works of Plato will be reviewed, discussed and dissected. Participants will gain a greater understanding of the philosopher whose thoughts have formed the basis of Western philosophy for over two thousand years. We will read and discuss Plato's "Apology" the Trial of Socrates, "Crito" the Imprisonment of Socrates, and the "Phaedo", Socrates Death. Of all of the Plato Socratic dialogues, these three books are the only insight we have into Socrates the man. Recognized as the great philosopher he was, his words and thinking have become the bedrock of Western philosophy, as pertinent today as it was 2500 years ago.
"FROM MEMORIES TO MEMOIRS: THE ART OF WRITING"
Course Instructor: Barbara Cronie
MONDAYS
Dates: November 8, 15, 22, 29 Dec. 6, 13
2:00pm- 3:30pm Fee: $45.00 Course Number: FM 6
Capture those special memories forever by writing essays that describe your life and events! Whether you want to share them with family and friends or take them to a higher level and get published, you will learn the following topics:
o The difference between autobiography and memoir
o Why the essay form fits this style of writing
o How to write an interesting essay
o How to develop a writing process that works for you
o How to use creative techniques to improve your writing
o How to use constructive criticism to rewrite
You can bring in writing material you've already started and want opinions or you can start from day one with the first assignment. Either way it's time to organize your memories. Each session includes a short lecture, students writing or reading aloud, and the call and instructor offering constructive criticism.
"HEROES, HEROINES & LEGENDS: TRAVEL THROUGH FLORIDA'S HISTORY"
Course Instructor: Roberta Sandler
TUESDAYS
Dates: November 9, 16, 23
Time: 2:00pm-3:30pm Fee: $35.00 Course Number: FTU 3
Meet entrepreneurs, celebrities, soldiers, educators and others who left their footprints on Florida's past. From conquistadors Ponce de Leon and Hernando de Soto; hotel and railroad baron Henry Flagler; and U. S. Presidents Zachary Taylor and Andrew Jackson to cracker cowboys, barefoot mailmen, pioneer women and icons such as Jackie Robinson, Ernest Hemingway and John Ringling, this course transports you through 500 years of Florida history.
The course peeks at Florida's Spanish/Scottish/British/Jewish history; Seminole War and Civil War battle sites; historic homes where Florida's early residents lived; resort hotels where society's elite vacationed; and plantations where cotton was king. Here are the people, places and moments that transformed Florida from a mosquito-infested swampland into a semi-tropical haven. This is offbeat, lesser known, fascinating Florida. (Suggested reading - "A Brief Guide to Florida's Monuments and Memorials" by Roberta Sandler Publisher - University Press)
"A WAY TO SEE THE WORLD: FROM TEXAS TO TRANSYLVANIA WITH A MAVERICK TRAVELER"
Course Instructor: Thomas Swick
TUESDAYS
Dates: November 9, 16, 23
Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm Fee: $35.00 Course Number: FTPM 3
Using his collection of essays and stories from, "A Way to See the World: From Texas to Transylvania with a Maverick Traveler," former Sun- Sentinel travel editor, author, and world-traveler Thomas Swick, reveals how three important things can help make your travel experience more interesting and enjoyable.
1. Learn what to read before you travel
2. Learn how to choose the right travel destination (often the less obvious or popular choice)
3. Learn how to observe carefully and interact thoughtfully when you travel
This is an opportunity to hear from an expert about - Unusual modes of travel transportation; How to Travel in the United States; How to Travel Abroad; How to Take a Literary Journey; and How to Travel in the State of Florida.
(Suggested reading: "A Way to See the World: From Texas to Transylvania with a Maverick Traveler")
"PHOTOGRAPHY 101"
Course Instructor: Stuart Freedman
TUESDAYS
Dates: November 30, Dec. 7, 14, 21
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm Fee: $35.00 Course Number: FTPM4
Nothing compares to the thrill of taking professional looking photographs. This is a comprehensive, hands-on introduction to photography, from stops and shutter speeds to equipment and ethics. Step-by-step you'll learn how to operate a camera to achieve maximum creativity. Topics will include shutter speeds, F-stops, metering, camera selection, film versus digital cameras, the parts of a camera and how it works, camera maintenance and photo composition and lighting.Participants are encouraged to bring their cameras and materials to work on.
"RELIGION AFTER 9/11: JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM IN HISTORY'S CRUCIBLE"
Course Instructor: Dr. Alan Berger
WEDNESDAYS
Dates: November 10, 17, Dec. 8
Time: 2:00pm-3:30pm Fee: $35.00 Course Number: FW 3
This course examines the relationships among the Abrahamic faiths after
9/11. What has changed and what remains unchanged? Can normative teachings of peace and harmony overcome the hatred of fanaticism? Where are we, and where do we go from here?
Objectives:
1. To gain accurate knowledge of the Abrahamic traditions.
2. To dispel ignorance about the Other.
3. To better understand what steps religion can take to help in achieving a more peaceful world.
SPECIAL-FORMAT COURSE: "CURRENT MEDIASCAPES"
WEDNESDAYS
Time: 6:00pm -7:30pm
Dates: November 10, 17, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22
Fee: $45.00 Course Number: FWPM 6
This course will offer a survey of the vast, ubiquitous mediascape we inhabit today. What has changed over the last two decades? How have these changes influenced more traditional media, the nature of journalism, and our understanding of broadcasting? Is there a future for newspapers? Does social networking kill journalism? Has the media spectacle invaded every field of experience from the economy, to culture and everyday life, to politics and war? Six experts will present their perspectives on and insights into media developments:
*November 10-"The Effects and Consequences - Another Current Political Subject; Another Media Spectacle" Jacobo Goldstein Contributor,CNN television and radio and White House Correspondent
*November 17-"The Future of Local News" Rhonda Swan Editorial Writer, Columnist, Palm Beach Post
*December 1-"Journalism in Transition" Kingsley Guy Columnist, Sun-Sentinel, Former Editorial Page Editor
*December 8-"Why This Man Matters - Norman Cousins" Spencer Grin, Ph.D. Lawyer, Author, Publisher, Educator
*December 15-"Not Extinct Yet: The Modern Newspaper and Your Role as a Citizen Journalist" Antonio Fins Editorial Page Editor, Sun- Sentinel, Former Correspondent for Business Week
*December 22-Manny Muñoz "Does News Radio Have A Future?" Executive Producer - South Florida's First News with Jimmy Cefalo, News Radio 610 WIOD.
MUSEUM OF ART - FORT LAUDERDALE ART SERIES
THURSDAYS
Time: 2:00pm -3:30pm
Dates: November 18, December 2, 9
Fee: $35.00 Course Number: FTH3
This series will feature highly knowledgeable, museum-trained docents from the Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University. Each class will give the participants an in-depth visual experience, including many of the art's most important masterworks. The unique and colorful personal histories of the artists will be discussed in the context of their art
"GETTING TO KNOW THE FRENCH IMPRESSIONISTS"
Date: November 18
Part of the romance of Impressionism comes from the stories of uphill struggles against the Academic painters and critics who dominated 19th-century French art, only to be swept into obscurity by the artists they had scorned. During the final decades of the 20th-century, a number of politically oriented critics began to argue that far from being radicals, the Impressionists appealed to bourgeois tastes partly because their technique was easy to digest and their subject matter inoffensive. After early harsh criticism, the innovative work of French artists including Pissarro, Degas, Manet, and Renoir, eventually resulted in one of the most popular art movements in history. Learn why and how this happened.
"WHO ARE THE MAJOR POST-IMPRESSIONISTS?"
Date: December 2
The Post-Impressionist period came when several of the Impressionist painters wanted to expand the original concept of light and the ever changing effect on color. The Post - Impressionists aspired to find more depth in the roles of color, form and solidity in painting. Five celebrated European artists - Paul Cezanne, George Seurat, Paul Gauguin, Vincent Van Gogh, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec will be discussed and their works examined. All these artists aimed to portray emotion and intellect in addition to imagery. Learn how they succeeded in expressing more than a visual interpretation in their art.
"AMERICAN CHRONICLES: THE ART OF NORMAN ROCKWELL"
Date: December 9
One of the most popular American artists of the past century, Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) was a keen observer of human nature and a gifted storyteller. For nearly seven decades, while history was in the making all around him, Rockwell chronicled our changing society in the small details and nuanced scenes of ordinary people in everyday life. He provided a personalized interpretation of American identity. Take a nostalgic look back at America's iconic illustrator, featuring some of his most famous Saturday Evening Post covers and civil rights illustrations.
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