Friends of Snow Library

Present the 2019 Fall Session of the Lifetime Learning Program

Register at Snow Library or by mail or on-line. Registration begins September 3, 2019. Classes begin September 23.

Course information and registration forms are available on our website: www.friendsofsnowlibrary.org/lifetime-learning-program

Welcome to the

Lifetime Learning

Program

sponsored by

Friends of

Snow Library.

For over 30 years,

our mission

has been to provide

continuing

education

and cultural

enrichment.

Our program

has continually

grown and now

serves around

1400 registrants

each session.

Classes are held

at Snow Library

unless otherwise

noted. In case of

cancellation we

will try to notify

participants by

email or phone.

China: Growth vs. Stability; Eurasia; Vanishing Ice On the Margins of Things: Mary Oliver Handel, Master of the Baroque Pablo Picasso: The 20th Century's True Artistic Genius The Case of the Woman Who Wanted to Die:

Introduction to Medical Ethics (November 18) Mystery Writers from Cape Cod Novels & Ideas: “Classics” Exotic Campaigns: Struggle for Kaiser’s African Colonies 1914-18 World War II: Dropping the Atomic Bombs (October 15) America’s Misunderstood Presidents, Part Two: James K. Polk

(October 29) Fred Astaire & Irving Berlin: A Hollywood Film Collaboration Navigation: Past, Present, & Future All You’ll Ever Need to Know About Quantum Theory:

Schrodinger’s Cat, Bertlmann’s Socks, and All That Jazz Shakespearean Romance: The Winter’s Tale Crucial Choices: Diplomacy that Led to World War II Bringing Life & Meaning to Walking the Camino (November 6) Removing A President: The Impeachment Process (November 13) Looking Ahead to 2020 with Dan Wolf (November 20) Irish History: Pivotal Periods Equine Therapy Lyrics & Lyricists Playwright Arthur Miller's All My Sons:

A Theatre Director's Perspective Immigration Update (September 27) The Challenge to the Rule of Law & Other Democracy Values:

Can the Center Hold? (September 27) Irish Films The Ocean Twilight Zone & An Explorer’s Eye on the Deep Sea Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA

Search for Mind Control (November 8) 27 NEW COURSES TO EXPAND YOUR MIND

China: Growth vs. Stability; Eurasia; Vanishing Ice

Stewart Goodwin, B.A. Harvard University, Russian History, M.B.A. Columbia University

10:30 - 12:00 Three Classes:

September 23, 30, October 7 9/23: Growth vs. stability is China's

emerging challenge. Xi will tread a fine line keeping his country moving and his people happy.

9/30: Eurasia will be the area where China's economic dreams, the Belt and Road Initiative, confront political realities, Russia's and India's spheres of influence.

10/7: A major environmental challenge that China will grapple with is its vanishing ice. As glaciers that surround the Tibetan Plateau continue to melt it will affect most of China's rivers whose sources are in these glaciers.

On the Margins of Things:

Mary Oliver Kathie Dowd Gulotta,

Yoga teacher/massage therapist, B.S. UMass Amherst,

M.S. Wheelock College 1:30 - 3:00

Four Classes: September 30, October 7, 21, 28

In her award-winning poetry, Mary Oliver explored the fine line between the ordinary and the extraordinary. She de-scribed the visible natural world and suggested a gateway into the invisible realm. “Pay attention. Be amazed. Tell about it.” she announced, and so, we will sample selected poetry and prose from her 23 volumes.

Handel, Master of the Baroque Joseph Marchio, M.Div.,Yale Institute

of Sacred Music, M.A. Chorale Conducting, Boston Conservatory

10:30 - 12:00 Three Classes: October 21, 28,

November 4 The Baroque Period was one of exciting new forms of music, from the fugue to the concerto grosso and the oratorio to the opera. Its most famous composers stretch from Bach and Vivaldi to Purcell and Handel. Handel’s Messiah may be his most famous oratorio, but with his dramatic genius, he also composed the Water Music, operas, and a piece that has been played at every British royal coronation since George II.

MONDAY

TUESDAY

Mystery Writers from Cape Cod Cherie Bryan, MLS

10:30 - 12:00 Four Classes

September 24, October 1, 8, 22

From Phoebe Atwood Taylor in the 1930’s through #1 New York Times bestselling author Paul Kemprecos, the Cape has an abundance of excellent, award winning mystery writers. We’ll explore the varied styles and rich variety of mysteries by our local talent. 9/24: Phoebe Atwood Taylor -

“The Cape Cod Mystery” 10/1: Sally Gunning - “Fire Water” 10/8: Carol McCleary - “The Alchemy

of Murder” 10/22: Paul Kemprecos - “Shark Bait”

TUESDAY, CONT.

Pablo Picasso: the 20th Century's True Artistic Genius

Beth Stein, B.S., Indiana University,

M.A., Montclair State University. Art history presentations since 2008.

1:30 - 3:00 Two Classes:

November 4 & 18 Beth will discuss Picasso's life and art as well as the muses (and wife) who in-spired him. She will highlight important works from his Blue and Rose periods, his involvement with Cubism and his later works and legacy.

The Case of the Woman Who Wanted to Die:

Introduction to Medical Ethics

Marc D. Silverstein, MD FACP Retired Professor of Medicine,

Member of the Ethics Committees of Cape Cod & Falmouth Hospitals,

Author of 100+ peer-reviewed articles 10:30 - 12:00

One class - November 18 Presentation will use a patient’s illness to illustrate how decisions about patient care may result in uncertainty and con-flicts, and the role of medical ethics in assisting patients, families, and heath care providers in making decisions.

MONDAY, CONT.

Novels and Ideas: "Classics" Steve Bornemeier, M.A.,

Tulane University Jeff Bornemeier, B.A., Univ. of Denver

Alternate Tuesdays - 5:00 - 6:30 Four Classes:

October 1, 15, 29, November 12

Read, Think, Listen, Discuss. This is how literature should be enjoyed. 10/1: “Nostromo”, Joseph Conrad 10/15: “Sons & Lovers”, D.H. Lawrence 10/29: “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”,

Muriel Spark 11/12: “A House for Mr. Biswas”,

V.S. Naipaul

Exotic Campaigns: The Struggle for the Kaiser’s

African Colonies, 1914-18

Michael McNaught, B.A., M.A.,

Oxford University, M.A. Columbia University,

Military History and Theory of War 1:30 - 3:00

Three Classes: October 8, 15, 22

The conquest of Germany's four African colonies (Togoland, Cameroon, German Southwest Africa and German East Af-rica) was vital to the Allies' grand strategy. We’ll learn about these little-known theaters, introduce colorful leaders and Germany's only undefeated WWI general, cover the longest naval engagement in history, plus the amazing flight of the Zeppelin L59. 10/8: How Germany acquired colonies

in Africa. Conquest of Cameroon. 10/15:Fighting in German Southwest

Africa & 20th century genocide 10/22:German East Africa & guerilla

warfare in the bush

World War II: Dropping

the Atomic Bombs David Culver,

Retired history professor, Bridgewater State University

10:30 - 12:00 One Class - October 15

David will discuss the background and causes of the U.S. decision to use atomic bombs in World War II.

All You’ll Ever Need to Know About Quantum Theory:

Schrodinger’s Cat, Bertlmann’s Socks, and All That Jazz

David Fisher, Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics

1:30 - 3:00 Five Classes:

September 25, October 2, 9, 16, 23

We disentangle the facts from the mys-teries of the quantum world, with no math but with Einstein, time travel, spooky action, and how the weird quan-tum is serving us today.

Shakespearean Romance: The Winter’s Tale

Kerry Brown, BA Colgate University, Ph.D. Univ. of Delaware

10:30 - 12:00 Four Classes:

October 9, 16, 23, 30

This play, one of Shakespeare’s last, is also one of his most moving, powerful, and innovative. Class sessions will int-errelate two (or more) film versions of the play with active discussions. We will also explore the development of Shake-speare’s career and its culmination in this tragic-comic masterpiece. Kerry Brown taught Shakespeare to high school students for 45 years and more recently to adults for the last 16 years in the Eldredge Public Library and Snow Library.

Crucial Choices: Diplomacy that Led to World War II

Russ Leng, Political Science professor, Middlebury College and at

Academy of Lifetime Learning Cape Cod Community College

1:30 - 3:00 Three Classes:

October 30, November 6, 13

This course will focus on the diplomacy between Britain and Germany, the U. S. and Britain, and the gradual U.S. move from neutrality to war. It also looks at the failed negotiations between Japan and the U.S. that led to Pearl Harbor. This September 2019 will be the 80th anniversary of the beginning of WWII. 10/30: "The Munich Accord of 1938

and Its Short and Long Term Consequences"

11/6 "FDR, Churchill, and the Origins of Special Relationships"

11/13 "How Japan and the United States Stumbled into the War that Neither Side Wanted"

WEDNESDAY

Bringing Life & Meaning to Walking the Camino

through Art & Discourse Bill Wibel,

Resident of Outer Cape for 50+ years, Career Educator, Artist, Lover of Things & People, Grandfather,

Lives Life Between the Question & the Answer

10:30 - 12:00 One Class - November 6

When you walk, you are taken to another place, whether alone or with others. The place from where you leave is either memorable or random, but along the way you are transported to an emotional plane that calls on all your senses. Adventure walking at any age changes the equation in that the un-knowns out weigh the known and like a mathematical equation, with many vari-ables, solving is a multi-step process.

Removing A President: The Impeachment Process

Jane Scarborough, Ph.D. in Constitutional History,

Rice University, J.D., Northeastern School of Law.

Taught Constitutional Law at Northeastern, 1995-2002.

Taught many courses at Academy of Lifetime Learning & Mashpee Library.

10:30 - 12:00 One Class - November 13

Jane will focus on the constitutional pro-cess of impeachment as it was con-ceived by the framers and as implemented during the impeachments of Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton.

Looking Ahead to 2020 with Dan Wolf

Dan Wolf, B.A. Wesleyan Univ., Political Philosophy

1:30 - 3:00 One Class - November 20

Join Dan Wolf, founder and CEO of Cape Air and former State Senator, to discuss current events as we close out the year 2019 and head into the very important 2020 Election year. What could the 2020 Election mean to our lives, our democracy, and the world?

WEDNESDAY, CONT.TUESDAY, CONT.

America’s Misunderstood Presidents, Part Two:

James K. Polk Richard Stewart,

BA, Allegheny College, MA, Wesleyan University,

faculty of Choate/ Rosemary Hall in Connecticut as

teacher of U.S. & World History 10:30 - 12:00

One Class - October 29

James K. Polk, the eleventh President of the U.S., may be the most con-sequential president about which Amer-icans know little. He succeeded in getting his political program enacted and resolved the Oregon Boundary Dis-pute. But his conduct leading to the War with Mexico, 1846-48, was aggressively challenged by contemporaries Abraham Lincoln and John Quincy Adams and subsequently by many respected histo-rians, on grounds of political dishonesty, imperialism, and waging unjust war. This class will evaluate all aspects of President Polk’s public career.

Fred Astaire & Irving Berlin:

A Hollywood Film Collaboration Marc Strauss, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Theatre and Dance

SE Missouri State Univ. 1:00 - 3:30

Four Classes: October 29, November 5, 12, 19

10/29:Follow the Fleet (1936) 11/5: Carefree (1938) 11/12: Holiday Inn (1942) 11/19: Easter Parade (1948) Astaire and Berlin were a dream team of performer and songwriter, creating multiple hit songs in every movie. Each film is introduced, seen and discussed.

Navigation: Past, Present, & Future Roy Setterlund, B.S., M.S..

Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT; Former Associate Director

of Air Force Strategic Systems Programs, Draper Laboratory

10:30 - 12:00 Three Classes:

November 5, 12, 19

From sailing Captain James Cook to Starship Captain James Kirk, see how navigation was/is/will be done – how do we get from here to there?

THURSDAY & FRIDAY COURSES ON BACK COVER

The Ocean Twilight Zone - The Urgent Quest to Explore

Earth’s Hidden Frontiers &

An Explorer’s Eye on the Deep Sea Two classes: 1:30 - 3:00

November 1 & 8

11/1: The Ocean Twilight Zone Simon R. Thorrold Ph.D., Senior Scien-tist- Woods Hole Oceanographic Insti-tute (WHOI), Dept. of Biology--Research Gate, takes us on a journey to explore and understand one of our planet’s hid-den frontiers -- the ocean twilight zone. This part of the ocean is 660 to 3,300 ft. below the surface where little sunlight can reach. It is deep, cold and the pres-sures are enormous. Despite these challenging conditions, the twilight zone teems with life that helps support the ocean’s food web and is intertwined with the Earth’s climate. 11/8: Explorer’s Eye on the Deep Sea Join Bruce Strickrott, WHOI’s Certified Deep Submergence Vehicle Pilot of the famed deep-sea sub, Alvin, on a discov-ery journey of deep-ocean exploration. The Navy gave Alvin to WHOI in 1998, where Alvin underwent major upgrades from 2010-2013. With enhanced capa-bilites, enjoy stunning video from the deep. Learn about the importance of human presence in this largely-unex-plored frontier; and, about the future of human-piloted diving operations with Alvin. This legendary submersible and other game-changing technologies are significantly improving the way ocean environments are studied.

Poisoner in Chief:

Sidney Gottlieb & the CIA Search for Mind Control

Stephen Kinzer, Author, Award winning

Foreign Correspondent for NY Times & Boston Globe;

Senior Fellow at Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs at Brown;

Columnist; The Boston Globe, NY Review of Books & the Guardian

10:30 - 12:00 One class - November 8

A hair-raising tale of chemist, Sidney Gottlieb, who presided over the CIA’s cold war efforts to explore the frontiers of the human mind for his country. The agency used mind-altering drugs on un-suspecting Americans: prisoners, men-tal patients, military officers and college students. To what avail?

FRIDAY, CONT.

Immigration Update Richard M. Costa, Esquire,

Costa & Riccio, LLP, Boston Business, Academic, and Family Immigration Law

10:30 - 12:00 One class - September 27

Immigration Attorney Richard Costa re-turns to share his insight, understand-ing, and application of immigration and nationality law, and how they impact current U.S. policy. You will gain clarity on the complex 2019 changes in labor certifications, visa petitions, and family based immigration.

The Challenge to the Rule of Law

& Other Democracy Values: Can the Center Hold?

Scott Harshbarger, Former Attorney-General

of Massachusetts, CEO & President of Common Cause National, Chair of Lawyers Defending

American Democracy 1:30 - 3:00

One class - September 27

The speaker will discuss the “center” of core legal, constitutional, and democ-racy principles which are being chal-lenged today and which, regardless of political views, must hold in order to preserve our unique form of govern-ment.

Irish Films Mary Ann Eaton, B.A.,

Instructor of Irish Literature Four classes:

1:30 - 4:00 October 4, 11, 18, 25

Mary Ann Eaton will introduce each film, setting its context in pertinent Irish his-tory and culture. A discussion will follow each film. Film titles will be available at Snow Library and on-line before the course begins.

FRIDAY

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Irish History: Pivotal Periods Richard Finnegan, Professor Emeritus,

Political Science, Stonehill College 10:30 - 12:00 Four Classes:

October 3, 10, 17, 24

10/3: The Famine 10/10: Irish Independence 10/17:The Northern Conflict 10/24:Brexit Dilemma

Equine Therapy Liz Adams,

Program Director & Teacher, 20 years; One of 30 Professional Association of

Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH) International Master Instructors

1:30 - 3:00 Two Classes:

October 10 & 17

Liz will explore the unique fascinating world of Equine Assisted Activities and Therapies. Course covers a history of horses partnering with humans for well-being, current topics and trends, the special types of horses that heal people and opportunities available locally.

Lyrics & Lyricists Steve Bornemeier & John Whelan

1:30 - 3:00 Five Classes:

October 24, 31 November 7, 14, 21

Songs and musicals in the Great Amer-ican Songbook, with special attention to Dorothy Fields and female songwriters.

Playwright Arthur Miller's All My Sons: A Theatre Director's Perspective

Steve Reynolds, Ph.D. Retired Professor, Theatre & Dance,

Wittenburg University, Director of many national plays.

10:30 - 12:00 Three Classes:

November 7, 14, 21

American playwright Arthur Miller's first Broadway play was a failure, but his next, “All My Sons”, insured that his voice was heard and launched his ca-reer. We'll look at Miller's background, the state of the American theatre in the l940's, and the qualities of this play, which continues to be produced today. 11/7: Miller's early career and what

led to the writing of the play. 11/14: How a director develops a

production concept.11/21: Scenes from various productions

plus the new Broadway revival.

THURSDAY