Each year I make up a list of semester titles I'd like to teach and then think of individual movies that would fit. New York keeps coming out on the bottom, but it's always there winking at me. You see, there are just so many movies that take place in, or are about,...

The first three words of the preamble to the U.S. Constitution immediately differentiate this document from all those declarations of rights that had come before it. Who were the men, that are now referred to as the Framers of the constitution? What were their main...

At the end of the 1920s, a close friendship had begun to develop between two Oxford dons, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, and this small nucleus would soon expand into a group whch became know as The Inklings and has since acquired almost legendary status. As the poet...

We have all heard that buddhists meditate, go on solitary retreats, engage in exotic rituals, etc. But what do buddhists actually do? What are these practices and why do them? In this class, we'll look at what buddhists practice by trying it out. In the big picture,...

This beginner level class will introduce this beautiful language. The emphasis will be on speaking, but there will be some focus on grammar, reading and writing.

Whether it is a spouse, a friend, or a child, losing someone we love is painful and difficult. It takes time to process the loss and the grief - and it is often described as coming in waves. In this group experience, you will have a place to sit with others who are...

Contemporary art is the art of 'today,' but what makes it truly 'comtemporary?' While many art historians contend that Contemporary art refers to art produced by artists who are alive today, others consider the late 1960s or early 1970s (the end of Modernism) as its...