ART HISTORY: REBELS AND REVOLUTIONARY ARTISTS PART 3

This class focuses on the artists who literally broke the mold. From grand Renaissance sculptures to modern masterpieces, you will discover the personalities behind history’s greatest treasures, including Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, Antonio Canova, Delacroix, and Gustav Klimt, with art historian Harry Weil. Be prepared for fun, lively discussions, and an opportunity to understand some of the great masterpieces!

6 Wed., 12:00-1:00 p.m.
7/7, 7/14, 7/21, 7/28, 8/4, 8/11

$60 member / $72 non-member

Harry Weil has a PhD in Art History from Stony Brook University and is currently the Director of Public Programs and Special Projects at Green-Wood Cemetery.

FILM DISCUSSION GROUP with FILM CRITIC MATTHEW L. WEISS

Join Matthew in exploring how great movies use the power of cinema to rewire our consciousness and defy our expectations – of narrative, character, and identification. Filmmaker Matthew L. Weiss chooses unique and exceptional films that deepen our experience of the world and challenge us to expand our powers of perception. Watch each movie at your convenience and then come together for an always entertaining and often inspiring discussion of some of the greatest films of the last century.

6 Tues., 12:00-1:30 p.m.
7/6, 7/13, 7/20, 7/27, 8/3, 8/10

$60 member / $72 non-member

Matthew L. Weiss has done everything on a film set from acting and producing to directing. As an editor his films have played festivals such as Sundance and Tribeca and he is the regular “Film Guy” correspondent on Sam Seder’s The Majority Report podcast.

POWERFUL WOMEN OF THE BIBLE: A WOMAN’S PERSPECTIVE

Numerous authoritative commentaries on the Torah have been produced over the millennia by men. Today, many scholars – particularly women – view some established “interpretations” as misinterpretations. Using modern-day commentaries, such as The Torah: A Women’s Commentary published by Women of Reform Judaism, join Rabbi Goldenberg as we explore several stories of Biblical women from the perspective of women
scholars and poets.

4 Thurs., 12:00-1:30 p.m.
7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29

$40 member / $48 non-member

Rabbi Irwin Goldenberg is a retired Reform Rabbi who, after serving several congregations, has taught at Commonpoint Queens for many years and at Gettysburg College and York College of Pennsylvania.

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Book Discussion Group:

Come find out why this book group has such a devoted following! Thoughtful, lively, provocative discussions focus on the best new and classic literature and non-fiction. Moderated discussions dig into the books to get the most from them, yet we also have a lot of fun. New participants are always welcome. Book club meets the first Thursday of every other month.

Thursday, September 9, 12:00 p.m.
Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari
A favorite book of President Obama and Bill Gates and an international best seller, this highly original book is a very readable and groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human.” Harari begins his history about 70,000 years ago with the appearance of modern cognition. From examining the role that evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives and connect past developments with contemporary concerns. Harari also compels us to look ahead, because over the last few decades humans have begun to bend laws of natural selection that have governed life for the past four billion years.

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