Fall 2025 Courses by Genre

Current Events/Issues

• Law in the Headlines: Exploring Current Legal Controversies, Leora Harpaz (7 sessions)

• Politics 2025, Larry Geneen (6)

• What Do You Think? Op-ed Discussions, Bill Goldman (5)

• CL&L Focus Groups, Judy Langer – Bipartisanship on a Personal Level; What’s on Your Mind These Days?

• Inside TV News, Magee Hickey

• Can Cable News Survive These Days, Ben Norbitz, Inara de Leon 

• From Protest Movement to the MAGA Movement: Understanding the Current Politics of Redistricting, Elyse Gura

• A Wide-Ranging View of Politics in Kentucky, the US and More, Mike Ward in Conversation with Judy Langer

• Generations & Our Connections: How Do You Fit? Pam Goldfarb Liss

Culture and the Arts

• Poetry for Pleasure in the Fall Barry Wallenstein (8) 

• Film Discussions: Comedies with a Point of View, Judy Langer (2)

• Broadway’s Triple Threats, Karen Valen (2)

• Laugh Loudly and Carry a Big Shtick, Meish Goldish (2)

• The Gilded Age: The Real One, Richard Klein (2)

• A Filmmaker on Filmmaking, Adam Friedman

• A Filmmaker on Films That Made Me, Adam Friedman

• “Solid State,” a Film, Derek Garcia

• Regional American Foods, Karen Gershowitz

• Travels in Taiwan, Karen Gershowitz

• Who’s Not Afraid of Virginia Woolf? : A Talk on Early Scenes in her Life and Writing, Patricia Laurence

• Who Loves You Best, a Novel, Marilyn Simon Rothstein

• Beethoven: Deafness Did Not Defeat This Composer, Martin Schneit

• Rock & Roll Superstar Women, Alan Steinfeld

• Charles Strouse: Broadway Hits and Misses, Karen Valen

• The French Connection: The Movie and the Real-Life Story, Fred Weinberg

Historical Perspectives

• Makers of History XXVI, Manfred Weidhorn (3)

• Lost and Found: The Sinking of the Titanic and the Discovery of Its Remains, Meish Goldish

• NYC During WWII, Martin Schneit

• Trends Among Leading Edge Thinkers in the Last 30 Years, Alan Steinfeld, David Katzmire

 
Well-Being

• Building Your Resilience Toolkit: Science-Based Skills for Everyday Well-Being, David Salo (3)

• Writing Spontaneously, Bonnie Max (3)

• The Benefits of Plant-Based Living, Madi Shevlin