Fall 2025 Courses by Genre

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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

  • Inside TV News, Magee Hickey

  • The Shifting Landscape of Television News, 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 (3)

  • 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

  • Mapping the Subway: Past and Present, John Tauranac

 
Well-Being

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

  • Writing Spontaneously, Bonnie Max (3)

  • Retirement: Making Your Money Last, Adrian Lezcano

  • Foundations of Investing, Adrian Lezcano

  • The Benefits of Plant-Based Living, Madi Shevlin