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WINTER 2019 REGISTRATION INFORMATION MONDAY Lifelong Learning #1. YOUR NEIGHBORS’ RELIGIOUS TRADITION—AN INTERFAITH Registration Form APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER with Reverend Doctor Catherine Cullen Name: Monday, 9:30 AM-11:00 AM beginning February 25 through April 8 (7 sessions) Address: Lack of understanding about the religions of the worked can fuel bigotry and prejudice and hinders cooperative endeavors in local and global arenas. Members of the Town: Duxbury Interfaith Council represent a wide range of religious traditions. Speakers from our local communities of faith will be called on to share their religious traditions, Zip Code: providing information and discussion around historical context, beliefs and ritual. The Phone: goal is not to champion one religion over another but to heighten the study of religion Cell Phone: itself. By the end of the course, attendees should have a better understanding and tolerance for the idiosyncrasies of different world religions including Catholicism, main- Email Address: line , and Evangelical Protestantism, Unitarianism, Buddhism, Judaism, the Ba’hai Faith and the Muslim tradition. #1 #2 #3 #4 REV. DR. CATHERINE CULLEN has been the minister at First Parish Church Duxbury for the past fifteen years. Prior to her as a Unitarian minister, Cath- #5 #6 #7 #8 erine was a trial attorney and managing partner of a law firm in Boston's financial dis- #9 #10 #11 #12 trict. Rev. Dr. Cullen is an active member of the Duxbury community. She currently holds selectmen appointments to both the King Caesar Council and the South Shore #13 #14 #15 Community Action Council, is the co-chair of Duxbury FACTS, and vice-president of the Duxbury Interfaith Council. Total # of Courses Requested #2. READING SHAKESPEARE’S KING HENRY the 4th Part II Cost: $30 per course with Carrie Meier Total Payment Monday, 10:30 AM-12:00 Noon beginning February 25 through April 8 (7 sessions) _____ Indicate if paying by Cash Required Text: King Henry the 4th Part II, Folgers Edition _____ Indicate if paying by Check Check # ______This class will read aloud and discuss theme, plot, poetry, meaning and historical con- text before and after each scene. Participants will also choose a second Shakespeare play to be read and studied in a similar manner. Open to all South Shore residents. All materials, textbooks and costs are the responsibility of the participant. Fee for each CARRIE MEIER majored in creative writing and literature in graduate studies. She course is $30. Field trips are a separate charge. taught history for 25 years before leading courses in poetry and Shakespeare for this program. Checks are payable to the TOWN OF DUXBURY. Payment is required at registration.

FRIDAY (continued) #3. CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS FROM ARREST TO SUPREME #15. PROPHETS OR DEMAGOGUES with Dr. John Sullivan COURT with Fred Barry Friday, 1:00 PM-2:30 PM beginning March 22 through April 26 (6 sessions) Monday, 1:00 PM-2:30 PM beginning February 25 through April 1 (6 sessions) Suggested Readings materials will be provided upon registration. This course will examine the career and impact of Huey Long, Father Charles This course will review the process from arrest to decision of appellate courts Coughlin and Mc Carthy. These men had a profound effect on both including US Supreme Court. Topics covered include arrest, booking, arraign- domestic and foreign policy. Their influence continues into the 21st century. ment, pre-trial motions and opportunity for a bargained plea, trial, appeal We will cover the questions: What is a demagogue? What role does a dema- through state appellate courts and Federal Appellate system. gogue play in our history,and does it change our domestic or foreign policy? FRED BARRY has been a criminal defense attorney for 47 years. Taught in DR. JOHN SULLIVAN was a teacher of history and psychology at Duxbury community college criminal justice program for over 30 years and at the Mas- High School for 38 years. He also has taught at Boston University, his alma sachusetts School of Law for 20 years. mater, as well as Quincy College, Massasoit, and Cape Cod Community College. He presently is an instructional consultant for Class Measures. TUESDAY REQUIRED TEXTS FOR THIS SEMESTER #4. A SNAPSHOT OF ISLAM IN SELECTED COUNTRIES with Junaid th READING SHAKESPEARE’S KING HENRY the 4 Part II: King Henry Yasin th the 4 Part II, Folgers Edition Tuesday, 9:00 AM-10:30 AM beginning March 12 through April 23 (7 sessions)

A SNAPSHOT OF ISLAM IN SELECTED COUNTRIES: Islam by Karen Required Text: Islam by Karen Armstrong and In the Footsteps of the Prophet Armstrong and In the Footsteps of the Prophet by Tariq Ramadan by Tariq Ramadan

GREAT DECISIONS : The Great Decisions Briefing Book 2019 There are over 1.6 billion Muslims living in about 50 Muslims majority nations, as well as in just about every country in the world. The US is estimated to have SEAMUS HEANEY:Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996 by Seamus over 5 million Muslims. The course will give the participants an overview on Heaney the practice of Islam in many large Muslim countries as well as in the USA. WAS GEORGE ORWELL PRESCIENT? 1984 and Animal Farm by George Contemporary tensions within and among the various Muslim communities Orwell will also be explored. The focus will be in trying to understand the contemporary Muslim world so that we can have a better understanding on

how to address differences in thought, approach and practices in our daily life.

JUNAID YASIN is a practicing Muslim who holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from UCLA and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He has over 35 years of US and international professional engineering experience in the design and construction of large electrical power plants. Junaid has made presentations to various audiences, has taught at the Marshfield COA and previously at the Duxbury Senior Center. He has also been active in various interfaith discussions and co-led an interfaith dialogue/discussion group. TUESDAY (continued) FRIDAY (continued)

#5. LITERATURE AS A MIRROR with Stephanie Blackman #14. HOT TOPICS ON BEACON HILL with Senator Patrick O’Connor, Tuesday, 9:30 AM-11:00 AM beginning February 26 through April 9 (7 sessions) Representative Josh Cutler and Representative Kathleen LaNatra Friday, 10:30 AM-11:30 AM beginning March 1 through April 5 (6 sessions) Why do people read? In addition to being a relaxing activity, literature offers a window into humanity. This course will consist of reading various works—short stories, poetry, and some pieces from novels and plays—to unveil relationships This course provides an opportunity to explore issues that the Legislature will between people interactions with society, and as a reflection of ourselves. Discus- consider this political season. Each week participants discuss “hot topics” of sion and participation are key to this course—together we will learn from each the week and learn all sides of the issue. Group participation is key to the other and from the masters of the written word. success of this course. STATE SENATOR PATRICK M. O’CONNOR represents the Plymouth & STEPHANIE BLACKMAN has taught literature and writing at Massasoit Commu- Norfolk District in the Massachusetts State Senate, including the towns of nity College in Brockton for over twelve years. Her background in teaching and her Cohasset, Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Scituate, and Wey- experience as a publisher for her hybrid publishing company—Riverhaven Books— mouth. He is a lifelong Weymouth resident and has been working within the give her a unique approach to reaching and analyzing the short stories covered in legislature for over a decade. He currently serves as a member of the Com- this course. It has been her experience that while many people read for pleasure, mittees on Housing, Education, Municipalities and Regional Government, La- few consider the genius behind the art of the short story. bor and Workforce Development, Economic Development and Emerging #6. “THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN” THE SIXTIES: DECADE OF Technologies, Personnel and Administration, and Global Warming and Climate HOPE, TUMULT AND DEEP SOCIAL CHANGE” with Dan LeClerc Change.

Tuesday, 11:00 AM-12:30 PM beginning February 26 through April 9 (7 sessions) STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOSH CUTLER is the State Representative for the Sixth Plymouth District, which includes the towns of Pembroke, Duxbury This course will open with JFK’s Inaugural Address and the hope of Camelot and (precincts 2-6) and Hanson. He is a Duxbury resident and South Shore na- the New Frontier. It will review the tragic assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Mar- tive. He currently serves as a member of the Small Business and Community tin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, and the 1968 Development, Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, Election Democratic Convention in Chicago. The course will examine huge explosion of cre- Laws, and House Post Audit and Oversight committees. ativity which culminating with the Woodstock Concert which produced some of the most iconic music performances in US History. We will look at the rise of the STATE REPRESENTATIVE KATHLEEN LA NATRA is the State Representa- counter-culture, new feminism, racial conflict, utopian communal experiments, tive for the Twelfth Plymouth District, including the towns of Kingston, North the energetic creativity of music, theater, film, art, and literature and deep ideo- Plymouth, South Duxbury. She has lived in Kingston for nearly two decades logical debates which spawned social movements and political division. and is a businesswoman and was elected to the Board of Selectmen. She cur- rently sits on the Community Preservation Committee and as a trustee for the Affordable Housing Trust.

THURSDAY (continued) DAN LECLERC taught history for 20 years in the Chelmsford, MA and Hingham, MA Public Schools, and was a senior administrator for 12 years and retired as As- #12. LIFE AND TIMES OF RAYMOND BRIGGS AND JEFFREY sistant Superintendent in the Ashland, MA Public Schools. He holds a Master’s ARCHER with Beth Cameron-Kilbridge Degree in History from Northeastern University specializing in Modern and Thursday, 10:30 AM-12:00 Noon beginning March 7 through April 25 (8 ses- Early US Colonial History and has made numerous trips to the Western Front in sions) France and Belgium, and to sites in Germany, Russia and Israel. He has presented to numerous historical societies and libraries and currently teaches in the OLLI Briggs and Archer are two British storytellers; one tells his tales in illustrated (Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes) at UMASS Boston and Tufts University, Duxbury format while the other rests on words alone. While both are still practicing Senior Center and Beacon Hill Seminars. their craft, both lived through the war years of WWII, through hard times, and on to enjoying long lived successful careers in their own imaginative WEDNESDAY worlds. #7. GREAT DECISIONS with Karl Czerny BETH CAMERON-KILBRIDGE has been involved in international public speaking and storytelling for over 35 years. She is a seasoned educator and a Tuesday, 1:00 PM-2:30 PM beginning February 26 through June 4 (8 sessions) world traveler with extensive experience in the United Kingdom, , Required Text: The Great Decisions Briefing Book 2019 Sweden, New Zealand and Australia. Beth has taught at Regis College, Northeastern University, Aquinas Jr. College, Newton North High School, Great Decisions is America’s most prominent discussion program on world affairs. Boston and Quincy Public Schools. After leaving a lengthy career at a private The program model involves readings in the Great Decisions Briefing Book, Boston university, Beth became a Duxbury After Dark Teacher in Duxbury watching a DVD presentation and discussing critical global issues facing America from 2008 to 2013. today. This year’s topics are (1) Refugees and global migration (2) The middle east, FRIDAY (continued) regional disorder (3) Nuclear negotiations: Back to the Future (4) The Rise of #13. EBONY AND IVORY: KEYBOARD CLASSICS with Larry King Populism in Europe (5) Decoding US-China Trade (6) Cyber Conflicts and Geopoli- Friday, 9:00 AM-10:30 AM beginning March 1 through April 5 (6 sessions) tics (7) The US-Mexico: Partnership Tested (8) State of the State Department and Diplomacy. The piano is a musical instrument played with a keyboard. It is widely used in ensembles, chamber music and for accompaniment. The piano’s versatili- KARL CZERNY was born in East Germany and grew up in Salt Lake City, UT. He ty and popularity have made it one of the world’s most familiar musical in- holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Utah and spent two years in Aus- struments today. This course seeks to trace the history of the piano from its tria. His subject of study include global geography and politics, Mormonism, the Great Basin, the opening of the West and Human Behavior. beginning to modern times, and to demonstrate the contributions of com- posers like Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin and others to its vast musical reper- toire.

LARRY KING is the evening announcer/host on the World Classical Net- work, heard locally on Cape Classical 107.5, WFCC, and the weekend after- noon announcer/host on 99.5, WCRB in Boston. Larry has a degree in music history, enjoys teaching adult education classes and sharing his passion for classical music.

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#8 SEAMUS HEANEY 1966-1996 with Jack Hill #10. WAS GEORGE ORWELL PRESCIENT? with Susan Cook Thanas Wednesday, 10:00 AM-11:15 AM beginning February 27 through Wednesday, 1:00 PM-2:30 beginning February 27 through April 3 (6 sessions) April 17 (8 sessions) Required Text: 1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell.

Required Text: Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996 by Seamus When Orwell published 1984 in 1949, did he truly foresee the world as it was to Heaney evolve over the next 70 years? We shall read and thoroughly discuss the novel During this course we will examine approximately 80 of Heaney’s poems 1984, looking for similarities in society today. Come prepared to share information written between 1966-1996. His thoughtfully written poems helps to make you find from other resources. If time permits, we shall also look at Orwell’s historic sense of the troubles in Ireland. As we work through his written work, we will perspective of the Russian Revolution by reading and discussing Animal Farm. see and experience his continual growth as a person and writer. SUSAN COOK THANAS retired English teacher from Duxbury High and Middle JACK HILL holds a BA degree from Brown University, MA from Harvard Uni- Schools who fondly remembers teaching both 1984 and Animal Farm in her classes. versity, ED from Boston University and was a former Duxbury High School prin- cipal. He has led courses in “The Great Books”, and is a regular facilitator in the Lifelong Learning Program. THURSDAY

#11. OUR FASCINATING UNIVERSE with Thomas Stadelmann #9. CULTURAL CLASHES IN THE NEW YORKER with Bradley Thursday, 10:00 AM-11:30 AM beginning March 21 through May 9 (8 sessions) and co-facilitated by Susan Rudman and Veronica Whalen Science is an on-going process that does not end in truth, which after all, is unchang- Wednesday, 10:30 AM-12:00 Noon beginning February 27 through April 17 ing. What scientific exploration does to gradually identify those ideas which are not (8 sessions) valid, thereby narrowing the range of possibilities of what can be valid. This holds Required Magazine: “The New Yorker” magazine. Check out student sub- true for the science of astronomy, which is always evolving. Over time, as technolo- scription rates. gy and our means of observing the universe evolves, the scope of our understanding This course is an open-format discussion of pre-assigned reading in “The New is broadened. In this course, we will exchange ideas and explore the mysteries of Yorker” magazine (three articles per session). This course is known for its live- the night sky. ly conversation on politics, books, science, the arts, current events or just THOMAS STADELMANN holds a B.A. in Earth Science from Bridgewater State; about anything. Whether you come to share your thoughts or just listen, all M.A in Earth Science from Western Michigan University and has 30+ years of teach- are welcome! ing Geology, Astronomy, Meteorology and Physical Oceanography at Massasoit MICHAEL BRADLEY is a retired teacher of English. In retirement he keeps Community College and has studied and traveled extensively in the Rocky Moun- sharp by participating in two book clubs, a writing class and yoga. tains.

SUSAN RUDMAN taught high school Math in three states. In retirement she plays tennis, bicycles, volunteers, reads and travels.

VERONICA WHALEN is a retired attorney, avid reader and looks forward to co-facilitating this course.