SPRING 2017 Kaleidoscope Lifelong Learning at ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL

5204 Roland Avenue• Baltimore, Maryland 21210• 410.323.5500• www.rpcs.org Welcome to Kaleidoscope Spring 2017! Dear Friends of Kaleidoscope,

Quin and I welcome you to learn something new with us this spring! This season’s catalog is full of a wide variety of programs including new classes and trips, as well as returning favorites. Highlights include: Judy Pittenger’s Great Books Series on The Bronte Sisters and Charles Dickens, John Butler’s Eye On Hong Kong and Greece lectures, day trips to the Philadelphia Flower Show, National Cathedral, and Brandywine museum, as well as much more!

Whether you’ve been a friend of ours for years or this is the first time you’ve discovered our offerings,Kaleidoscope is open to everyone! We hope you will explore the catalog to find programs that speak to your interests, and share your experiences with family and friends. Remember to register early so that you do not miss our most popular offerings. Please look to the Community tab at www.rpcs.org to find our new online registration system for all Kaleidoscope offerings.

Please contact our office at 410-323-5500 x3045 with any questions or assistance during the registration process. We look forward to welcoming you to campus this spring!

Kindest Regards,

Kristin Jarrell Director of External Programs [email protected]

Head of School: Caroline Blatti Director of External Programs: Kristin Jarrell External Programs & Communications Associate: Quinlin Porter

Kaleidoscope Advisory Board: Leigh Bolton, Christy Beers Carey, 1989, Judy Comotto, Alexa Corcoran, Ann Davis, Paula Gore, Ann Schlott Hillers, 1981, Kathy Hudson, 1967, Peggy Waxter Maher, 1951, Courtney Jones McKeldin, 1958, Katrina McPherson, Libby Murphy, Honorary Alumna, Peggy Webb Patterson, 1947, Diane Shapiro, Michelle Sun Smith, 1989, Ann Wittich Warfield, 1948, Rhona Wendler, Louise White, 1955, Margot Bond Wittich, 1958, Dickie Wyskiel TABLE OF CONTENTS

SPECIAL INTERESTS THEATRE Sarah Crane Cohen Visiting Scholar Come From Away ...... 13 in the Humanities Lecture ...... 1 War Paint ...... 13 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE IVY BOOKSHOP Hello Dolly ...... 14 Ian Rankin, Rather Be The Devil ..... 1 Something Rotten ...... 14 Sacred and Stolen: Confessions Finding Neverland ...... 14 of a Museum Director ...... 2 Great Books: Charles Dickens ...... 3 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Great Books: Brontë Sisters ...... 3 Building a Better Life ...... 15 1917: The Revolution That Shook the Editing Your Closet ...... 15 World ...... 4 Saving For College ...... 15 Maryland’s Cheasapeake: How Meditation ...... 16 the Bay and Its Bounty Shaped a Cuisine ...... 4 Strong by Zumba ...... 16 HISTORY & CULTURE Zumba ...... 16 Zumba Weekends ...... 16 An Eye on Greece ...... 5 Italian 1: Beginner ...... 17 An Eye on Hong Kong ...... 5 Italian 2: Advanced ...... 17 History of Marriage ...... 5 Spanish 1 ...... 17 History of The Ancient Near East.. 5 Memoirist Poets: A Celebration of Hope Has Been Abandoned: Sinking Modern American Writers ...... 17 of USCG Cutter Tampa ...... 6 Telling Your Life through Poetry: Lonesome Cowboy: The Vanishing Where Do You Start? ...... 17 Western Genre ...... 6 Metaphysical Cinema: The Films of CREATIVE PURSUITS Russian Master Andrei Tarkovsky .... 6 Discovering Digital Photography .. 18 Still More Snapshots ...... 6 iphone Photography ...... 18 DAY TRIPS Nantucket Baskets ...... 18 Philadelphia Flower Show ...... 7 Nantucket Bracelets ...... 18 National Cathedral Tour & Tea .... 7 Glass Egg Mini Workshop ...... 19 Mahjong ...... 19 Walking Paths of Roland Park ...... 8 Paint and Sip ...... 19 Literary Mount Vernon Walking Tour 8 Wood Pallet Painting ...... 19 A Walk Along Stoney Run with Audubon ...... 9 Favorite Thai Noodles ...... 20 Migrate to Patterson Park with Thai Appitizers ...... 20 Audubon ...... 9 Best of Thai Street Foods ...... 20 Brandywine Valley ...... 9 Healthful Happy Hour Snacks ..... 20 Spring Garden Tour ...... 10 Seasonal Soups and Stocks ...... 20 A Little Italy A Little Not: Baltimore Sushi Making Class ...... 20 Food Tour ...... 10 Early Spring Gardening and Creating A Walk Through Green Mount a Succulent Planter ...... 21 Cemetery ...... 11 The Urban Homesteader and Planting A Big Fat Greek Adventure: Baltimore an Herb Garden ...... 21 Food Tour ...... 11 New Annuals and Perennials and Planting a Cool Weather Container 21 INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL Gardener’s Choice and Planting a The Douro: Portugal’s River of Gold & Compact Vegetable Garden ...... 21 Spain With Vantage Travel ...... 12 Financial Planning ...... 21 SPECIAL INTERESTS

SARAH CRANE COHEN Vivian Maier, and HBO’s Living with VISITING SCHOLAR IN Lincoln. Brian received his BFA in HUMANITIES LECTURE communication design from Syracuse THE STORY OF JAMES FOLEY University. Brian Oakes About the Sarah Crane Cohen Visiting Scholar in the Humanies Lecture Wednesday, March 22 Through the generosity of the Movie Viewing 7:00 PM late Chalrles Crane, a Baltimore Discussion 8:45 PM businessman and philanthropist, an Please RSVP endowment was established at Roland Join us as Brian Oakes, director Park Country School in 1993. The of Jim: the James Foley Story, discusses fund was created in loving memory of his documentary on the life of Crane’s mother, Sarah Crane Cohen, James Foley. Described by Indiewire a warm and compassionate woman as, “An incredibly moving film who possessed a genuine fondness for that encompasses a wide scope of all people. The Sarah Crane Cohen global issues through the intimate Visiting Scholar in the Humanities remembrance of one life.” endowment brings a distinguished About the film: On Thanksgiving educator to campus each year. Day 2012, American photojournalist James “Jim” Foley was kidnapped NOTE: Due to the emotional content of the documentary, please use in Syria and went missing for two discretion. May not be intended for years before the infamous video of his public execution sent shockwaves younger viewers. and introduced much of the world IAN RANKIN, RATHER BE THE to ISIS. Jim: The James Foley Story, by DEVIL close childhood friend Brian Oakes, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE IVY BOOKSHOP tells the story of his life through intimate interviews with his family, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 6:00 PM HELD AT THE IVY BOOKSHOP friends and fellow journalists – Fellow hostages reveal never-before-heard ADMISSION IS FREE; RSVP AT 410-377- details of his captivity with a chilling 2966 immediacy that builds suspense. Made John Rebus, as incapable of with unparalleled access, Jim: The James settling into his retirement as he is Foley Story is a harrowing chronicle of of playing by the rules, investigates a bravery, compassion and pain at the cold case from the 1970s involving a dawn of America’s war with ISIS. gorgeous and wealthy female socialite Brian Oakes is a who was found dead in a bedroom at one of Edinburgh’s most luxurious director based in hotels. No one was ever found guilty, Brooklyn, NY. but the scandalous circumstances of His directorial the murder have kept the town talking debut, Jim: The for over forty years. Now, Rebus has James Foley his own reasons to investigate, but his Story, won the 2016 Sundance Film inquiries quickly make him some very Festival Audience Award and an Emmy dangerous and powerful enemies who for Exceptional Merit in Documentary will stop at nothing to ensure that the Filmmaking. He began his career in film case remains unsolved and the gossip as a designer, creating motion graphics falls on deaf ears. for films including Wordplay, I.O.U.S.A, Freakonomics, Bobby Fischer Against NOTE: This program will be held at The Ivy Bookshop, 6080 Falls Road, the World, Inequality for All, Finding Baltimore, 21209. 1 SPECIAL INTERESTS

SACRED AND STOLEN: NOTE: Registration encouraged even if CONFESSIONS OF A MUSEUM you attended in the fall. Books will be DIRECTOR available for purchase and signing. Book Talk and Signing with Author Gary GARY VIKAN Vikan at RPCS was Director of the Walters Tuesday, March 28 $10 Art Museum in 7:00 - 8:00 PM Baltimore from Join author Gary Vikan for a 1994 to 2013; second discussion about his book from 1985 to Sacred and Stolen: Confessions of 1994, he was Museum Director. After holding a the museum’s sold out Book Launch in November Assistant Director at RPCS, Gary is back to share more for Curatorial engaging stories from his recently Affairs and released book. Sacred and Stolen is Curator of Medieval Art. Before coming the memoir of an art museum director to Baltimore, Vikan was Senior Associate with the courage to reveal what goes on at Harvard’s Center for Byzantine Studies behind the scenes. It lays bare the messy at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, DC. part of muesums: looted antiques, A native of Minnesota, he received his BA crooked dealers, deluded collectors, from Carleton College and his PhD from duplicitous public officials, fakes, inside Princeton University; he is a graduate of thefts, bribery, and failed exhibitions. the Harvard Program for Art Museum These back stories, at once shocking Directors and the National Arts Strategies and comical, reveal a man with a taste Chief Executive Program. for adventure, an eagerness to fan the Vikan stepped down from the flames of excitement, and comfort with Walters directorship to write, lecture, the chaos that often ensued. and teach; to provide consulting services This is also the story of a Minnesota as Vikan Consulting LLC to cultural kid who started out as a printer’s devil non-profits, collectors, and dealers; and in his father’s small-town newspaper to pursue projects at the intersection and ended up as the director of the of the arts and sciences. In the fall of Walters, a gem of an art museum in 2014, he co-organized an exhibition on Baltimore. Of his quest to bring the “Beauty and the Brain” at the American “holy” into the museum experience, Association for the Advancement of and of his struggle, along the way, to Science in Washington, DC, and he was reconcile his passion for acquiring and co-chair of a convening at the Salzburg displaying sacred works of art with his Global Seminar in February 2015, suspicion that they were stolen. devoted to neuroscience and creativity. Among the cast of characters are the Vikan’s recent books include elegant French oil heiress Dominique de Early Byzantine Pilgrimage Art (2010); Menil, the notorious Turkish smuggler, Postcards from the Walters (2012); Aydin Dikmen, and his slippery Dutch and From the Holy Land to Graceland dealer, Michel van Rijn, the inscrutable (2012). The first volume of his memoirs, Patriarchs of Ethiopia and Georgia, and SACRED and STOLEN: Confessions the charismatic President of Georgia, of a Museum Director, was published Eduard Shevardnadze. And the by SelecBooks in the fall of 2016. Near mysterious “Mr. R. Egrette,” a museum completion are two new books: THE insider who in 1951 stole a tiny Renoir SHROUD UNRAVELED! Who Faked as a present for his girlfriend, that it? and How?; and the second volume of finally turned up and was returned 60 his memoirs, Pictures Left Behind. years later. 2 SPECIAL INTERESTS

GREAT BOOKS: GREAT BOOKS: CHARLES DICKENS: BLEAK HOUSE THE BRONTË SISTERS: JANE EYRE AND PROGRAM ONE: Monday Afternoons WUTHERING HEIGHTS March 27, April 3, 17, 24, May 1, 8, 15, 22 Tuesday Evenings $185 4:30 - 6:00 PM $185 April 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23 PROGRAM TWO: Thursday Afternoons 7:00 - 8:30 PM April 6, 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25 Judy Pittenger 4:30 - 6:00 PM $185 In 1846 a short book of poems Judy Pittenger by Acton, Currier, and Ellis Bell was Charles Dickens’ ninth novel and published. Two copies sold. A year his critically acclaimed masterpiece, later, however, these authors published Bleak House, is a technical tour de force their novels—Agnes Grey, Wuthering based on the intricate interweaving of Heights, and Jane Eyre to critical a double narrative: the witty satire of acclaim. The authors turned out to be an omniscient and detached narrator sisters, and within five years all three and the moral and compassionate were dead. But the life of their works retrospective of the central character, has continued for 170 years, and two Esther Summerson. A bitter of them, Jane Eyre and Wuthering examination of mid-Victorian Britain, Heights, are considered among the the novel challenges the institutional greatest English novels of all time. bases of contemporary life: the legal How did these secluded and sheltered system, the Church, the government, young women, raised in an isolated the hierarchical class system, the horrors Yorkshire parish within a dysfunctional and inequities of urban industrial life. and oppressive family, come to write It paints an unforgettable portrait of novels of such emotional intensity London in the mid-19th century, the and intelligence? Charlotte Brontë’s years of equipoise. A heavy fog lies over Jane Eyre is a proto-feminist novel, the novel, obfuscating not only the the story of a young woman’s search mystery at its heart but also the sense of for equality and identity on her own human connectedness, responsibility, terms. Brontë confronts gender issues and inter-dependence, which are in a Victorian patriarchal society with necessary for a healthy community. an unconventional independence Dickens’ vision has darkened since that shocked the reading public. Even David Copperfield, and his novel is more shocking was her sister Emily’s an outspoken confrontation with the novel about intense, self-consuming issues of his time; his intent was, in desire, bitter cruelty and vengeance. part, to shock Victorian complacency Wuthering Heights tells the story of and affect social reform. At the successive generations of two Yorkshire same time, Dickens constructs one families, whose lives are woven together of English literature’s first detective by passion and revenge. Like Jane Eyre, novels. As usual his language is buoyant Emily’s only novel concerns issues of and imaginative, his humor boisterous social class and gender equality. Both and biting. The novel is filled with novels reflect dimensions of the Gothic idiosyncratic characters whose language novel and yet are surprisingly modern and antics keep the reader amused, in theme. In our consideration of these while the mystery keeps the reader classic novels, we will examine the intrigued. Bleak House is considered locale and society as well as the family one of the masterpieces of English from which they emerged. literature. TEXTS: Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre, Penguin TEXT: Charles Dickens, Bleak House, Penguin Edition ISBN 978 0141441146 Edition, ISBN # 978 0-141-43972-6 Emily Brontë Wuthering Heights, Penguin Edition ßISBN 978 014143556 3 SPECIAL INTERESTS

1917: THE REVOLUTION THAT MARYLAND’S CHESAPEAKE: SHOOK THE WORLD HOW THE BAY AND ITS BOUNTY SHAPED Wednesday Afternoons $95 A CUISINE April 26, May 3, 10, 17 Book Talk and Signing with Author Kathy Wielech Patterson And Neal 4:30 - 6:00 PM Patterson at RPCS Judy Pittenger Wednesday, May 3 $10 Exactly 100 years ago a revolution 6:30 - 8:00 PM began in Imperial Russia that changed While regional cuisine is the course of European, indeed World History. Its impact lasted throughout often defined by the food traditions the twentieth century, and we are still of the ethnic groups who settle there, living in its wake. Born in the crucible Maryland’s culinary entity is defined by of the Great War, like that war it the world’s largest estuary that sits at became a world-wide phenomenon, the heart of the state: the Chesapeake inspiring revolutions across the globe Bay. The colorful history and enduring from China to Cuba, from Albania importance of the Bay is examined in a to Guatemala. It precipitated a titanic new book by Kathy Wielech Patterson Maryland’s struggle between conflicting ideologies and Neal Patterson titled Chesapeake: How the Bay and its Bounty that destabilized European politics, Shaped a Cuisine. helped lead to a second Great War, and then lasted over five decades of Maryland’s Chesapeake explores the Cold War. It has marked all of our how the seafood found in the Bay and lives. More terribly it marked the lives the abundant flora and fauna along its of all citizens of the Russian Empire shores influenced the culinary identity and subsequently the Soviet Empire of Maryland. Starting with the Native with brutality and human suffering on Americans and continuing up to an unimaginable scale: civil war, class current efforts to preserve and revitalize liquidation, orchestrated starvation, the fish and crustacean populations, forced migration of millions of people. the book illustrates the symbiotic The whirlwind of revolution was relationship between the indigenous catastrophic. The hopeful dreams of food sources and those who choose to idealists that a new Jerusalem would live along the Chesapeake’s shores. be created—a world where want and In addition to a historical tour injustice, inequality and oppression of the region, the book provides both would be ended, where human nature traditional recipes and recipes from would be re-forged and a new man today’s chefs who put a modern spin would live a fulfilled life in a classless on the classics. The book also looks society, giving according to his ability at new entrepreneurial opportunities and receiving according to his need— presented by the renewed interest in these dreams were lost. The state did not eating and drinking local like oyster wither away; utopia was not attained. farming, turning invasive species into Indeed the seeds of destruction new menu items, and the return of rye were evident even in the revolution’s whiskey production to Maryland. formative moments. The story of why Kathy Wielech Patterson the Communist Revolution came to and Neal Patterson are known as the Russia and why it failed so terribly Baltimore Dining Duo. In addition to is the focus of our study, as exactly a writing their blog minxeats.com, they century after it all began we look back have written for local magazines and are at the history of that revolutionary year, the authors of two previous books: Food 1917. Lovers’ Guide to Baltimore and Baltimore Chef’s Table. 4 HISTORY & CULTURE

AN EYE ON GREECE HISTORY OF MARRIAGE Wednesday, March 29 $35 Thursday, May 11 $40 7:00 - 8:30 PM 6:30 - 8:30 PM John A. Butler Barbara Blumberg In ancient times, most societies needed a secure environment in order to perpetuate their species. They needed a way to handle property rights and the protection of bloodlines. The institute we recognize as marriage, handled these In this lecture you will enjoy a needs. But when did it all start and what portfolio of digital images showcasing came first, polygamy or monogamy? picturesque Greece. Intriguing ancient And when did the first human family archaeological sites and cultural unit, as we know it, actually evolve and traditions, charming, carefree resort why? What role did religion play if, any islands with whitewashed buildings, at all, in the evolution of marriage? Join the gorgeous deep blue waters of the Barbara Blumberg and you’ll find the Aegean and Mediterranean seas, are answers to these questions as she takes all part of this presentation. The visual you on a journey through the history of delights of this presentation include the marriage. Greek Islands- Patmos, Delos, Rhodes, Crete, Mykonos, and Santorini, as well as, Olympia, Delphi, the Corinth Canals, Kalambaka, Meteora, and Athens. AN EYE ON HONG KONG HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT Thursday, April 20 $35 NEAR EAST 7:00 - 8:30 PM Wednesday, April 5, 12, 19 $70 John A. Butler 6:30 - 8:00 PM Butch Darrell

In this lecture you will enjoy a portfolio of digital images showcasing exotic Hong Kong. Few cities ignite the senses, as Hong Kong, occupying a small but beautiful position off mainline China’s southern coast. In three classes you will learn Hong Kong retains some of its British about the fascinating history of the ownership character and is quite a Ancient Near East. Join instructor metropolitan city, yet it is made up of Butch Darrell as he guides you through a peninsula and hundreds of scattered three PowerPoint presentations islands. The visual delights of this discussing the myths, art, architecture, presentation include the Star Ferry, archaeological discoveries, and history Hong Kong Island, Victoria Peak, of the Ancient Near East, including the Jumbo Floating Restaurant, the Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, Israel, Judah, historic Peninsula Hotel and the Jade Market. Assyria, and Persia. 5 HISTORY & CULTURE

HOPE HAS BEEN ABANDONED: METAPHYSICAL CINEMA: SINKING OF USCG CUTTER TAMPA THE FILMS OF RUSSIAN MASTER DURING WORLD WAR I ANDREI TARKOVSKY Wednesday, March 29 $25 Monday, May 22 $40 7:00 - 8:00 PM 7:00 - 9:00 PM Daniel Carroll Toomey Christopher Llewellyn Reed In this lecture you will join Dan In this program you will learn about Toomey as he gives a brief history of the late, great Soviet filmmaker Andrei the United States Coast Guard from its Tarkovsky. He came of cinematic age beginning up to World War One. The just as his country was emerging from story will then focus on the career of a the Stalin years. A talented visualist, young officer from Baltimore and the with strong philosophical leanings, sinking of the U.S.C.G Cutter Tampa. he saw movies as a deeply personal The sinking of the Tampa accounted art form. His first full-length feature for the second largest loss of life for the film, Ivan’s Childhood, won top prize U. S. Navy during WWI and the single at the Venice Film Festival. He then largest loss of graduates from the Coast spent four years working on a film, Guard Academy in that war. The ship Andrei Rublev, which was met with and its crew have many connections enormous anger and confusion by to Baltimore City that will bring the the Soviet authorities. He persevered, tragedy home in a surprising way. making five more features over the next 20 years that explored the metaphysical aspirations of the human race with breathtaking compositions, masterful mise-en-scène, and a use of time. LONESOME COWBOY: STILL MORE SNAPSHOTS THE VANISHING WESTERN GENRE Wednesday, April 5, 12, 19, 26 $100 Monday, April 3 $40 7:00 - 9:00 PM 7:00 - 9:00 PM Bob Mullauer Christopher Llewellyn Reed In this course you will look at the From the first years of the 20th World War II career of one of the most century until the rise of big-budget, talented and controversial generals in sci-fi movies in the 1970s, the Western American military history, Douglas ruled in film and literature, and later MacArthur. During the second and television. But now this once popular third weeks Bob Mullauer will tell the genre has faded in our cultural memory. story of the last campaign of the war, Still, it left its indelible mark on the Okinawa. You will look at this epic tropes that define who we are today. We battle from the vantage points of the tend to think of the movies about the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and their Japanese opponents. Okinawa’s Old West as adhering to two models: story helps make the case as to why the gunfighter struggling with demons Harry Truman decided to drop atomic and the fight for territory. Those were bombs on Japan. The course finishes not the only themes. Join us as we with the last battleship to battleship spend an evening deconstructing this naval action in history at Surigao Strait. American art form of the silver screen, Most of the American battleships there where we’ll watch clips from films were damaged or sunk on December like The Great Train Robbery (1903), 7th, 1941. It was the ultimate revenge Stagecoach (1939), High Noon (1952), for the United States Navy and, perhaps, Shane (1953), The Searchers (1956), showed that Pearl Harbor was an empty Rio Bravo (1959), The Wild Bunch victory and tragic miscalculation. (1969), and many more. 6 DAY TRIPS PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW NATIONAL CATHEDRAL TOUR & TEA Thursday, March 16 $100 Tuesday, April 4 $100 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM 11:30 AM - 5:30 PM Superior Tours Escorted by Dickie Wyskiel

Join us as we partner with Superior Experience the beauty of Tours and travel to the Philadelphia Washington’s National Cathedral with Flower Show. Don’t miss this annual a guided tour followed by an afternoon event held at the Pennsylvania tea in the Pilgrim Observation Gallery- Convention Center. the highest vantage point to view the This year’s theme promises to be capital city and surrounding landscapes. nothing short of spectacular! Visit The tour portion of your day will the landscapes of Holland - complete begin at 1:30 PM in the nave. The tour with windmills, wooden shoes, canals, guide will provide an in-depth look at delicious cheeses, and beautiful tulip the Cathedral’s art, architecture, and fields that could only be from the lush history. Following the tour, High Tea landscapes of the Netherlands! will be served in the St. Paul Room, Make incredible memories at a beautiful wood- paneled room with the world’s oldest and largest indoor magnificent views of the city. The flower show, attracting more than tea fare includes scones, sweets, tea 260,000 people annually. The Show sandwiches, and hot tea and is themed features large-scale gardens, elaborate around the Cherry Blossom. landscapes, and over-the-top floral After tea, you may visit the Earth creations. Quake Exhibit located on the same floor as the tea room; to see the “fallen Trip includes: angel”. You may also walk through • Roundtrip transportation aboard Bishop’s Garden located on the south Superior Tours luxury motor coach side of Cathedral or visit the Cathedral • Continental breakfast en route Store prior to the tour at 1:30 PM. • Ticket to the Flower Show NOTE: Travel time is approximately • Departing at 8:00 AM from Pikesville one and half hours by motorcoach. (Greenspring Shopping Center) Trip will depart from the Melrose • Depart Philadelphia at 4:00 PM Avenue parking lot at 5603 N. Charles Street. Estimated return is dependent upon traffic. Snacks and bottled water will be provided en route.

7 DAY TRIPS WALKING PATHS OF ROLAND PARK LITERARY MOUNT VERNON Sunday, April 9th $40 WALKING TOUR 2:00 - 4:00 PM Saturday, April 29 10:30 - 12:30 PM $40 Judy Dobbs and Kathy Hudson, 1967 Maryland Humanities

On this popular seasonal Curious how a group of scholars, adventure, you will discover and struggling artists and authors, explore the unique footpaths of the newspapermen, philanthropists and Roland Park community while learning social reformers in one neighborhood about the history and architecture made an indelible mark on our city of the neighborhood. In developing and the world of literature? Join us for this community in the late 1800s, the a special extended version of Maryland Roland Park Company incorporated Humanities’ Literary Mount Vernon into its plan a series of footpaths, Walking Tour. Dive into the world 18 in all, designed to expedite foot of rare books at the Peabody Library, traffic between various sections of see where the lives of Emily Post and the neighborhood, especially in those Gertrude Stein intersected, and view where the terrain made it difficult to the desk of legendary novelist John build roads. Designed by Frederick Dos Passos. Explore the mansions they Law Olmsted, Jr., son of the famous called home, the cultural institutions landscape architect Frederick Law they built, and the neighborhood Olmsted, Sr., in collaboration with haunts that were part of their daily Edward H. Bouton, general manager lives. Tour duration is two hours and of the Roland Park Company, the paths includes a one-of-a-kind experience were part of a hierarchical system of behind the scenes at the Peabody roads in front of houses, service lanes Library with curator Paul Espinosa. in the rear, and footpaths that provided NOTE: Meet at of the Enoch Pratt convenient ways to cross through the Centeral Library, 400 Catheral Street. neighborhood in a natural setting. Each path is named with a distinctly country ring: Squirrel, Hilltop, Laurel, Tulip; others are decidedly British: Audley End, Tintern, St. Margaret’s, Litchfield. NOTE: Meet at Roland Park Branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, 5108 Roland Avenue.

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MIGRATE TO PATTERSON PARK BRANDYWINE VALLEY WITH AUDUBON Thursday, May 4 $135 Tuesday, May 9 $25 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM 9:30 - 11:30 AM (Rain Date May 10) Escorted by Courtney Jones McKeldin, 1958 Susie Creamer If you were migrating 5,000 miles from Canada to South America, you’d want to rest in a leafy, green park on the shores of a tranquil lake, wouldn’t you? More than 200 bird species have done just that. Enjoy a leisurely stroll with Join us and spend the day exploring avian expert, amid the treasures of the the treasures of the Brandywine Valley. park, from the historic 19th Century First, you will travel by mini-coach Pagoda, to Patterson Park Audubon to Longwood Gardens to enjoy a two Center’s bird and butterfly gardens. hour self- guided tour. Watch as the Meet for light breakfast at Audubon landscape awakens and the splendor of headquarters, a restored 1890’s row spring emerges. Dogwoods, magnolias, house, the hub of National Audubon wisterias, azaleas, foamflowers, and Society’s local work in conversation and more than 240,000 tulips herald education, then descend into the park spring’s arrival. Next, lunch will be to see migratory and resident wildlife served at The Gables at Chadds Ford, in the heart of the city. which is nestled in the heart of the NOTE: Group will meet at the Audubon historical valley. You will be able to Center, 2901 East Baltimore Street select two items from the seasonal 2nd Floor Baltimore, Md 21224. soups, salads, and sandwiches. A WALK ALONG STONEY RUN After lunch, you will travel a short WITH AUDUBON distance to the Brandywine Wyeth Museum for a two hour self-guided Tuesday, May 23, $25 tour. Renowned for its holdings of the 8:30 - 10:30 AM (Rain Date May 25) Wyeth family of artists, the Museum Susie Creamer and Hugh Simmons features galleries dedicated to the work Stony Run, a beloved local stream of N. C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and and wooded refuge that weaves through Jamie Wyeth. On display the day of several north Baltimore neighborhoods, your visit will be an exhibition by the is best enjoyed by a walk along its cozy Phillips Collection in Washington, trail. Join Audubon’s avian experts, D.C. entitled: From Homer to Hopper: Susie Creamer and Hugh Simmons, Experiment and Ingenuity in American for a leisurely stroll in search of spring Art. It reflects the rich diversity of style migratory birds along the wooded and expression in American art created stretch that borders Roland Park and between 1870 and 1950. Evergreen. These colorful visitors often NOTE: Group will meet in the Melrose only stop by for a short period of time Avenue parking lot at 5603 N. during their long journeys, and we will Charles Street be there to take a peek! NOTE: Group will meet in the Melrose Avenue parking lot at 5603 N. Charles Street to board a short shuttle ride to Stony Run. Wear sturdy walking shoes and dress appropriately for the weather. Audubon has binoculars to lend you.

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SPRING GARDEN TOUR A LITTLE ITALY A LITTLE NOT Thursday, June 1 $100 BALTIMORE FOOD TOUR 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Rain Date: June 8) Saturday, May 13 $75 Kathy Hudson, 1967 and Dickie Wyskiel 1:00 - 4:00 PM Join us for some behind-the- Sharon Reuter scenes looks at three exquisite private gardens! Celebrate spring and spend the day within these beautiful private gardens in Baltimore County. You will begin with a tour of the Draycott Gardens where you will meet iris and peony expert Carol Warner. The garden rooms around her home are filled with fine specimen trees, perennials and peonies as well as 800 varieties of irises. Some new irises have been hybridized, which opens up a whole new possibility for the garden. The striking number of irises, peonies, and color combinations is sure to captivate you. Charm City Chew’s owner and Next, you will visit the gardens of Baltimore enthusiast Sharon Reuter Karen and Chip Offutt. Over the past invites you to an offbeat food tour of 38 years, the Offutts have created one Baltimore’s Little Italy. Forget about of the most outstanding gardens in the red sauce and spaghetti: You’ll be eating area, one that is emblematic of the New handcrafted Italian, and getting a taste American Garden style. You will view of exotic hidden gems—from Italia and landscape architect Wolfgang Oehme’s beyond. You’ll also meet some of the trademark free-form style of curvaceous artists who create these masterpieces beds filled with waves of mass plantings and occasionally go behind the scenes. of grasses, and perennials and shrubs Our five “small plate” stops offer that fit naturally with the rolling delicious treats; together they combine countryside. Steps lined with stone to make a hearty midday meal. So troughs lead down from the pond come hungry and spend a few hours and front gardens to a wide bluestone eating, walking, learning and enjoying terrace with breathtaking views. “uniquely Baltimore’s” Little Italy! Following lunch at Green Spring NOTE: Water, a glass of wine or beer, Valley Hunt Club, you’ll finish the day and coffee/tea are included in the in a magnificent six-acre sculpturesque tour price. Tours are held either rain garden of curved paths, stone walls and or shine. Directions to be provided. flowing garden rooms. Wind your way through 15 garden rooms, some open and casual and others clipped and formal, all incorporating sculptures by artists represented by Halcyon Galleries in London. Cool, quiet tones and geometric lines create a harmonious flow. This is a very special opportunity for garden lovers to meet the owners of magnificent gardens and speak to them personally about their beautiful spaces.

10 DAY TRIPS A WALK THROUGH GREEN A BIG FAT GREEK ADVENTURE MOUNT CEMETERY BALTIMORE FOOD TOUR Lecture: Wednesday, May 31 $40 Saturday, June 10 $75 7:00 - 8:30 PM 1:00 - 4:00 PM Walking Tour: Saturday, June 3 Sharon Reuter 10:00 AM- 12:00 PM Wayne Schaumburg Known as Baltimore’s Valhalla, the Green Mount Cemetery is one of the best known but least visited of our city’s historical landmarks. Join Wayne Schaumburg for an illustrated talk on the history of Green Mount, followed by a walking tour of cemetery. Opened in 1839, Green Mount Sample the mouth-watering cuisine was Baltimore’s first urban-rural of the Mediterranean in Baltimore’s cemetery with a park-like setting Greektown. Join Charm City Chew’s located close to the countryside. Its owner Sharon Reuter for a three-hour idea was to put dignity into death walking and eating tour along Eastern and the burial ceremony, as well as Avenue, a main stretch of the city provide “a quiet sequestered spot for dotted with unexpected culinary gems. one’s last resting place that offered Known for cooking with olive oil and permanence.” Organized by a group using fresh vegetables and grains, the of seven Baltimore gentlemen led by Greeks also incorporate cheeses and tobacco merchant Samuel Walker, yogurt into their cooking, making for they purchased 65 acres of Robert a flavorful and healthy medley. The Oliver’s country estate named Green tour features a visit to a well-known Mount and opened the cemetery in hometown favorite—a restaurant July, 1839. At its dedication, John established 44 years ago—in addition Pendleton Kennedy praised the new to newer venues. Along with learning site by saying, “Death was part of about food, you’ll find out what the nature and now Green Mount would term “spontaneous emulsification” has provide a place for man to repose in to do with a popular Greek drink. On the quiet simple beauty of the natural our final stop, enjoy delicious Greek countryside.” Within four years Green pastries while learning about their Mount saw over 600 burials and soon elaborate and meticulous preparation. became Baltimore’s cemetery of choice. It is the final resting place of Johns NOTE: Water, a glass of Greek wine, Hopkins, the Garrett family, Enoch and a sample of ouzo are included in the tour price. Tours are held Pratt, William and Henry Walters, either rain or shine. Directions to be Betsy Patterson Bonaparte, Arunah provided. Abell, Harriett Lane Johnston, John Wilkes Booth, A. Aubrey Bodine, Walter Lord, and many others. NOTE: Registration fee includes admission to both lecture and walking tour. Walking tour will be held at Green Mount Cemetery, 1501 Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21202.

11 INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL THE DOURO: PORTUGAL’S RIVER OF GOLD & SPAIN WITH VANTAGE TRAVEL November 4 - November 16 Starting at $4,115 Includes Air Fare, Cruise, and Taxes Escorted by Courtney Jones McKeldin, 1958 LISBON TO MADRID DAYS 1-2: Depart home / Overnight flight / Lisbon, Portgual Pestana Palace Lisbon or similar DAY 3: Lisbon Pestana Palace Lisbon or similar DAY 4: Lisbon / Oporto / Embarkation ms Douro Serenity DAY 5: Oporto Follow the path of one of loveliest ms Douro Serenity river valleys on the continent on this DAY 6: Oporto / Guimarães popular European river cruise through ms Douro Serenity Portugal and Spain. Your Douro River DAY 7: Regua cruise follows Portugal’s storied river ms Douro Serenity through the spectacular Douro River DAY 8: Lamego / Pinhao Valley. You’ll navigate the Douro aboard ms Douro Serenity the brand new, privately chartered river DAY 9: Pocinho vessel, the 126-passenger ms Douro ms Douro Serenity Serenity. This brand new ship offers the DAY 10: Pocinho / Barca d’Alva finest river cruising experience available ms Douro Serenity on Portugal’s most alluring river. DAY 11: Barca d’Alva / Disembarkation Enjoy the experience as your / Madrid European river cruise ship glides past Novotel Madrid Center Hotel or graceful terraced vineyards ... narrow similar canyon walls ... and bucolic villages. DAY 12: Madrid You’ll enjoy a day to explore all the Novotel Madrid Center Hotel or treasures of Oporto (including its similar eponymous wine), see the place where DAY 13: Madrid / Return home Portugal was “born,” and set off on an excursion to the magnificent university town of Salamanca, Spain. Your Douro River cruise is bookended by stays in vibrant Lisbon and the cosmopolitan Madrid – two of Europe’s most historic capitals. Your Portugal river cruise also features a wonderful selection of food and wine, served up to you in a number of tantalizing venues — including the Avessada Winery. If you are interested in this trip, please From grand palaces and medieval contact our office at PorterQ@RPCS. towns to folk music and port wine org or 410-323-5500 ext. 3045 for tastings, you’ll experience the rich registration information and a detailed history, vibrant culture, and beautiful itinerary. Register by March 2017. landscapes of Portugal and Spain on this enriching journey. 12 THEATRE COME FROM AWAY WAR PAINT Saturday April 8 $262 Saturday, May 20 $327 7:00 AM - 8:30 PM 7:00 AM - 8:30 PM Diversions Diversions

Come From Away is the Fresh off a smash-hit run in breathtaking new musical that played Chicago, War Paint comes to Broadway record-breaking engagements in La starring Tony Award-winners Patti Jolla, Seattle and now Washington, LuPone and Christine Ebersole as DC. In a heartbeat on 9/11, 38 planes dueling cosmetics entrepreneurs with 6,579 passengers were stranded Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth in a remote town in Newfoundland. Arden. LuPone (Evita, Gypsy), who What started as an average day in a “generates more raw excitement than small town turned into an international any other performer on Broadway” week-long sleepover. The locals opened (The New York Times), and Ebersole their hearts and homes, undaunted by (Grey Gardens, 42nd Street), a “first- culture clashes and language barriers class, revitalizing master of period - spurring unexpected camaraderie in style” (The New York Times), put extraordinary circumstances. “On the their indelible lipstick marks on these day of the worst act of mankind, the two formidable women who forever people who landed here saw the best of changed the business of beauty. mankind,” said Claude Elliott, Mayor This sophisticated musical is of Gander, Newfoundland. “the quintessential American success story of reinvention, glamour and feminine power.” (BroadwayWorld. com) Rubinstein and Arden defined beauty standards for the first half of Diversions Trip Information: the 20th Century. Brilliant innovators Diversions trips are intended for adults and young adults, unless with humble roots, both were masters otherwise indicated. of self-invention who sacrificed everything to become the country’s All trips depart via motorcoach form the rear parking lot of 7310 first major female entrepreneurs. From Park Heights Avenue. Fifth Avenue society to the halls of Congress, their rivalry was relentless Full breakfast provided en route. and legendary—pushing both women Once in New York City, the coach stops at Saks Fifth Avenue, 57th to build international empires in a and Madison, and the Metropolitan world dominated by men. Museum of Art. You are free to enjoy the city until the 2:00pm matinee. On the return, enjoy an open bar, hors d’oeuvres, and dinner from Zabar’s.

13 THEATRE HELLO, DOLLY! SOMETHING ROTTEN Wednesday,September 13 $375 Right Orchestra 6:30 AM - 8:30 PM Saturday, April 22 $110 Diversions Showtime: 8:00 PM Optional bus transportation provided from RPCS campus departing at 7:00 PM Hippodrome Something Rotten! is “Broadway’s big, fat hit!” (New York Post) Set in 1595, this hilarious smash tells the story of Nick and Nigel Bottom, two brothers who are desperate to write a hit Move over, Carol Channing! play. When a local soothsayer foretells Step aside, Barbra Streisand! Bette that the future of theatre involves Midler is back where she belongs – singing, dancing and acting at the same on the Broadway stage in the much- time, Nick and Nigel set out to write anticipated new production of Hello, the world’s very first MUSICAL! With Dolly! And boy, is she making a grand its heart on its ruffled sleeve and sequins entrance! The Divine Miss M hasn’t in its soul, Something Rotten! is “The appeared in a Broadway musical since Producers = The Book of Mormon x Fiddler on the Roof in 1967 and as The Drowsy Chaperone. Squared!” always, this stage and screen icon brings (New York Magazine) box office magic. In fact, the show is so irresistible to theatergoers that it broke FINDING NEVERLAND the record for the best first day of sales Center Orchestra in the history of Broadway, with over Thursday, June 29 $75 $9 million worth of tickets sold. Showtime: 8:00 PM Hello, Dolly! tells the story of Optional bus transportation provided an outspoken matchmaker and her from RPCS campus departing at 7:00 PM attempts to marry “half-a-millionaire” Horace Vandergelder. The tuner was Hippodrome nominated for 10 Tony Awards in 1964 Finding Neverland is Broadway’s (a record that stood for 37 years) and biggest new hit and the winner of took home the award for Best Musical. Broadway.com’s Audience Choice Now, Bette will be sharing the stage Award for Best Musical! Directed by with the fabulous Emmy and Tony visionary Tony® winner Diane Paulus, Award-winning David Hyde Pierce Finding Neverland tells the incredible (Frasier, Curtains) as the crotchety but story behind one of the world’s lovable Vandergelder. Rounding out most beloved characters, Peter Pan. the cast is Tony nominee Kate Baldwin Playwright J.M. Barrie struggles to find (Big Fish), Tony nominee Gavin Creel inspiration until he meets four young (Thoroughly Modern Millie, She Loves brothers and their beautiful widowed Me) and Tony nominee Jennifer Simard mother. Spellbound by the boys’ (Disaster!). We “Bette” there will be enchanting make-believe adventures, Tonys in the future for this production! he sets out to write a play that will astound London theatergoers. With a little bit of pixie dust and a lot of faith, Barrie takes this monumental leap, leaving his old world behind for Neverland where nothing is impossible and the wonder of childhood lasts forever. 14 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

BUILDING A BETTER LIFE EDITING YOUR CLOSET CONCRETE STEPS FOR SUCCESS Tuesday, April 18 $30 Joel K. Oppenheimer, PE 6:30 - 8:00 PM Instructor is generously donating his Nancy Cornbrooks, 1970 fee for this program to RPCS. Instructor is generously donating her PROGRAM ONE: ATTITUDES AND fee for this program to RPCS. GOAL SETTING Whether you are 26 or 86, we all Tuesday, May 2 $25 want to feel our best in our clothes - 6:30 - 8:30 PM for everyday, for job interviews, or for In this session you will explore what special occasions. Do you ever look success is and what makes a great life. into your closet full of clothes and feel Discussion topics will include: what as if you have nothing to wear? makes a good habit, the Law of Cause In this workshop you will learn and Effect, the Law of Belief, the Law to build a wardrobe to help solve the of Expectation, the Law of Attraction, above problem. Nancy Cornbrooks, a the Law of Correspondence, the Law personal stylist for W by Worth- a New of Concentration, and the Law of York based fashion company, will share Substitution. You will also discuss the tips on closet editing, must have basics, importance of goal setting and the how to dress 10 pounds lighter, and value of writing down goals. Through guided exercises, you will learn to how to choose styles and fabrics that write out your goals and action plans. achieve your goals. Finally, you will see how the same personal goal setting methodology can be used effectively for professional goal setting for businesses and government, otherwise known as strategic planning. SAVING FOR COLLEGE WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS? PROGRAM TWO: TIME MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS Johanna Bathurst Tuesday, May 9 $25 PROGRAM ONE: Thursday, April 6 $25 6:30 - 8:30 PM PROGRAM TWO: Tuesday, April 25 7:00 - 8:30 PM In this session you will get an overview of time management. Instructor is generously donating his Discussion will focus on life fee for this program to RPCS. management skills, setting priorities As parents, all of us dream of a based on your goals, and tips to avoid college education for our children wasting time. Specifically, the time and perhaps even graduate school. management portion will cover: keys Financing a college education is a to effective time management, the time major concern for most parents and, management matrix, seven ways to get for many of us, the time to start saving more done, delegating, time wasters, for college is now. Luckily, there are eliminating clutter, e-mail, phone several college savings strategies that calls, meetings, time management best can help you prepare and plan for your practices and avoiding procrastination. child’s college education. Join presenter, You will also discuss various Johanna Bathurst, CEO of JLB Wealth communication principles and skills Management Group, as she walks you including; body language, active through the various college savings listening, and persuasive speaking. You options that will put you on the path will also explore ways to communicate to making dreams of college a reality. better in person (formally and Grandparents are welcome to attend as informally), over the phone, via e-mail, well as they are often able to gift money and at meetings. to children and grandchildren. 15 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

MEDITATION FOR HAPPINESS ZUMBA Wednesdays, May 3, 10, 17, 24 $125 Mondays $150 6:30 - 8:00 PM Feb 27, Mar 6, 27, April 2, 24, May 1, 8, 15 4:00 - 5:00 PM Susan Weis-Bohlen Sylvia Botts Just as we want to choose the healthiest foods for our body, we can In this class you will take the learn how to choose the healthiest “work” out of workout, by mixing thoughts for our minds. In this low-intensity and high-intensity program you will explore the time- moves for an interval-style, calorie- tested meditation techniques that teach burning dance fitness party. Once you how to gently and easily work the Latin and World rhythms take with your mind to let go of negativity, over, you’ll see why Zumba® Fitness constant chatter, and anything that isn’t classes are often called exercise in serving you. Peace of mind, a deep sense disguise. Benefits of this program of ease, and satisfaction with the way include: a total workout, combining things are is attainable now. Learn how all elements of fitness – cardio, muscle to make friends with your own mind. conditioning, balance, flexibility, and Susan draws from her experiences of boosted energy. Each Zumba® class is the Vedas, Buddhism, Vipassana and designed to bring people together to Jewish Meditation techniques to help you be more calm and relaxed in your sweat it on! All ability levels welcomed. daily life and to view the world with heightened clarity and awareness. The by-product of a regular meditation practice is true happiness!

STRONG BY ZUMBA ZUMBA WEEKENDS Wednesdays, $150 Saturdays, $15 Per Class Mar 1, 8, 22, 29 April 5, 12, 19, 26 Session One: Feb 4, 11, 18, 25 4:00 - 5:00 PM Session Two: April 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20 Sylvia Botts 9:00 - 10:00 AM In this class, music and moves sync Jewell Booker in a way that pushes you past your perceived limits, to reach your fitness Sign up for an entire session and goals faster. STRONG by Zumba™ recieve 10% off combines high intensity interval In this class you will take the training with the science of Synced Music Motivation. Using your own “work” out of workout, by mixing body weight, you will improve muscular low-intensity and high-intensity moves endurance, tone, and definition. The for an interval-style, calorie-burning high intensity intervals will get your dance fitness party. Once the Latin and body burning calories long after your World rhythms take over, you’ll see workout. All ability levels welcomed. why Zumba® Fitness classes are often called exercise in disguise. Benefits of this program include: a total workout, combining all elements of fitness – cardio, muscle conditioning, balance, flexibility, and boosted energy. Each Zumba® class is designed to bring people together to sweat it on! All ability levels welcomed. Sign up for one or any combination of classes. 16 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

ITALIAN 1 MEMOIRIST POETS: BEGINNER COURSE A CELEBRATION OF MODERN Tuesday, March 21, 28 April 4, 11, 18, 25 AMERICAN WRITERS 6:00 - 7:30 PM $190 Tuesday, April 18 $35 Raffaella d’ Ecclesia 7:00 - 8:30 PM In this course you will learn the Bill Jones most romantic language while you also Some of the most powerful experience the Italian culture. How American writing in the last forty years many times have you been fascinated has combined elements of free verse by beautiful Italy? In this course you poetry and memoirs. Come celebrate will become familiar with grammar and National Poetry Month by reading vocabulary and, by the second session, and discussing the work of poets be able to interact with native speakers. who have used free verse to portray Vi aspettoi a presto arriverci! significant moments in their lives. Participants will consider writing by ITALIAN 2 some of America’s finest story-telling ADVANCED CLASS poets: David Bottoms, Lucille Clifton, Wednesday, May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, June 7 Billy Collins, Donald Hall, Yusef 6:00 - 7:30 PM $190 Komunyakaa, Philip Levine, Sharon Raffaella d’ Ecclesia Olds, Mary Oliver, and Linda Pastan. In this course you will further develop Spend an evening enjoying poems by your skills in speaking, reading, and these writers and leave with ideas for writing Italian. Many activities are writing of your own. designed to maximize communicative practice, and utilize pairs and small groups. Vi aspetto! TELLING YOUR LIFE THROUGH NOTE: Prerequisite- Italian 1 or previous POETRY: Italian knowledge/experience. WHERE DO YOU START? Tuesday, May 16 $40 SPANISH FOR BEGINNERS 7:00 - 8:30 PM Thursday, April 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25, June 1 Bill Jones 6:30 - 8:00 PM $190 Free verse poetry can be a wonderful Eileen Giordano medium for capturing and exploring ¿Hablas español? Come learn memories. Bill Jones has spent more about the beautiful Spanish language than thirty years finding joy through and culture. In this class, you will that medium and helping hundreds of gain conversational skills and explore others to do the same. In this session, elements of the diverse cultures of the he will present ways for participants Spanish-speaking world. This class is to identify and expand memories that perfect for those who want to travel, can be turned into poems or short would like to learn some Spanish for prose pieces. Using examples from his At Sunset, Facing East work, or would just like to hablar un 2016 book , Bill poquito de español! No experience will share five techniques he has used necessary, all are welcome! to keep himself and others writing. Participants should bring a notebook and pencil or a laptop. Bill will be distributing printed copies of poems from his book; it need not be purchased for participation in this session.

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DISCOVERING DIGITAL NANTUCKET BASKETS PHOTOGRAPHY Session One: Feb. 27, Mar 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3 Four Lectures & Field Study $175 Session Two: April 24, May 1, 8, 15, 22, June 5 Lecture: Monday, April 24, May 1, 8, 15 6:00 - 8:30 PM $125/ Materials Fee: $90 7:00 - 9:00 PM Leslie Goldsmith & Bob Moore Field Study: Saturday May 20 In this class you will learn or 10:00 - 12:00 AM perfect the art of Nantucket basket Lewis Katz weaving. Baskets 101 students wil l leave class with an 8” round Nantucket Digital technology has basket with a handle woven using dramatically changed how we take and rattan weaver and reed staves. Baskets share photographs. In this course you 101 and 102 students will be mentored will understand the fundamentals of by the Guild, a group of experienced photography and how they apply to weavers who meet one night a week the digital world. The course includes to weave baskets, exchange ideas, and classroom instruction and discussion, share weaving experiences. 102/Guild hands on learning, and field study. We will select baskets to work on, such as will cover settings such as shutter speed, round, oval, nests, trays, and purses. aperture or f stops, depth of field, white You are encouraged to bring projects and weaving issues to the Guild for balance, histograms, as well as how to assistance. properly expose and compose better images. Learn how to fully use the NOTE: Prerequisite for 102 and Guild features of your camera to create higher is instructor approval. Materials fee is payable to Instructor at first class. quality images that you will be proud Guild materials fee is based on project to share with friends and family. selection. IPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY NANTUCKET BRACELETS Thursday, March 23 & 30 $60 Wednesday, April 12 & 19 $65 6:30 - 8:00 PM 6:00 - 8:00 PM Materials Fee: $75 Meg Fairfax Fielding Leslie Goldsmith It’s so simple to take pictures with The Nantucket Lightship Basket the camera on your iPhone, but are traditional weave is used to create a you getting the best picture possible? beautifully woven reed bracelet with In these two classes you will learn and cherry endcaps. These bracelets have practice several simple editing programs, become extraordinarily popular on including the one incorporated into the island and, like the baskets, sell for your phone. Meg Fairfax Fielding will hundreds of dollars. In this program show you techniques to make your you will learn the art of weaving pictures outstanding! The first class wearable art! will focus on how to get the best image NOTE: Kit includes metal cuff, three possible and how to use iPhone editing preformed staves, weaver and cherry features. The second class, will teach endcaps. Metal Sizing - length of metal various photography apps and their (from end to end) is approximate: features. Extra Small - 4 3/4” (child size); Small NOTE: To participate in this program, - 5 1/4”; Medium - 6”; Large - 6 1/4”; you will need an iPhone with the most Extra Large - 7”. Include size with recent operating system installed. registration. Suggested apps to install before the first class: Instagram (free), Camera+ ($2.99) and Snapseed (free).

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GLASS EGG MINI-WORKSHOP PAINT AND SIP Ages 8 – Adult WINE GLASSES Tuesday, March 28 $60 Thursday, April 27 $50 4:00 PM 7:00 - 9:00 PM Corradetti Paint And Sip Studio Owings Mills

Join us at Corradetti Glass Blowing Studio & Gallery and celebrate Spring while you shape a colorful solid Join us for a fun evening where 3” egg paperweight from molten glass. you can uncork your creativity! The Corradetti’s friendly and professional Paint & Sip Studio of Owings Mills staff will guide you through the step will guide you step-by-step to paint by step process and you will have the two beautiful wine glasses. Enjoy your opportunity to step up to the fiery favorite beverage while re-creating a furnace and experience the thrill of starfish scene. Paint, glassware, and working with glass. brushes are included. Small snacks will be provided and you are welcome NOTE: Corradetti Glassblowing Studio & Gallery is located at 2010 Clipper to bring your beverage of choice. This Park Road, Suite 119, Baltimore, is a 21 and over event. No experience Maryland 21211. Parking available. necessary. MAHJONG WOOD PALLET PAINTING Tuesdays, $160 Friday, March 3rd $60 April 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2, 9 7:00 - 9:00 PM 4:30 - 6:30 PM Katie Detrich Iris Pressman In this course you will learn and play the game of Mahjong, which originated in China. Similar to the card game Rummy, Mahjong is a game of skill, strategy, and calculation, and involves a degree of chance. The game Embrace your inner artist and is played with a set of 144 tiles based join us for a night of painting. In this on Chinese characters and symbols. program, artist Katie Detrich will guide Instructor Iris Pressman has been you through the creative process while playing Mahjong for numerous years you enjoy time with those around you. and will share her experiences with Your ticket includes all art materials you. All levels are welcome to register. and instruction. The wooden pallet Materials included in cost. to be painted measures 18x22” and is hand crafted especially for you by local woodworker Travis Mullins of T Mullins Furniture Design. Small snacks will be provided and you are welcome to bring your beverage of choice. This is a 21 and over event. No experience necessary. 19 CREATIVE PURSUITS

FAVORITE THAI NOODLES HEALTHFUL HAPPY HOUR Monday, March 20 $45 SNACKS 6:30 - 9:00 PM Materials Fee: $15 Friday, April 21 $60 Ang Robinson 5:30 - 7:30 PM Materials Fee: $25 In this evening class you will expand Jessica Grosman your pasta repertoire by adding flavors Do you enjoy having company over and spices of Thai noodles. Explores for cocktails, but don’t know what a variety of rice noodles, egg noodles, to serve alongside? Elevate your and bean thread based vermicelli with happy hour spread with a healthful new and healthy sauces. You will create assortment of homemade snacks, delicious noodle dishes featuring Pad easy to prepare ahead of time. In this Thai (stir-fried rice noodles with tofu) class, taught by Registered Dietitian and Drunken Noodles (stir-fried fat and recipe developer Jessica Grosman, rice noodles with chili, garlic and basil.) learn to make a variety of delicious and nutritious appetizers, including THAI APPETIZERS a Lemon-Basil White Bean Hummus Monday, March 27 $45 Sweet Potato Crostini with a Seasonal 6:30 - 9:00 PM Materials Fee: $15 Berry Tapenade, Savory Roasted Ang Robinson Chickpea Clusters, and a simple Shaved Carrot and Herb Slaw and to In this evening class you will have drink, locally-made HEX Ferments fun learning about Thai herbs, spices, Kombucha. and sauces. You will make refreshing and healthy Fresh Spring Rolls with SEASONAL SOUPS AND STOCKS Shrimp served with a Spicy Peanut Wednesday, February 22 $75 Sauce, Larb Gai (Spicy Minced Meat 6:30 - 9:30 PM Salad with Mint and Cilantro), and Baltimore Chef Shop Som Tum or Green Papaya Salad. Making a good stock is a ‘must- BEST OF THAI STREET FOODS know’ basic technique of all professional Mondays, April 24, May 1, 8, 15 $160 chefs. Join the Baltimore Chef Shop 7:00 - 9:00 PM Materials Fee: $50 and explore making the foundational stocks and then build a variety of soups Ang Robinson using the seasonal ingredients available. In these classes you will discover Autumn and winter menu includes new ingredients, herbs, and spices Butternut Squash, Roasted Root used in creating authentic Thai dishes. Vegetable, and Chicken Noodle soups. You will make Shrimp Cakes with Cucumber Relish, Chicken Satay with SUSHI MAKING CLASS Spicy Peanut Sauce, Khao Pad Pu (Stir- Wednesday, March 8 $75 fried Rice with Crabmeat), Kao Soy 6:30 - 9:30 PM (Chiang Mai Style Egg Noodles with Baltimore Chef Shop Chicken Curry Sauce), Tom Kha Talay Join the Baltimore Chef Shop to (Lemongrass Soup with Seafood), Stir- learn the art of making sushi! Through fried Eggplants in black bean sauce, hands-on instruction discover a cuisine Kao Mun Gai, Garlic and Chili Sauces, of yin and yang in its simplicity and its and more! Class also includes a field complexity. In this class, you will de- trip to an Asian grocery store and an mystify the process of preparing and end-of-class dinner. assembling this dish that intimidates even the most skilled of chefs. NOTE: All supplies are provided. The previous two programs will be held at 807 W 36th Street, Baltimore, 21211 20 CREATIVE PURSUITS

EARLY SPRING GARDENING GARDENER’S CHOICE AND AND CREATING A SUCCULENT PLANTING A COMPACT PLANTER VEGETABLE GARDEN Monday, April 3 $40 Monday. April 24 $35 6:00 PM 6:00 PM Carrie Engel - Valley View Farms Carrie Engel - Valley View Farms In this program, learn about The last of our Monday programs annual and perennial plants that can will feature subjects chosen by the survive spring frosts and summer’s attendees. We will explore several ideas heat. We will discuss general planting during the preceding classes. This methods, products that aid in growing, program will also serve as a chance and trends for 2017 as a lead into to ask questions about any gardening this seminar series. You will create a subject. We’ll finish up by planting a succulent planter using either a clay 3-gallon Bloem Bagz vegetable garden bowl or a strawberry jar this evening’s including a compact tomato and class. Price includes planter, soil, and pepper plant with some salad greens. plants. NOTE: The previous four programs THE URBAN HOMESTEADER will be held at Valley View Farms. AND PLANTING AN HERB 11035 York Rd. Cockeysville, MD 21030 GARDEN Monday, April 10 $35 PLANNING YOUR FINANCIAL 6:00 PM FUTURE Carrie Engel - Valley View Farms Wednesday, April 5 $20 In this program, learn more about 7:00 - 8:30 PM growing edibles and ornamentals in SUDDENLY SINGLE the urban landscape. City dwellers Wednesday April 19 $20 Eric R. and Jeff M. will share their 7:00 - 8:30 PM expertise about gardening in an urban environment and discuss how LET’S TALK ABOUT a community comes together via this RETIREMENT shared experience. As a fun project, you Wednesday May 10 $20 will create a small herb container to 7:00 - 8:30 PM take home at the end of the class. Price Kathy Armstrong and Elizabeth Paal, 2005 includes 4 herbs, soil, and 2 gallon Bloem Bagz planter. Instructor are generously donating their fees for these programs to RPCS. NEW ANNUALS AND PERENNIALS AND PLANTING In these three unique sessions you A COOL WEATHER CONTAINER will learn how to plan for your future Monday, April 17 $40 financial sustainability. Attend one or 6:00 PM all based on your individual needs. Carrie Engel - Valley View Farms Planting new plants is something we garden geeks look forward to every year. The plants we feature in this evening’s class have been trialed and tested in gardens in our area and, often by our own staff. You’ll end the class with a planting of pansies, violas and/ or other cool-weather plants to take home. Price includes a plastic planter, 4-5 plants, and soil. 21 INDEX

Armstrong, Kathy Planning Your Financial Future, Suddenly Single, Let’s Talk About Retirement p. 21 Bathurst, Johanna Saving For College p. 15 Blumberg, Barbara History of Marriage p. 5 Booker, Jewell Zumba Weekends p. 16 Botts, Sylvia Zumba Weekdays, STRONG by Zumba p. 16 Brandywine Valley Longwood Gardens and Brandywine Museum p. 9 Butler, John Eye on Greece, Eye on Hong Kong p. 5 Cornbrooks, Nancy Editing Your Closet p. 15 Corradetti Glass Glass Egg Workshop p. 19 Creamer, Susie Migrate to Patterson Park, A Walk Along Stony Run with Audubon p. 8 - 9 Darrell, Butch History of The Ancient Near East p. 5 d’Ecclesia, Raffaella Italian 1, Italian 2 p. 17 Detrich, Katie Wood Pallet Painting p. 19 Diversions Come From Away, War Paint, Hello Dolly! p. 13 -14 Dobbs, Judy Walking Paths of Roland Park p. 8 Engel, Carrie Gardening Early Spring Gardening, The Urban Homesteader, New Annuals & Perennials; Gardener’s Choice p. 21 Fielding, Meg Fairfax iphone Photography p. 18 Giordano, Eileen Spanish p. 17 Goldsmith, Leslie Nantucket Baskets, Nantucket Bracelets p. 18 Grosman, Jessica Healthful Happy Hour Snacks p. 20 Hippodrome Something Rotten! the Musical, Finding Neverland the Musical p. 14 Hudson, Kathy Spring Garden Tour p. 10 Jones, Bill Memoirist Poets: A Celebration of Modern American Writers, Telling Your Life through Poetry: Where Do You Start? p. 17 Katz, Lewis Discovering Digital Photography p. 18 Maryland Humanities Literary Mount. Vernon Walking Tour p. 8 Mullauer, Bob Still More Snapshots of The Pacific War p. 6 National Cathedral National Cathedral Tea & Tour p. 7 Oakes, Brian Crane Lecture- Jim: The James Foley Story p. 1 Oppenheimer, Joel Building a Better Life p. 15 Paint & Sip Studio Paint and Sip p. 19 Pattersons, Neal & Cathy Maryland’s Chesapeake: How the Bay and Its Bounty Shaped a Cuisine p. 4 22 INDEX

Pittenger, Judy Great Books- Charles Dickens (Bleak House), The Bronte Sisters (Jane Eyre & Wuthering Heights), 1917- The Revolution That Shook the World p. 3-4 Pressman, Iris Mahjong p. 19 Reed, Christopher Llewellyn Lonesome Cowboy, Metaphysical Cinema p. 6 Reuter, Sharon A Big Fat Greek Adventure- Food Tour, “A Little Italy, A Little Not Food Tour p. 11 Robinson, Ang Thai Street Foods, Thai Appetizers, Favorite Thai Noodles p. 20 Schaumburg, Wayne Green Mount Cemetery Lecture and Walk p. 11 Superior Tours Philadelphia Flower Show p. 7 Toomey, Daniel Carroll “Hope Has Been Abandoned” Lecture p. 6 Vikan, Gary Sacred and Stolen: Book Talk & Signing p. 2 Weis- Bohlen, Susan Meditation For Happiness and Wellbeing p. 16 REGISTRATION Registrations will be processed through our new online database. Since class sizes are limited, prompt registration is recommended. Full payment is required at the time of registration. Please visit the Community tab at www.rpcs.org to complete registration. CLASS LOCATIONS All programs are held on the RPCS campus, unless otherwise noted. Please enter through the Harris Center main entrance, which is near the flag pole. Room assignments for programs will be posted in the Harris Center on the first meeting of class. Please sign in on arrival at the reception desk. PARKING Free parking is available in the RPCS well-lit parking lot and on streets surrounding the campus. Please note, however, that numbered parking spots on campus are reserved for empolyees use only Monday through Friday 7:30 AM until 4:30 PM. After 4:30 PM, you may choose any space. Handicapped parking spaces are marked. REFUNDS AND FEES A full refund will be made when a program is cancelled by RPCS, unless otherwise noted. Refunds will be given for cancellations up to two weeks before the beginning of the program. There will be no refunds for cancellations within two weeks of the start of the program. Please note that some programs may have special cancellation policies. CANCELLATIONS RPCS reserves the right to cancel or adjust any program that does not meet the minimum designated enrollment. Programs will be postponed or cancelled whenever RPCS closes early or closes for the day for inclement weather. Programs will be held when the school opens late. When feasible, an alternate date will be scheduled for the cancelled class. Please be sure to call the School at 410-323- 5500, ext. 3045 for information regarding all program changes.

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