THE HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES At Lorber Hall

Fall 2016 940. WRITING THE STORIES OF YOUR THE HUTTON HOUSE LIFE, PART I LECTURES Marcia Byalick Through a combination of informal lectures, discussion, These classes in the arts, humanities, and sciences have in-class writing exercises and weekly assignments, you will been widely respected for more than three decades. Noted be encouraged to uncover the wonderful stories hidden for their dynamic faculty from both Long Island University within your life experience Assignments are designed to and the surrounding area, The Hutton House Lectures trigger memories, providing a record of people, places, are stimulating and thought-provoking. Tests are not given in this non-credit program. events and emotions that might otherwise be lost Studies show that writing slows you down, clarifies emotions, LOCATION: Unless otherwise noted, all classes are held dispels demons…and heals The process can take you from in Lorber Hall (formerly known as Hutton House) on self-expression to self-discovery. Join author, editor, and LIU Post’s south campus. Use the east gate entrance off sixteen-time Long Island Press Club award winning columnist Route 25A. Follow the Lorber Hall signs which read Marcia Byalick, in exploring the times of your life. School of Professional Accountancy. The Hutton House Lectures are held in this beautifully restored mansion, extensively renovated on the first floor where our classes 10 a.m. – Noon 6 sessions meet. September 12 – October 17 Fee: $140 REGISTRATION: Please use the form inside the back 941. WILLIAM FAULKNER’S THE SOUND cover or call with Amex, MC, Visa, or Discover to charge: AND THE FURY AND ABSALOM, 516-299-2580. ABSALOM! REFUNDS: We reserve the right to cancel any series or John Lutz special event with full refund guaranteed. Refunds are Through an exploration of social conflicts arising from not granted once a course has begun. Another course may problems relating to class, race, and gender, this course be substituted where space is available. will examine two of Faulkner’s major works. We will NOTIFICATION: Unless you hear from us (before your explore the complex ways in which these great literary class is scheduled to begin), you may be confident you achievements parallel existing philosophical traditions have a place in the course(s) you signed up to take. and comment upon them, sometimes adopting their SHARING/SUBSTITUTION: Two people may split the assumptions and sometimes rejecting them, but always cost of a course and divide the lectures. You may send a testing their propositions by depicting the tragic or comic friend if you have to miss a class, or you may sit in on lives of characters who consciously or unconsciously another course, space permitting. Our office will accept embody them. Some of the major issues addressed in the one payment per shared registration, whether a check or a course will include: the legacy of slavery, Faulkner’s charge number. representations of labor and economic exploitation, DINING ON CAMPUS: Hillwood Food Court, located language and its relationship to the development of human in Hillwood Commons, provides hot and cold lunches. consciousness, Faulkner’s representation of women and Faulkner’s representations of human sexuality and THE HUTTON HOUSE LIBRARY: Please take a emotional/psychological development. moment to browse our collection in Room 104. All books and audiotapes are specifically chosen to compliment our 1 – 3 p.m. 10 sessions liberal arts and sciences curriculum; this collection should September 12 – November 14 Fee: $180 prove interesting to those who wish to do further reading. To check-out materials on the honor system for up to one month, simply make your selection, complete the card in 942. “OLD MASTERS IN THE NEWS” back of your book, and drop it into the box on the shelf Marc Kopman to the far right of the bay window. This course examines the works of seven artists who have recently been the subject of major exhibitions here or in Europe. They range from such unfamiliar names as Carlo Crivelli (1435-1495) to the great nineteenth century painters Ingres and Delacroix. Each session will incorporate the new discoveries, reattributions and the latest scholarship that these exhibitions have presented.

10 a.m. – Noon 7 sessions September 19 – November 14 Fee: $150 (No class on October 3 and October 10)

– 1 – 943. CAN SCIENCE EXPLAIN RELIGION? 947. THE CHARMING ELEGANCE OF LONG Peter Brancazio ISLAND GREAT GATSBY ERA ESTATES Religion has existed in human societies virtually Orin Finkle everywhere on the earth for tens of thousands of years. Professor Finkle will present from his collection of unique Although the many religions of the world, past and period photos depicting the North Shore and Eastern Long present, seem to differ widely in their beliefs and practices, Island’s grand estates, including glimpses of wealthy they all share one common feature: namely, a belief in the families, grand attire, sporting events and scenes of country existence of invisible, powerful supernatural beings that have the clubs and high society parties. Family photos of the ability to control nature and to intervene in human affairs . In Guggenheims, Kahns, Astors, Morgans, Phipps Mackays recent years, an interdisciplinary effort has been launched and other prominent people of the “Roaring Twenties” will by social scientists to explain why this belief is so come to life and be discussed in the context of that era. pervasive. The most promising approach seems to be Weekly handouts of Professor Finkle’s published articles coming from cognitive scientists, who argue that religious will also be provided along with his lectures, all helping to beliefs have arisen as a by-product of specific human make this series a private tour into a forgotten world. mental processes that evolved over time through natural selection. Thus humans are not innately religious, but are 1 – 3 p.m. 4 sessions born with the mental capacity to easily accept religious November 7 – November 28 Fee: $100 beliefs. 948. DELACROIX AND THE RISE OF In this course, we will identify the cognitive features of the MODERN ART human brain that support belief in supernatural beings. We Carol Tabler will discover how these features promoted religious beliefs Eugène Delacroix, leader of the French Romantic movement, and practices that fostered group cooperation and was truly ahead of his time. His use of saturated color and solidarity. We will examine the role played by religion in bold brushwork was revolutionary in his day. The great the social and cultural evolution of human civilization. Paul Cézanne said that he had “the most beautiful palette Finally, we will speculate on the future of religion, which in France.” These lectures will discuss the subject of now seems to be headed down two divergent paths – Delacroix and his lasting legacy. secularism and fundamentalism. 10 a.m. – Noon 3 sessions 1 – 3 p.m. 6 sessions November 21 – December 5 Fee: $90 September 19 – October 24 Fee: $120 949. SHAKESPEARE’S CORIOLANUS 944. WRITING THE STORIES OF YOUR John Lutz LIFE, PART II Set in the early Roman Republic, Shakespeare’s Coriolanus Marcia Byalick provides a portrait of one of his most impenetrable tragic Through a combination of informal lectures, discussion, heroes. Focusing on the theme of popular discontent with in-class writing exercises and weekly assignments, you will government, the play explores social and political problems be encouraged to uncover the wonderful stories hidden like warfare, inequality, and the abuse of political power. within your life experience Assignments are designed to We will use the Signet edition of the play. trigger memories, providing a record of people, places, events and emotions that might otherwise be lost. Studies 1 – 3 p.m. 4 sessions show that writing slows you down, clarifies emotions, November 21 – December 12 Fee: $120 dispels demons…and heals. The process can take you from self-expression to self-discovery Join author, editor, and sixteen-time Long Island Press Club award winning columnist Marcia Byalick, in exploring the times of your FILMS life. Only those who have taken the previous class should Please be advised that we do not have stadium seating available enroll in this intermediate course. for any of our films; therefore we do not offer such courses on a regular basis. When we do, however, it is incumbent upon the 10 a.m. – Noon 6 sessions student to arrive well in advance of the screening so that he/she October 24 – November 28 Fee: $140 may select a proper seat for the viewing. Should you be unable to do this, it is not within the scope of our duties to move people from seats in front of you or to otherwise deprive students in the HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES class of sitting wherever they please. Your alternative, therefore, liu.edu/huttonhouse is, as always, to drop the course if you are in any way dissatisfied.

– 2 – – 3 – 950. THREE CENTURIES OF PIANO MUSIC: 953. VIVA ITALIA A PIANIST’S EXPERIENCES WITH Val Franco KEYBOARD MASTERPIECES Join Professor Valerie Franco this autumn for a look at David Holzman some of the best feature films Italy has to offer. This In these lectures, David Holzman will describe his personal semester’s offering, in honor of Italian Heritage month, relationship with the piano music he has mastered, looks at a variety of subjects including family issues, the performed and recorded. All classes will involve mafia, women field workers, music, high school reunions, performances of music from Bach to the present, and and illicit romances. Ranging from romantic comedies to will -- describe how Holzman overcame technical and dramas, this season features mostly new works that are not musical challenges, his evolving understanding and available in the US, with a special look at Giuseppe de emotions towards the music, and where the music itself Santis’ neorealist classic masterpiece, Bitter Rice . We will stood in its time and stands now—a long time later in also see The Boss in the Kitchen , The Orange Thief , Remember time. As always, classes are informal and invite full Me My Love , The Last Kiss , and Long Live Liberty . audience participation. 1 – 3:30 p.m. 6 sessions September 20 – October 25 Fee: $125 1 – 3 p.m. 3 sessions December 5 – December 19 Fee: $90 954. CURRENT EVENTS Adrian Peracchio TUESDAY Each week Mr. Peracchio will discuss international and national stories vividly and accurately. The recipient of 951. LIVING LANGUAGE, PART II several national journalism awards, including a Pulitzer Katie Winkelstein-Duveneck Prize for general news reporting, Mr. Peracchio has also In this course, we will continue the work of sharpening and served as a member of the Round Table Council for shaping our distinctive writing voices. We will read works Foreign Affairs at Newsday . by great American stylists in genres including mystery, science fiction, romance, and memoir, focusing on authors 4 – 5:30 p.m. 11 sessions who challenge and transcend the line between “popular” September 20 – December 13 Fee: $180 and “literary” writing. Inspired by our weekly readings, (No class on October 11 and November 22) experimental writing exercises will allow us to write in a variety of genres and voices, helping us to see our own 955. POTPOURRI OF ITALIAN FILM writing more clearly. Workshops will focus on positive, Irene Porco Eckert practical feedback as we learn to identify and enhance the Join Professor Eckert for a short series featuring her take on patterns that give each voice its unique appeal. Open to all. four outstanding Italian films:

10 a.m. – Noon 8 sessions 1) BITTER RICE (1949)...a look at the working conditions/ September 13 – November 1 Fee: $140 lives/romantic ideals of the women farm workers of the Po Valley...one of the earliest successful neo-realism films of 952. LIVING LANGUAGE, PART VI post WWII. Katie Winkelstein-Duveneck As we continue to develop our unique writing voices, we 2) THE PR IEST’S WIFE (1971)...Father Dom (Marcello) will explore the powerful relationship between characters wants to remain a faithful priest....very difficult when and the world they live in. Characters may rebel against, Valeria (Sophia) wants to inspire him to leave. conform to, or creatively alter their environments. Sophia/Marcello’s last film together! Whether it is a family, a town, or the extremes we see in 3) TERRAFIRMA (2011)...the hardships endured by a utopias and dystopias, setting gives life to a story and the Sicilian fisherman due to native competition/government people within it. We will read a variety of fiction and intervention and the additional problem/crisis of refugees creative nonfiction that paints an indelible picture of a from the Middle East. What to do? place and time, and create vivid worlds of our own in experimental writing exercises inspired by our weekly 4) MID-AUGUST LUNCH (2008)…a delightful, readings. We will also read works that push the limits of enjoyable and entertaining comedy about an adult son form and genre, as well as helpful essays on - the craft of caring for his elderly mother and four other women during writing. Workshops will focus on positive, helpful Italy’s famed summer holiday, Ferragosta (mid August). feedback. Open to all. 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 4 sessions 1 – 3 p.m. 8 sessions October 4 – November 1 Fee: $120 September 13 – November 1 Fee: $140 (No class on October 11) – 4 – – 5 – 956. THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER: 959. THEODORE ROOSEVELT’S WAR ON AN AFFECTIONATE HISTORY THE PRESS OF 20TH CENTURY COMEDY Peter Kohler Sal St. George In 1908, Theodore Roosevelt confided to a federal Comedy writer and pop culture historian, Sal St. George, prosecutor: “I don’t know anything about the law of presents an historical and hysterical exploration of the men criminal libel, but I would dearly like to have it invoked and women who made us laugh during the last 100 years. about (Joseph) Pulitzer of the World .” Roosevelt’s Each week we will examine the lives and careers of great confession of his ignorance of libel law was prescient. His American comedy icons such as Danny Kaye, Jack Benny, abuse of executive power in attempting to prosecute Red Skelton, Laurel and Hardy, Milton Berle, Lucille Ball, publisher Joseph Pulitzer and others for violating a federal Buster Keaton, Bob Hope and others. Learn how the great libel law that did not exist, amounts to the most audacious comedians of our time made us laugh. violation of the Constitution’s free-press guarantees since John Adams signed the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798. 10 a.m. – Noon 4 sessions Roosevelt was over-reacting to editorials and articles in the November 8 – November 29 Fee: $100 New York World and Indianapolis News that had called for investigations into whether political cronies and relatives 957. MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN of Roosevelt and his successor, William Howard Taft, had Val Franco conspired to skim some of the $40 million Congress While only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday appropriated to acquire rights from French investors to sun, Englishmen and Scotsman make some fantastic develop the Panama Canal. When the Supreme Court movies. Join Professor Valerie Franco for a look at some of tossed out the government’s libel cases in 1910, Roosevelt’s the UK’s most compelling films. This series will have us overreach was not only defeated, but American editors, examining interesting alliances and relationships between publishers and journalists rejoiced in what they called a coal miners and the gay community, sisters in a small historic victory for press freedom. Over the years, fishing village, a young doctor and a dictator, life in the historians and biographers have questioned what led Midlands, and the various ways people face aging and Roosevelt to attack the press so harshly, especially because retirement. From dramas to comedies, these films are all in Roosevelt’s literary output—including his magazine and English. Films include: Pride, Ladies in Lavender , Once newspaper columns—was so prodigious. Join us for this Upon a Time in the Midlands , Last King of Scotland , Last insightful discussion of one of America’s most talked-about Orders , and Quartet . presidents and his love/hate relationship with the press.

12:30 – 3:30 p.m. 6 sessions 1 – 3 p.m. 4 sessions November 8 – December 13 Fee: $120 November 29 – December 20 Fee: $100

958. QUEENS, NY: THE HOME OF JAZZ Peter Borst WEDNESDAY Jazz may have started in New Orleans, but since the 1920’s, Queens, NY has been the residence of choice for hundreds 960. ON LIVING THE GOOD LIFE of jazz musicians. A list of some of the all-time notables David Sprintzen includes Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, We will discuss the basic ethical theories, with particular Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Fats Waller, Benny consideration given to the views of some of the major Goodman, and John Coltrane. They lived in homes from philosophers. We will then relate these theories to a range Astoria to Bayside, Addesleigh Park (St. Albans), Forrest of approaches to politics. Finally, we will explore their Hills, Corona and all of the communities in between. In relevance to the major contemporary problems confronting this lecture we will take a pretend trip of the Queens Jazz the contemporary world. Among the thinkers discussed Trail, stopping at many of the homes where famous jazz will be Plato, Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, David Hume, musicians lived and examining some of their exceptional Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Friedrich Nietzsche, music. Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, John Dewey, and Richard Rorty. 10 a.m. – Noon 5 sessions November 22 – December 20 Fee: $125 1 – 3 p.m. 5 sessions September 14 – October 12 Fee: $120 HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES liu.edu/huttonhouse

– 6 – – 7 – 961. WORLD POLITICS: A NEW BALANCE 964. WORLD POLITICS: A NEW BALANCE OF POWER OF POWER Ralph Buultjens Ralph Buultjens A series of recent and soon forthcoming developments in Same as previous, but it’s held on a different date. key regions of the world suggest that a new balance of political and economic power is in the making. A new 10:30 a.m. – Noon 4 sessions American administration will have to make major November 2 – November 30 Fee: $160 decisions on international issues - foreign and trade (No class on November 23) policies, relations with other major nations, and how to address vital concerns like terrorism, climate change and 965. WORLD POLITICS: A NEW BALANCE nuclear proliferation. Elsewhere—in China, the European OF POWER Union, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, Latin Ralph Buultjens America—political events are bringing new international Same as above, but in the afternoon. policies and new approaches to global issues. Will these 1- 2:30 p.m. 4 sessions and other similar happenings change the global power November 2 – November 30 Fee: $160 structure? Will there be a significant change in the (No class on November 23) relationships of key countries and their position in the world? Will the existing hierarchy of political and 966. MAUS I: A GRAPHIC NOVEL economic power be rearranged in 2017? Who will be the Marc Greenberg winners and losers? How will America’s position be The best of readers sometimes discover books that are either affected? This course will discuss these and other critical too long or too difficult to get through. It may be the issues in the context of current world affairs. subject matter, language, pacing, plot, or vocabulary. Don’t be discouraged, you’re not alone. Join us to read and 10:30 a.m. – Noon 4 sessions analyze just such a book: Maus I by Art Spiegelman September 28 – October 26 Fee: $160 (Pantheon, ISBN 0-394-74723-2 [Maus II—Pantheon, (No class on October 12) ISBN 0-679-72977-1]. Spiegelman was a pioneer in the use 962. WORLD POLITICS: A NEW BALANCE of the graphic genre novel for an academic subject—The Holocaust. For this, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in OF POWER 1992. The book, in its entirety, will be read (and discussed) Ralph Buultjens aloud in class. Time permitting (and with class interest), Same as above, but in the afternoon. the group can also elect to read Maus II within the 4-week framework. 1 – 2:30 p.m. 4 sessions September 28 – October 26 Fee: $160 You must obtain a copy of the book. No prior reading is (No class on October 12) necessary for the first class. 10 a.m. – Noon 4 sessions 963. PLATO’S SHORTER DIALOGUES, II November 16 – December 7 Fee: $120 Alex Priou These courses will focus on some of Plato’s shorter 967. SOME HISTORY YOU OUGHT TO dialogues. In these works, we see Socrates going about his KNOW day in the schools or the marketplace, encountering a Marc Greenberg variety of Athenians in common situations. But these Join Professor Greenberg for a lively discussion of what he experiences soon give way remarkable investigations of has selected as some of the “history you ought to know,” on such topics as friendship, law, greed, wisdom, and four dates as follows: education. Plato thus shows us Socrates at his finest, showing how philosophical perplexity lies embedded even November 16, 2016 Landmark Supreme Court in the most quotidian of events. Our aim in these courses Cases Everybody Should will be simply to enjoy these short, fascinating, often quite Know—Menominee Tribe v. funny little works that show just how extraordinary the U.S. (1968)Medellin v. ordinary really is. (For this second course, please purchase Texas (2008) The Roots of Political Philosophy , edited by Thomas Pangle for Cornell University Press). November 23, 2016 Famous Trials—Jim Bakker Trial (1989) 1 – 3 p.m. 4 sessions Samuel Insull Trial (1934) October 19 – November 9 Fee: $100 (continued on the following page) – 8 – – 9 – November 30, 2016 Was the Civil War 970. SHAKESPEARE ON FILM, PART III: Inevitable? KING LEAR Peter Josyph December 7, 2016 Why did the U.S. Enter Celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, World War I? these cinema seminars investigate the challenge of adapting Shakespeare for the screen. Hosted by actor- 1 – 3 p.m. 4 sessions filmmaker Peter Josyph, who is currently directing his own November 16 – December 7 Fee: $120 film, SHAKESPEARE IN NEW YORK, the Fall semester explores Shakespeare’s visions of power and family. This 968. PLATO’S SHORTER DIALOGUES, III first in a series of three courses, KING LEAR, one of the Alex Priou supreme masterworks in Western literature, features These courses will focus on some of Plato’s shorter characters and situations that have challenged—and dialogues. In these works, we see Socrates going about his terrified—brave and talented interpreters for centuries. day in the schools or the marketplace, encountering a Films directed by Peter Brook, Trevor Nunn, Richard Eyre variety of Athenians in common situations. But these and other great Shakespeareans employ the stellar talents experiences soon give way remarkable investigations of of Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Ian McKellen, Patrick such topics as friendship, law, greed, wisdom, and Magee, Ian Holm, Brian Blessed, and James Earl Jones, to education. Plato thus shows us Socrates at his finest, aim their genius at doing justice to the family and the showing how philosophical perplexity lies embedded even kingdom of Lear. Even more adventurous adaptations, such in the most quotidian of events. Our aim in these courses as those of Akira Kurosawa, Jean-Luc Godard, and Finnish will be simply to enjoy these short, fascinating, often quite composer Aulis Sallinen, will also be sampled. For close funny little works that show just how extraordinary the examination of some scenes, any edition of KING LEAR ordinary really is. (For the third course, please purchase is recommended but is not necessary. The Roots of Political Philosophy , edited by Thomas Pangle for Cornell University Press). 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 4 sessions September 8 – September 29 Fee: $80 1 – 3 p.m. 3 sessions December 7 – December 21 Fee: $80 971. ARTHURIAN LEGENDS: AN INTRODUCTION Edward Major THURSDAY King Arthur: Why does he fascinate us after over 1,500 years? We will delve into the rich legends and examine 969. PLATO’S SHORTER DIALOGUES, I several different accounts of Arthur and the Knights of the Alex Priou Round Table. We will also attempt to seek out the moral in These courses will focus on some of Plato’s shorter some of these didactic tales, and the expressions of a dialogues. In these works, we see Socrates going about his medieval world view, including loyalty, ethical behavior, day in the schools or the marketplace, encountering a the search for spiritual enlightenment, courtly love, and variety of Athenians in common situations. But these more. experiences soon give way remarkable investigations of such topics as friendship, law, greed, wisdom, and 1 – 2:30 p.m. 3 sessions education. Plato thus shows us Socrates at his finest, September 8 – September 22 Fee: $50 showing how philosophical perplexity lies embedded even in the most quotidian of events. Our aim in these courses 972. CURRENT EVENTS will be simply to enjoy these short, fascinating, often quite Adrian Peracchio funny little works that show just how extraordinary the Each week Mr. Peracchio will discuss international and ordinary really is. (For the first course, please purchase national stories vividly and accurately. The recipient of Plato’s Dialogue on Friendship , translated by David Bolotin several national journalism awards, including a Pulitzer for Cornell University Press). Prize for general news reporting, Mr. Peracchio has also served as a member of the Round Table Council for 10 a.m. – Noon 4 sessions Foreign Affairs at Newsday . September 8 – September 29 Fee: $100 1 – 2:30 p.m. 11 sessions HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES September 22 – December 15 Fee: $180 liu.edu/huttonhouse (No class on October 13 and November 24)

– 10 – – 11 – 973. CURRENT EVENTS 976. ARTHURIAN LEGENDS: AN Adrian Peracchio HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Same as above, but later in the afternoon. Edward Major Armed with an understanding of the legends themselves, 3 – 4:30 p.m. 11 sessions Arthur must be placed in the historical context of his time. September 22 – December 15 Fee: $180 The protective effect of the presence of Roman Legions (No class on October 13 and November 24) across much of England and Wales over 400 years will be explored, as well as how that effect changes the native 974. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT tribes of the Britons over time. What drew the Angles, ROME, PART I Saxons, Jutes, and later, the Vikings to the shores of Denise Gold present day Great Britain and Ireland in the first place? Rome has a special claim on our Western society because Changes in technology, warfare, and some reasons why the our culture has developed from the foundations laid down Britons were unable to repel these incursions will be centuries ago by this harsh yet remarkable civilization. This discussed. Were these incursions really as violent as the multi-media course will cover the rise of Rome from its movie industry has depicted them, or have we been led early humble beginnings as a cluster of villages on the astray once again by a Hollywood version of history? Tiber, to its ascent as the most powerful and glorious civilization of its time. 1 – 2:30 p.m. 3 sessions October 20 – November 3 Fee: $50 10 a.m. – Noon 8 sessions October 6 – December 8 Fee: $160 977. SHAKESPEARE ON FILM, PART V: (No class on November 17 and November 24) THE TEMPEST Peter Josyph 975. SHAKESPEARE ON FILM, PART IV: After four centuries, Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST HENRY IV continues to challenge its viewers, its readers, and every Peter Josyph Shakespearean who has brought it to the stage or the Why has one actor-poet-playwright remained supremely screen. The last play Shakespeare wrote alone, with the popular and incomparably admired for over 400 years? To character of Prospero, an aged conjurer, analogous to help answer that question, these cinema seminars investigate Shakespeare himself, THE TEMPEST has been widely the challenges and rewards of adapting Shakespeare’s plays adapted into countless poems, songs, orchestral works, for the screen. This in-depth look at the complex relations dances, operas, films—even a science-fiction classic. And of patriotism, friendship, honor and love in Shakespeare’s yet according to literary critic Harold Bloom, it is one of great HENRY IV features three of his most compelling the two “worst interpreted and performed” of all the plays. characters: weak and beleaguered Henry IV; young and It is therefore fitting that a search for superior film wayward Prince Hal (later Henry V); and Hal’s rogue adaptations should conclude this series of seminars companion, the incorrigible, incomparable Fat Jack investigating Shakespeare’s visions of power and family. Falstaff, one of Shakespeare’s most vivid, larger-than-life The search will include Julie Taymor’s film in which Helen creations. Performers include Jeremy Irons, Sean Connery, Merrin turns Prospero into Prospera; a TV kinescope John Gielgud, Margaret Rutherford, Tom Hiddleston, featuring Lee Remick, Roddy McDowall, Tom Poston, and Kenneth Branagh, Robbie Coltrane, Simon Russell Beale, Maurice Evans as Prospero with a Caliban played by Richard Robert Hardy, Anthony Sher, Anthony Quayle, and Orson Burton; and, in a free adaptation by Paul Mazursky, a fine Welles. We will also sample Franco Zeffirelli’s adaptation of storm sequence conjured by John Cassavetes saying “Show Verdi’s comic opera, FALSTAFF, featuring Paul Plishka in me the magic!” We will also sample a production from the title role and Marilyn Horne as Mistress Quickly; and Shakespeare’s Globe in London; the opera by Thomas Gus Van Sant’s MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO, also based, Adès; and, yes, a scene from FORBIDDEN PLANET in in part, on HENRY IV. For close examination of some which Ariel is played by Robby the Robot. For close scenes, any edition of HENRY IV, Parts 1 and 2, is examination of some scenes, any edition of THE recommended but is not necessary. TEMPEST is recommended but is not necessary.

10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 4 sessions 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 4 sessions October 6 – October 27 Fee: $80 November 3 – December 1 Fee: $80 (No class on November 24)

– 12 – – 13 – 978. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ARTHUR: States with the promise of marital happiness and economic TRUE KING OR LOCAL LEGEND? success. Edward Major Sept. 9: Nicole Krauss, Great House . Was there really such a person as Arthur? There is ISBN 9780393340648. compelling archaeological evidence that a King, likely Oct. 7: Eimear McBride, A Girl is a Half-Formed beginning as a local tribal chieftain, united the tribes of the Thing . ISBN 9781101903438. Britons to resist the immigration of the Angles, Saxons, Nov. 4: Dana Spiotta, Stone Arabia . Jutes, and Vikings There is also evidence that he did all ISBN 9781451617979. this exactly where the legends claim he did and within the Dec. 2: Julie Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic . specified time period. This evidence provides a wonderful ISBN 9780307744425. lesson for us that Arthurian Legends, like so many other legends, do have some truth behind them, even if they 10 a.m. – Noon 4 sessions have been embellished and culturally altered over time. In September 9 – December 2 Fee: $120 this course some physical anthropology of the Britons will 981. THE BOOK GROUP also be discussed and time will be allowed, as always, for Margaret Hallissy questions and answers about this fascinating subject which Same as above, but in the afternoon. has long been the object of debate. 1 – 2:30 p.m. 4 sessions 1 – 3 p.m. 4 sessions November 10 – December 8 Fee: $50 September 9 – December 2 Fee: $120 (No class on November 24) 982. THE CINEMA OF DALTON TRUMBO Philip Harwood FRIDAY After seeing the recent celebrated film, Trumbo , you may 979. THE LADIES OF VERISMO ask, who was the real Dalton Trumbo? He was a Marc Courtade screenwriter and novelist, who was one of the Hollywood Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana is credited as the first Ten. He refused to testify before the House Un-American verismo opera. Verismo brought “realism” to opera, offering Activities Committee (HUAC) during the communist characters from everyday life. The genre became popular in influence investigation, and was blacklisted. He began Italy with operas by Puccini, Leoncavallo, Cilea, Giordano writing secretly and his work received two Academy and Catalani. Even French composers like Charpentier and Awards, given to a front writer and a pseudonym. Kirk Massenet embraced the idiom. We are fortunate that Douglas was responsible for the return of his public credit recorded sound preserved some original interpreters. This with Spartacus . course will examine the leading ladies of verismo operas, with examples by singers from the 1890’s to the present. In this course, we will see four films (in their entirety) and discuss the significance of each in the career of Dalton 10 a.m – Noon 4 sessions Trumbo. Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945): Edward September 9 – September 30 Fee: $120 G. Robinson is the patriarch of a Wisconsin farming family which takes on the struggles and rewards of rural life; 980. THE BOOK GROUP Trumbo’s last screenplay before being blacklisted. Roman Margaret Hallissy Holiday (1953): A news reporter (Gregory Peck) falls in Now in its 19th year, the Book Group meets monthly to love with a European princess (Audrey Hepburn, in her discuss literary fiction. In the run-up to our twentieth film debut and Academy Award winning role); screenplay anniversary as a group Prof. Hallissy will focus on writers by Trumbo, but credited to Ian McClellan Hunter. whose works have never been discussed by the group Spartacus (1960): A slave (Kirk Douglas) leads a rebellious and/or first novels. Nicole Krauss’ Great House tells the army against Rome; Trumbo received screenplay credit. story of a writing desk via the monologues of five different Johnny Got His Gun (1971): Based on Trumbo’s novel characters. Eimear McBride’s A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing and directed by the author, Timothy Bottoms portrays a is a highly experimental first novel written in a complex young American solider, hit by an artillery shell on the last style, but with a common fictional theme: love and loss. In day of the First World War, and takes place in the mind of Stone Arabia , Dana Spiotta tells the story of an eccentric a quadruple amputee. (PLEASE NOTE: Class for rock musician’s lifelong effort at chronicling, and thereby SPARTACUS will end at 4:30 instead of 3:30 p.m.) . creating, an artificial persona. Julie Otsuka’s The Buddha in the Attic is a saga of a special group of immigrants: the 1 – 3:30 p.m. 4 sessions September 16 – October 7 Fee: $120 Japanese mail-order brides who were lured to the United (continued on the following page) – 14 – – 15 – 983. COUPLES IN THE ART WORLD: 985. ALFRED HITCHCOCK: THE NOVELS LOVERS HAVE SUPPORTED EACH OF DAPHNE DU MAURIER OTHER AS THEY PERFECTED THEIR Philip Harwood ART – AT LEAST MOST OF THE TIME! Of all of the authors of novels and short stories that the Mary Dono Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, would adapt for the Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera screen, Daphne Du Maurier was the one author who Her work has been celebrated in Mexico as emblematic of Hitchcock would adapt more than once. They never national and indigenous tradition, and by feminists for its actually met face to face, but the director would create uncompromising depiction of the female experience and form. three films based on Du Maurier’s works. The first, Jamaica His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Inn (1939), starring Charles Laughton and Maureen O’ Mural Movement in Mexican art. Between 1922 and 1953, Hara, is Hitchcock’s last British film before coming to Rivera painted murals among others in Mexico City, America; in it, a young woman (O’Hara) seeking her aunt, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, and New is escorted by Humphrey (Laughton) to the Jamaica Inn, York City. where many dark secrets are discovered. In Hitchcock’s first American film, Rebecca (1940), a woman (Joan Alfred Stieglitz & Georgia O’Keeffe Fontaine) marries a widower (Laurence Olivier), only to He was an American photographer and modern art find that she must live in the shadow of his former wife. In promoter who was instrumental over his fifty-year career in Hitchcock’s 1963 film adaptation of the Du Maurier short making photography an accepted art form. story, The Birds , a wealthy socialite (Tippi Hedren) She is best known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, pursues a man (Rod Taylor) in a small town, just as birds of New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. O’Keeffe all kinds begin to attack humanity. We will discuss and has been recognized as the “Mother of American modernism.” view all three films in their entirety. Willem & Elaine de Kooning 1 – 3:30 p.m. 3 sessions He painted in a style that came to be referred to as Abstract October 14 – October 28 Fee: $80 Expressionism or Action Painting, and was part of a group of artists that came to be known as the New York School. 986. MUSICALS OF THE 1960’S She was an Abstract Expressionist and Figurative Marc Courtade Expressionist painter in the post-World War II era. She The 1960s saw a wide variety of Broadway musicals. Some wrote extensively on the art of the period and was an like Fiddler on the Roof , How to Succeed In Business Without editorial associate for Art News magazine. Really Trying , A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Lee Krasner & Jackson Pollock Forum and Hello, Dolly ! were enormously popular and have She was an influential American Abstract Expressionist revived many times. Others seem reflections of their era painter in the second half of the 20th century. She is one like Bye, Bye Birdie , Camelot and Mame . Others pushed the of the few female artists to have had a retrospective show musical in new directions, like Man of La Mancha , Cabaret at the Museum of Modern Art. and Hair . This course will examine these shows and many He was an influential American painter and a major figure others from the era, looking at many well-loved shows as in the Abstract Expressionist movement. He was well well as some rarities known for his unique style of drip painting. 10 a.m. – Noon 5 sessions 10 a.m. – Noon 4 sessions October 21 – November 18 Fee: $120 October 7 – October 28 Fee: $100 984. INSIDE POLITICS, PARTS I AND II Curt Lader The Race to the White House, Trump vs Clinton, will go INCLEMENT WEATHER AND OTHER down as one of the most historic elections in our lifetime. CONDITIONS WHICH REQUIRE Each week Professor Lader will be analyzing the horse race CANCELATION OF CLASSES using a combination of interactive media as well as Please note that due to diminished staffing, no notification calls interaction with the class. From polls, to political ads, to for cancelations can be guaranteed as they have been in the the all important debates, the class will follow the race to past. Be certain to check the LIU website (www.liu.edu), call the White House through Election Day with a wrap-up in the main phone number 516-299-3637 (516-299-EMER), or November, after the election. check with your radio and television stations. You may also try our main Hutton House number at 516-299-2580, which will 1 – 3 p.m. 5 sessions have a message if our voice recording capability remains October 14, 21, 28 Fee: $100 operational. Thanks so much for your kind cooperation. November 11 and 18 – 16 – – 17 – 987. HOW ENGLISH GOT TO BE ENGLISH of the people who, for almost a century, rode behind the Dave Hinchliffe Meadow Brook hounds. The English tongue was fashioned from a plethora of other European-based linguistic systems: Celtic, German, 10:30 a.m. – Noon 1 session Monday, September 12 Fee: N/C French, Latin, Italian, Greek, and Scandinavian. Many factors were at play in the lingual evolution and emergence of what we would define today as the English language, as 990. KING LEAR: THE MAN WHO illustrated in Geoffrey Chaucer’s works which are marked CHANGED THE FACE OF TELEVISION by linguistic, poetic and dictional innovations. This course Sal St. George will attempt to examine the specific roots of English, When Norman Lear created the ground-breaking and numerous etymologies, and many other things English, controversial TV series, All in the Family , he single-handedly especially how English got to be English. If you changed how America watched television. Lear redefined are a language-lover and want to know more about your what was funny to the American people. Controversial and mother tongue, then this may be the opportunity you’ve taboo subjects such as racism, prejudice, homophobia, been looking for. abortion, and rape became fodder for thought- provoking, and hysterical comedy. Comedy writer and pop culture 10 a.m. – Noon 2 sessions historian, Sal St. George, examines the comedy secrets December 9 and December 16 Fee: $50 behind the mind of Norman Lear.

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988. THE 2016 ELECTION…SO FAR 991. COCA: SURPRISING TALES IN THE James Coll HISTORY OF COCAINE Few election cycles have been as exciting and unpredictable Charles Levinthal as the current contest for who will be the 45th President of We can trace the history of cocaine back to the practice the United States. In this non-partisan discussion, we will of chewing coca leaves (which contain about 2 percent analyze some points of interest that have been raised and cocaine) among inhabitants of the ancient Inca others that have been largely ignored to get a sense of the civilization, but the psychoactive potential of cocaine was road to the White House in 2016. not fully realized until 1859 when the chemical isolation of 12 – 2 p.m. 1 session the active ingredient in coca leaves was achieved We will Wednesday, August 31 Fee: $30 examine the history of cocaine at that point through little- known stories of the lives of a disparate group of 989. FOX HUNTING WITH MEADOW remarkable people in nineteenth-century Europe and BROOK: A LECTURE AND BOOK America, at a time when cocaine use was totally SIGNING unregulated. They include a Sicilian marketing genius who Judith Tabler invented the concept of celebrity endorsement to promote This book is not really a book about foxhunting; it is a his enormously successful brand of coca-laced wine; a record of a group of people who lived on Long Island from distinguished American surgeon and co-founder of the 1881-1971. Ms. Tabler’s research is based on primary Johns Hopkins School of Medicine who developed the use sources, diaries, photo albums, newspaper accounts, of cocaine for anesthetizing nerves and limbs before interviews and records from the Meadow Brook Club. She acquiring a cocaine addiction of his own; a young learned much about the people and the development of physician in Vienna who became convinced that his Long Island during those ninety years. promotion of the psychostimulant properties of cocaine in medical treatment would ensure his scientific legacy, only Foxhunting with the Meadow Brook Club in Long Island, to realize its addictive potential, and then moving on to New York, was always about more than the fox, the other pursuits, would develop the concept of psychoanalysis; hounds, or the horses. Meadow Brook was about its and, Atlanta pharmacist who created a carbonated beverage people—some powerful, some idle, many wealthy—and containing coca and flavoring of the African kola nut that their shared joy in galloping across beautiful country, only would be so successful it would eventually become an minutes outside New York City. Doomed from its 1881 iconic symbol of America to the rest of the world. These conception, the Meadow Brook hunt managed to survive and other stories make up the amazing history of cocaine. for ninety years in spite of poor scenting, sandy soil, angry farmers, quirky millionaires, trolleys, trains, automobiles, 10:30 a.m. – Noon 1 session and airplanes. Foxhunting with Meadow Brook tells the story Wednesday, September 14 Fee: $30 (continued on the following page) – 18 – – 19 – 992. HISTORIC HAUNTS OF LONG ISLAND; 994. EDWARD ELGAR’S ENIGMA GHOSTS AND LEGENDS FROM THE VARIATIONS : ONE CONDUCTOR’S GOLD COAST TO MONTAUK POINT: VIEW OF ELGAR’S BEAUTIFUL RIDDLE LECTURE AND BOOK SIGNING Mark Shapiro Kerriann Flanagan Brosky Mark Shapiro, LIU Post Associate Professor of Music and After the success of the Ghosts of Long Island books, Music Director of The Prince Edward Island Symphony, Long Island’s haunted past once again comes alive in takes listeners through the ins and outs of Elgar’s coy award-winning author and historian Kerriann Flanagan masterpiece. Intended at first as a lighthearted series of Brosky’s latest book Historic Haunts of Long Island ; musical/psychological sketches of Elgar’s friends and Ghosts and Legends from the Gold Coast to Montauk acquaintances, the work quickly became something much Point . Ms. Brosky will discuss fascinating new places she grander and deeper. Deploying his always humorous and has researched and investigated with medium and highly interactive approach, Dr. Shapiro will engage paranormal investigator Joe Giaquinto. Join her as she listeners in a collaborative and close investigation of this uncovers Long Island’s history and some “ghostly tales.” gloriously imaginative and colorful music. Book signing to follow. 2 – 4 p.m. 1 session 10 a.m. – Noon 1 session Wednesday, September 21 Fee: $30 Friday, September 16 Fee: N/C 995. CONVERSATION WITH AN AWARD- 993. MESSENGERS OF PARADISE: WINNING FILM PRODUCER ENDORPHINS IN THE BRAIN AND Tom Heller and Greg Wagner THE EVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE Join us for a Q&A with film executive and producer Tom AGAINST PAIN, RAGE, Heller, as we view scenes from some of his award-winning films such as: Mud , starring Matthew McConaughey, Reese UNCERTAINTY, AND ADDICTION Witherspoon and Michael Shannon; the comedic-drama Charles Levinthal Win Win , written and directed by Tom McCarthy More than 150 years ago, the French scientist Claude (Spotlight ); Danny Boyle’s ( Slumdog Millionaire ) survival Bernard wrote: “I feel convinced that there will come a day drama 127 Hours , starring James Franco, which was when physiologists, poets, and philosophers will all speak nominated for six Academy Awards; Foxcatcher , directed by the same language.” It can be argued that the language Bennett Miller, nominated for five Academy Awards; and, Bernard envisioned lies in the neurochemistry of the brain the Academy Award winning film Precious . Moderated by and in an understanding of the profound role that LIU Post’s Greg Wagner, Heller will discuss and answer endorphins (brain-produced opiates) play in our daily lives. questions about the journey of each film from script to We know today that endorphins are more than pain-killers screen, themes, and critical reaction. that we are capable of producing ourselves. Endorphins serve to promote our chances of survival during times of 10:30 a.m. – Noon 1 session stress. They serve to reinforce our experiences of social Friday, September 23 Fee: $30 attachment and social comfort, thus promoting our development as social beings. They serve to promote the 996. UNDERSTANDING THE SUPREME experience of joy in the making of new discoveries about COURT the world around us, as we continue a never-ending quest James Coll for coherence and certainty. We will explore the This lecture will examine the evolving role of the U.S. importance of endorphins in our emotional lives, the Supreme Court in American history. Our objective will be evolutionary development of the human brain that has to get a better sense of how the Court works, how it deals made it possible for endorphins to function, as well as the with (or fails to deal with) controversial issues and how the vulnerability toward drug addiction that can occur when “least dangerous branch” has secured its unique place in endorphin systems fail to sustain us. the American constitutional structure.

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– 20 – – 21 – 997. UNDERSTANDING THE EMOTIONAL 999. DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH’S FIFTH AND SPIRITUAL ASPECTS OF SYMPHONY: ONE CONDUCTOR’S ADDICTION VIEW OF SHOSTAKOVICH’S BITTER Veronica Valli TRIUMPH There are over 23 million Americans living in long-term Mark Shapiro recovery from alcoholism and addiction. Despite this, Mark Shapiro, LIU Post Associate Professor of Music and addiction is still shrouded in shame and secrecy; it is a Music Director of The Prince Edward Island Symphony, disease that is treated as a moral failing rather than a shares his thoughts with listeners about the ingenuity and medical issue which can be successfully treated. This fervor with which Shostakovich navigated the personal lecture will attempt to answer the question of why and political terrors and stringencies of the oppressive someone who seemingly has everything would drink or use Soviet system. Fighting for his artistic life, Shostakovich drugs destructively. While spiritual and emotional brilliantly harnessed the subversive power of music to components of addiction are the most misunderstood, they speak truth, if not “to” power, then “about” power—to are the engines that drive a person to abuse substances. utter, in plain view, dangerous truths that otherwise could Prof. Valli will explore spirituality in relation to addiction never have been spoken at all. Deploying his always and explain why she considers it to be the key to successful humorous and highly interactive approach, Dr. Shapiro recovery. will engage listeners in a collaborative and close investigation of this extraordinary, brave, desperate, 1 – 2:30 p.m. 1 session humane and risky work. Wednesday, October 12 Fee: N/C 1 – 3 p.m. 1 session 998. MAX STEINER (MASTERS OF FILM Tuesday, November 1 Fee: $30 MUSIC SERIES) Richard Knox 000. THE JOLSON STORY : A 70TH Often referred to as the “father of film music,” Max Steiner ANNIVERSARY APPRECIATION (1888-1971) left an indelible imprint on the history of Philip Harwood motion pictures during a career spanning over 35 years. “Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain’t heard nothin’ After emigrating to the United States from Austria in yet!” In celebration of the film’s 70th anniversary, we will 1914, Steiner started out as a musical arranger and discuss, and view in its entirety, The Jolson Story , the conductor on Broadway, working on many notable fictionalized story of Al Jolson, the “World’s Greatest productions over the next 15 years. But it wasn’t until his Entertainer.” Tracing his career from his boyhood in move to Hollywood in 1929 that Steiner found his true Washington, D.C., his minstrel days, to becoming a calling—writing scores for such classic films as King Kong , headliner on Broadway, this film won the Academy Awards The Informer , Gone With the Wind , The Letter , Casablanca , for Musical Scoring for Morris Stoloff, as well as an Oscar Treasure of Sierra Madre , and The Searchers. This program for Sound Recording for John Livadary. The film was also will use excerpts from many of Steiner’s best works to nominated for Best Actor for Larry Parks’ portrayal of Al analyze his musical style and to recognize his use of Jolson. Featuring 25 songs recorded by Jolson, including leitmotifs which enabled audiences to associate key "April Showers,” “You Made Me Love You,” “California melodies with various characters and places, as well as to Here I Come,” and “Ma Blushin’ Rosie,” Jolson himself appreciate how Steiner worked with outstanding directors appears in a long runway shot, singing Gershwin’s immortal such as William Wyler, John Huston, and John Ford to “Swanee.” While playing a bit loose with the facts of make his music an essential ingredient in the success of Jolson’s life, this film was a financial success for Columbia their films. Pictures, and would lead to a sequel. The film also stars Evelyn Keyes and William Demarest. 10 a.m. – Noon 1 session Friday, October 14 Fee: $30 1 – 3:30 p.m. 1 session Friday, November 4 Fee: $30

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– 22 – – 23 – 001. THE PRESIDENT’S IN-BOX 2017: 004. SHORT MUSICAL CLASSICS OBAMA’S LEGACY AND THE Richard Knox AGENDA FOR AMERICA While many of the composers of the selections contained Ralph Buultjens in this program may not be household names (e.g., In two months, the 45th American president will take Boccherini, Orff, Pachelbel, Albinoni), the melodies they office. Given the changing international environment and wrote have endured for centuries. Whether written as many domestic urgencies, this president will immediately “stand alone” pieces for a string quartet or, in some cases, a have to address a number of critical issues—and make key full symphony orchestra, many of these works have been decisions and choices. What are these priorities and what incorporated into a variety of Hollywood films over the are the possible options? What are the legacies of the Obama years, making them familiar to even the most casual administration and how will they affect choices that the listener. next president will have to make? Are there constraints that limit these choices or does the next president have a During this program we will have an opportunity to watch wider range of possibilities than those which President videos of live concert performances of a number of these Obama had? As policies are crafted will ideology or pieces and learn a bit about their origin and the composers pragmatism prevail? Will campaign promises clash with who created them. real-world demands? How much can the president do to change the domestic and global agenda? What powerful 10 a.m. – Noon 1 session pressures will push decisions? Will global concerns such as Friday, December 2 Fee: $30 China, the Middle East, terrorism, climate change, etc., need to be balanced against domestic economic and social 005. BABES IN TOYLAND : FROM STAGE TO demands? Professor Ralph Buultjens, well- known scholar SCREEN and political analyst, will discuss these and other hot items Philip Harwood that will be in the president’s in-box on January 20, 2017. This 1903 operetta by Victor Herbert and Glenn McDonough weaves Mother Goose characters in a holiday (Please note that this lecture will take place in Humanities themed extravaganza. Such musical numbers as “March of Hall 119. Call our offices for a printed map if you are the Toys,” “Toyland,” and “I Can’t Do That Sum,” became unfamiliar with that location.) big Victor Herbert hits. The operetta has been revived many times, with multiple television and film adaptations. 10:30 a.m. – Noon 1 session Friday, November 11 Fee: $30 We will begin this session with selected archival recordings of the songs recorded between 1910 and 1944. We will also 002. THE PRESIDENT’S IN-BOX 2017: discuss and enjoy the 1934 film adaptation produced by OBAMA’S LEGACY AND THE Hal Roach Studios, with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. This film (reissued for television as March of the Wooden AGENDA FOR AMERICA Soldiers ) features five songs from the original Herbert/ Ralph Buultjens McDonough operetta, with a different storyline Stannie Same as above but in the afternoon. Dum (Stan Laurel) and Ollie Dee (Oliver Hardy), who 1 – 2:30 p.m. 1 session offer their assistance to Mother Peep, Bo Peep, Tom Tom, Friday, November 11 Fee: $30 and later enlist an army of wooden soliders to battle Silas Barnaby and his cave-dwelling bogeymen. 003. AARON COPLAND: FROM AMERICANA TO ABSTRACT 1 – 3:30 p.m. 1 session Philip Harwood Friday, December 9 Fee: $30 Aaron Copland can be considered the dean of American music. We know him best for works that demonstrate 006. ELECTING THE PRESIDENT Americana: Fanfare For The Common Man , Appalachian James Coll Spring , Billy The Kid , Rodeo , and the Lincoln Portrait , to What were the Founders thinking when they created the name a few. But what about the other side of Copland— Electoral College? This lecture will provide an overview of the atonal side, illustrated by such compositions as the the constitutional road to the White House. The focus Organ Symphony, the Piano Variations, and the will be on the complex system designed to decide who gets Connotations. In this session, we will experience and to be our nation’s Chief Executive—and whether it still discover both sides of the Copland coin, through video and needs to be so complicated. recordings. 1 – 3:30 p.m. 1 session 10 a.m. – Noon 1 session Friday, November 18 Fee: $30 Monday, December 12 Fee: $30 – 24 – – 25 – 007. GREAT SOPRANO ARIAS 010. WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AT Mel Haber THERMOPYLAE? Tenors are not the only ones who perform the dramatic Michael Soupios and beautiful arias in opera. In this program, we will hear The Spartan stand at Thermopylae is the stuff of legend— some wonderful sopranos singing truly memorable arias. as well as the stuff of exaggeration and misconception! Included will be Leontyne Price, Maria Callas, Mirella Freni, Portrayals on both the large and small screen have tended Kiri Te Kanawa, Joan Sutherland, Montserrat Caballe, and to blur the lines between fact and fiction. This lecture will Anna Moffo. In addition, there will be several comparisons attempt to set the record straight by relying upon the words of two sopranos singing the same aria. of Herodotus, our chief source, as opposed to Hollywood directors and screen writers. Among other things, the 10 a.m. – Noon 1 session presentation will explain the Spartan military tradition, Wednesday, December 14 Fee: $30 the differences between Greek and Persian combat techniques, and the political dynamics underlying this 008. “WHY DIDN’T THE ORIGINAL famous confrontation between East and West. CONSTITUTION HAVE A BILL OF RIGHTS?” AND OTHER JAMES 1 – 3 p.m. 1 session MADISON CURIOSITIES Friday, December 16 Fee: N/C James Coll From his advocacy for a powerful national government to 011. DISSENT AND THE SUPREME COURT the intentional omission of a bill of rights, this discussion James Coll will analyze the biography and political thinking of the The US Supreme Court offers a unique system for fascinating Virginian who was known even in his lifetime articulating what the law is, and, in contrast, what the law as the “Father of the Constitution.” is not. In this lecture we will discuss the role of dissenting opinions of the High Court and how some of these written 10 a.m. – Noon 1 session ruminations which have failed to get a majority of support Thursday, December 15 Fee: $30 from fellow justices, can influence future decisions, engage us or simply amuse. 009. THE MUSICAL WORLD OF ANDRE RIEU 10 a.m. – Noon 1 session Richard Knox Monday, December 19 Fee: $30 Over the past four decades the Dutch violinist, conductor, and musical arranger Andre Rieu has thrilled audiences 012. POPULAR MUSIC DUETS around the world with his large-scale theatrical Mel Haber performances of great classical and popular music. After While it is enjoyable to listen to the wonderful interpreters first creating the Maastricht Salon Orchestra in 1978 and of the Great American Songbook such as Judy Garland, then the waltz-based Johann Strauss Orchestra ten years Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan and Louis Armstrong, it is later, Rieu’s fame as a musical artist and impresario soared. also a treat to hear them join with other legends to sing Recently he has been responsible for bringing great concert duets. In this presentation, we will see and hear videos of works and Broadway show tunes to casual music lovers via duets done by Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand, Frank highly theatric live outdoor performances, which have Sinatra and Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong and Ella been simulcast to audiences around the world. Featuring a Fitzgerald, and Ethel Merman and Mary Martin, just to series of personal interviews and video clips from several of name a few. his best performances, this program will delve into Rieu’s background, his passion for the waltz as a musical art form, 10 a.m. – Noon 1 session and his dedication to bringing the classics to a worldwide Wednesday, December 21 Fee: $30 audience. HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES 10 a.m. – Noon 1 session ADVISORY BOARD Friday, December 16 Fee: $30 Mr. Robert Riedy, Chairman Mrs. Dede Cline Mrs. Barbara Adelhardt Mr. George Haralampoudis Mr. O. John Betz Mrs. Anne Stokvis Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman, Jr. Ms. Anita Trost

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– 26 – – 27 – FACULTY Greenberg, Marc – Social Studies Instructor, New York City; Unless otherwise noted, from Long Island University’s Post campus experience includes teaching American History and participating in Government on college level; also serves as facilitator for leisure reading Borst, Peter – Retired music teacher with 40 years experience; classes at 92nd Street Y; holds two Masters Degrees; has participated currently serves as Adjunct Professor of music and music appreciation at extensively in the Facing History and Ourselves: Genocide and Human LIU Post. Behavior Program; guest lecturer.

Brancazio, Peter – Professor Emeritus at Brooklyn College; received Haber, Mel – Holds B.B.A. from Baruch College, M.A. in English from Ph.D. in Astrophysics from NYU; guest lecturer. CUNY, and Ed.D. from Boston University; former professor at Penn State University; president of Writing Development Associates; has Brosky, Kerriann Flanagan – Award-winning author and historian; has trained teachers and has written several published articles on teaching been featured in numerous publications including The New York Times , methods; guest lecturer. Newsday and Distinction magazine; has also appeared on CBS Sunday Morning Show, “Ticket,” with Laura Savini, News 12 Long Island, and Hallissy, Margaret – Professor of English with specialty in medieval The Thinking Writer in East Hampton; recipient of Top Advocate for literature; author of numerous scholarly articles and books. Historic Preservation and Education award from the Oyster Bay Historical Society, the Huntington Heritage Education Award from the Harwood, Philip – Film Historian, graduate of Hofstra University; has Town of Huntington, and Woman of Distinction award from the New lectured at Queens College, the New School for Social Research, and York State Assembly; currently a columnist for Village Connection Hofstra University; also lectures all over Long Island and is a published magazine and a contributing writer for Edible Long Island ; President author; guest lecturer. Emeritus of the Long Island Authors Group; guest lecturer. Heller, Tom – Holds M.B.A. from Columbia; is producer and partner at Buultjens, Ralph – Senior Professor at NYU and former Nehru Professor the film production and finance company Catch and Release Films; at Cambridge University (UK); author of books on international before starting that company, Heller ran Everest Entertainment, a New politics/history, and regular commentator on television; has received York City based production and financing company that developed several awards (including the Toynbee Prize) and international honors award-winning, high quality film projects that addressed important and for excellence in teaching and scholarship; guest lecturer. sometimes difficult issues; Executive Producer on the Oscar-nominated Byalick, Marcia – Freelance writer with articles published in Family true crime drama Foxcatcher , directed by Bennett Miller ( Moneyball ) Circle , Newsday , and The New York Times ; former editor-in-chief of T he and starring Channing Tatum, Steve Carell and Mark Ruffalo; Women’s Record ; adjunct professor of writing at Hofstra University; guest Executive Producer on the Oscar-winning Precious ; guest lecturer. lecturer. Hinchliffe, Dave – Holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Western Coll, James – Holds B.A. in History from Hofstra University and M.A. State University, Colorado, and an M.A. in Rhetoric Communication in History from Hunter College, with a minor in Political Science; Theory and Public Address; presently serves as Adjunct Professor for Adjunct Professor of American and Constitutional History at the LIU Post English Department, teaching undergraduate Writing One Nassau Community College and Hofstra University; founder of and Grammar of the Sentence ; has also taught on this campus in the ChangeNYS.org, a not-for-profit organization formed to educate New Communication Disorders and Science Department; guest lecturer. Yorkers about the need for non-partisan civic understanding and political reform in our state; NYPD detective; guest lecturer. Holzman, David – Master Pianist, acclaimed for both his recitals and his recordings; has been awarded recording grants from the National Courtade, Marc – Executive Director, Huntington Arts Council; Endowment for the Humanities, the Alice B. Ditson Fund and the frequent lecturer for the Hutton House Lectures, specializing in musicals Aaron Copland Foundation; focuses much of his attention upon the and opera courses; avid performer who has appeared in numerous masterworks of the 20th Century and has been described as “the productions throughout Long Island; guest lecturer. Horowitz of modern music” (Jerry Kuderna, San Francisco Classical Dono, Mary – Holds Doctorate in Instructional Leadership from St. Voice); guest lecturer. John’s University; served as principal at P.S. 92 in Queens until retiring Josyph, Peter – Author, actor-director, painter, and filmmaker whose in 2007; guest lecturer. films include Liberty Street : Alive at Ground Zero ; Acting McCarthy : The Eckert, Irene Porco – Former social studies teacher who served at Making of Billy Bob Thornton’s All the Pretty Horses ; No Standing In St. Northport under the chairmanship of Dr. Michael Romano (one of our Petersburg ; and a series of jazz films featuring trumpeter/composer Tim favorite Hutton House history professors); lectures regularly at Hagans, and sax legend Lee Konitz. He is currently shooting Shakespeare community centers and libraries on her favorite topic, Italian film, in New York: The Sonnets , as well as a film about the early work of ranging from the neo-realists of post World War II and commedia painter Jean-Michel Basquiat and a film about poet John Berryman. His all’italiana of the 1950s; guest lecturer. books include Liberty Street: Encounters at Ground Zero ; Adventures in Reading Cormac McCarthy; Cormac McCarthy’s House: Reading Finkle, Orin – House Historian; has written more than 150 published McCarthy Without Walls ; The Wrong Reader’s Guide to Cormac McCarthy articles devoted to mansions, gardens, owners, and architects during the Vol 1 : All the Pretty Horses; The Way of the Trumpet ; What One Man Said “Gatsby Era”; has appeared in The New York Times , Town & Country , to Another: Talks With Richard Selzer ; and The Wounded River , which was Gold Coast News , North Shore and Goodliving ; has also appeared on a New York Times Notable Book of 1993; guest lecturer. national television as a historian on America’s Castles and on cable news programs to discuss various estates; guest lecturer. Knox, Richard – Holds M.S. from Baruch College and B.A. from Franco, Valerie – Brings her extensive film industry experience to her Brooklyn College; has developed and presented numerous multimedia academic work in the field of film and media; her research on gender programs on the arts; guest lecturer. and ethnicity in film appears in entertainment and academic Kohler, Peter – Holds B.A. from Yale and M.S. with honors in publications, as well as on her blog, profvalfranco.wordpress.com; Journalism from Columbia University; served as VP of Editorial Services continues to work in film while teaching and lecturing extensively on for Cablevision Systems Corp. until his retirement in early 2015; movies in the U.S. and Europe; guest lecturer. produced and presented editorials on News 12 network, directed Gold, Denise – Archaeologist with 30 years field experience; senior editorial operations in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York City; officer of Archaeological Institute of America, LI Society; American recipient of many awards, including the Emmy from New York Schools of Oriental Research; guest lecturer. Television Academy; guest lecturer.

– 28 – – 29 – Kopman, Marc – Adjunct Professor of Art History at LIU Post; holds St. George, Sal – Professional producer, writer and director of historic an M.A. in Art History from Brooklyn College; formerly Vice President dramas for the past 20 years; has also worked with large theme parks, of Learning and Development for Time Warner Cable of NYC; such as Disney as a history consultant, and has recently been involved conducted numerous workshops on Leadership Development; Adult in producing several historically important dramas about famous women Education Instructor (Art Appreciation) for Bellmore-Merrick Central in history such as Amelia Earhart, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Emily High School District; guest lecturer. Post; guest lecturer. Lader, Curt – Former Government and Politics teacher at Northport Tabler, Carol – Adjunct Professor of Art History at LIU Post; holds High School; author of Advance Placement US Government and Ph.D. from Institute of Fine Arts NYU; has served as curator for Politics test prep book as well as three American History books; numerous galleries and museums, as well as guest lecturer at prestigious frequent guest lecturer at law-related education conferences; guest institutions; widely published in the area of Art History; guest lecturer. lecturer. Tabler, Judith – Grew up on Long Island and has been a member of the Levinthal, Charles F. – Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Hofstra Meadow Brook Hunt Club; author, freelance writer and photographer; University; former Chairman of the Department of Psychology; author served as a professor of literature and languages at Marymount of seventeen books, including Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society (8th University; currently, lives in McLean, Virginia; guest lecturer (and edition), Drugs, Society, and Criminal Justice (4th edition), Messengers of sister-in-law of Art Historian Carol Tabler). Paradise: Opiates and the Brain , and Point/Counterpoint: Opposing Perspectives on Issues of Drug Policy ; recipient of the Distinguished Valli, Veronica – Has worked in the United Kingdom as a therapist and Teacher of the Year Award from Hofstra University; fellow, American life coach specializing in addiction for over fifteen years; experienced in Psychological Association; guest lecturer. working with young people in the criminal justice system, primary care adult treatment, outreach services and private practice; has also worked Lutz, John – Chairman, Department of English, LIU Post; University in local government, delivering local drug and alcohol strategies; has leader of initiatives such as College 101, Learning Communities, appeared regularly on TV, radio and national magazines in the UK as a Freshman Orientation, Strategic Planning, and Outcomes Assessment, specialist guest; author of Why You Drink and How to Stop: Journey to plus numerous others (too many to name); winner of the Newton Freedom and Get Sober, Get Free ; guest lecturer. Award for Outstanding Teaching; author of many articles and works concerning philosophy as well as literature. Wagner, Greg – Holds M.S. in Education from LIU Post; formerly worked as a literary agent managing portfolios for writers, film makers Major, Edward – Has 27 years’ experience in active practice as an and designers in NYC; also served as a news producer at NBC-17, attorney; currently at Franklin, Gringer & Cohen in Garden City, Raleigh, NC, and as International Rights Coordinator for A-list writers where he practices primarily real estate law; previously worked in a Wall and international producers for William Morris Agency, NYC; currently Street law firm and also at his father’s law firm; straight out of college he employed at LIU Post as Graduate Recruiting Manager, College of did a brief stint as an archaeologist, which helped to whet his appetite Management. for connecting Arthurian legend to archaeological study; has long devoted himself to the study of discoveries in this area, and has made it Winkelstein-Duveneck, Katie – Holds M.A. in Creative Writing from his lifelong quest to gather more information about the “true Arthur”; Emerson College, Boston, as well as a B.A. in Theology and Creative guest lecturer Writing from Bard; has taught Writing at Westchester Community College, the College of New Rochelle, and the Bowery Residents’ Peracchio, Adrian – Former Newsday Editorial Board Member; Pulitzer Committee; has authored a number of publications as well as created Prize winning journalist; guest lecturer. innovative in-person and online curricula for creative writing; guest lecturer. Priou, Alex – Holds M.A. in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College in Maryland and holds Ph.D. in Philosophy from Tulane University’s Department of Philosophy; wrote dissertation entitled, “The Genesis of Political Philosophy: On Plato’s Parmenides”; recipient of a fellowship HUTTON HOUSE LECTURES from the Free University of Berlin in 2011-2012 and served as co-editor ADVISORY BOARD of Leo Strauss’s “1959 Seminar on Nietzsche’s ‘Thus Spake Zarathustra” Mr. Robert Riedy, Chairman Mrs. Dede Cline for University of Chicago Press; guest lecturer. Mrs. Barbara Adelhardt Mr. George Haralampoudis Shapiro, Mark – Associate Professor of Music at LIU Post and five-time Mr. O. John Betz Mrs. Anne Stokvis winner of adventurous programming awards from ASCAP; versatile Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman, Jr. Ms. Anita Trost conductor who is equally at home with orchestras, choruses, and opera; Music Director of the Prince Edward Island Symphony and The Cecilia Emerita Chorus of New York, and Artistic Director of Cantori New York; has Mrs. Dennis Kluesner Mrs. Martha Ulman conducted opera for American Opera Projects, the Center for Contemporary Opera, Underworld Opera, and Juiliard Vocal Arts, where his most recent collaboration was praised by New York Times chief music critic Anthony Tommasini for “insightful” work with INCLEMENT WEATHER AND OTHER Juilliard Orchestra and singers. CONDITIONS WHICH REQUIRE Soupios, Michael – Professor of Political Science at LIU Post; holds CANCELATION OF CLASSES seven university degrees, has received countless awards and honors, has produced numerous papers, and authored books such as The Ten Golden Please note that due to diminished staffing, no notification Rules of Leadership: Classical Wisdom for Modern Leaders ; one of the most calls for cancelations can be guaranteed as they have been popular professors at LIU Post, always teaching to a “full house.” in the past. Be certain to check the LIU website Sprintzen, David – Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at LIU Post. (www.liu.edu), call the main phone number 516-299-3637 Founder and officer of the Long Island Progressive Coalition, and an (516-299-EMER), or check with your radio and television officer with LI Jobs with Justice and Citizen Action of New York. stations. You may also try our main Hutton House number Author of books on Albert Camus and American Philosophy, and at 516-299-2580, which will have a message if our voice numerous articles on contemporary society. recording capability remains operational. Thanks so much for your kind cooperation.

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