brook SUMMER 2016 Adult & Community Educationline SmartSummers Tell Your Story, Summer Walks & for Children, Page 2 Page 13 Tours, Pages 28-29 brook BROOKLINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Adult & Community Education Brookline, Massachusetts line ACTING INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT Joseph Connolly SCHOOL COMMITTEE Benjamin Chang, Helen Charlupski, WHAT IS BA&CE? WHO TEACHES AT BA&CE? Susan Wolf Ditkoff, Michael Glover, Lisa Brookline Adult and Community Education Our instructors are poets, computer Jackson, David Pollak, Barbara Scotto, (BA&CE) is one of the oldest non-credit, public programmers, teachers, chefs, therapists, Rebecca Stone, Beth Jackson Stram education programs in Massachusetts. Adult doctors, artists, and businesspeople who education has been a part of the Brookline come to share their knowledge and training ______ community since 1832, beginning with the simply because they love what they do. formation of the Brookline Lyceum Society. It Faculty biographies, listed on our website, BROOKLINE ADULT & is now the largest public program in the state, will introduce you to their experience, talent, COMMUNITY EDUCATION with close to 1,000 courses and over 10,000 and training. ADVISORY COMMITTEE enrollments yearly. Today, BA&CE is the hub Marina Brodskaya, Arthur Conquest of an educational network serving residents (Chair), Laura Days, Thomas Hantakas, from more than 50 neighboring communities WHO TAKES OUR CLASSES? Jr., Chobee Hoy, Peter Meyer, David Pollak in the greater Boston area and beyond. A self People like you. People who know that (School Committee Representative), supporting program of the public schools, learning does not stop with graduation, Steve von Lichtenberg BA&CE’s operating budget is funded entirely but is a life long process. People who from course fees. seek personal and professional growth; ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF entertainment and education; new ideas and new experiences, and who enjoy the Director WHAT DOES COMMUNITY EDUCATION MEAN? company of others who seek the same. Claudia Dell’Anno Through its proud tradition of public schooling, Program Coordinators the “business” of Brookline has always been Monica von Huene education. The Brookline Public Schools has HOW DO YOU GET STARTED? Jane Rumrill built on this tradition, expanding the concept Give us a call at 617-730-2700. Monday- Michael Spicher of public education to serve the many different Friday, 8:30 am-4:30 pm, please find us at Office Manager constituencies which make up Brookline and 24 Webster Place, Brookline Village. In the Daphne Soto its larger community. BA&CE fulfills its mission evening, Monday-Thursday, 4:00-10:00 pm, by providing service to the community and Evening Operations Support and on Saturday, 8:30 am-2:00 pm, please Patrick Soares enlist ing its support for public education. visit us in Room 100, Brookline High School. Visit us online at www.brooklineadulted.org. Accounts Payable As partners with the schools in a common Susan E. Bonoff purpose, BA&CE is committed to offering Send us an email at [email protected]. lifelong educational opportunity to all: ma.us. Our staff will answer your questions Operations Support Assistant newcomers to the United States, working and help you choose from among our Trevette Campbell people and profes sionals, those in transition comprehensive course selections. But first, or career change, older citizens, persons with keep reading. We think you will be pleased Street Address: special needs, and especially those who by what you see. Brookline High School have not been able to participate fully in the 115 Greenough Street educational process. BA&CE is also dedicated Brookline, Massachusetts to supporting public education by creating OUR COMMITMENT TO QUALITY and providing opportunities for innovation and We strive to offer educational programs Mailing Address: flexibility in the school curriculum. By offering of the highest quality to our participants. P.O. Box 150 Brookline, MA 02446 617-730-2700 programs that bridge the generations, the Please let us know if you feel that the www.brooklineadulted.org Brookline Public Schools seeks to unite the quality of the instruction was unsatisfactory, [email protected] community in a common purpose—educating or if you feel the class did not meet your for the improvement of the quality of life for all expectations. Please send us a letter ______ its members. expressing your concerns, comments, or positive feedback, and we’ll personally Catalog Design respond. Sarah Georgakopoulos Design Distribution Max’s Trucking Volume 24/Issue 3/Summer 2016 Printing Brookline Adult & Community Education • USPS #009-762 Bradford & Bigelow, Inc. Published quarterly by Brookline Adult & Community Education, 115 Greenough Street, Brookline, MA 02445. Periodicals U.S. postage is paid at Boston, MA. Postmaster: Send address changes to Brookline Adult & Community Education 115 Greenough Street, Brookline, MA 02445 contents summer highlights SPECIAL PROGRAMS 1 Summer Highlights New Summer Classes 3 Community Event 3-WEEK AUGUST TERM We’ve planned lots of new classes We’ve put together a 4 Brookline Distinguished Lecture this summer. Here are some of our short August term filled Series with some great classes, recommendations… including: 5 A Summer Series • Vixens, Virgins, and Victors: Women • Exploring the World of in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Virginia Woolf, page 7 page 7 COURSES FOR ADULTS • Mahler’s Ninth: A Farewell • Duke Ellington: America’s Beethoven, to Tonality, page 8 34 Arts page 8 • Singing Made Easy, 19 Computers & Technology • Music Production on iOS Devices, page 9 37 Crafts & Skills page 9 • College Essay Writing Workshop, page 11 31 Dance & Fitness • Writing and Meditation: Hearing the Words Within, page 12 • August Review: 16 English as a Second Beginning, Intermediate, Language • Eight Building Blocks of a Thriving Advanced English, page Relationship, page 18 16 22 Finance, Career & Real Estate • Finances for Couple of All Ages, • Just Beginning: A Course 24 Food & Wine Page 24 for Non-Cooks, page 24 • Learning Chess, page 27 30 Health & Yoga • The Science of Cooking, page 25 27 Hobbies, Walks & Tours • Morning Pastel: By Way Includes bridge, drones, and more • Kids in the Kitchen: More Veggies, of the Masters, page 34 Mom, page 27 33 Home & Garden 7 Humanities & Music Includes literature, music and acting Summer Walks and Tours Join us for lots of exciting walks and tours in and 14 Languages around Brookline this summer. Here’s just a sample... • Boston’s Old South End Jewish Tour, page 7 17 Mind & Body For course updates and • A Walk Down Cambridge’s Brattle Street, page 28 information: 10 Test Preparation • Boston’s Medical History: Walk Longwood Medical Includes HiSET, GRE, and driver’s LIKE US ON FACEBOOK Area, page 28 education www.facebook.com/ brooklineadulted • The Architecture and History of Chestnut Hill, 12 Writing & Communication Skills page 28 TWITTER Includes blogging and grant writing FOLLOW US ON • Kayak Adventure: The Boston Skyline, page 29 twitter.com/BAandCE • Moonlight Canoe Trip, page 29 • Drawing Outdoors in Summer, page 35 COURSES FOR CHILDREN 2 SmartSummers 2016 ON OUR COVER Dena Haden is a visual artist who works with a variety of for us media exploring the natural cycle of something coming into ESSENTIALS by Dena Haden, 2013 form, living, ever-changing and malleable, and the residue it leaves in passing. Within this body of work, she approaches Hand dyed interfacing, 39 General Information metal, and thread art making as a process of surfacing rhythmic energies inside 22” x 35” x 18” one’s body. Searching through sound, movement, material, and 40 Refunds, Credits & Transfers her own state of awareness, she makes these areas tangible. Courtesy of the artist You can find more of her work at www.hadendena.com. 40 Class Locations Inside Back Cover Registration Form Visit brooklineadulted.org for newly added courses and any schedule changes. Inside Back Cover Parking Map brooklineadulted.org • 617•730•2700 1 brook SmartSummers for Children line Brookline SmartSummers 2016 For Children Ages 5-13 Join the growing number of families discovering (and rediscovering) that SmartSummers is the hippest, smartest summer destination for kids! Open to both Brookline residents and non- residents, our staff is comprised of professional educators who teach in Brookline and other nearby school systems. Choose from an exciting array of half- and full-day educational adventures that meet for one to eight weeks from June 27 to August 31, 2016. Our Programs Include: Ages 7-13 Ages 5-7 Extreme Earth Studio Arts, Crafts, and Gross Science Outdoor Games LEGO Engineering Playful Performances Creative Arts Theatre Arts, Jr. Wicked Cool Minecraft Mania Creating Puppet Plays Cooking Creations and Adventures! Wicked Cool Superhero Physics Ages 6-11 CyberSummer Ages 9-13 San Fermin Festival: Glass Art Computer Workshops Cultured Kids Outdoor Afternoon Adventures for Teens Hot Air Balloon Theater Arts Archery Festivals Brookline Basketball Eureka Science! For more full descriptions and dates, please visit our website: www.brooklineadulted.org or call BA&CE at 617-730-2700. 2 Brookline Adult & Community Education • Summer 2016 community event 2016 marks the 20th Anniversary of Brookline’s Public Health Policy Forum. The thread that runs through all of our work is advocating for meaningful health care reform and working toward universal health care. This year, please join us as we celebrate 20 years of advocacy, reflect on the status of health care reform,