WINTER 201 5 LIFE LONG LEaRNING SOCIETy NO HOMEWORk • NO TESTS • NO STRESS JuPITER BaCk aGaIN! Pulitzer Prize Winning author and Former New York Times Sports Columnist, Ira Berkow (Special guest appearances by prominent sports figures.) President and CEO of The National World War II Museum, Gordon H. Mueller, Ph.D., Lectures on “Operation Overlord: Turning Point of the 20 th Century” PLUS! Pulitzer Prize Winning Author and Historian, David McCullough (561) 799-8547 or (561) 799-8667 www.fau.edu/llsjupiter • Online Registration: https://llsjuponline.com 3 Thank You to Our Donors! For more than 18 years, the Lifelong Learning Society in Jupiter has presented lectures, courses, concerts and more to our community. Lifelong Learning would like to thank all of our generous donors who gave $1,000 or more to help LLS continue to bring our students the highest quality programming possible. We could not do it without you! 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Cover Photograph by Emilio Gonzalez. 4 Winter 2015 Opening Week Day/Date Time Instructor Title Code Page Monday, January 5 7– 8:30 p.m. MacDonald The Songs Of Paul Simon WPM1 7 Tuesday, January 6 2–3:30 p.m. Bernard & Clarke Erma Bombeck, Wendy Wasserstein and Nora WPT1 8 Ephron: Remembering Strong Witty Women Tuesday, January 6 7–8:30 p.m. Friedenberg & Bowen Messages in Harmony: The Songs of Peter, Paul & Mary WPT2 9 Wednesday, January 7 1– 2:30 p.m. Bruce Edward Snowden: Leaker, Traitor, Hero or Spy? WPW1 10 Thursday, January 8 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Goldberger There’s No Place Like Home Depot WPR1 11 Thursday, January 8 2–3:30 p.m. Prester The Robert Prester Jazz Trio in Concert WPR2 12 Thursday, January 8 7–8:30 p.m. Maurer The Perfection of Deception WPR3 13 Friday, January 9 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Wolch Laughing Out Loud and Learning to Love the Internet WPF1 14 Friday, January 9 2–3:30 p.m. Uryvayeva Passion at the Piano WPF2 15 Saturday, January 10 2–3:30 p.m. Milne The Dixieland Beat WPS1 16 Winter 2015 Lectures Day/Date Time Instructor Title Code Page Thursday, January 15 7:3 0– 9 p.m. Kula American Sheet Music Sing-a-long W1R1 18 Thursday, January 22 7–8:30 p.m. Coltman Memory and Memorial: Music of the Holocaust Series W1R2 19 Saturday, January 24 1:30–3 p.m. Rabil Israel, Russia and the Middle East: Allies or Foes? W1S1 20 Tuesday, January 27 1:30–3 p.m. Diament The Pursuit of Happiness: A Trap? W1T1 21 Thursday, January 29 7–8:30 p.m. Kothari Hello and Goodbye W1R3 22 Thursday, February 5 7–8:30 p.m. Coltman Intimate Chamber Music W1R4 23 Thursday, February 19 7–8:30 p.m. Coltman Baroque Splendor W1R7 23 Thursday, February 26 7–8:30 p.m. Coltman The Next Generation: Rising Young Stars of Music W1R8 23 Tuesday, February 10 7–8:30 p.m. THEY improv Retirement Party for “The Godmother” W1T2 24 Thursday, February 12 7–8:30 p.m. Friedenberg & Bowen Feelin’ Groovy: The Life and Sounds of Simon and Garfunkel W1R5 25 Saturday, February 14 1:30–3 p.m. Milne I Wanna Listen to Rag! W1S2 26 Tuesday, February 17 7–8:30 p.m. Epstein Sid Caesar: Pioneer of Television Comedy W1T3 27 Wednesday , February 18 2–3:30 p.m. Poulson Wild and Wonderful Animals of the Everglades W1W1 28 Thursday, February 19 2–3:15 p.m. McCullough Truman’s Presidency and World War II at 70 W1R6 29 3:15 –4 p.m. (Book signing following lecture.) Tuesday, February 24 7–8:30 p.m. Scott Hair: The Musical W1T4 30 Tuesday, March 3 7–8:30 p.m. Mueller Operation Overlord: Turning Point of the 20 th Century W1T5 31 Thursday, March 5 3:45–5:15 p.m. Inglehart Cultural Evolution and the Rising Acceptability of W1R9 32 Gender Equality, Divorce, Abortion and Homosexuality Thursday, March 5 7–8:30 p.m. Scott An Evening of the Music of Burt Bacharach W1R0 33 Monday, March 9 1:30–3 p.m. Williamson The Politics of Petroleum W1M1 34 Tuesday, March 10 3:45–5:15 p.m. Feinman The Life and Presidency of Bill Clinton W1T6 35 Tuesday, March 10 7–8:30 p.m. Weber & Zabala “Sammy Weber and Friends” Featuring Adriana Zabala, Soprano W1T7 36 Wednesday, March 11 2:30–4:00 p.m. Goldberger Famous Entrepreneurs W1W2 45 Thursday, March 12 1:30–3 p.m. Lichtenstein On the Tip of Our Tongue W1RZ 46 Friday, March 13 1–2:30 p.m. Lawn Death of a President: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy W1F1 47 5 Forms and Information Winter 2015 Registration Forms Pages 40-41 201 4–15 LLS Jupiter Membership Application Page 42 FYI – Information About Registration, Fees and Parking Page 43 Winter 2015 Courses Day Time Instructor Title Code Page Mondays 9–10:30 a.m. Bruce Understanding U.S. Intelligence and its Controversies W6M1 49 11:1 5 a.m. –12:45 p.m. Rabil Critical Challenges of American National Security and Strategy W8M2 50 1:30–3 p.m. Hagood Chekhov W8M3 51 2:3 0–5 p.m. Muldoon Get Out of the Kiddies’ Sandbox W8M4 52 3:45–5:15 p.m. Watson Dysfunctional Politics W8M5 53 7–9 p.m. Stone 1939: The Year the Stars All Aligned For Hollywood W8M6 54 Tuesdays 9–10:30 a.m. Feinman Four Unappreciated Presidents W4T1 55 9–10:30 a.m. Nurnberger The Four Presidential Assassinations W4T2 56 11:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Chapin Winston Spencer Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt W4T3 57 11:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Waldman Romance, Anyone? W6T4 58 1:30–3 p.m. Wagner Issues in American Politics W4T5 59 1:30–3 p.m. Offenkrantz The Great Baritones W4T6 60 3:45–5:15 p.m. MacDonald Music Americana W8T7 61 7–8:30 p.m. Berkow Sports & Society W4T8 62 Wednesdays 9–10:30 a.m. W8W1 Great Decisions 2015 12–1:30 p.m. Morton W8W2 63 7–8:30 p.m. (morning, afternoon and evening) W8W5 11:15 a.m–12:45 p.m. Kavasmaneck Great Works of Western Literature and Philosophy W8W3 64 2:30–4 p.m. Schug Economic Insights into the Headlines W4W4 65 2:30–4 p.m. Frankel The Jews and the Tsars W4W5 66 2:30–4 p.m. Anderson Turning Personal Stories into Memoir W8W6 67 Thursdays 9–10:45 a.m. O’Brien & Shapiro The Clash of the Gods W8R1 68 11:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Gurses Ripped from the Headlines: This Week in the Middle East W8R2 69 1:30–3 p.m. Engle The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln W4R3 70 1:30–3 p.m. Stevens Jazz Masters of the 20 th Century W4R4 71 3:45–5:15 p.m. Labovitz Current and Contentious Legal Battles W8R5 72 Fridays 9–10:30 a.m. Cerabino The Week in Review W8F1 73 11:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Lawrence Art for Almost Everyone W8F2 74 1–2:30 p.m. Kavasmaneck Great Conversations About Literature W8F3 75 1:30–4 p.m. Rakower The American Century W8F4 76 Saturdays 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Casanova Cuban Cinema Survey — Trends and Tendencies Since 1959 W4S1 77 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Nuruddin Blaxploitation Cinema W4S2 78 MALTZ JUPITER THEATRE’S 2014/15 SEASON! 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