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Lexington
C O M M U N I T Y E D U C AT I O N
ONLINE
WINTER
2021
On Our Cover
Joseph Schillinger, Area Broken by Perpendiculars
ca. 1934, opaque watercolor, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Schillinger, 1966.39.5
It wasn’t until my study of music theory
in school that I began to understand
math as a language expressing more
Table of Contents
LCE Online
Complete course descriptions, class
status, and registration information
than numbers on a page. Math can be
Around Town...................................7 can be found online at
heard in intervals and modes, and seen www.lexingtoncommunityed.org
in fractals, and the framing of art through Body/Mind.................................... 35
phenomena like the rule of thirds. Our Lexington Public Schools
cover artist spent his life developing Business, Career & Finance......... 31 Superintendent of Schools:
unified theories of math, music and art, Dr. Julie Hackett
and teaching people including George Classes for Children..................... 22
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum,
Gershwin and Lawrence Berk. Of course, Instruction, and Professional Development:
Billie Holiday (p. 40), or Edward Van Halen Computers.................................... 20
Christine Lyons, M.Ed., PhD
(p.10) never had much training in the math
Cooking........................................ 30 LEXINGTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE
of music, they just followed their ear and
Chair: Eileen Jay
expressed the song of their heart. Creating Community......................7
Kate Colburn
In the field of community education, I was
Scott Bokun
taught that if offerings are diverse and ELL/Languages............................. 17
Kathleen Lenihan
intellectually stimulating, registrations
will follow and finances will be near to a Exercise & Dance......................... 37 Deepika Sawhney
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
secondary concern. The last eight months
Fine Arts, Fabric & Rosanna Jiang
have challenged that theory, but the
Graphic Arts............................... 14
core of the teaching rings true. While the Lexington Community Education
rhythm of our world is still a bit uneven, Home, Hobbies &Travel.............. 31 Director: Craig Hall
the inspiration, and offerings at LCE
Manager of Programming:
remain as strong and vibrant as ever. Humanities.......................................7
Andrea Paquette
We thank you for your support and we look Registrar: Amy Sullivan
forward to seeing you on Zoom in 2021! LCE Presents....................................3
Accounts Payable: Deniele Pozz
— Craig Hall, Director Music Appreciation.........................9 146 Maple Street
About Lexington Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
Music Performance/
Community Education (Access office via 328 Lowell Street)
Theater Arts............................... 10
LCE is a self-sustaining, integral part of Telephone 781.862.8043
the Lexington Public School system that is Parenting Perspectives................ 29 Fax 781.863.5829
committed to promoting lifelong learning. LCE@lexingtonma.org
Our programs are open to all regardless Test Preparation/ www.lexingtoncommunityed.org
of residency and are appropriate for College Planning....................... 27 facebook.com/lexingtoncommunityed
participants 16 years of age and over. Twitter: @lexcommunityed
Writing.......................................... 13
Our Classes for Children are for specific
ages. LCE provides an extensive summer Catalog Design: Pehlke Design
Instructor Biographies...........Online
children’s program called Lexplorations
which offers classes for creative and Important Information................. 39 This Winter 2021 catalog is dedicated
academic enrichment.
to the memory and teaching legacy of:
Cancellation and
Gerry Goolkasian (1955–2020)
Refund Policy............................. 39
Ursula “Uschi” Kullmann (1950–2020)
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Lexington Community Education presents
America’s Racial Karma: The Mind, the Brain, the Self—and
An Invitation to Heal How Love Changes Everything
INTERVIEW AND CONVERSATION WITH DR. LARRY WARD WITH DIANE ACKERMAN
AND REV. MYOZEN JOAN AMARAL Friday, January 29, 2021 • 7:00-8:30 pm • Zoom • $20 • SDIA
Thursday, January 14, 2021 • 7:15- “Ackerman’s thrilling observations urge us to live in the moment,
8:30 pm • Zoom • $10 • SARK to wake up to nature’s everyday miracles.” —PEN New England
Shot at by the police as an 11-year- “All relationships change the brain - but most important are the
old child for playing baseball in the intimate bonds that foster or fail us, altering the delicate circuits
wrong spot, as an adult, Dr. Larry that shape memories, emotions and that ultimate souvenir, the
Ward experienced the trauma of self.”–Diane Ackerman
having his home firebombed by The incandescent Diane
racists. At Plum Village Monastery Ackerman—celebrated interpreter
in France, the home in exile of his of science and nature—is the author
teacher, Vietnamese peace activist of two dozen highly acclaimed
and Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh, works of nonfiction and poetry,
Dr. Ward found a way to heal. including The Zookeeper’s Wife
In these short reflective essays and A Natural History of the
contained in his book America’s Racial Karma: An Invitation to Senses, books beloved by millions
Heal, he offers his insights on the effects of racial constructs of readers all over the world. One
and answers the question: how do we free ourselves from our Hundred Names for Love was a
repeated cycles of anger, denial, bitterness, pain, fear, violence? finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the
With body-based reflections and meditation practices to help National Book Critics Circle Award,
us move through our days, America’s Racial Karma: An Invitation and the Books for a Better Life
to Heal invites us to stop the cycle of trauma and transform our Award. It tells the story of Ackerman’s work to bring her husband
suffering into energy for self-love and healing. Larry Ward brings back from the depths of aphasia after he suffered a terrible
twenty five years of international experience in organizational stroke, and was described by the Washington Post as “an ode to
change and local community renewal to his work as director playfulness and the brain’s plasticity…a testament to the power
of the Lotus Institute and as an advisor to the Executive Mind of creativity in language, life—and love.” Her most recent book,
Leadership Institute at the Drucker School of Management. He The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us, won the 2015 PEN
holds a PhD in Religious Studies with an emphasis on Buddhism New England Henry David Thoreau Prize for literary excellence
and the neuroscience of meditation. Larry is a knowledgeable, in nature writing for a book that “celebrates the natural world
charismatic and inspirational teacher, offering insights with and human ingenuity, while exploring how the human race has
personal stories and resounding clarity that express his dharma become the single dominant force of change on the whole
name, “True Great Sound.” planet;” it was also a New York Times bestseller and Notable
Reverend Myozen Joan Amaral moved to Book of 2014. Her essays about nature and human nature have
the Boston area in 2012 from San Francisco appeared in The New York Times, Smithsonian, Parade, The New
Zen Center to serve as guiding teacher for the Yorker, National Geographic, and many other journals, where
Marblehead Zen Center. In 2014 the Zen Center they have been the subject of much praise. She is also an Op-Ed
relocated to Beverly and in 2016 changed its columnist for The New York Times. She also writes nature books
name to Zen Center North Shore. Joan is a for children.
dharma heir of Zenkei Blanche Hartman in
the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki, Roshi. Her primary focus as a
Zen priest, meditation teacher, sangha leader, and community
activist, is on the dynamic relationship between formal practice
and everyday, messy human life. In recent times she has been
exploring the relationship of zazen and social justice, self-care,
and creativity as a path of true happiness.
The views of our presenters and instructors do not necessarily LCE is proud to partner with
represent the views of Lexington Community Education, the Porter Square Books of Cambridge.
Lexington Public Schools and/or its employees. portersquarebooks.com
Lexington Community Education | Winter 2021 3
Lexington Community Education presents
Confident & Curious: Reducing Billie Holiday: The Woman,
Worry, Improving Motivation and Musician, & the Myth
Developing Independence in the WITH LEWIS PORTER
Saturday, February 6, 2021 • 2:00-3:30 pm • Zoom • $20 • SBIL
Anxious Student Prepare for a stimulating
WITH DR. SHARON SALINE exploration of the many facets of
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 • 7:00-8:30 pm • Zoom • $20 • SANX this legendary singer. Dr. Porter,
Living in a world that’s increasingly known worldwide as a leading
unpredictable, today’s kids are jazz historian and pianist and an
more anxious than ever before. In engaging teacher, will present his
this workshop, Dr. Sharon Saline, unpublished insights into Holiday’s
veteran psychologist and author, life and music. Among the topics
discusses the grip of anxiety and to be addressed: Who were Billie’s
what educators and parents can formative influences? What was her
do to help reduce kids’ worries. connection to the blues? What was
After reviewing the physiology the impact of Strange Fruit on her
and psychology of anxiety, she career?
will show you how to help kids Billie as composer, lyricist, and bandleader—in rehearsal! Billie
change their relationship to worry, in films and plays, including a new documentary and biopic.
realistically evaluate situations, Romanticizing Billie in literature for children and adults. Her
tolerate uncertainty and calm themselves down. Building upon impact and legacy.
a strength-based, collaborative approach, Dr. Saline will also Lewis Porter, PhD., is a pianist and
share strategies to teach all-important executive functioning skills composer on over 30 albums with Dave
related to motivation and reduce the effects of negative thinking Liebman, John Patitucci, Terri Lyne
on school and home tasks. You’ll leave with tools to enhance Carrington, and many others. He has
cooperation and decrease arguing in your family. performed with Joe Lovano and Jerry
Sharon Saline, Psy.D., a licensed clinical psychologist with more Bergonzi, given two-piano concerts
than 30 years’ experience, is a top expert on ADHD, anxiety, in Lexington with Vijay Iyer and with Ethan Iverson, and is a
learning differences and mental health challenges and their celebrated author, researcher, and educator, including a Grammy
impact on school and family dynamics. Her unique perspective, a nomination. He has 7 books, the best-known being John
sibling of a child who wrestled with untreated ADHD, combined Coltrane: His Life and Music. A long-time former music professor
with decades of academic excellence and clinical experience, at Rutgers in Newark and at Tufts U, he also taught at The New
assists her in guiding families as they navigate from the confusing School, Manhattan School of Music, NYU, William Paterson,
maze of diagnoses and conflict to successful interventions and and Brandeis, as well as guest teaching throughout the USA
connections. Dr. Saline funnels this expertise into her new book, and Europe. He also teaches private students worldwide online.
What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: Working Together Please follow him at Lewisporter.com and on Facebook.
to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life. Dr. Saline is
a member of ADDitude Magazine’s ADHD Specialist Panel.
Dr. Saline is a graduate of Brown University, she received her
master’s degree in psychology from New College of California
and her doctorate in psychology from the California School
of Professional Psychology. Sharon lives with her family in
Northampton, MA.
Regardless of residency, Lexington Community Education
online classes, lessons, and events are Open to All.
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How to Free Your Inner Death Becomes Her:
Mathematician: Notes on The Art of the Obituary
Mathematics and Life WITH MARGALIT FOX
Thursday, February 25, 2021 • 7:00-8:30 pm • Zoom • $20 • SDBH
WITH SUSAN D’AGOSTINO
“Fox has an eye for the telling detail, a forensic sense of
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021 • 7:00-8:30 pm • Zoom • $15 • SMAT
evidence and a relish for research.” —The Wall Street Journal
In her new book, How to Free
“Fox does her own detective work in unpicking the opposing
Your Inner Mathematician:
personalities and careers of her protagonists.”
Notes on Mathematics and
—The New York Times
Life Susan D’Agostino offers
guidance in managing the fear, Considered one of the foremost
freedom, frustration, and joy that explanatory writers and literary
often accompany calls to think stylists in American journalism,
mathematically. This evening on Margalit Fox retired in June
Zoom she will share some of the 2018 from a 24-year-career at the
practical insight, years of award- New York Times, where she was
winning mathematics teaching most recently a senior writer. As
experience, and examples of more a member of the newspaper’s
than 300 hand-drawn sketches celebrated obituary news
alongside accessible descriptions of fractals, symmetry, fuzzy department, she has written the
logic, knot theory, Penrose patterns, infinity, the Twin Prime Page One sendoffs of some of
Conjecture, Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem, Fermat’s Last the best-known cultural figures of
Theorem, and other intriguing mathematical topics. Mathematics our era, including the pioneering
students, enthusiasts and even those who shy away from math feminist Betty Friedan, the writer Maya Angelou, the poets
will gain some helpful advice for fostering courage on their Seamus Heaney and Adrienne Rich, the children’s author
journey regardless of age or mathematical background. Join us Maurice Sendak and the advice columnists Dear Abby and
for a presentation and conversation that will provide reassurance Ann Landers. She has also written the obituaries of many of the
that mathematical success has more to do with curiosity and unsung heroes who have managed, quietly, to touch history,
drive than innate aptitude. among them the inventors of the Frisbee, the crash-test dummy,
the plastic lawn flamingo and the bar code. Before joining the
Susan D’Agostino PhD., is a mathematician and writer whose
obituary department in 2004, she spent ten years as a staff editor
essays have been published in Quanta Magazine, Scientific
at the New York Times Book Review. Fox received the Front
American, Financial Times, Nature, Undark, Times Higher
Page Award from the Newswomen’s Club of New York in 2011
Education, Chronicle of Higher Education, Math Horizons,
for feature writing, and in 2015 for beat reporting. In 2016, the
Mathematics Teacher, and others. She earned her PhD in
Poynter Institute named her one of the six best writers in the
Mathematics from Dartmouth College, Master of Arts in Teaching
Times’s history. She is the author of three books including Talking
Mathematics from Smith College, and BA in Anthropology from
Hands: What Sign Language Reveals about the Mind (2007) and
Bard College. She is a Council for the Advancement of Science
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
Writing Taylor/Blakeslee Fellow at Johns Hopkins University. Her
(2013). The Riddle of the Labyrinth, a narrative nonfiction account
website is www.susandagostino.com and her Twitter handle is @
of the decipherment of the Bronze Age Aegean script known as
susan_dagostino.
Linear B, was selected by the Times Book Review as one of the
hundred best books of the year and received the 2014 William
Saroyan Prize for International Writing. Her most recent book is
Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational
British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World’s Most Famous
Detective Writer (2018). Her work is prominently featured in The
Sense of Style (2014), the best-selling guide to writing well by
Steven Pinker, and Obit., the acclaimed 2017 documentary by
Vanessa Gould. Fox lives in Manhattan with her husband, the
writer and critic George Robinson.
Lexington Community Education | Winter 2021 5
Hear Where We Are: Sound, The Jewel in the Road
Ecology, and Sense of Place SITARIST DAVID WHETSTONE ACCOMPANIES
HIS RECITATION OF INDIA'S BELOVED 15TH CENTURY
WITH MICHAEL STOCKER
POET, KABIR
Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 • 7:00-8:30 pm • Zoom • $10 • SHWW
Sunday, February 21, 2021 • 7:00-8:30 pm • Zoom * $10 • SKBR
“Hear Where We Are is as poetic as it is informative - in the
tradition of some of the best scientific writing.” – Julia Whitty, “I have an infinite trust in David Whetstone’s music. I’ve never
Author, Deep Blue Home: An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild met anyone more sensitive to poetry and more able to go ahead
Ocean of it into realms of delight and depth. He’s a master sitarist and
one of the best artists of his generation. ”—poet Robert Bly
“Hear Where We Are opens up an entirely new way of
understanding not only sound perception but our place within David Whetstone is a disciple of
the world… I no longer just hear my surroundings, rather I am the legendary sitarist, Ustad Vilayat
now aware of how deeply sound shapes my relationship to the Khan. He has collaborated and toured
world around me...” – Kevin W. Kelley, Author, The Home Planet extensively with poets Robert Bly and
Coleman Barks, appearing with them
Throughout history, hearing and sound perception have been
in numerous recordings and films.
typically framed in the context of how sound conveys information
David co-founded Ragamala Music &
and how that information influences the listener. Hear Where We
Dance Theater and supplied original
Are inverts this premise and examines how humans and other
text, stories and music utilizing both
hearing animals use sound to establish acoustical relationships
Indian and Western vocal and orchestral
with their surroundings.
idioms, for critically acclaimed programs
Michael Stocker is an such as Ragamala, The Puppet Master, Canticle of Mary, and
acoustician and naturalist Ashoka, Beloved of the Gods. David has performed in venues
by trade and a musician such as Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the
by avocation, he has Guthrie Theater. The Rochester Symphony & Chorus premiered
written and spoken about excerpts from his opera, White Nights, after Fyodor Dostoevsky’s
marine bio-acoustics and short story, live on Minnesota Public Radio. An American Institute
the impacts ocean noise of Indian Studies Senior Research Fellow, David’s first fundamental
pollution has on marine sitar training was with Dr. Brian Q. Silver, and he has trained with
life since 1992, presenting numerous others, including vocalist Hafeez Ahmed Khan, Deputy
in national and regional Director of All India Radio. David also has trained in Western
hearings, national and international television, radio and news classical music, having studied with Philip Meyers, Solo Hornist of
publications, and museums, schools, and universities. His the New York Philharmonic, for five years. Recent appearances
understanding of both physics and biology has proven invaluable have been with poets Li-Young Lee and Jane Hirshfield, writer
in court testimony and legal briefs, defending the environment Mirabai Starr, and theologian Matthew Fox. David lives in
against the dangers of human generated noise in the sea. As Minneapolis, and is a Senior Lecturer at Carleton College.
founding director of Ocean Conservation Research he is using his
fluency in bio-acoustics to explore the impacts of noise on ocean
The small ruby everyone wants
animals to inform ocean policy and practice toward decreasing
has fallen out on the road.
human bio-acoustic impacts on marine habitats.
Some think it is east of us,
Michael’s book Hear Where We Are: Sound, Ecology, and others west of us.
Sense of Place is an assembly of ideas and understandings of
Some say, “among the primitive earth rocks,”
human and animal sound perception cultivated over a lifetime
others, “in the deep waters.”
of interdisciplinary thinking incorporating his studies in world
cultures, western intellectual history, physics, architecture, Kabir’s instinct told him it was inside,
biology, acoustics, signal processing, music, theology, and and what it was worth,
literature. and he wrapped it up
carefully in his heart cloth.
—Kabir
Robert Bly, Tr., Kabir: Ecstatic Poems (Boston: Beacon Press, 2007)
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Around Town
Each term our humanities section
How Can I Help? offers classes that aim to heighten our
Register Early. If you see a class understanding of the human experience
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Thanks to you, LCE has survived very
to provide the best educational NEWShakespeare’s
uncertain spring, summer, and autumn
experience possible. Much Ado About Nothing
semesters. And while this winter catalog If You are Eligible. If you are eligible Instructor: Cammy Thomas
is strong in content and opportunities for discounted tuition for those 65+, This Shakespeare play is one of the first
for connecting and learning, LCE has consider paying the full tuition at great romantic comedies. It features
not completely recovered from spring checkout. the verbally dueling pair, Beatrice and
and summer seasons filled with refunds Like Us on FaceBook & Follow us on Benedick, each of whom has vowed never
due to COVID cancellations. There have Twitter. Getting the word out about to love or marry. Their friends Claudio
been a number of you who have asked our program is half the battle. and Hero have other ideas—headed for
what you can do to help LCE through Donate. Our website has a Donation marriage until the evil Don John prevents
these challenging times. Here are some button on the homepage. Your kindness them. Constable Dogberry tries to figure
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Take a Class. Our classes are at the a whole. redemption.” That’s what will happen to
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Email Us. Tell us what you like, and tell
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We love to hear from you, and we
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love to hear how we can meet your
enrollment and teachers are not able educational needs and the needs of our HMAN, 6 Thursdays, 7:30-9:00 pm. Begins
to be paid for classes that are canceled community. January 21, Zoom $100/Seniors $85.
due to low enrollment.
LCE offers a heartfelt thanks to
Teach a Class. We are always looking NEW The Poetry of Robert Frost
those who have donated to LCE
for great teachers with great ideas. during the pandemic. Instructor: Stephen Collins
While well known by name, remembered
for President Kennedy’s inauguration
where you may not have effectively reading, and the famous Stopping by
NEW White People Challenging
responded and, using role plays, work Woods on a Snowy Evening, poet Robert
Racism Frost may be one of America’s most often
out effective ways to challenge racism.
Instructors: Karen Blumenfeld and misunderstood and under-read poets.
Develop a specific plan for challenging
Mary Green While Frost doesn’t fit easily into any
racism in the workplace, an organization, or
While this five-session workshop welcomes in the community, while being encouraged preconceived category, that is precisely
participants of all identities, its focus is to find other people in your life who what some have tried to do with him.
on racism as a system that White people can provide support and serve as an Frost said, “I never dared to be radical
created, maintain and condone - and accountability partner in implementing when young for fear it would make me
White people in particular need to take your plan. Please note: Attendance at all conservative when old”. In this interactive,
immediate action to end. In this small sessions and completion of all assignments inclusive seminar we will work with and
online group setting you will: Examine the are required. Each participant will receive a discuss some of his better known poems
role of White people in dismantling racism, phone call from one of the facilitators prior as well as some that never seem to get
in becoming antiracist, and in building an to the start of this program to review the much attention. If interest warrants and
equitable society. Explore the impact of commitment and class requirements. time allows we will also read excerpts from
White privilege and how being unaware of the biography Robert Frost, A Life by Jay
HWCR, 5 Fridays, 10:00 am-12:00 pm.
that advantage helps perpetuate racism. Parini, and A Literary Life Reconsidered by
Begins January 22, Zoom, $150.
Write about your own racial awareness William Pritchard.
journey. Enhance your understanding and HFRO, 6 Tuesdays, 10:00-11:00 am.
capacity for action through discussion of HOME ALONE Begins January 12, Zoom, $65/Seniors
short readings, videos, and other materials. with Officers of the Lexington Police $50.
Share everyday racism-related situations Department, p. 22
Lexington Community Education | Winter 2021 7
NEW Enjoying Contemporary conscience and lawhave remained discuss features to search out to help
Poetry meaningful for thousands of years. In you identify First Period structures based
this course, we’ll read and discuss the on appearance, layout and architectural
Instructor: Tracy Marks
thought-provoking Theban trilogy of features that distinguish them from the
Whether or not you’re a lover of poetry, two Oedipus plays and Antigone. We’ll succeeding Georgian era. Diagrams
you are likely to enjoy discovering and also view and discuss scenes from three demonstrating First Period construction
discussing some of the best poems by superb rare films of these dramas. Note: techniques will be accompanied by
contemporary poets. Our focus will be For the first class, please read the first exterior and interior photographs from
on accessible (not obscure) poetry which third of Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King), several of the best-preserved Ipswich
is likely to be meaningful to you today. up to the entry of Creon. Recommended: First Period houses. The earliest builders
We’ll read the work of ten contemporary A contemporary translation, preferably to settle the Massachusetts Bay Colony
poets including Mary Oliver, Billy Collins, by Fagles, Fitts and Fitzgerald or the free were trained in English post-Medieval
Stephen Dunn, Li-Young Lee, A.E. online translation by Ian Johnston. techniques, and adapted this form to the
Stallings, current U.S. poet laureate Joy New England climate. Houses constructed
HODY, 4 Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins
Harjo, and recent U.S. poet laureate Tracy after about 1720 (Second Period homes)
March 2, Zoom, $88/Seniors $65.
K. Smith. Note: Poetry collections in PDF are generally distinguishable by symmetry,
format will be emailed to students before NEW A Study of The Civil War proportion and interior decoration. While
each class. most First Period houses were enlarged
Instructor: Andrew Chatfield, Ph.D
HPOI, 5 Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins or modified to present this Second
January 19, Zoom, $110/Seniors $85. In this class we will look at the causes
Period appearance, renovations in recent
and origins of the Civil War while also
decades have exposed and restored
parsing its long-term consequences.
earlier elements. Gordon Harris is the
FREE YOUR INNER This class will focus primarily on the war
Ipswich town historian and a life-long
MATHEMATICIAN years (1861-1865) with special emphasis
carpenter.
with Susan D'Agostino, p. 5 on the political, cultural, and diplomatic
aspects of the conflict. We will finish the HIPSW, 1 Monday, 6:30-8:30 pm. Meets
class by taking a close look at the war’s February 1, Zoom, $30/Seniors $25.
NEW Boris Pasternak’s aftermath with the unfinished revolution of
NEW Public Art: Appreciating Its
Dr. Zhivago Reconstruction and its many repercussions
Instructor: Tracy Marks on the future of American politics, society, Many Varieties & Purposes
In the acclaimed novel Dr. Zhivago, a and culture. Some of the issues we will Instructor: Paul Angiolillo
young poet-doctor is torn between his investigate in this course include: slavery, Sculpture and other forms of public art
love for the devoted Tanya and sensual emancipation and freedom, race, gender have been making the headlines a lot
Lara during the Russian Revolution. and the role of women in the war and its lately. Monuments have been toppled,
Facing innumerable obstacles, he aftermath, shifts in American labor, and contemporary sculptures replacing them;
struggles to maintain a personal life, finally historical memory. We will also try art appears on billboards and city streets,
during a time in which the political is our best to answer some major historical “popping up” in squares, projected
all that’s supposed to matter. Reading questions that have been long debated onto buildings, as sky-writing, and even
approximately 90 pages of this beloved by historians such as what caused the war? “virtual” images on phones. Whatever
classic, you can count on participating Why did the Union emerge victorious? you think about such expressions, one
in stimulating class discussions, learning And to what extent is the Civil War thing is clear: today public art fills an
historical background, and viewing video America’s defining moment? important role in our society. We’ll take
clips from two Dr. Zhivago films. Please HTCW, 6 Wednesdays, 3:00-4:30 pm. a wide-ranging look at its many forms
read part one and two of book one before Begins January 27, Zoom, $100/Seniors and themes: monumental, political,
the first class. Recommended: Pevear and $85. environmental, whimsical, "art for
Volkhonsky’s contemporary translation. art’s sake," and more. What makes a
HZHIV, 8 Fridays, 12:30-2:30 pm. Begins work succeed (or not)? Where is the
January 22, Zoom, $175/Seniors $135. FRENCH CONVERSATION field going? Join us for a casual, lively
THROUGH PHILOSOPHY discussion about public art and its role in
with Maurice Bombrun, p. 19 our culture.
NEW Oedipus and Antigone:
The Greeks Speak to Us Today HART, 1 Tuesday, 4:00-6:00 pm. Meets
Instructor: Tracy Marks NEW First Period Houses of March 9, Zoom, $29.
Oedipus Rex and Antigone, both by Ipswich, Massachusetts
the Greek dramatist Sophocles, are Instructor: Gordon Harris AN INTRODUCTION TO
considered by many to be the greatest Of the roughly 300 houses that were DAOIST MEDITATION
dramas ever written and performed. The constructed (in part or in whole) during with Larson Di Fiori, PhD, p. 35
issues they raise; p ersonal responsibility, the first century of English settlement of
fate vs. free will, and the conflict between Massachusetts, 59 are in Ipswich. We will
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Music
Appreciation
NEW Unquiet Thoughts: Debussy was inspired by other Symbolist
The Lute Music of John Dowland artists, particularly the work of French
(1563-1626) poet, Paul Verlaine. This class will focus
on Debussy’s remarkable song cycle
Instructor: Adam Levin, Classical Guitarist
Ariettes oubliées (“Forgotten Songs”).
John Dowland, “The English Orpheus,” The text of the song cycle is drawn from
was arguably the most celebrated lutenist Verlaine’s Romances sans paroles (“Songs
of his time and one of England’s greatest without Words”). Musicologists have
composers. His music was popular remarked that the fluidity of Verlaine’s
throughout Europe and was published in verse which moved between mysticism
more cities than any other composer of and sensuality fueled the sensibilities of
the time. Nevertheless, Dowland’s career Debussy’s haunting musical language.
was filled with shattered dreams and We will explore Verlaine’s poetry (which
frustrations, resulting in his adoption of the is stunning even in translation), listen to
motto “Semper Dowland semper dolens” musical excerpts, and discuss the manner
(Always Dowland, always sorrowing). The Srinivas Reddy teaches Fundamentals of Indian
in which Debussy musically captures Classical Music, this page.
intense melancholy that pervades much of Verlaine’s verse. There is a lot to unpack
his music is a personal expression of the in both Verlaine and Debussy’s work.
bitterness he felt due to the lack of a royal Keenlyside. Our second opera, which
Together we will discover new facets and
appointment and the lack of respect shown will take two evenings to cover, will be
greater appreciation for this masterpiece.
him by younger players. Though his sad Berlioz’s masterpiece Les Troyens. The first
HDAO, 4 Thursdays, 7:00-8:30 pm. Begins complete performance of the critical score
works are justly famous, Dowland’s lively
February 25, Zoom, $65/Seniors $55. was given in London in 1969. Using the
pieces, particularly his galliards, evoke a
humor and wit. This program includes the traditional structure of separate musical
Fundamentals of numbers, Berlioz creates an intense and
performance of works that express a large
Indian Classical Music ultimately tragic story of Aeneas and Dido.
array of emotions, styles and sensibilities.
Instructor: Srinivas Reddy We will finish our French exploration with
MDLD, 1 Friday, 7:30-9:00 pm. Meets
Fundamentals of Indian Classical Jean-Philippe Rameau’s musically diverse
February 5, Zoom, $25.
Music offers a general introduction to Baroque opera-ballet Les Indes Galantes.
How Was That A Hit? the theory of raga and tala, the core He uses the theme of love in exotic locales
musical concepts that underlie all Indian (Ottoman Empire, Peru, Persia and North
Instructor: Gregory Leschishin
classical music. Drawing primarily from America) to unite each of these individual
This class discusses and illustrates how the Hindustani tradition, this course stories by combining the French love
pop music of the 1960s through the 1980s will explore the definition, historical of ballet with opera. Our exploration of
became hits. The charts were determined development, complexity and creative German post-romanticism brings us to
by airplay and sales calculated by realization of both raga and tala. By using Richard Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten.
methods over which only a few people musical excerpts, live demonstration Like Mozart’s Die Zauberflote this is a
had control. Hundreds of songs were and interactive exercises, we will also symbolic opera dealing with the attempts
released by many independent record explore the improvisatory nature of Indian of two couples to find love. Strauss’ hyper-
labels seeking the opportunity to snag a music and how these techniques can be romantic score and melodies sweep you
hit. Some were natural hits; others were incorporated into one’s own creativity. through the lows of loss and depression to
by accident or luck or both! Cash Box the heights of earthly fulfillment and soulful
MFICS, 1 Thursday, 7:00-9:00 pm. Meets
Magazine was one of the prominent music ecstasy. We will end with Jerome Kern’s
February 11, Zoom, $25.
publications that Dick Clark, Solid Gold Show Boat. This tuneful musical changed
and Rick Dees’ Weekly Top 40 used to the ground rules for the future of the genre.
NEW Winter Operatic Potpourri
count down the hits. Relive and rediscover Instead of the use of fluffy disconnected
your 45 collection with this fun class! Instructor: David Collins
songs and dances, Show Boat showed
HHOW, 5 Thursdays, 7:00-8:30 pm. Begins We will start our winter operatic potpourri
what was possible when dealing with the
January 28, Zoom, $75/Seniors $65. with a selection of French operas, add a
serious issue of racial prejudice.
touch of German post-romanticism and
HOPE, 6 Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm.
NEW Exploring Debussy’s Song cap it off with an American Musical. To
Begins January 19 and meets February
Cycle Ariettes Oubliées the consternation of the English, French
composer Ambroise Thomas had the 2, 9, 23 and March 9, 23, Zoom, $170/
Instructor: Annina Hsieh Seniors/$130.
audacity to compose an opera based
Debussy’s music altered the course of on Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Thomas’
European classical music away from the version, although not as profound as
exaggerated pathos of Romanticism to BILLIE HOLIDAY: THE WOMAN,
its source, maintains operatic tension. MUSICIAN, & THE MYTH
a new means of artistic expression that This is especially so in the production with pianist Lewis Porter, p. 4
was guided by nuance and suggestion. we will explore which features Simon
Lexington Community Education | Winter 2021 9
Music Performance/
Theatre Arts
Opera and Wine Pairing Class Beginning Ukulele your musical vocabulary beyond that of
Instructor: Annina Hsieh Instructor: Robert Rivera traditional Rock guitar styles. Through
in-depth demonstrations and focused
Are you a fan of opera? Do you enjoy Have you ever wanted to learn how to
individual instruction, Mr. Butler will break
learning about and tasting wine? We accompany yourself and others on the
down the key musical elements of Jazz-
have partnered with Violette Wine Cellars Ukulele? Maybe you already know the
Rock/ Fusion, Progressive Rock and Neo
to bring you this class to indulge your basics of the Ukulele but you want to
-Classical Metal and more. This term we
senses - all from the comfort of your own improve? The Ukulele is a small 4-string,
will pay special attention to the work,
home! Each week we will explore how a guitar-like instrument native to Hawaii,
tone and lead/rhythm technique of the
type of wine compliments a specific opera and its sound reflects the happiness and
legendary Edward Van Halen. From
scene/aria and the ways in which wine joy of life on the island. Bring your own
two-hand tapping, whammy bar dive
and music combine to elevate each other. instrument and come learn different
bombs, and his melodic yet explosive
The class will serve as an introduction to playing techniques, chords, and musical
guitar solos. Edward Van Halen “lit up
opera and natural wine history. We hope styles on the Ukulele!
the skies” of rock guitar for generations
to introduce you to new wine and new MBUK, 4 Saturdays, 10:00-11:30 am. and influenced just about every guitarist
music in a fun way. In addition to the price Begins January 16, Zoom, $65/Seniors $55. to follow. Included: Analysis of the
of the class, students can purchase the
recorded works of influential musicians
course wine package (four bottles of wine) Bach for Beginner Ukulele and composers known for expanding
directly from Violette Wine Cellars store Instructor: Robert Rivera the musical landscape: Edward Van
in Cambridge. The wine package is $75.
The ukulele is not just an instrument that is Halen, Randy Rhoads, Alan Holdsworth,
Curbside Pick Ups: Tuesday-Saturday
limited to chord strumming at sing-a-longs. Angus Young, Miles Davis (Mike Stern/
12pm-5pm at 1 Belmont St. in Cambridge
In these four sessions we will work on John Scofield), Jan Hammer, Joe Satriani,
(attached to Sofra Bakery). To place your
playing Bach’s Cello Suite #1 transcribed Jean-Luc Ponty, John McLaughlin , Gary
order email info@violettewine.com or call
for Ukulele. The instructor will email Moore and Yngwie Malmsteen among
617-876-4125 in advance to let them know
students both tablature and traditional others. Please contact Mr. Butler with
you want the “Lexington Opera and Wine
notation of the piece before the first class any questions that you might have.
Package.” When you arrive for pick up call
session. Some basic knowledge of playing GRYFFON8356@HOTMAIL.com
them at 617-876-4125, and they will bring
stringed instruments is required. Students MEVH, 2 Thursdays, 6:30-9:00 pm. Begins
your order outside. Students may also
should be comfortable fretting and February 11, Zoom, $55.
acquire alternative wine for the course
plucking notes, and moving across stings
independently. Email: LCE@lexingtonma.
org for the course wine list.
when playing lines and phrases. Learn Guitar in the Style You
HOWP, 4 Thursdays, 7:00-8:30 pm. Begins
MBHU, 4 Saturdays, 10:00-11:30 am. Begins Want to Play
February 20, Zoom, $65/Seniors $55. Instructor: Robert Butler
January 28, Zoom, $65/Seniors $45.
Students of all levels and musical interests
Cello for Adult Beginners are welcome to join us to learn guitar in
COUNTRY WESTERN Instructor: Robert Rivera the style that they want to play. Included:
LINE DANCING If you’ve never picked up a cello before Fundamental through advanced Chord
with Julie Kaufmann, p. 37
and you wished to, or if you had picked Form Harmony, Basslines, Lead Guitar Solo
it up and wanted a refresher, this class is Improvisation, Picking Styles , Essential
for you. We’ll be working out of Suzuki Techniques unique to both electric and
NEW Rock ‘N’ Roll History Book 1 for cello. We’ll be going through acoustic guitar and much more. We open
Instructor: Staff of Go Go Allegro School material the same way an orchestral each class with a demonstration and
of Music section goes through a musical part. A analysis of a specific guitar style: Classical,
Study one of the most popular and fun and enjoyable way to play cello with Rock, Traditional Acoustic and Ethnic
influential genres of all time through others! No audition required. You just Styles, Blues, Jazz, Country and Pop. Every
listening, video and live demonstrations! have to have a cello, a music stand, and session includes individual instruction.
We will begin with rock ‘n’ roll roots in Suzuki Book 1 at each class. Whether you are new to the guitar or an
the blues of the south in the early 1900’s MCLO, 4 Saturdays, 12:00-1:30 pm. Begins experienced player, with this online guitar
and progress through time until today. January 16, Zoom, $100/Seniors $85. series, you will gain valuable insight into
Students will learn the most influential achieving your musical goals. Each student
rhythms, melodies and figures in this NEWEdward Van Halen & the should have an electric or acoustic guitar
amazing genre. Masters of Guitar: Rock Band and a notebook. All music charts and
MROCK, 6 Tuesdays, 10:00-11:00 am. Master Class diagrams are supplied as PDF files. Please
Begins January 19, Zoom, $119. contact Robert Butler (978)283-7186 with
Instructor: Robert Butler
any questions that you might have.
These two online master class sessions
MRGW, 5 Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. Begins
will provide you with the concepts,
January 14, Zoom, $125/Seniors $100.
techniques and skills necessary to expand
10 LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 | ALL WINTER 2021 CLASSES ARE HELD ONLINEPrivate Music Instrument Lessons for Every Age and
Level on Zoom
LCE provides excellent, convenient, and reasonably priced individu
al
music lessons with highly qualified professional musician teacher
s
for all interested students and adults. The following instruments
are available for individual study: Baritone Horn (Euphonium), Bass,
Annina Hsieh, Voice,
Bassoon, Cello, Clarinet, Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Flute, French
Beginning Piano
Horn, Guitar, Oboe, Percussion (Drums/xylophone), Saxophone,
Sitar, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba, Ukulele, Upright Bass, Violin or
Viola, and Voice. Lessons are held in the afternoon and evening
at
Lexington High School. Each semester contains approximately
16 lessons. Students must arrange convenient weekly lesson times
with the instructor. The length of lessons per week can be:
30 minute, 45 minute, or 60 minutes. To register: Email the LCE
office and we will put you in touch with our music teaching staff.
Saturday morning lessons are also available.
For info about LCE Music teaching staff, please visit: https:// Ben Fox
lexingtoncommunityed.org/music-instrument-lessons/ Oboe
Simone Cartales Bill Kirkley Allan Espinosa Brian Kane
Violin, Viola Clarinet Violin, Viola Saxophone
Ellen Donohue-Saltman Greg Gettel James Lattini Jason Yost Robert Butler
French Horn Trumpet Percussion/Drum Set Guitar / Bass / Ukulele Guitar
Jerry Vejmola Jessica Lizak Jobey Wilson John Claybourne Nancy Radnofsky
Sax, Clarinet Flute Tuba/Euphonium Drums Clarinet
Ona Jonaityte Phil Hyman Raluca Dumitrache Robert Rivera David Whetstone
Flute Trombone/ Violin/Viola Cello and Bass Guitar Sitar
Euphonium
LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 11NEW Music Improvisation discuss filmed excerpts of extraordinary Acting Skills for Business
Workshop theatre moments; and even learn some Instructor: Lau Lapides
simple devising exercises together,
Instructor: Staff of Go Go Allegro School Business professionals want to learn the
which have applications for ‘collective
of Music trade secrets that stage actors and industry
creation’ in any work or community
Learn to spontaneously compose music! pros know in the media and broadcasting
setting! Whether you’re a theatre fan, an
Improvising is one of the most important industry! Come learn the actors bag of
occasional theatre-goer, or have never
musical skills to have and one of the tricks geared specifically for corporate
seen a play in your life, this class is a
most difficult to obtain. Through study presenters, sales professionals, customer
chance to plunge into a fascinating artistic
of different approaches of prominent service personnel. Learn how to get a
world, deepen your appreciation for this
players, classic melodies and ideas, leg up on the competition and get that
precious art form, and stretch your own
students will build the foundation in promotion. As analytical thinkers working
creative wings.
soloing and composing on the spot. in quantitative ways our goal is to train
HTHEA, 1 Tuesday, 6:00-9:00 pm. Meets you to develop the highest level of soft
Please bring your primary instrument
February 2, Zoom, $40/Seniors $30. skills available, and apply these skills to
with you for these classes so we can learn
to improvise together in class on the your work. Discover tools and techniques
Public Speaking with Confidence to build confidence while strengthening
instrument you are most comfortable with.
Instructor: Lau Lapides physical and vocal presence whether you
MIMPR, 6 Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 pm. Begins
January 19, Zoom, $119. Are you making the impression you are presenting live, online, or by phone.
want to be making? Need to polish your Engage and ignite your audience with
speaking skills for work? Want to eliminate storytelling techniques that work and build
fears and anxieties of speaking? From rapport while commanding presence!
WINTER OPERATIC POTPOURRI the moment you enter a room in literally Learn how to think fast on your feet
with David Collins, p. 9 seconds you make your impression...your through improvisation and role-playing,
smile, your voice, your first few words, manage your physical and vocal message
your style, your energy, your initial eye by incorporating breathing and speech
NEW Songwriting/Composition
contact--all of these ingredients create technique and have fun discovering new
Workshop the successful chemistry to “command approaches to communicating in your
Instructor: Staff of Go Go Allegro School presence!” In this dynamic, fast-paced work. Come dressed in comfortable
of Music exciting workshop you will strengthen clothing, bring a notebook and water. No
Learn how to artistically craft your own and polish your speaking style by prior experience necessary!
music! We will discuss a wide variety of utilizing tools and techniques to help HASB, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets
tools and genres including song form, you engage your audience and polish February 9, Zoom, $25/Seniors $20.
chord progressions, and melodic ideas your presentation. Build self-confidence
ranging in styles from jazz to country while learning how to organize and NEW Podcasting 101
to pop. These ideas can be applied to deliver interesting and relevant content Instructor: Lau Lapides
any instrument or voice. Optional: bring to your audience. Polish your articulation,
If you’ve ever listened to a podcast
primary instrument with you to class. neutralize local accent/dialect, and
and thought, “I can do that!” now’s
work on breathing techniques. Develop
MSONG, 6 Tuesdays, 11:00 am-12:00 pm. your chance! This is geared for aspiring
storytelling techniques that work and
Begins January 19, Zoom, $119. podcasters or anyone that is thinking
engage your audience! Come dressed in
about launching a podcast, also for
NEW Discovering Devised Theatre comfortable clothing, bring a notebook
current podcasters that want to bring their
and water. No prior speaking experience
Instructor: Poornima Kirby program to the next tier of their career.
necessary!
As the chilly months set in, many of us Join us for a crash course that will give you
HPSC, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets all the tools you need to start planning
miss gathering for plays, concerts and
February 2, Zoom, $25/Seniors $20. and recording your own podcast. In this
dance performances! Although our
stages are quiet for a while, we can still half-day workshop, you will learn the ins
come together over Zoom to share and outs of recording in a high-quality
appreciation for the performing arts. sound booth. You will become familiar
Devised theatre—sometimes called with how to best use a microphone, how
‘collective creation’—is a fascinating way to record using professional software,
of making and telling stories, which has how to adjust the sound quality, and how
become popular with some of the most to save your file in the most useful format
respected theatre companies around the for your intended purpose. Topics that
world, such as Complicite, SITI Company, may be included; interviewing techniques,
and Double Edge Theatre (located right guest selection, co-host prep, content,
here in Massachusetts!). We’ll learn about theme, time and format.
the philosophy of devising; watch and Poornima Kirby teaches Discovering Devised HLIL, 1 Tuesday, 7:00-8:30 pm. Meets
Theatre, this page. February 16, Zoom, $25/Seniors $20.
12 LexingtonCommunityEd.org | 781.862.8043 | ALL WINTER 2021 CLASSES ARE HELD ONLINEWriting
Whether it originates from memory or workshop and brought for a critique by NEW Writing Tools: Enlivening
fantasy, takes shape as poetry or prose, other participants and the instructor, Your Writing With Food
our expert writing staff will help you get during which time techniques for better
Instructor: Kayleigh Shoen
your word out. writing will be explored. Bring seven
copies of something you have written From Swann’s Way’s nostalgia-inducing
madeleine, to Eat, Pray, Love’s love affair
Memoir Writing of a memoir nature—a journal entry, a
paragraph describing a relationship, with pizza, to The Lion, The Witch and the
Instructor: Tom Daley Wardrobe’s enticing Turkish delight, the
a letter recounting some memorable
Memory is not an instrument for exploring foods we encounter in literature often stay
incident in your life—to the first meeting
the past but its theatre. in our memories longer than some meals
of the workshop. The piece should be 750
— Walter Benjamin we’ve physically eaten. In this class we’ll
words or less.
Whether you intend to share your written explore how food can be used to capture
W2MEM, 8 Fridays,12:30-2:00 pm. Begins
remembrances with family and friends emotion, convey history, and animate the
January 22, Zoom, $165/Seniors $125.
or a broader audience, you will find this senses. In addition to discussing great
a collegial and supportive workshop in examples from fiction and nonfiction,
Poetry Writing Workshop
which optional weekly exercises will help sample class assignments will include
you to transform the rich material of your Instructor: Tom Daley documenting your own food traditions,
life into unique works of art, including Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is writing about invented foods, and trying
memoir pieces, personal essays and even the skeleton architecture of our lives. It a new-to-you food. Expect to read, write,
the beginning of a book-length memoir. lays the foundation for a future of change, and even eat in this Zoom-based class.
All work will be written outside of the a bridge across our fears of what has WFOO, 5 Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 pm. Begins
workshop and brought for a critique by never been before. – Audre Lourde January 26, Zoom, $79.
other participants and the instructor, Poetry writing, largely, is a solitary
during which time techniques for better endeavor. This workshop will provide the NEW Writing an Imaginative
writing will be explored. Bring nine opportunity for poets, both beginning Autobiographical "Tale"
copies of something you have written and practiced, to share their work with Instructor: Roser Rovira
of a memoir nature—a journal entry, a other poets in a collegial and supportive
While Carl Jung famously said that
paragraph describing a relationship, environment. We will concentrate on
"psyche creates reality," authors and
a letter recounting some memorable sharpening the impact of your poems
artists know that the reverse is also true.
incident in your life—to the first meeting through careful consideration of their
Throughout history, fantastic words and
of the workshop. The piece should be 750 strengths and their limitations. Optional
surreal images put down on paper have
words or less. take-home writing exercises will give you
come to long and lasting life in the minds
WMEM, 8 Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00 pm. the opportunity to explore the myriad
and hearts of readers. In this class we will
Begins January 20, Zoom, $195/Seniors forms poetry can take. Bring 10 copies of
use imagination and experience to create
$150. a recent poem (no more than two pages
a tale that touches on the mystery of the
long) to the first session.
archetypal journey we are all traversing
WPWW, 8 Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm. as we journey from day to day, and year
Begins January 20, Zoom, $195/Seniors to year. In this online class we will use
THE ART OF THE OBITUARY
$150. the details of daily life to create a tale
with Margalit Fox, p. 5
touching on universal themes and worth
NEW The Lyric Essay telling to friends and relatives. Prompts
Daytime Memoir Writing Instructor: Cathie Desjardins could include a favorite memory, or the
Instructor: Tom Daley “We turn to the lyric essay - with its granddaughter living far away, the squirrel
malleability, ingenuity, immediacy, sitting on the porch every morning, or
Memory is not an instrument for exploring
complexity, and use of poetic language that lake close to the house where you
the past but its theatre.
- to give us a fresh way to make music of were born. Our sessions will focus on
— Walter Benjamin
the world,” writes John D’Agata. We’ll the main character, environment, plot,
Whether you intend to share your written explore the paradox that the informational and ending. By the end of our fifth
remembrances with family and friends real world can bring haunting lyricism session, you will have a first manuscript
or a broader audience, you will find this and its own music to the personal essay. of an amazing tale talking about one
a collegial and supportive workshop in We’ll use in-class exercises to bounce off old and vital memory that longs to be
which optional weekly exercises will help models by authors such as Brian Doyle, remembered and retold anew!
you to transform the rich material of your Sei Shonagon, Lia Purpura and Zadie WWWR, 5 Mondays, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm.
life into unique works of art, including Smith. Begins January 25, Zoom, $110/Seniors
memoir pieces, personal essays and even
WTLE, 6 Thursdays, 10:00 am-12:00 pm. $95.
the beginning of a book-length memoir.
Begins January 14, Zoom, $125/Seniors
All work will be written outside of the
$115.
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