Barat House Programs
TUESDAY MORNING PROGRAMS
10:30AM (I 10:30AM (Includes L ncludes Lunch)
EDITH WHARTON AND NEW YORK With a major new biography published this past spring, there are new insights into the life and varied and extraordinary talents of Edith Wharton, the great chronicler of 19th century New York society. This series will center upon Wharton’s view of New York City as interpreted in her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Age of Innocence, as well as Old New York*, a collection of four short linked novellas. *includes “False Dawn,” “The Old Maid,” “The Spark” and “New Year’s Day.”
September 18, 25, October 2 Victoria Allen $60 for the series (Students must register for the entire series)
OVER THE HILL AND ON A ROLL “Don’t get old!” we are cautioned! But consider the alternative!! Is old age a time of diminution of our powers or a time of celebration of the fullness of our being? Together we will examine our “consciousness” and assess our present state of aging, whether advanced or merely advancing.
October 9, 16, 23 Ruth Dowd, RSCJ $60 for the series (Students must register for the entire series)
FLORENCE AND THE FLOWERING OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE This series will examine the importance of Florence in the development of Italian Renaissance culture and art. The history of the city and of its celebrated family, the Medici, will be presented through slides of Florence and of the works of artists who flourished in the intellectually rich atmosphere of the time. Artists whose works we will view include: Ghirlandaio, Masaccio, Della Robbia, Michelangelo, and Botticelli. Attendees who wish may join a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum to view the doors of the Baptistry (“Gates of Paradise), presented as a part of the world tour before their return to Florence’s museum of the Duomo (See notice of trip to Met).
October 30, November 6, 13 Victoria Allen $60 for the series (Students must register for the entire series)
PRAGMATISM: AN AMERICAN HISTORY Pragmatism has been defined as a way of thinking, a way of coming up with ideas, of forming beliefs and making decisions in a post-Darwinian world. We will examine the teaching of three of the best-known pragmatists: Charles Sanders Peirce, William James and John Dewey.
November 20, 27, December 4 Ruth Dowd, RSCJ $60 for the series (Students must register for the entire series)