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Meet writers, public figures, and other special speakers invited by the Adult School for one-night presentations.


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American Folk Art NEW 

Works created by non-professionally trained artists are often appealing and high in quality. This class will deal with such objects, ranging from drawings and paintings to items of religious usage, decorative art, and practical utility. Among them are samplers, quilts, grave markers, fraktur, santos, furniture, advertising statuary, and weathervanes.

440156

Instructor : Anne Betty Weinshenker 

Tuition: $20.00

Schedule : Weekly - Thu 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM; starting 9/28/2017, ending 9/28/2017

Location : Montclair, MPL - Main Location : 
  Montclair, MPL - Main.

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The War on Terrorist Financing: After Countless Failures, A Time For a New Approach NEW 

For years governments have tried to stem the flow of monies to terrorist organizations yet they continue to recruit and grow. A discussion of possibilities for the future.

440157

Instructor : Pierre Fabian 

Tuition: $20.00

Schedule : Weekly - Thu 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM; starting 9/28/2017, ending 9/28/2017

Location : Montclair, MPL - Bellevue Branch Location : 
  Montclair, MPL - Bellevue Branch.

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History of the Supreme Court 

Participate in a lively overview of notable recent and past Supreme Court decisions that have shaped changing interpretations of the U.S.Constitution and solidified the current influential role of the highest court. 

440152

Instructor : Eugene Lieber 

Tuition: $20.00

Schedule : Weekly - Tue 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM; starting 10/3/2017, ending 10/3/2017

Location : Montclair, MPL - Main Location : 
  Montclair, MPL - Main.

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Clinton, Bush, Obama and Trump: Covering the Presidents NEW 

Join us for an evening discussion with Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times as he talks about his new book, "Obama: The Call of History," and the latest happenings at the Trump White House.

440158

Instructor : Peter Baker 

Tuition: $20.00

Schedule : Weekly - Thu 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM; starting 10/5/2017, ending 10/5/2017

Location : Montclair, MPL - Main Location : 
  Montclair, MPL - Main.

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Van Gogh / Gauguin: Studio of the South NEW 

In February of 1888 Vincent van Gogh traveled to Arles in the south of France to escape the frenzied atmosphere of madcap Paris. He made ambitious plans to found an artists’ colony that would breathe new life into French art. He finally succeeded in persuading Paul Gauguin to join him. The tumultuous story of what happened in the “Studio of the South” is one of the most dramatic in the history of modern art, and the paintings created there are among the most innovative and iconic images of the late 19th Century.

440146

Instructor : Janet Mandel 

Tuition: $20.00

Schedule : Weekly - Thu 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM; starting 10/12/2017, ending 10/12/2017

Location : Montclair, MPL - Main Location : 
  Montclair, MPL - Main.

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Michelangelo NEW 

Michelangelo’s awe-inspiring works remain as iconic today as when they were created five centuries ago. This class will trace his dramatic career and investigate the intense power of his painting, sculpture, and architecture.

440155

Instructor : Anne Betty Weinshenker 

Tuition: $20.00

Schedule : Weekly - Mon 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM; starting 10/16/2017, ending 10/16/2017

Location : Montclair, MPL - Main Location : 
  Montclair, MPL - Main.

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Capitalism and Cynicism NEW 

Capitalism is both a creator and destroyer, destroying the old to make way for the new. It creates inexpensive goods and services, creates new technologies, creates new values and new ways of seeing. It creates new wealth and new inequality. Capitalism is not only an economic system. It is also a system of thinking and feeling, almost a religion. This talk about the creative and destructive aspects of capitalism will explore how it shapes our thinking. Is cynicism an inevitable by-product of capitalism, like pollution and global warming -- a kind of pollution of the mind and heart?

440137

Instructor : Steve Golin 

Tuition: $20.00

Schedule : Weekly - Wed 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM; starting 10/18/2017, ending 10/18/2017

Location : Montclair, MPL - Main Location : 
  Montclair, MPL - Main.

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Mexican Literature: Roots of an Emerging Population NEW 

Mexico has a rich literary heritage, with roots over the centuries from the Aztec and Mayan civilizations. Colorful history, political upheaval, and dramatic events of Mexico have also played a major role in the content and context covered by Mexican writers.  Mexico has produced a number of authors who have garnered a number of literary accolades, including one Nobel Prize in Literature.  This talk will discuss some of the works of these famous authors and the contributions they have made to modern literature.  

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Instructor : Willard Gingerich 

Tuition: $0.00

Schedule : Weekly - Thu 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM; starting 10/26/2017, ending 10/26/2017

Location : Montclair, MPL - Main Location : 
  Montclair, MPL - Main.

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