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Painter Barkley L. Hendricks: "Making it Memorable" NEW 

Who is the coolest artist that you may not know? Barkley Hendricks that’s who! Barkley Hendricks was a contemporary painter and photographer whose pai ...  View More

440440

Instructor : Onnie Strother 

Tuition: $20.00

Schedule : Weekly - Tue 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM; starting 10/3/2023, ending 10/3/2023

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

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NEW DATE: A Window to Andean Traditions: Panpipe Workshop NEW 

Students will learn to build and play the pentatonic (10 plastic tube) panpipe and learn about the history, geography, musical traditions, and activit ...  View More

210428

Instructor : Pepe Santana 

Tuition: $0.00

Schedule : Weekly - Wed 6:15 PM - 8:00 PM; starting 10/4/2023, ending 10/4/2023

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

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Manet and Degas: Making the World Modern NEW 

Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas, born only two years apart, were friends, rivals, and at times, antagonists who worked to define modern painting in Fran ...  View More

440243

Instructor : Janet Mandel 

Tuition: $35.00

Schedule : Weekly - Fri 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM; 2 sessions; starting 10/6/2023, ending 10/13/2023

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

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Broken Promises: Urban Development in Puerto Rican New York NEW 

In the 1950s, New York City leaders decided to demolish the San Juan Hill neighborhood – a lively mixed-race community that had long been considered a ...  View More

440439

Instructor : Lorrin Thomas 

Tuition: $0.00

Schedule : Weekly - Tue 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM; starting 10/10/2023, ending 10/10/2023

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

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War in Ukraine: Is there an Endgame? NEW 

Despite the massive military and financial assistance provided by NATO and the EU to Kyiv, Ukraine's Western Allies are increasingly aware of the nece ...  View More

440445

Instructor : Pierre Fabian 

Tuition: $20.00

Schedule : Weekly - Wed 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM; starting 10/11/2023, ending 10/11/2023

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

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Introduction to Classical Chinese Poetry NEW 

The Tang dynasty is known as the Golden Age of Chinese poetry, a poetic tradition with an elegant, earthy simplicity that influenced the poetry of Jap ...  View More

260092

Instructor : Brian Hanson-Harding 

Tuition: $45.00

Schedule : Weekly - Mon 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM; 3 sessions; starting 10/16/2023, ending 10/30/2023

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

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The Future of Affirmative Action and Legacy Admissions NEW 

After the Supreme Court's decision in SFFA v Harvard, college admissions are in a state of flux. Prof. Evan Mandery, author of "Poison Ivy: How Elite ...  View More

170021

Instructor : Evan Mandery 

Tuition: $20.00

Schedule : Weekly - Tue 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM; starting 10/17/2023, ending 10/17/2023

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

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The Lewis and Clark Expedition NEW - Online 

Grizzlies, bison herds, bone chilling temperatures, immense mountains - these are just some of the images which are associated with the extraordinary ...  View More

440442

Instructor : Judy Okun 

Tuition: $20.00

Schedule : Weekly - Wed 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM; starting 10/25/2023, ending 10/25/2023

Location : Montclair, Online Classes Location : 
  Montclair, Online Classes.

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The Gritty History of the Essex Mountain Sanatorium - NEW 

Join us for a talk on the now-defunct Essex Mountain Sanatorium. We'll touch on why the hospital was built; considering: What is tuberculosis?,  Why w ...  View More

440443

Instructor : Maressa McFarlane 

Tuition: $0.00

Schedule : Weekly - Thu 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM; starting 10/26/2023, ending 10/26/2023

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

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Adoption, Sovereignty, and the Indian Child Welfare Act NEW 

Michele Kriegman, a Native American activist, adoptee and author, will talk to Gabrielle Glaser, bestselling author of "American Baby: A Mother, a Chi ...  View More

110258

Instructor : Gabrielle Glaser 

Tuition: $20.00

Schedule : Weekly - Sat 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM; starting 11/4/2023, ending 11/4/2023

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

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"Simple As Water" Film Screening and Discussion NEW 

A Stories of Exile program. "As Simple As Water" (2021) is a deeply moving feature-length documentary film by Academy Award-winning director Megan Myl ...  View More

770003

Instructor : Nele Feldmann 

Tuition: $0.00

Schedule : Weekly - Sun 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM; starting 11/5/2023, ending 11/5/2023

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

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Jews and the U.S. Labor Movement NEW 

This course will cover the Jewish religion as an inspiration for labor and social justice movements, and for “social unionism"; Jewish institutions an ...  View More

440441

Instructor : Keith Danish 

Tuition: $0.00

Schedule : Weekly - Wed 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM; starting 11/8/2023, ending 11/8/2023

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

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