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We will discuss how the recent conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East have signaled the end of the era of limited wars, to be replaced by the age of ...  View More

440490

Instructor : Pierre Fabian 

Tuition: $20.00

Schedule : Weekly - Wed 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM; starting 2/12/2025, ending 2/12/2025

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

Materials Cost: $0.00

 
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In this course we explore reggae music, with emphasis on the songs and legacy of the genre’s most renowned twentieth-century artist, Bob Marley. Reg ...  View More

260111

Instructor : Ada McKenzie-Thomas 

Tuition: $20.00

Schedule : Weekly - Thu 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM; starting 2/13/2025, ending 2/13/2025

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

Materials Cost: $0.00

 
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After emancipation Black artists and other cultural figures sought to craft new and uplifting models for African American identity.  Join lecturer O ...  View More

440485

Instructor : Onnie Strother 

Tuition: $25.00

Schedule : Weekly - Sat 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM; starting 2/15/2025, ending 2/15/2025

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

Materials Cost: $0.00

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Explore the roots of slavery in this three-part NJ PBS documentary, The Price of Silence, at Montclair Public Library! Afterward, we'll be hosting a d ...  View More

770004

Instructor : Multiple Instructor :
 1.Ridgeley Hutchinson  2.Linda Caldwell Epps 

Tuition: $0.00

Schedule : Weekly - Sat 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM; starting 2/22/2025, ending 2/22/2025

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

Materials Cost: $0.00

 
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This program is designed to work as a stand-alone book discussion or to prepare you for the Adult School's March 6th trip, "Personal Librarian Exhibit ...  View More

260108

Instructor : Anastasia Rubis 

Tuition: $20.00

Schedule : Weekly - Tue 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM; starting 3/4/2025, ending 3/4/2025

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

Materials Cost: $0.00

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Georgia O’Keeffe, one of the most important and fascinating artists of the 20th century, has given us images of audacious flowers, dramatic cityscapes ...  View More

440486

Instructor : Janet Mandel 

Tuition: $25.00

Schedule : Weekly - Wed 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM; starting 3/5/2025, ending 3/5/2025

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

Materials Cost: $0.00

 
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Take a bus trip to the Morgan Library, one of Manhattan's hidden gems. Take a guided tour of the exhibition on Belle Da Costa Greene,  J. P. Morgan's ...  View More

530173

Instructor : Bus Trip 

Tuition: $105.00

Schedule : Weekly - Thu 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM; starting 3/6/2025, ending 3/6/2025

Location : Montclair, The Walnut Parking Plaza - Ice Rink Area Location : 
  Montclair, The Walnut Parking Plaza - Ice Rink Area.

Materials Cost: $0.00

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Inspired by a novel and a movie about the Korean War, M*A*S*H morphed into a TV series that changed the landscape of network programming during its 11 ...  View More

260110

Instructor : Marian Calabro 

Tuition: $60.00

Schedule : Weekly - Wed 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM; 4 sessions; starting 3/12/2025, ending 4/2/2025

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

Materials Cost: $0.00

 
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Women are important contributors to the economy. As entrepreneurs, investors, and philanthropists, we are seeking to use our wealth to make a differen ...  View More

730036

Instructor : Eleanor Galt-Lin, CFP® 

Tuition: $35.00

Schedule : Weekly - Thu 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM; starting 3/13/2025, ending 3/13/2025

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

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In this class we will discuss how after a long period of neglect, the United States is waking up to the urgent need to counter China's economic gains ...  View More

440489

Instructor : Pierre Fabian 

Tuition: $20.00

Schedule : Weekly - Wed 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM; starting 3/19/2025, ending 3/19/2025

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

Materials Cost: $0.00

 
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From antiquity to modern musical compositions, learn about how people have tried to see, hear and dance to the music of the spheres. We will explor ...  View More

210444

Instructor : Jerise Fogel 

Tuition: $0.00

Schedule : Weekly - Thu 6:15 PM - 7:45 PM; starting 3/20/2025, ending 3/20/2025

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

Materials Cost: $0.00

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Kelly Whiteside, a sports journalist and professor at Montclair State University, will focus this discussion around three tipping points -- passage of ...  View More

100153

Instructor : Kelly Whiteside 

Tuition: $20.00

Schedule : Weekly - Thu 6:15 PM - 7:45 PM; starting 3/27/2025, ending 3/27/2025

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

Materials Cost: $0.00

 
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