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All Lectures (Chronological Listing)

Below is a chronological listing of individual lectures offered by Siegal Lifelong Learning. Click on the lecture titles below for the full lecture description, pricing and registration.

HOMETOWN HEROES: CELEBRATING OHIO’S FAMOUS FIGURES (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Susan Sheehan Cannavino
Friday July 10 | 1 to 2:30 PM ET

ACE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR LUNCH: RESURRECTION OF THE WILD: MEDITATIONS ON OHIO'S NATURAL LANDSCAPE (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Deborah Fleming
Friday July 10 | 11:30 AM to 2 PM ET

THE ART OF THE CON: HOW TO SPOT AND AVOID SCAMS AND ROBOCALLS (LECTURE FULL)

Lecturer(s):
Jon Miller Steiger, JD
Tuesday July 14 | 9:30 to 11:30 AM ET

GREAT INSTITUTIONS OF CLEVELAND: DEBATE, DISCUSSION & FREE SPEECH (IN-PERSON & REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
John Grabowski, PhD, Moderator
Wednesday July 15 | 10-11:30 a.m. ET

PASSOVER IN ART AND OBJECTS (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Katya Oicherman, PhD
Friday July 17 | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET

ROBOTS THAT CARE: HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN STRENGTHEN HUMAN CONNECTION (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Alexis E. Block, PhD
Monday July 27 | 10 to 11:30 AM ET

THE MIDDLE EAST DECODED: REALITIES AND CURRENT POWER DYNAMICS (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Ori Soltes
Wednesday August 05 | 1:30 to 3 PM ET

CLEVELAND BEFORE COUNTRY (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
John Skrtic
Friday August 14 | 10-11:30 AM ET

ACE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR LUNCH: SHINING ART ON LIGHT: COLORFUL INSIGHTS (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
James T. Dakin
Friday August 21 | 11:30 AM to 2 PM ET

THE GEESE IN OUR BACKYARDS: MIGRATION SCIENCE, FLIGHT DYNAMICS, AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF HUMAN FEEDING (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Mary Kazmir
Friday August 28 | 10 to 11:30 AM ET

BOOK TALK: THE JEW WHO WOULD BE KING–A TRUE STORY ABOUT POWER, SLAVERY, AND IDENTITY IN COLONIAL AFRICA (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Adam Rovner, PhD
Wednesday September 02 | 7 to 8:30 PM ET

GENE EDITING: EXTRAORDINARY PROMISE FOR GOOD, UNRESTRAINABLE POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Barbara Kuemerle, PhD
Tuesday September 08 | 9:30 to 11:30 AM ET

A HIGH HOLIDAYS SPECIAL PROGRAM: GOING BEFORE THE KING (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Rabbi Binyamin Blau, Senior Rabbi, Green Road Synagogue, and
Tuesday September 08 | 6:30 to 8:30 PM ET

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN EARLY MUSIC PIONEER: NOAH GREENBERG (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
David Rothenberg, PhD
Friday September 18 | 11:30 AM to 1 PM ET

TWO SHIPS, ONE ERA: THE TITANIC AND THE STEAMSHIP MATHER (IN-PERSON TOUR)

Lecturer(s):
Great Lakes Science Center Staff
Friday September 25 | 10:30 AM to 3 PM ET

HOW WE LIVED: MEMORY, PLACE, AND THE LOST SHTETL OF ŠEDUVA, LITHUANIA (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Marlene Englander
Monday October 05 | 10:30 AM to Noon ET

ACE LECTURE DAY: THE RESILIENT U.S. CONSTITUTION: BUILT TO LAST? (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Jonathan Entin, JD, David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law, CWRU
Monday October 12 | 9:30 AM to 2 PM ET

AGING IN AMERICA: SURVIVE OR THRIVE-FILM AND PANEL DISCUSSION (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Marie Grosh, DNP, RN, APRN-CNP, LNHA, APRN-BC, Assistant Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, CWRU
Tuesday October 13 | 5:30 - 7 PM ET

HOW TO LIVE HEALTHIER, HAPPIER & LONGER IN RETIREMENT & BEFORE (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Brad Bickford, BCD, LCSW
Thursday October 15 | 1:30 to 3 PM ET

BOOK DISCUSSION: MATHEY GIRLS WITH AUTHOR MELODY CHU (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Melody Chu, JD
Monday October 19 | 10-11:30 AM ET

MIDDLE EAST UPDATE (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Peter Haas, PhD
Monday October 19 | 11:30 AM - 1 PM ET

SO WHAT DO DIPLOMATS DO? (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Heather Hodges
Monday October 26 | 10:30 AM to Noon ET

BOOK DISCUSSION: RETURNING: A SEARCH FOR HOME ACROSS THREE CENTURIES (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Ruth Silon
Thursday October 29 | 1:30 to 3:30 PM ET

BRAIN ORGANOIDS: GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE, PROFOUND ETHICAL QUESTIONS (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Barbara Kuemerle, PhD
Friday November 06 | 10 to 11:30 AM ET

PLANT BASED HEART HEALTHY OPTIONS (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Jane Esselstyn,RN
Monday November 09 | 10 to 11:30 AM ET

WHAT THE HECK DOES THAT MEAN? (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Arnold Hirshon
Tuesday November 10 | 9:30 to 11:30 AM ET

THE END OF HUMAN LIMITS? EXPLORING THE HISTORY AND ETHICS OF THE TRANSHUMANISM MOVEMENT AND HUMAN ENHANCEMENT (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Sana Loue JD, PhD, MPH, MSSA
Thursday November 12 | 5 to 6:30 PM ET

GREAT INSTITUTIONS OF CLEVELAND: LIBRARIES (IN-PERSON & REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
John Grabowski, PhD
Friday November 13 | 10-11:30 AM ET

ROUVALI CONDUCTS STRAUSS & PRE-CONCERT LECTURE (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Professional Staff
Friday November 20 | 9:30 AM to 1 PM ET

JEWISH PERSPECTIVE ON PATIENT-DOCTOR RELATIONS (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Dafna Ben Yosef, PhD
Monday November 23 | 2-3 PM ET

THIS IS DOO WOP: THE GROUP HARMONY SOUND OF THE 1950S AND 1960S (REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Tony Palermo, MA
Wednesday December 02 | 10 am to Noon ET

THE MYSTICAL COMMUNITY OF SAFED: KABBALAH, MESSIANISM, AND FOLKLORE (IN-PERSON & REMOTE)

Lecturer(s):
Matt Goldish, PhD
Thursday December 03 | 7 to 8:30 PM ET

THE REVOLUTIONARY ART OF YAACOV AGAM (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Carol Salus, PhD
Friday December 04 | 10 to 11:30 AM ET

CLEVELAND’S NAUGHTY PARTS: TRUE TALES OF VICE, SIN AND BAD BEHAVIOR (IN-PERSON)

Lecturer(s):
Jim Sweeney
Thursday December 10 | 7 to 8:30 PM ET

THE MAD ADVENTURES OF RABBI JACOB (IN-PERSON FILM & DISCUSSION)

Lecturer(s):
Peter Haas, Phd & Eric Kisch
Tuesday December 15 | 3 to 5:30 PM ET

TEVYE (IN-PERSON FILM & DISCUSSION)

Lecturer(s):
Lecturer(s) Peter Haas, Phd & Eric Kisch
Tuesday January 19 | 3 to 5:30 PM ET

WEAPONS OF THE SPIRIT (IN-PERSON FILM & DISCUSSION)

Lecturer(s):
Peter Haas, Phd & Eric Kisch
Tuesday February 16 | 3 to 5:30 PM ET

LIVE AND BECOME (IN-PERSON FILM & DISCUSSION)

Lecturer(s):
Peter Haas, Phd & Eric Kisch
Tuesday March 16 | 3 to 5:30 PM ET

POWER (IN-PERSON FILM & DISCUSSION)

Lecturer(s):
Peter Haas, Phd & Eric Kisch
Tuesday April 13 | 3 to 5:30 PM ET

PICKLE RECIPE (IN-PERSON FILM & DISCUSSION)

Lecturer(s):
Peter Haas, Phd & Eric Kisch
Tuesday May 18 | 3 to 5:30 PM ET