Thursdays, from April 12 to May 17
6:30 to 8 p.m.
America has been called “the first new nation.” It did not grow organically from time immemorial; it was deliberately created by groups of people who harbored deep and often conflicting ideas about what sort of nation they were actually founding. “American Creeds” will be a start toward examining some of the central foundational statements of value and aspiration that have helped shape the country.
These are discussion classes in which participants will apply the ideas and insights of American thinkers to contemporary issues relating to politics, law, equality, freedom, race and education.
This class costs $90 for Siegal Lifelong Learning members and $110 for non-members.
More information and registration are available online.
“A Gentleman in Moscow–A Grand Hotel Adventure”
Fridays, from April 13 to May 4
2 to 3:30 p.m.
Count Alexandar Rostov has been sentenced to house arrest in Moscow’s Metropol Hotel by a Bolshevik tribunal. How Rostov constructs a meaningful life is the center of Amor Towles’ best-selling novel, A Gentleman in Moscow.
Participants in this course will examine how Towles contrasts the elegant world-class Metropol to the events in the Soviet Union in this surprisingly light-hearted novel.
This class is free and open to the public.
Registration is available online.
