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A great way to support The Academy and find some wonderful books.
The Academy for Lifelong Learning is proud to announce a book fair of Colorado authors taking place at The Academy, 6500 E. Girard Ave., Denver 80224,
The Tattered Cover will give the Academy 10 percent of its sales to benefit the our scholarship and technology fund.
Participate in the National Endowment for the Art’s Big Read, through a discussion of Citizen. Learn about its messages and themes, and what we can take away from the work, as a community. |
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o Meet classmates & visit with friends
o Compare notes on what classes you are taking
o Enjoy before, during, after or instead of lunch!
Yogurt will be provided by Milk & Cake (just west of the Academy, and a portion of the proceeds will be returned to the Academy’s technology fund.
Our friend Anne Holland, Community Engagement Director for the Space Science Institute, sent us a whole bunch of these glasses so you can look at the sun anytime you want on August 21 for two minutes and 40 seconds (two to three hours for the partial eclipse).
You can pick them up on the following dates at the Academy, 6500 E Girard Ave, Denver 80224.
“Homemade filters or ordinary sunglasses, even very dark ones, are not safe for looking at the sun. ” NASA.
Course leader: Paul Turelli
$15 – includes refreshments
Proceeds from this event go directly to the Academy technology fund.
Wednesday July 12
1 – 3:30 pm (with a short intermission)
6500 E. Girard Avenue (inside Calvary Baptist Church) Fellowship Hall
We are more impacted by propaganda today than during Nazi Germany! Preposterous idea? Perhaps. But look at the history of film, the corporate media, commercialization and our current political polarization, and you may begin to agree. For a little over two hours, we will take a look at these ideas thru short film clips and lecture notes to get the audience to think and voice their thoughts and opinions about where we are today in the world of ‘information and truth.’ What is the lens through which you view what is happening today and in your life time? Come and enjoy an afternoon of thoughtful inquiry into the bubble in which we all live.
Brad Calvert – Future Metro Denver on the Cutting Edge – (class meets Thursdays 1:15 – 3:00). In recent years, “millennials” have been the defining demographic factor for metro Denver growth. Well, “seniors” have become the defining demographic for the future. How is population growth, including the impact of “seniors,” going to affect metro living? This course will educate you about metropolitan cooperation, characterized by the Brookings Institution as among the best examples in the country. You will also study what transportation, housing affordability and choice will look like and how will they affect your lifestyle. Digital technology will be addressed as it is redefining urban planning and service delivery. Denver is rumored to be the preferred site of Google to demonstrate the “City of the Future.” Come get a taste of what all the excitement is about.
Brad Calvert is the Regional Planning and Development Director, Denver Regional Council of Governments and one of the many featured speakers of this class.
David Marsh – U.S. Highway 50 the “Main Street of America” – (class meets Wednesday 11:30 – 1:00)
Time Magazine calls U.S. Highway 50 the “main street of America”–the highway extends from Maryland’s eastern shore to Sacramento and passes through Washington, D.C., Cincinnati, St. Louis, Kansas City and the heartland of America. What were the noble ideas that shaped our nation and how have these ideas played out as we tour across the country? This class will use Highway 50 to explore America from its founding, early development, the Civil War, and westward expansion, to our current life together. Today’s presentation will be just a glimpse of what we will learn this semester.
David Marsh, former Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the Rossier School of Education at USC specialized in curriculum and instruction. He was also an adviser to the California and U.S. Departments of Education .
Susan Blake-Smith – Hamilton: The Man & the Musical (class meets Wednesdays 1:30 – 3:00)
Hamilton, the record-breaking Broadway sensation, has sparked new interest in one of America’s most fascinating founding fathers. Using songs from the musical as our backdrop, we’ll touch on the highlights of Alexander Hamilton’s remarkable story from his brutal childhood in St. Croix to his meteoric rise to Secretary of the Treasury, his role in the country’s first publicized sex scandal and his fateful duel with Aaron Burr. We will discuss why the musical has “revolutionized” Broadway and whether it is historically accurate. While this lecture can only scratch the surface of what will be presented during the course in the fall, it will be fast-paced, fun and informative. To quote a line from the musical: you’re going to “want to be in the room where it happens.”
Susan Blake-Smith has been an enthusiastic member of The Academy since its inception where she has taught Spanish for many years and facilitated a popular counterfactual history class called “What If?”
-Information about all Spring courses
-Chance to meet course leaders and learn about their courses.
-Coffee, snacks
-Assistance with Online registration for classes beginning Sept. 12, 13, 14.
Lunch includes a sandwich, side, dessert and drink.
Free to Academy members and their Guests
Tues, March 28, 11:30 am-1 pm – Sanctuary
Experience the one-hour, English language version of Donizetti’s romantic comedy, The Elixir of Love. With a few costumes, and a portable set, the Young Artists will deliver the fun of this live opera performance. Can the bumbling peasant Nemorino win the heart of the beautiful Adina with the help of a magic “elixir” from the snake-oil-salesman, Dulcamara? Come share that experience with us at the Academy on March 28.
6500 E Girard Ave, Denver CO 80224
No Need to RSVP