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A World Tour of Impressionist Collections
A World Tour of Impressionist Collections
Instructor: Kathleen Silverman (in-person course)Fee: Members $64 (including light breakfast) | Non-Members $84 In the 19th century, the Impressionists broke the rules of academic painting with their ‘new’ small, fleeting brushstrokes and desire to capture scenes from ordinary life. Their work was far from ordinary, and the Impressionists had influence worldwide. Critics panned their work ...
$64
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Persuading the Undergraduates that Pride & Prejudice—and sometimes Emma—Were Not Just Dumb Girlie Books
Persuading the Undergraduates that Pride & Prejudice—and sometimes Emma—Were Not Just Dumb Girlie Books
Instructor: Eileen Conway (in-person course) Fee: Members $75 | Non-Members $95 Eileen Conway, a retired Anglican clergywoman, taught English at the University of Alberta for almost twenty years, chiefly to freshmen. This task happily often involved “Persuading the Undergraduates that Pride & Prejudice—and sometimes Emma—Were Not Just Dumb Girlie Books.” Quite often, happily, she succeeded. ...
$75
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Arts in Edmonton Through my Experiences
Arts in Edmonton Through my Experiences
On Tuesdays 1p.m. – 3p.m. December 3 & 10, 2024 Fee: $36 Join Randall Fraser’s presentation of the retrospective of his work across all the different styles of artwork he has pursued over the years along with a description of how they are all connected and interrelated to make up a whole almost 50-year career. ...
$36
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A Live Introduction to Opera: Part 3 — The Drama
A Live Introduction to Opera: Part 3 — The Drama
Presented by our very talented Bass-Baritone Bertrand Malo with amazing guest singers, The Soprano - Cara Lianne Mcleod, The Tenor - Oliver Munar, who will be accompanied by Maestro Emilio de Mercato. Part 3 – The Drama Wednesday, December 4 at 6p.m. An introduction of relevant operatic scenes.
$80
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Beethoven: The Giant who stood astride the Century Change
Beethoven: The Giant who stood astride the Century Change
Instructor: Dr. Michael Roeder (in-person course) Fee: Members $75 | Non-Members $95 Beethoven was a child of late 18th-century Classicism in music, but he transformed the style of Haydn and Mozart into something more urgent, more striving, more powerful, and even more peaceful. These Romantic qualities emerged as he created one expressive masterpiece after the other. ...
$75
Virtual Event
The Surprising Portrayals of Women of Traditional Jewish Texts
Virtual Event
The Surprising Portrayals of Women of Traditional Jewish Texts
Instructor: Rabbi David Kunin (via Zoom course)Fee: Members $75 | Non-Members $95 Jewish history and tradition has been focused primarily on men, leaving out the essential contributions of women over the ages. In this class we discover amazing Jewish women (some well known and some who have largely been lost): from Hulda the Prophetess, donna ...
$75