“The Long Cold War, 1917 to the Present Day” with Prof. Alvin Finkel
The Centre 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton
$48
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“The Long Cold War, 1917 to the Present Day” with Prof. Alvin Finkel
“The Long Cold War, 1917 to the Present Day” with Prof. Alvin Finkel
This course examines the origins of the huge rift between Western countries beginning with the Russian Revolution in 1917, its temporary burial during World I, its global reach during the period from 1945 to the 1980s, and the failure to heal that rift either during the Gorbachev period when the Soviets sought rapprochement with the ...
$48
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Martha Brooks & Mboya Nicholson Jazz Duo
Martha Brooks & Mboya Nicholson Jazz Duo
Martha and Mboya present a tight musical partnership and their wonderful repertoire is from the American standard songbook oeuvre, culled from the world of Tin Pan Alley and some of the past century’s greatest composers. Their performances are lyrical, thoughtful, funny and fun.Martha Brooks is a vocal artist whose sensually sculpted and wry takeson standards ...
$36
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Descendants of Expulsion: Communities Descended from Exiles from Spain and Portugal
Descendants of Expulsion: Communities Descended from Exiles from Spain and Portugal
Thursdays at 7:30p.m. August 1, 8 & 15 via Zoom The Jewish communities of Siam and Portugal were decimated, expelled, and forcibly converted between 1390 and 1497. Their descendants live across the globe, some openly as Sephardim and others hidden as conversos (Secret Jews). This three-class series will examine the surprising places these Jews can ...