Week of Events
Sunday, November 17, 2024
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November 17, 2024 -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 ...
Monday, November 18, 2024
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Virtual EventNovember 18, 2024 -YOGA Classes | Online or In-Person
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November 18, 2024 -Young At Heart Choir Rehersals
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November 18, 2024 -Persuading the Undergraduates that Pride & Prejudice—and sometimes Emma—Were Not Just Dumb Girlie Books
YOGA Classes | Online or In-Person
YOGA Classes We are looking forward to seeing all of you on Monday mornings at 9:00am to 10:00am. Monday mornings @ 9:00a.m.–10:00a.m. Old and new faces are very WELCOME in-person & via Zoom! Please register https://tinyurl.com/297jwcb4 Fee: $7 drop-in or card of 10 classes $60 Instructor: Sandy Mah
Young At Heart Choir Rehersals
Will start rehearsals on Mondays at 10am. Join our wonderful choir! Choir fee is $50 for the Fall-Winter period (you will receive a $25 tax receipt). All choir participants must be paid members of the Centre. All choir participants must be paid members of the Centre.
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. ...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
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Virtual EventNovember 19, 2024 -Use it or Lose it With Bonnie Austen | In-person or Online
Use it or Lose it With Bonnie Austen | In-person or Online
Use it or Lose it With Bonnie Austen Cardio & Strength training, Flexibility & Balance & Laugher Tuesdays @10:45a.m. https://us02web.Zoom.us/j/89274775349 Fee: $7 drop-in or card of 10 classes $60
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
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November 20, 2024 -Are Freedom and Equality Complementary or Contradictory?
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November 20, 2024 -Whimsical Wednesdays
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November 20, 2024 -Ikebana Class
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November 20, 2024 -A Live Introduction to Opera: Part 1 — The Soprano
Are Freedom and Equality Complementary or Contradictory?
Instructor: David Wangler (in-person course)Fee: Members $54 | Non-Members $74 Lecture 1: What is equality and is it complementary or contradictory to whatever freedom is? Lecture 2: Are liberal democratic states, all or most of which have some form of capitalism as their economic systems, often the most unequal societies? Lecture 3: Is inequality largely ...
Whimsical Wednesdays
Join a day of Fun, Friendship & Craft! Do you play or want to play Canasta, Cribbage, Scrabble, Mah Jongg or other card/board games? This is a day when you can do whatever your heart desires! What’s more? We offer a special light lunch that day for $10 only. Please inform the Office about your ...
A Live Introduction to Opera: Part 1 — The Soprano
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 1 – The Soprano Wednesday, November 20 at 6p.m. An introduction of the voice type, relevant composers, operas, and roles; accompanied with ...
Thursday, November 21, 2024
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Virtual EventNovember 21, 2024 -Muscle in Motion with Anna Kratochvil | In-person or Online
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November 21, 2024 -Beethoven: The Giant who stood astride the Century Change
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Virtual EventNovember 21, 2024 -The Surprising Portrayals of Women of Traditional Jewish Texts
Muscle in Motion with Anna Kratochvil | In-person or Online
Use Balls, Bands & Weights to Exercise & Laugh Thursdays @ 11:00a.m. https://us02web.Zoom.us/j/82287922466 Fee: $7 drop-in or card of 10 classes $60
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. ...
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 ...
Friday, November 22, 2024
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Saturday, November 23, 2024
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