Fall 2021 Catalog
Course Dates: Sept 16-17, 23-24, Sept 30-Oct 1,
Oct 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, 28-29, Nov 4-5
(except X3, the Torah class which meets Sept 7th and 9th)
Fall Registration starts September 2, 2021Course Enrollment: First-come = First-Served Registration
Bard currently requires all visitors to campus, including LLI members, to be fully vaccinated and to wear masks while inside any Bard building.
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Thursday and Friday morning classes are offered via Zoom only. Friday afternoon classes are offered on-site only at the Bard College campus, with the exception of the Hybrid course. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination will be required for ALL in-person classes.
Bard currently requires all visitors to campus, including LLI members, to be fully vaccinated and to wear masks while inside any Bard building. Off-Friday courses are in-person. Vaccination proof required.
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ZOOM COURSES
THURSDAY, Period 1
9:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.
Thursday, First Period: 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
September 23, 30; October 7, 14, 21, 28 (6 sessions, no class on Sept 16th)
Description: This class will explore recent advances in several fields of medicine, including research, diagnostics, and treatments. There will be ample time for questions. There are no prerequisites.
Class Limit: 75
Presenter: Michael Weinstock, MD, (LLI) is Chair Emeritus of the Department of Emergency Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network and professor of Clinical Medicine, Penn State University School of Medicine (retired).
Producer: Leslie Weinstock
Thursday, First Period: 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
September 16, 23, 30; October 7, 14, 21, 28
Description: A previous course provided students with an understanding of markets and their mechanics, traditionally known as microeconomics. This course will focus on the economy as a whole—the “macro” view—examining such topics as gross domestic product, inflation, unemployment, fiscal and monetary policy, and economic growth.
You must have taken a previous economics course from the presenter, or have taken equivalent economics courses, to register.
Class Limit: None
Presenter: Andrew Weintraub, PhD, has taught economics at the university level for 40 years and at LLI for 15 years after that.
Producer: Margaret Moran
Thursday, First Period: 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
September 23, 30; October 7, 14, 21, 28; November 4 (no class on Sept 16th)
Description: Leonard Bernstein said that the Broadway musical was the American music of the future. From its early beginnings in the extravaganza and vaudeville to recent hip-hop and rock musicals, Broadway has sparkled with stories, stars, and memorable songs. We will listen to the music, watch scenes from shows through the decades and discover the magic of the musical. This is a reprise of the course offered in Spring 2021.
Class Limit: None
Presenter: Nancy Theeman, PhD, has had a lifelong career in music that includes performance and teaching. She has chaired music programs and directed numerous musicals at schools in Westchester County. She has conducted community choirs and runs Touring Talent, a program in which high school students share their talents at senior residences.
Producer: Susan Hinkle
Thursday, First Period: 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
September 16, 23, 30; October 7, 14, 21, 28
Description: From the tumult and radical change of the sixties to the conservative eighties, America went through the uncertainty of the seventies: disco, the Bee Gees, and Saturday Night Fever were background to Nixon’s trip to China, the end of the Vietnam War, Roe v. Wade, Watergate, the Yom Kippur War, and the Reagan revolution. The class will discuss such topics as Watergate and the Imperial Presidency, the rise of the environmental movement, the decline of organized labor and the growth of inequality, and post-Vietnam consciousness. Our talks will include references to several well-known seventies-era films members will view on their own and have their reactions and insights enrich our discussion.
Class Limit: None
Presenter: Mark Lytle, PhD, is the Lyford Paterson Edwards and Mary Gray Edwards Professor Emeritus of Historical Studies at Bard. In addition to his biography of Rachel Carson and America’s Uncivil Wars, a history of the 60s era, he is the author of the recently published The All-Consuming Nation: Pursuing the American Dream Since World War II (Oxford).
Producer: Margaret Moran
ZOOM COURSES
THURSDAY, Period 2
11:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
Thursday, Second Period: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
September 23, 30; October 7, 14, 21, 28 (6 sessions, no class on Sept 16th)
Description: Although an increasing number of us speak and/or are involved with the Spanish language, relatively few of us have had the opportunity to study the literature of our Latin American neighbors. In this course, we will read and discuss Latin American poetry and prose in Spanish and English translation. Discussion will focus on literary style and technique, historical/cultural background, and the challenges inherent in translation. Most course materials are published in the bilingual literary journal La Presa; all issues are online: https://embajadoraspress.com/index.php/la-presa-issuesediciones. Other materials will be provided. Print copies of the texts can be purchased if desired.
Class Limit: 12
Presenter: Lee Gould, MA, MFA, is a poet, retired English teacher, and translator. She is the editor of La Presa, a bilingual, biannual journal published by Embajadoras Press, Ontario, California. Her poems, essays, and translations have appeared in journals and anthologies in the United States, Mexico, Canada, and England. Her chapbook Weeds appeared in 2010. She taught writing at Goucher College, poetry and writing at Bard LLI, and has curated poetry readings in Columbia County, New York. She lives in Guanajuato, Mexico.
Producer: Margaret Shuhala
Thursday, Second Period: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
September 23, 30; October 7, 14, 21, 28; November 4
Description: Recent scientific reports warn that climate change is accelerating at an alarming rate and that it is just a matter of time before the dire effects are felt by all species, including our own. All of us must understand how participants in Western industrialized culture have disturbed Earth’s natural sustainability. Students will learn how we can remedy the situation by cultivating a new mindset and adopting a sustainable lifestyle based on the perception of Earth as a living, nurturing organism worthy of our respect and care. Recommended reading: Homesick: Finding Our Way Back to a Healthy Planet.
Class Limit: None
Presenter: Lyla Yastion, PhD, taught anthropology and religious studies at the college level for 18 years. For the past two years she has been teaching several courses at LLI campuses in New York and Florida. Lyla has written two books: Pause Now: Handbook for a Spiritual Revolution and Homesick: Finding Our Way Back to a Healthy Planet, both published by Hamilton Books. She is a Reiki master and is certified in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.
Producer: Bill Tuel
Thursday, Second Period: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
September 23, 30; October 7, 14, 21, 28; November 4 (no class on Sept 16th)
Description: Through the short fiction of James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Flannery O’Connor, and others, readers will experience characters, perspectives, and events that help us examine our assumptions and deepen our understanding about race. The class will discuss one short selection weekly, using techniques of deep reading. Required homework: reading the weekly selection.
Class Limit: 14
Presenters: Laura Brown, MA, (LLI) is past president of Oxford University Press and recent Managing Director of JSTOR. She is presently senior advisor at JSTOR, working on prison education, online learning, and a civil rights oral history database.
Barbara Danish, PhD, (LLI) works with Family of Woodstock. She was director of NYU’s Writing Center and taught at Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking and Pratt Institute. At LLI, Barbara and Laura have taught Seeing Differently: Reading Poetry for 11 years and Who, Us? for the past two.
Producer: Ellen Foreman
Thursday, Second Period: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
September 16, 23, 30; October 7, 14, 21, 28
Description: Pioneer anthropologist Jane Goodall, composer Clara Schumann, photographer Dorothea Lange, journalist Dorothy Thompson, and singer Billie Holiday are among the strong women whose lives have inspired millions of women (and men). But how about the women who told these stories? How and why were they successful? This course illuminates the stories of these women, told through writing, artwork, photography, and video journalism. This is an update of the previous course.
Class Limit: None
Presenter: Gary Miller (LLI) is a veteran photojournalist, filmmaker, and live television director with over 40 years of experience for clients like the New York Stock Exchange, Time, Newsweek, Fortune 500 companies, museums, and galleries. He has taught freelance photography at The New School, and is author of a book on the same subject.
Producer: Dorothy Baran
Thursday, Second Period: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
September 23, 30; October 7, 21, 28; November 4 (6 sessions, no class on Sept 16th or Oct 14th)
Description: This informative and entertaining class will cover the history and the different musical styles of jazz as they have evolved over time.YouTube videos will be featured, as well as anecdotes about noted jazz personalities. We will explore the effects of jazz on American culture along with the effects of American culture on jazz. No prior familiarity with the music is necessary.
Class Limit: None
Presenter: Robert Mishaan has no academic credentials on the subject matter, but has been an enthusiastic jazz fan for many years. He has been a frequent attendee at live music performances in New York City and at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Producer: Merrill Mishaan
ZOOM COURSES
FRIDAY, Period 1
9:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.
Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
September 17, 24; October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Description: In this series, healthcare practitioners from Nuvance Health offer up-to-date information regarding your health and wellness and on current medical topics that may affect you or your loved ones. This course hopes to enlighten participants with easy ways to attain and improve good health, as well as prevent problems common in later adulthood. Get empowered about your well-being.
Class Limit: None
Date: 9/17/2021 Pelvic Floor Health
You know that muscles need exercise. So does your pelvic floor, which controls your bladder and other functions.
Presenter: Cathy Leonard, DPT, is a women’s physical therapist and director of Rehabilitation Services—including physical, occupational, and speech therapies—at Northern Dutchess Hospital.
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Date: 9/24/2021 One Hospital’s Experience of the COVID-19 Pandemic
A look at how the COVID-19 pandemic affected Northern Dutchess Hospital. We will discuss how far we have come and what we still don’t know.
Presenter: W. Andrew Wilson, MD, is vice president of Medical Affairs at Northern Dutchess Hospital. Prior to this role, he was the medical director of the hospital’s Emergency Department, where he continues to see patients.
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Date: 10/1/2021 Breast Health for Aging Adults
When it comes to breast health and cancer prevention, Dr. Curcio shares her advice for women—and men— in their 60s and beyond.
Presenter: Lisa D. Curcio, MD, is a breast surgeon with the breast surgery program at Northern Dutchess Hospital. She is fellowship-trained and specializes in breast cancer surgery. She is also a breast cancer survivor.
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Date: 10/8/2021 Principles of Intuitive Eating
Mindfulness is not only a way to destress; it can also help you control hunger. Learn how to connect your brain with your stomach.
Presenter: Jeanette Lamb, RDN, MPH, is a registered dietitian nutritionist and a certified dietitian nutritionist at Nuvance Health. She is also a yoga instructor.
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Date: 10/15/2021 Irregular Heart Rhythms
There are two major areas of concern with heart health: the plumbing (clogged arteries) and the electrical current. This time, students will learn about the electrical currents of the heart and when they go wrong.
Presenter: Sankar Varanasi, MD, is a cardiac electro-physiologist with Nuvance Health and has been in practice for more than 20 years. He specializes in treating rhythm disorders of the heart, including palpitations and atrial fibrillation. He is skilled in cardiac ablation procedures and installing pacemakers and defibrillators. Dr. Varanasi is a fellow with the American College of Cardiology and the Heart Rhythm Society.
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Date: 10/22/2021 Weight Management as We Age
Insights into weight management for adults in their golden years.
Presenter: Jennifer Scheffler, DNP, helps people with nonsurgical weight loss, using metabolism, genetics, healthy eating, physical activity, and medications for a lasting healthier lifestyle. This Rhinebeck-based Nuvance Health Medical Practice provider has spent many years in the field of obesity management medicine.
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Date: 10/29/2021 Maintaining a Healthy Brain
Learn about the latest insights on brain health and how lifestyle behaviors can impact the brain’s functions, including diet, sleep, physical activity, stress, and social connection.
Presenter: Amber Mitchell, MD, is the founder and director of the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at Northern Dutchess Hospital and a neurologist with Nuvance Health Medical Practice in Kingston. Dr. Mitchell provides specialized neurological care to adolescents and adults age 16 and older with seizure disorders and other conditions such as migraine, movement disorders, stroke, and memory impairment.
Producer: Emily Michael
Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
September 17, 24; October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Description: This course will explore works by women, LGBTQ, and persons of color composers. It will focus on 400 years of opera outside of the traditional repertoire, from Francesca Caccini in 1625 to Terence Blanchard in 2021. Analysis will include political and historical context as well as video excerpts and commentary.
Class Limit: None
Presenter: Chuck Mishaan, MA, (LLI) has been presenting his popular “Opera as Politics” series at Bard LLI for many years. His commentary on the intersection of politics and the arts continues with this course.
Producer: Chuck Mishaan
Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
September 17, 24; October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Description: As we get older, fear of falling can limit our freedom of movement. In this Awareness Through Movement® series, participants will discover how to use the body’s inherent mobility to sit more comfortably, stand up more easily, and feel more secure and confident on their feet. Classes will combine lying down, sitting, standing, and walking in comfortable and intriguing ways, and even those who don’t like to get down on the floor will learn to get down and up again with greater ease. Every class will conclude with a relaxing calm down.
You do not need to be able to lie down on the floor to take this class—a firm bed is fine—but what you learn may help you if you find yourself on the floor one day! If you have any medical conditions or concerns, please consult with your physician before taking this class.
Class Limit: 16
Presenter: Margaret Pierpont (LLI) has been teaching Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® at Bard LLI since 2017. She is particularly interested in helping people reduce stress and feel more at home in their bodies as they negotiate the changes of aging. Margaret has extensive experience in dance, yoga, and meditation, and is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner and a Certified Laban Movement Analyst.
Producer: Margaret Shuhala
Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
September 17, 24; October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Description: The course looks at the development of several areas of mathematical thought; for each one the course will trace its origin and evolution as it sought to deal with challenges from inside and outside the mathematical community. Topics to be covered include: numbers, their properties and representation; geometry; algebra; calculus, differential and integral; probability; and computing. No special mathematical background is required, but some mathematical expressions will be presented and explained.
Class Limit: None
Presenter: Bill Tuel, PhD, (LLI) retired from IBM in 2008, where he participated in the development of IBM’s supercomputers. He has a lifelong interest in all kinds of mathematics, and has taught math at SUNY New Paltz. At LLI he has prepared and taught several courses in the history of science.
Producer: Bill Tuel
ZOOM COURSES
FRIDAY, Period 2
11:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
September 17, 24; October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Description:
This class focuses on the history of systemic racism as well as the substantial contributions of African Americans to the economy and culture of the Hudson Valley. In each class, a local expert will review aspects of our region’s Black history in order to deepen our understanding of how racism has functioned and to help overcome what James Baldwin described as our “willing innocence” of white privilege.
Date: 9/17/2021 The Hidden History of Slavery in the Hudson Valley
The presenter will provide an overview of the transatlantic slave trade that will dispel common misconceptions, such as slavery was only a Southern phenomenon. She will also discuss the enslavement of Native Americans and their relations with enslaved Africans.
Presenter: Christian Crouch, PhD, is dean of Graduate Studies and has been associate professor of History and director of American Studies at Bard College since 2014.
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Date: 9/24/2021 The Abolitionist Movement in Dutchess County
Participants will hear stories about the abolitionist movement in Dutchess County, starting with passage of New York’s Emancipation Bill in 1799 and the backlash from Poughkeepsie residents. The talk will highlight local work of abolitionists as well as the Quaker Trail to Freedom and Quaker efforts like the antislavery alphabet.
Presenter: Peter Bunten is chairman of the Mid-Hudson Antislavery History Project in Dutchess County and is the current vice president of the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State.
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Date: 10/1/2021 Ending 20th Century Segregation in the Hudson Valley
Although following Reconstruction, racial apartheid became a matter of law throughout the American South, it also took root in the North. In the 20th century, racial segregation in the Hudson Valley was prevalent in education, employment, and public accommodations, and led to civil rights struggles to end these racist practices.
Presenter: Myra Young Armstead, PhD, is Lyford Paterson Edwards and Helen Gray Edwards Professor of Historical Studies at Bard College, where she has taught US history for over 30 years.
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Date: 10/8/2021 Black Cultural History in Ulster County
A multimedia presentation of Ulster County’s lesser-known black cultural history through short films, rare photographs, music, and interviews profiling key figures from the 1920s through the 1960s, including Father Divine, Augusta Savage, Peg Leg Bates, and musicians including Odetta and Jimi Hendrix.
Presenters: Stephen Blauweiss, a Kingston-based filmmaker, artist, and historian, and Karen Berelowitz, an artist and art business owner, have combined their collections of rare historic photographs, postcards, and images with extensive research into little-known aspects of the Hudson Valley’s African American history, arts, and culture.
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Date: 10/15/2021 Creating Constructive Community Conversations: The Depiction of Slavery in Rhinebeck Post Office Murals
In 2020, controversy arose over the depiction of enslaved men and women in the Rhinebeck Post Office’s New Deal–era murals painted by Olin Dows. We will discuss how community members united to sort out divergent views and create a way forward, developing teaching tools for students and the general public.
Presenter: Bill Jeffway is executive director of the Dutchess County Historical Society and active in the Poughkeepsie-based organization Celebrating the African Spirit, which is dedicated to telling the history of local Africans and their descendants.
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Date: 10/22/2021 African American Land Rights and Access: Focus on Ulster County
This segment will examine African American land rights and struggles through several current Kingston Land Trust projects. These include protection of the Pine Street African Burial Ground, creation of the Fund for Land in Black Hands, and plans for a Community Land Trust to address inequity in affordable home ownership.
Presenter: Shaniqua Bowden is head of Cultural Engagement at the Kingston Land Trust, which carries out initiatives to support BIPOC (Black/Indigenous/People of Color) land ownership.
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Date: 10/29/2021 African American Political Leadership and Current Issues
A moderated discussion with Black political leaders in the Hudson Valley on current issues ranging from police reform, urban renewal, and affordable housing to the unequal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and rise of far-right racism. They will discuss their views for dealing with these and other pressing issues.
Presenters: Kamal Johnson became the youngest candidate and first Black person elected as mayor of Hudson.
Barrington Atkins was elected to represent District 10 (Poughkeepsie) in the Dutchess County Legislature.
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Class Limit: None
Producers: Linda Legendre, Eleanor Wieder, Kim Sears, Martha Honey
Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
September 17, 24; October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Description: This continuation of the fall 2020 course (not a prerequisite) will focus on how America’s global role has been influenced by events of the last five years. Fundamentals of national and global power will be reviewed and global threats analyzed with an emphasis on long-term foreign policy for the 21st century. Class discussion will be encouraged.
Class Limit: None
Presenter: D. Michael Simpler (LLI) is a retired airline captain with 38 years of worldwide flying experience with Pan Am and Delta Airlines. He flew frequently to the Soviet Union and East European communist countries. He has offered courses at Bard LLI, Marist CLS, SUNY New Paltz LLI, and Saugerties Lifespring on Global Aviation, the Cold War, and the military-industrial complex.
Producer: Emily Michael
Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
September 17, 24; October 1, 8, 22, 29 (6 sessions, no class on Oct 15th)
Description:
Students will read short plays by Edward Albee, Harold Pinter, and Caryl Churchill. These three experimental playwrights helped shape theater in the late 20th and early 21st centuries by breaking away from traditional theatrical forms. Class members will be assigned roles to read in class as part of our discussion. No prior acting experience is necessary, just a willingness to read aloud. Plays are available for no cost online or through the Mid-Hudson Library.
Class Limit: 12
Presenter: Victoria Sullivan, PhD, (LLI) is a college professor of English literature, poet, playwright, theater critic, and radio talk show co-host. She has taught a dozen literature and writing courses at Bard LLI. She performs poetry and spoken word locally in the Hudson Valley. She had two short plays produced on Zoom by the American Renaissance Theater Company and the Woodstock Fringe Playwrights Unit during the pandemic.
Producer: Margaret Shuhala
Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
September 17, 24; October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Description: This course will survey agricultural and industrial development in the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries. Emphasis will be placed on labor and what employers did to exploit that resource. Class members will engage in a conversation about such topics as child labor, immigrants, modern slavery, union activity, and popular and progressive reform. This class was previously offered in the Spring 2021 semester.
Class Limit: None
Presenter: Robert Beaury, MS, (LLI) is a retired social studies teacher from Germantown Central School and former adjunct at Columbia-Greene Community College.
Producer: Emily Michael
Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
September 17, 24; October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Description: This class focuses on the tools and techniques actors use to prepare for rehearsal and performance. As a participant you will learn exercises that free you emotionally, physically and vocally. Exercises allow you to access your actor’s instrument creating a character that is believable, natural, and spontaneous, all in a supportive atmosphere of creative play and discovery. We will work on theater games, improvisation, technique exercises, script analysis, monologues, and scene study.
Beginners welcome.
Class Limit: 14
Presenter: Shauna Kanter, BFA, post grad – Bristol Old Vic, UK, is the artistic director of Voice Theatre, Woodstock and NYC, www.voicetheatre.org. In the United States, she has taught acting at the Stella Adler Studio, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and T. Schreiber Studio. In England, she worked at the Mountview Conservatory, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and Middlesex University. She has been a guest artist at Bowdoin College and Williams College. She has directed over 40 plays in 11 countries from Ramallah, Palestine to Aberdeen, Scotland to San Antonio, Texas.
Producer: Susan Hinkle
NOTE: To attend LLI classes or events in person, either on or off campus, you MUST present proof of complete vaccination, either a CDC-COVID-19 vaccination card or the digital New York State Excelsior Pass. This is in accordance with Bard’s requirement of LLI.
Bard currently requires all visitors to campus, including LLI members, to be fully vaccinated and to wear masks while inside any Bard building.
At the first in-person event or class you attend, your documentation will be checked and you will be given a sticker indicating vaccination compliance to affix to your LLI nametag and place in the plastic sleeve on your lanyard.
New members (classes of 2020 and 2021) will be given plastic sleeves and lanyards. Returning members should bring their plastic sleeves and lanyards to their first in-person class or event.
All members will be required to show these at ALL in-person classes and events.
Note: There is no Zoom version of the courses below, except a Hybrid offering of course F3D - The Roaring 20s.
ON-CAMPUS COURSES
FRIDAY, Period 3
1:40 p.m. until 2:50 p.m.
Friday: 1:40 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. On-Campus
September 17, 24; October 1, 8, 22, 29; November 5 (no class on Oct 15th)
Description: Each week the class will consider an aspect of math or science, presented by a member of the Bard faculty.
Date: 9/17/2021
The Invention of Color Photography: Three Colors, Three Ways
Presenter: Simeen Sattar, PhD
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Date: 9/24/2021 Grains of Space: From Greek Matter to Atoms of Spacetime
Presenter: Harold Haggard, PhD
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Date: 10/1/2021 Math Games
Presenter: Lauren Rose, PhD
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Date: 10/8/2021 Session 4 – Topic TBD
Presenter: Cathy Collins, PhD
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Date: 10/22/2021 The Monster Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy
Presenter: Shuo Zhang, PhD
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Date: 10/29/2021 Cooling Down Cravings and Feelings in Daily Life: the Scientific Study of Self-Control and Behavior Change
Presenter: Ricardo Lopez, PhD
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Date: 11/5/2021 Pandemics and Biodiversity: From COVID-19 to Lyme Disease
Presenter: Felicia Keesing, PhD, David and Rosalie Rose Distinguished Professor of Science, Mathematics, and Computing
Class Limit: 40
Producer: Cathy Reinis
Friday: 1:40 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. On-Campus
September 24; October 1, 8, 22, 29; November 5 (6 sessions, no class on Sept 17th or Oct 15th)
Description: Learn dance fundamentals using safe and accessible movements including the BrainDance Warm-Up, basic dance technique, and creative movement. These provide an opportunity for self-expression and body awareness and for improving strength, stability, and balance. This course was very well received when offered for the first time during SummerFest.
Class Limit: 15
Presenter: Judith Nelson, MFA, (LLI) has over 35 years of experience teaching dance at Auburn University, Missouri State University, and Carleton College. As a dancer with Jose Limón Company and David Gordon/Pick Up Performance Company, she has toured the United States and Europe. She leads professional development workshops for dance educators. Judith has conducted workshops at 92nd Street Y and the NYC public schools. She is a senior faculty member at the Mark Morris Dance School in Brooklyn.
Producer: Leslie Weinstock
HYBRID ZOOM/IN-PERSON COURSE – FRIDAY THIRD PERIOD
NOTE: LLI is experimenting with offering courses in which the students are both on-campus and off-campus via a Zoom link. This format is called our HYBRID format.
The Hybrid structure comprises on-campus attendees (who have registered for course F3D, which has limited enrollment), and off-campus participants in a Zoom meeting (in which attendees have registered for course ZF3D). Both groups attend simultaneously and will be able to interact with each other and with the presenter at each session.
Registration for either format of the class is via ProClass, like any other class. You may register for either format (subject to the class limit set for the in-person/on-campus version), but you may not register for both formats, as the two “classes” run simultaneously. And, like other classes, registration is filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Friday: 1:40 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. On-Campus
September 17, 24; October 1, 8, 22, 29; November 5 (no class on Oct 15th)
Description: This Fall’s Roaring 20s course will greatly expand on the four week 2021 SummerFest course, introducing new and updated material-in a live, on-campus experience.
In 1920 the Treaty of Versailles officially ended World War I, and Prohibition went into effect. The Great Influenza pandemic subsided, Warren G. Harding was elected President and women voted for the first time. It was the beginning of what became the Roaring 20s, an exciting (and foreboding) decade in politics and the arts: jazz, literature, Bauhaus, Broadway, movies, Picasso, Weimar, Hemingway, Gershwin and so much more. Now, 100 years later, are we on the threshold of another ‘Roaring’ decade?
Class Limit: 20
Presenter: Chuck Mishaan, MA, (LLI) has been presenting his popular Opera as Politics course at Bard LLI for many years. His commentary on the intersection of politics and the arts continues with this course on The Roaring 20s.
Producer: Chuck Mishaan
HYBRID ZOOM/IN-PERSON COURSE – FRIDAY THIRD PERIOD
NOTE: LLI is experimenting with offering courses in which the students are both on-campus and off-campus via a Zoom link. This format is called our Hybrid format.
The Hybrid structure comprises on-campus attendees (who have registered for course F3D, which has limited enrollment), and off-campus participants in a Zoom meeting (in which attendees have registered for course ZF3D). Both groups attend simultaneously and will be able to interact with each other and with the presenter at each session.
Registration for either format of the class is via ProClass, like any other class. You may register for either format (subject to the class limit set for the in-person/on-campus version), but you may not register for both formats, as the two “classes” run simultaneously. And, like other classes, registration is filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Friday: 1:40 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. via Zoom
September 17, 24; October 1, 8, 22, 29; November 5 (no class on Oct 15th)
Description: This is the Zoom meeting version of this course, F3D.
Description: See the description of F3D.
Class Limit: None for Zoom
Presenter: See the bio for course F3D.
Producer: Chuck Mishaan
ON-CAMPUS COURSES
FRIDAY, Period 4
3:10 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.
Friday: 3:10 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
September 17, 24; October 1, 8, 22, 29; November 5 (no class on Oct 15th)
Description: Our second Civil War began on November 8, 2016. The emphasis on America First changed our country’s leadership status on the international stage. Several decades of hard work with our international partners were tossed aside, leaving huge gaps in environmental progress, fair trade, and mutual defense. Here at home, a dangerous form of partisan newspeak shattered long-held customs and beliefs, and attracted millions of acolytes with an unquestioning fealty to a dystopian leader. The US entered its second Reconstruction with the election of 2020. As with the first Reconstruction, the struggles will be many and complex. This course will discuss the causes of the 19th-century war and Reconstruction and compare them with the second Civil War and this Reconstruction.
Class Limit: 40
Presenter: Robert Beaury, MS, (LLI) is a retired social studies teacher from Germantown Central School and former adjunct at Columbia-Greene Community College.
Producer: Emily Michael
Friday: 3:10 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
September 17, 24; October 1, 8, 22, 29; November 5 (no class on Oct 15th)
Description: Tai Chi is a blood-freshening moving meditation and slow motion martial art. It promotes longevity and increases cognition, strength, confidence, balance and flexibility. These gentle, stress-lowering exercises allow the chi or life force to follow the blood in the body, rather than stagnate. With Tai Chi we help ourselves heal from the inside out.
Class Limit: 15
Presenter: Annie Labarge (LLI) is a poet and a painter who has taught art at high school and college level. She studied Tai Chi with Joe Mansfield, Margaret Cheo and Michael Porter. She is currently teaching in HealthAlliance Hospital’s Oncology Support program. Her background includes all three sets of Yang Style Long Form Tai Chi.
Producer: Linda Legendre
Friday: 3:10 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
September 17, 24; October 1, 8, 22, 29; November 5 (no class on Oct 15th)
Description: Six wines of related origin, grape, or style will be tasted each week; descriptions of their backgrounds and histories will be provided and discussed. At each class cheese and crackers will be provided to cleanse palates and absorb the wine. At the end of each class there will be an opportunity to vote on your first and second favorite wines. A $20 class fee will be collected at the first class to cover the cost of the wines and food for the semester. Each class member is asked to bring two small wine glasses, one for tasting and one for water.
Class Limit: 20
Presenter: Paul McLaughlin, PhD, (LLI) became interested in wine when he was in the army, stationed in Augsburg, Germany, and has been searching for interesting wines ever since. He is intrigued by the way people have different experiences tasting the same wines. In this class he hopes to broaden his students’ exposure to the wines of the world.
Producer: Margaret Moran
Friday: 3:10 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
September 17, 24; October 1, 8, 22, 29; November 5 (no class on Oct 15th)
Description: Thoughts, emotions, ideas, and visual experiences are just some of the factors in making a good smartphone documentary. Each week we will work on the development of a single theme, enabling you to take your work to the next level using your phone. This is an inspirational course, not a technical one, so it is up to members to learn editing from YouTube or other sources. We will, however, learn techniques useful while filming on location, such as lighting, audio, composition, and editing basics.
Class Limit: 12
Presenter: Gary Miller, BA, (LLI) is a veteran photojournalist, filmmaker, and live television director with over 40 years of experience for clients like the New York Stock Exchange, Time, Newsweek, corporate Fortune 500 companies, museums, and galleries. He has taught freelance photography at The New School and is the author of a book on the same subject.
Producer: Dorothy Baran
OFF-CAMPUS COURSES
OUTDOORS
See Vaccination requirements above
Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
September 28; October 5, 12, 19, 26 (5 sessions, rain dates on Wednesday)
Description: The hiking/ walking group will start with easy walking on rail trails and progress to moderate hiking in the Catskills. Possible hikes may include Ashokan Rail Trail, The Hutton Brick Yard Walk, Minnewaska, and Huckleberry Point. Along the way hikers will enjoy breathtaking vistas of the Hudson Valley in the autumn, as well as the camaraderie developed in this shared experience.
Class Limit: 20
Presenters: Jonathan Wechsler (LLI) has been a member of Bard LLI for many years. He is an avid hiker, biker, and kayaker in the Hudson Valley, and has previously led popular hiking classes for Bard LLI. This fall’s course promises to be as enjoyable, including some well-known hikes with beautiful scenic vistas as well as a few new ones.
Diana Ziegenfelder (LLI) is an experienced hiker as well as an avid sport enthusiast, enjoying hiking, biking, and skiing in the Hudson Valley and around the world. She has previously led Bard LLI members on hikes in the Catskills, Minnewaska, and Mohonk.
Producer: Margaret Moran
Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. – Noon, Robert Post Park, Ulster County
Wednesday, September 15, 22, 29; October 6, 13, 20, 27
Description: Participants will learn to play bocce at Robert Post Memorial Park, on the banks of the Hudson River, at Ulster Landing, Kingston. Equipment will be provided and participants are encouraged to pack a picnic lunch. After playing two to three games, participants are welcome to have a picnic lunch (BYO) on the banks of the Hudson River.
Class Limit: 16
Presenters: Carmela Gersbeck (LLI) and Al Gersbeck (LLI) learned to play Bocce in January 2020 and have been playing ever since. In addition to playing bocce, they enjoy camping, hiking, biking, and kayaking.
Producer: Carmela Gersbeck
Tuesday/Thursday: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, September 7, Thursday, September 9 (2 sessions)
Description: Coinciding with the High Holy Days, this plein air course culls the teachings from the first five books of the Bible (the Pentateuch, the Torah) and introduces Daf Yomi – the practice of reading and reflecting upon one page of the Torah each day. We will leisurely stroll while pausing to read verses from the Torah and accompanying meditations.
For the second class session, each student is asked to read one Torah teaching and meditation of their choice and to share their reflections. Feel free to bring beverages, snacks, or lunch since we shall stop midway to picnic during our contemplative saunter.
This is an ambulatory course amidst sacred places; students should be prepared to walk one mile on what might be a hot or rainy day.
Location: The course will meet outdoors on the Bard Annandale campus. Students will be notified of the precise meeting location.
Class Limit: 15
Presenter: Skip Doyle leads nature retreats and outdoor programs and teaches at colleges throughout the Northeast. He is the author of The Spiritual Directions, which is a meditation booklet based on scripture that focuses on practicing the greatest commandments. He is also author of Torah for Christians, which culls from the first five books of the bible teachings for daily meditation and practice.
Producer: Dorothy Baran
Credits
Curriculum Committee
Linda Legendre, Chair
Irene Esposito, Secretary
Dorothy Baran
Anne Brueckner
Jane Diamond
Fern Fleckman
Ellen Foreman
Carmela Gersbeck
Susan Hinkle
John Mathews
Emily Michael
Gary Miller
Chuck Mishaan
Merrill Mishaan
Margaret Moran
Ken Panza
Cathy Reinis
Margaret Shuhala
Bill Tuel
Leslie Weinstock
Catalog Committee
Bill Tuel, Chair
Deborah Lanser, Copy Editor for Fall 2021
Margaret Shuhala
Tim Sullivan
Betsy Tuel
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Course Dates: September 16th through November 5th Fall Registration starts September 2, 2021
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