Spring Series

• VINCENT VAN GOGH - 3/11/20
  Van Gogh's life is one of the most dramatic, romantic, and tragic stories in all of art history. His paintings are passionate, beautiful and they succeed in sharing with us, briefly, the experience of his madness. His career was very short but his gifts and his influence very great. Join us for a look at his work and the brief but brilliant flame that was his life. Nothing is stranger than the truth.
  
  
  

• SYMBOLISM & EXPRESSIONISM - 3/18/20
  Influenced by Gauguin and Van Gogh, these two movements blossomed in the early 20th century. They were the first to stress the personal feelings of the artist, and they pushed the envelope of artistic self expression to greater levels of joy, angst, and controversy. Join us to see powerful images from artists Munch, Klimt, and Beckmann, among others, as they take us on a visual journey (not for the squeamish), to explore our most inner fears and desires . . . if you have the nerve.
  
  
  

• ANIMALS IN ART - Beasts of Fame & Fable - 3/25/20
  Humans are the only animals that communicate with art. But we love animals, and we especially love art about animals. Many creatures indeed are so important to us that we have imbued them with mythical abilities, magical symbolism and villainous qualities that have greatly influenced much of our culture and religion and literature. We love animals so much we invented new ones. Join us for a journey around the world and throughout history to appreciate how connected we are with beasts of fame and fable and how we have cultivated these myths and fables to connect us to one another, from Caravaggio's Medusa to Picasso's Minotaur.
  
  
  

• Snow date is Wednesday, April 1.
  
  
  
  

Fall Series

• DUTY-HONOR-COUNTRY
  Presented by Gary Hylander, PH.D, a Presidential historian and pedagogical specialist for the National Endowment for the Humanities
  
  - September 25: Session 1 and
  - October 2: Session 2
  Light refreshments provided by The Atrium at Drum Hill, a Benchmark Senior Living Community for the Memory Impaired
  
  
  

• AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC and MUSIC and the MILITARY
  Presented by Richard Travers, music educator, choral conductor, with graduate degrees from The Boston Conservatory and Berklee College of Music
  
  - October 16: American Folk Music
  - October 23: Music and the Military
  Light refreshments provided by ComForCare Senior in Home Care and Bridges by EPOCH at Westford
  
  
  

• MYTH and RELIGION
  Presented by Prof. Jason Giannetti, Master's of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School, Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University, JD from Boston College
  
  - October 30: Session 1 and
  - November 6: Session 2
  Light refreshments provided by ComForCare Senior in Home Care and Bridges by EPOCH at Westford