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Lapham Community Center and Senior Center of New Canaan, Inc. |
Waveny Park New Canaan, CT Tel: 203-594-3620 Fax: 203-594-3628 |
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| Classes for Winter 2011 - 2012 |
| PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE REGISTERING FOR CLASSES |
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Our classes are open to all adult New Canaan residents. People planning to take classes should sign up as soon as possible; lotteries for oversubscribed classes will be held at noon on Thursday, Sept.1. Enrollment for all other courses will go on until classes are filled.
Registrations can be brought in or mailed to P.O. Box 83, New Canaan. Checks should be made payable to Town of New Canaan unless otherwise indicated. Please use the registration form . Please also register for classes that charge no fee. We can take telephone registrations for free classes only. Call us at 203-594-3620 if you have any questions. People over age 60 pay a lower fee [under 60 fee indicated in brackets] for some classes. Scholarships are available by contacting Lyn Bond at 203-594-3620. We understand that some people may not be available to sign up for three months. In those cases we will try to let participants enroll by the month. Our policy will be to take people who want the whole period and then accommodate as many "part-timers" as possible. As always, fees will be pro-rated. |
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| Do some of our classes sound interesting? But you are not sure? If you would like to sit in on a class before you enroll, check with us. Any class that still has space is available for a "test flight." Just call ahead to make sure there will be a space for you. NOTE: There will be no classes from December 19, 2011 to January 2, 2012 and no classes on January 16, 2012 or February 20, 2012 |
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Adult Education
Click on a class in the menu table below to see descriptions, dates and times.
| AARP Driving | Cooking | Stamps, Coins & Paper Currency Club |
| Needlepoint Group | The Private Life of a Masterpiece | Finance |
| History | Languages | Music |
| AARP Driver Safety Program |
| Thurs. Jan. 19, 8:45 a.m.-1 p.m., $12/$14 |
| AARP Driving Instructor, Roger Colson, will lead a driving class that will give you
valuable driving tips and a state-mandated reduction on your car insurance of at least 5% for two years.
To register send a check payable to AARP to the Senior Center, P.O. Box 83, New Canaan. If you are an AARP member, your cost is $12, if not, the cost is $14. Bring your AARP card and driver's license with you to class. |
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| Stamps, Coins & Paper Currency Club |
| Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m., Free Jan. 10 - Coats of Arms on Stamps and Coins Feb 14 - Odd-Shaped and Geometric Shaped Stamps and Coins March 13 - Stamps and Coins of Defunct Countries and Regimes |
| Anyone with an interest in collecting stamps or money is welcome to attend
these meetings organized by , Fred Chang, Ruth Wolsch and Marion Hazelhurst. Email director@laphamcenter.org if you'd like to get the monthly announcement or a copy of our "Notes for Non-Collectors." |
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| Needlepoint Group |
| Thurs. Jan. 19, 8:45 a.m.-1 p.m., Free |
| We have a request for a needlepoint group to meet on a regular basis for
instruction and companionship - something like our Knitting Group that meets on Thursday mornings. If this interests you,
please attend this organizational meeting or let us know you want more information.
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| The Private Life of a Masterpiece |
| 12 Tuesdays, Sept. 13 - Nov. 29, 1 p.m., Free |
| This highly-rated BBC art documentary series tells the stories behind great works of art. Each episode focuses on one important work of art, showing the development of the piece, the history of the artist, good overview of other works by the artist, great historical background to put the work in context, and demonstrations of the working process of the artist . We will begin with Renaissance painters Sandro Botticelli, Paolo Uccello, Leonardo da Vinci and Piero della Francesca. This program is from The Teaching Company, an organization that films America's top professors. These very high quality lectures will be shown on a big screen. |
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| Finance |
| Lapham Center often invites area financial experts to speak on an assortment of financial subjects like retirement, identity theft, investments, protecting your assets for children and grandchildren, etc. Financial classes are posted here as they are scheduled. |
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| Foundations of Western Civilization I |
| Thursdays Sept. 8 - Dec. 1, 9:30-11:30, $12 (this fee will be used to purchase future programs) |
| Discover the evolution of Western civilization from its humble beginnings in the great river valleys of Iraq and Egypt to the dawn of the modern world. This broad, sweeping series unfolds the fascinating story of how the global reach of the West came to exist, what makes it distinctive, and its possible future. Your instructor is Thomas F. X. Noble, Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. Ladd Seton, who earned a Masters in American Studies in retirement, leads a discussion after the lecture. This program is from The Teaching Company, an organization that films America's top professors. These very high quality lectures will be shown on a big screen. |
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| Great Masters: Shostakovich, His Life & Music |
| 8 Thursdays, Sept. 22 - Nov. 10, 1:30 p.m., Free |
| Discover the extraordinary life, times, and art of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), great musical master and flawed but faithful
witness to the survival of the human spirit under totalitarianism. This is the last in the Teaching Company's Great Composers series with Professor Robert Greenberg. |
| Understanding the Fundamentals of Music |
| 16 Thursdays, January 5 - April 19, 1:30 p.m., Free |
| Professor Robert Greenberg offers a spirited introduction to the language of music, teaching you what the parts of musical speech sound like using recorded examples, demonstrations at the piano and diagrams. By using the basic knowledge you will learn in this course, you will listen to music with new levels of understanding and appreciation. This is a Teaching Company's course which will be shown on our big screen. |
| German Opera From Mozart to Schumann |
| 4 Wednesdays, Jan. 25 - Feb. 15, 1:30 p.m., $40 |
| This class is Dr. Jerry Sehulster's follow-up to last winter's short course. He will be discussing the
operas of Beethoven, Schubert, Weber, Mendelssohn, Flotow and Lortzing. Jerry's teaching ability and enthusiasm for opera makes this a class that both newbies and long-time opera aficionados will enjoy. He discusses the operas and then plays them on CDs or shows them on the big screen. |
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