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Welcome: President Tom Adams
Fall Semester Introduction: Barbara Spangler & Jeanne LaBella
George Mason University Welcome: Dean Mark Rozell & President Gregory Washington

Fine Arts Theater Music Part 1
1016 – Japanese Art in the Age of Hokusai, Carol Morland
1019 – Evolution of Musical Forms, A. Scott Wood

Fine Arts, Theater & Music Part 2
1013 – American Musical Geniuses, Dan Sherman
1014 – Life, Love and Death, Verne Vance
1017 – Cinematic Beginnings and Endings, Ralph Berets
1018 – Art and Culture of the Renaissance, Nan Morrison

Law, Politics & Public Affairs / Literature & Writing
4015 – Populism’s Rise in America, Jeremiah Mitoko
4016 – US Tax Policy in an Election Year, Emil Sunley
4017 – Chinese Government & Foreign Policy, Yi-ting Chiu
5013 – Chekhov’s Short Stories, Natasha Lord
5012 – American English, Leslie Tierstein
5014 – Speaking Truth to Power, Stephen Ruth
5004 – Writing a Memoir, Marty Suydam

History Part 1
3017 – America in the 1920s and 30s, David Heymsfeld
3023 – Civil War in the West, Robert Stone
3027 – Carthage and Roman North Africa, Tom Wukitsch

History Part 2
3026 – History of the Jewish People, David Wittenberg
3025 – History of Scotland, Tom Adams
3024 – Arlington and the Civil War – 1861, Peter Vaselopulos
3002 – Indian Wars 1754-1794, Charles Hertel
3015 – Economic History of Antebellum U.S., James Grefer

Health & Wellness / Science & Technology / Social Sciences Part 1
2009 – Cooking for Wellness, Cressida McKean
6001 – Nuclear Weapons, Allan Hoffman

Health & Wellness / Science & Technology / Social Sciences Part 2
2003 – Estate Planning, Sarah Parks
2007 – Aging and the Brain, Michael Stutts
2010 – Basics of Mindfulness Practice, Dwight Rodgers
6008 – Geology, Oceanography and Evolution, George Pick
6011 – Biological Sciences-Latest News, Pam Hines
7008 – Numbers & the News: The 4th Edition, Steve Shapiro and Charlie Hallahan

Special thanks to our presenter, Encore Learning Instructor Wayne Limberg. Thanks to moderator David Tate, our Special Events Committee and Arlington Public Library for helping us bring these Encore Learning Presents programs to you.

Special thanks to our presenter, Admiral (Ret.) Jon White. Thanks to moderator David Tate, our Special Events Committee and Arlington Public Library for helping us bring these Encore Learning Presents programs to you.

We’re pleased to offer 37 virtual courses for our Fall 2020 semester. You can view, download or print the catalog by clicking on the image below. Details are also available on our registration pages. Registration opens on Monday, August 31 at 10:00 a.m. sharp.

Thanks to our wonderful speakers, moderators and Arlington Public Library for helping us bring these Encore Learning Presents programs to you:

Thanks to Encore Learning Instructor Dan Sherman, and all who joined our virtual presentation about Hamilton on June 29, 2020. Dan asked that we share the following with you:

Dear All:

I hope you enjoyed today’s “Hamilton: Man and Musical” talk with Encore Learning and the Arlington Public Library.

As promised, here are some clips that you may want to view about the show and its creators.  You can click on the links to see them, or if that doesn’t work, copy them into the address line of your web browser.

Here is the clip from the 2016 National Archives award event that I showed that gives background on the musical, beginning with Miranda’s 2009 performance at the White House of what became the show’s opening number:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeA1DwnI20Y

Here is an interview from the same award event with some of the creators of Hamilton. It is about 42 minutes long; a very interesting bit comes at about 35 minutes in when biographer Ron Chernow talks about why he thinks Hamilton (the show) is important, especially in making history live for young people:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeQx6ZCn_dU

Here is an interview with Alex Lacamoire, the show’s music director who explains how he and Miranda worked together to create the music we hear in the theatre:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux5CGsi6DAc .

I think this is quite wonderful! 

Here is a short clip from the show’s choreographer that explains some of the dance moves that are so much part of the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmYTsOrnWP0

Finally, here is the clip of the young girl who missed seeing Hamilton for her birthday due to the theatre shutdowns, but was serenaded on Zoom by Lin-Manuel Miranda and other cast members in the show’s opening number. 

The Hamilton part begins about 8 minutes and 30 seconds in the video clip:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oilZ1hNZPRM

Thank you again for attending the talk. Stay well!!

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments.

Dan Sherman

You may reach Dan by sending an email to our office: info@encorelearning.net

Dan will be teaching a virtual course entitled “American Musical Geniuses” from September 24 – November 12, 2020. Please check back in August for more details.

Thanks again to Dan for his presentation, volunteers Louise Kenny and David Tate, and all of the participants for the great questions.

We hope you will join us for our upcoming Special Events.

On June 1, 2020 Scott Sklar joined us to talk about using sustainable energy to both save money and help combat climate change.

Scott presented a lot of valuable information about climate change and then moved on to solutions for every household, from super easy (LED lightbulbs) to more complex (solar panels and back up batteries).

Scott graciously agreed to allow us to record his presentation and to share his slides. Find the video on our YouTube Channel. Here are the slides – broken into three sections:

Part 1 of 3

Part 2 of 3

Part 3 of 3

Thanks to Scott for his presentation, volunteer David Tate for moderating, and all of the participants for the great questions.

We hope you will join us for our upcoming Special Events.

The Industrial Revolution’s Influence on American Women’s Rights Movements

Advance registration is not required, and this event is open to all. When joining the meeting you may be prompted to enter your name and email address before being admitted to this free event.

Speaker Jim Grefer posits that throughout human history, gender roles have been determined by a confluence of factors such as economics, religion, and law. These produced varying degrees of social egalitarianism and dominance. But, for much of American history, the result was the nearly complete subjection of women, especially married women, to men.

The emergence of the industrial revolution altered this course, modifying the roles of women in families, product markets, education, and social norms. Within a few generations, women came to influence society in powerful ways, leading to the first Women’s Rights Convention in 1848 and a trajectory toward basic civil rights.

Grefer discusses his perspective how the industrial revolution contributed to these remarkable changes, and enabled women to organize and fight for their rights and the rights of other suppressed people. He is an economist, retired from a career as a defense contractor. He studies economic history and teaches a class in Economics of Antebellum America for Encore Learning.

Online meeting details: https://encorelearning.asapconnected.com/EventDetail.aspx?pk=1694137

Cosponsored by Encore Learning and Arlington Public Library.