The Academy for Lifelong Learning at CBMM will introduce a number of courses in October. Monday mornings will be all about the Civil War. “Financing the Civil War” led by Ron Lesher will run Monday mornings from Oct 1- 15, followed by “The Civil War: An Overview” led by Bob Lonergan running from Oct 1-29.
Also starting October 1 is “Public Perceptions of Science” which will explore the public perceptions of science, the politicization of scientific information, the use and misuse of scientific information in the public arena. This course, led by Greg Farley, Director of the Center for Leadership in Environmental Education at Chesapeake College, will meet Monday evenings 5:30-7pm from October 1 through November 12 at CBMM.
Judge Peter H. Wolf will lead a course covering the theory and principles of the legal system, entitled “The Legal Process” on Tuesday afternoons from October 2-30. Using the Socratic method, Judge Wolf will explore with the group how courts are organized in the United States, what kinds of cases they decide and how they decide them.
In preparation of Halloween, Nancy Hesser’s course “Ghosties, Ghoulies, and Things that Go Bump in the Night” will meet Wednesday afternoons from October 3- 24. This course will shed (sputtering candle) light of the “ghostly” tales of Henry James, Guy de Maupassant, Edith Wharton and other writers of the 19th and early 20th centuries who raised the shape-shifting short story to its current literary status.
Alan Stein, President and Director of Architecture at Tanglewood Conservatories, an American company specializing in the design, manufacture, and installation of conservatories, greenhouse and skylight systems will give a lecture entitled “Great Conservatories of the 19th Century” on Tuesday October 23 at CBMM. The lecture will explore the rich history of great conservatories of centuries past, and their architectural significance in a time when building with glass was unheard of. Revisit the tales of woes that befell some of these beautiful spaces forever lost in time- including several right here in Maryland. Hear stories of many of these amazing structures around the world that have endured the ravages of time and budget cuts to influence modern conservatories today.
For further information about these and other ALL Fall Semester courses, and to register, please call the Academy for Lifelong Learning at the CBMM at 410-745-2916 or download a catalog online at https://www.cbmm.org/all. Also on Facebook.
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