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Learning Zoom:
Basic Skills

Danielle Vierra, Program Manager of our Kurland Center for Adult Learning & Living, is hosting our free, live, online sessions to review of skills taught in our Zoom manuals and hold an open forum to ask focused questions about using Zoom. Feel free to repeat a session if you'd like additional practice.

Still Traveling:
Beguiling Buenos Aires

Join trip leader James Sokol zoom you away to escape our winter by enjoying summer in “the Paris of South America.” Meet our local guide, Pablo, who will lead four interesting “trips,” showing diverse aspects of the beguiling capital of Argentina. 

Learning Zoom:
Forum

Danielle Vierra, Program Manager of our Kurland Center for Adult Learning & Living, is hosting our free, live, online sessions to review of skills taught in our Zoom manuals and hold an open forum to ask focused questions about using Zoom. Feel free to repeat a session if you'd like additional practice. 

Music & Morsels:
Scenes from Childhood 

Take a front row seat at your computer to join pianist Ian Scarfe for a unique, live, classical piano program about memory & nostalgia, including a discussion on the incredible power of music and how composers from centuries ago harnessed that creativity. The recital includes Schumann's charming masterpiece, "Scenes from Childhood” and much more! 

As our culture has changed over the years, so too have Broadway musicals shifted to reflect the changes in our tastes, our priorities, our lives. Join popular San Francisco Bay Area instructor James Sokol to explore some of the Broadway musicals that broke new ground and shaped the evolution of this popular and indigenous art form. Video performance clips bring the magic & excitement of musical theater into our discussion. 

Book Fest:
Walter Isaacson

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

This bestselling author returns with a gripping account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies. 

Book Fest:
Mark Gerson

The Telling: How Judaism's Essential Book Reveals the Meaning Of Life

Author Mark Gerson enables readers to make their Seder the most engaging, inspiring and important night of the year and to understand how Jewish wisdom can help them to live their happiest, most purposeful and worthwhile lives. 

Terrific Tastings:
Bubbles & Bites -- Part III

Let us deliver goodies to your doorstep, then join James Sokol and two special guests for a guided tasting of Schramsberg's sparkling wine and/or The Billy Goat Chips Company’s three varieties of chef-made potato chips.  

Danielle Vierra, Program Manager of our Kurland Center for Adult Learning & Living, is hosting our free, live, online sessions to review of skills taught in our Zoom manuals and hold an open forum to ask focused questions about using Zoom. Feel free to repeat a session if you'd like additional practice.  

Join trip leader James Sokol zoom you away to escape our winter by enjoying summer in “the Paris of South America.” Meet our local guide, Pablo, who will lead four interesting “trips,” showing diverse aspects of the beguiling capital of Argentina.

On this day celebrating globally the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, join James Sokol for an array of music – Broadway, pop, opera, country & more! – composed, performed by and/o celebrating women! Audio & video clips bring the beauty of music into our discussion!

Exploring Broadway: Game Changers 

As our culture has changed over the years, so too have Broadway musicals shifted to reflect the changes in our tastes, our priorities, our lives. Join popular San Francisco Bay Area instructor James Sokol to explore some of the Broadway musicals that broke new ground and shaped the evolution of this popular and indigenous art form. Video performance clips bring the magic & excitement of musical theater into our discussion. 

Book Fest:
Annabelle Gurwitch

You're Leaving When? Adventures in Downward Mobility 

From this NYTimes bestselling author comes a timely and hilarious chronicle of downward mobility, financial and emotional. With signature “sharp wit,” she gives irreverent and empathetic voice to a generation hurtling into their next chapter.

Let us deliver a kit of goodies to your doorstep, then join James Sokol and the famous Zingerman's Deli’s Brad Hedeman on Zoom for a guiding preparation of lunch and a discussion of the beauty of corned beef (or pastrami or roasted turkey), swiss cheese & rye bread. 

Still Traveling:
Beguiling Buenos Aires 

Join trip leader James Sokol zoom you away to escape our winter by enjoying summer in “the Paris of South America.” Meet our local guide, Pablo, who will lead four interesting “trips,” showing diverse aspects of the beguiling capital of Argentina. 

Songs & Stories: Argentinian Ardor 

Take a front-row seat at your computer and join songstress & storyteller Gilda Solve for a delightful, live (from Paris!) musical journey to explore tango composer Astor Piazzola & the music one of the most influential Argentinian singers of all time, Mercedes Sosa. 

As our culture has changed over the years, so too have Broadway musicals shifted to reflect the changes in our tastes, our priorities, our lives. Join popular San Francisco Bay Area instructor James Sokol to explore some of the Broadway musicals that broke new ground and shaped the evolution of this popular and indigenous art form. Video performance clips bring the magic & excitement of musical theater into our discussion. 

On this first full-day of spring, join James Sokol on a musical journey through myriad types of music – Broadway, pop, opera, country & more! – enjoying the theme of the season. Audio & video clips bring the beauty of music into our discussion! 

Let us deliver a cheese collection with a special gift to your doorstep, then join James Sokol and cheesemaker Karen Bianchi-Moreda for a discussion & guided tasting of her California-made, Italian-style cheeses. 

Book Fest:
Lisa Scottoline

Eternal: A Novel

The culmination of a lifetime of work, this sweeping historical epic is fueled by devastating true events. Named for Rome, the Eternal City, this moving novel will be forever etched in the hearts and minds of readers, as will the powerful truth it asserts—what war destroys, only love can heal. 

Learning Zoom:
Basic Skills

Danielle Vierra, Program Manager of our Kurland Center for Adult Learning & Living, is hosting our free, live, online sessions to review of skills taught in our Zoom manuals and hold an open forum to ask focused questions about using Zoom. Feel free to repeat a session if you'd like additional practice. 

Still Traveling:
Beguiling Buenos Aires 

Join trip leader James Sokol zoom you away to escape our winter by enjoying summer in “the Paris of South America.” Meet our local guide, Pablo, who will lead four interesting “trips,” showing diverse aspects of the beguiling capital of Argentina. 

Learning Zoom:
Forum 

 Danielle Vierra, Program Manager of our Kurland Center for Adult Learning & Living, is hosting our free, live, online sessions to review of skills taught in our Zoom manuals and hold an open forum to ask focused questions about using Zoom. Feel free to repeat a session if you'd like additional practice. 

Still Traveling: Argentinian Crafts & Craftspeople 

Let James Sokol zoom you to Buenos Aires to meet our delightful guest, who specializes in promoting the works created by local and native craftspeople. See and learn about an array of beautiful crafts, age-old techniques, and hear about these creative people & their communities.

As our culture has changed over the years, so too have Broadway musicals shifted to reflect the changes in our tastes, our priorities, our lives. Join popular San Francisco Bay Area instructor James Sokol to explore some of the Broadway musicals that broke new ground and shaped the evolution of this popular and indigenous art form. Video performance clips bring the magic & excitement of musical theater into our discussion. 

Songs of Freedom:
A Multi-Genre Musical Celebration of Passover 

Commemorate the Exodus from Egypt and celebrate the Jewish people being led to freedom! Journey with James Sokol through diverse music – Broadway, pop, opera, country & more! – exploring the theme of freedom. Audio & video clips bring the beauty of music into our discussion! 

Songs of Colors:
A Multi-Genre Musical Celebration of India’s Holi Festival

Join James Sokol to learn about and celebrate Holi – “The Festival of Colors” – which fetes the arrive of spring, a season of joy & hope. Journey through an array of music – Broadway, pop, country & more! – exploring the theme of colors along the way. Audio & video clips bring the beauty of music into our discussion!

 Danielle Vierra, Program Manager of our Kurland Center for Adult Learning & Living, is hosting our free, live, online sessions to review of skills taught in our Zoom manuals and hold an open forum to ask focused questions about using Zoom. Feel free to repeat a session if you'd like additional practice. 

Learning Zoom:
Forum 

Danielle Vierra, Program Manager of our Kurland Center for Adult Learning & Living, is hosting our free, live, online sessions to review of skills taught in our Zoom manuals and hold an open forum to ask focused questions about using Zoom. Feel free to repeat a session if you'd like additional practice.  

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