2 p.m. on Thursday, October 15, 22, and 29 at St. John’s United Methodist Church, 1200 Old Pecos Trail (3 sessions)
“Is man no more than this?” In separate plays and different scenarios, Lear and Antigone reveal their tragic vision by essentially asking this question.
2 p.m. Tuesday, October 20 and 27 and November 3 and 10 at St. John’s United Methodist Church, 1200 Old Pecos Trail (4 sessions)
Frost was a New England poet whose works transcended regionalism. For Frost, nature is “dark and deep,” and humans may not be able to illuminate those depths.
10 a.m. Thursday, October 22 at Sky Midtown
I’m No Angel is widely considered Mae West’s best film. She plays a lion tamer and also tames every male admirer she meets, which is a lot, until she falls for Cary Grant.
10 a.m. Friday, October 23 and 30 at Sky Midtown
Orphaned at the age of 10, mother of 6, betrayed by her husband FDR’s affair with her secretary, Eleanor went on to become one of the most active first ladies in history.
10 a.m. Tuesday, October 29 at Sky Midtown
The current El Niño—warming of waters in the Pacific Ocean—threatens to bring global temperatures to new record levels and create extreme weather events such as flooding and drought.
10 a.m. Wednesday, November 4 at Sky Midtown
What if the women closest to Elizabeth I were among the most powerful people in England? History casts the queen’s ladies-in-waiting as decorative attendants—beautiful, passive, peripheral.
10 a.m. Thursday, November 5 at Sky Midtown
We’ll view the documentary “Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning,” which reveals Lange’s impact on social justice photography, including landmark images of the Great Depression and the Japanese American incarceration.
10 a.m. Tuesday, November 10 at Sky Midtown
The rightward shift of the Supreme Court under John Roberts has been masked by its use of a shadow docket for granting emergency relief.
10 a.m. Thursday, November 12 and 19 at Sky Midtown
Throughout our history, American authors and movie directors have drawn upon both Jewish and Christian scriptures for themes, plots, and scenes. Through short readings, film clips, and visual art, Talitha Arnold explores…
10 a.m. Friday, November 13 at Sky Midtown
This racy, upscale 1932 musical starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald boasts an exceptional score by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. A Parisian tailor poses as a baron to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, and ends up falling in love