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. 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
2 p.m. Tuesday, November 17 at St. John’s United Methodist Church, 1200 Old Pecos Trail
Lermontov’s “Hero of Our Time” centers on a troubling figure who is charming and selfish, amoral and decent, Romantic and erratic—much like Lermontov himself.
10 a.m. Wednesday, December 7 at Sky Midtown
For more than a century, the natural-diamond industry functioned as a tightly controlled economic system—managing supply and pricing while building the cultural mythology that made diamonds synonymous with rarity, luxury, and permanence.
2 p.m. Tuesday, December 15 at St. John’s United Methodist Church, 1200 Old Pecos Trail
Gogol’s “Petersburg Tales” expose the link between this surreal city and the psychology of more everyday, downtrodden people living within its spell and under the stifling rigidity of autocracy.