Classes
Winter 2019 Classes Now Open!
Class Preview Information: Wednesday, December 12, 3:00pm, Berger Center
Art Battles in the Bay Area: Arthur Mathews and the Society of Six
Linda Loveland Reid, 2-week session, starts: January 14
The early 1900s brought change and the earthquake to the Bay. Would the enchanting landscapes of Arthur Mathews’ Tonalist art continue to dominate—or would the new colors and techniques of the Society of Six win out? …Register Now
Lost in the California Current
Dr. Eric Williams, 6-week session, starts: January 28
The current along the California coast is one of the world’s most diverse and productive systems. Explore the marine seasons; the life and biology of plankton; the great whales and the largest and deepest diving elephant seals. …Register Now
Cops, Courts, and Corrections: The Politics of Law and Order
Dr. Robert Rubin, 4-week session, starts: January 16
While police brutality and sentencing policy may grab headlines, the criminal justice world is often misunderstood. Look behind the walls and explore the nature, intentions, application and consequences of criminal justice laws, practices and policies. …Register Now
Hollywood Before the Code
Terry Ebinger, MS, 4-week session, starts: February 13
In 1929, emerging movie sound inspired a rush of revolutionary, socially conscious films, which were squashed in short order by regressive Hays Code censorship. Watch four Pre-Code gems: Red Dust, Island of Lost Souls, Baby Face, and The Eagle and the Hawk. …Register Now
Documentary Film Masterworks
Ernie Rose, 3-week session, starts: March 9
Watch and discuss (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies, revealing current research; Obit: Life on Deadline, one of three films made inside the New York Times offices; and Our Man in Tehran, a Canadian account of the 1973 Iran hostage crisis. …Register Now
Concerts
Rick Dougherty / December 6
Former Kingston Trio singer Rick Dougherty will do a solo performance that will include an eclectic mix of well-loved songs from across the decades. Rick has been singing since childhood performing ragtime, jazz, folk, and opera with a beautiful tenor voice that has won praise from singers like Judy Collins, Chet Atkins, Tom Paxton and many others.…Purchase Tickets
Jazz Horizons / February 2
Listen To Them Play…
Featuring four horns and a four-piece rhythm section, this tightly organized ensemble presents all the contemporary Jazz sounds including Straight-Ahead, Latin, Blues, Funk, Hip-Hop and Brazilian.…Purchase Tickets
OLL students Charlene Bunas and Barry Katz. Photo by Julie Kiil.
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