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Facilitator: Richard Helfrich
Description: The group will discuss three stories each session from Best American Mystery Stories 2010, editor, Lee Child, series editor, Otto Penzler. There are twenty stories that cover a wide range of styles and subject matter. The book includes a brief biography of each author and commentary from them concerning the story in the collection. Group members will be asked to volunteer to facilitate a session.
Facilitator: Sharon Michalove
Description: The readings for this group will give the participants the chance to delve deeply into Turkish culture by reading essays on a wide range of topics including ethnic diversity, little known aspects of history, famous and not so famous monuments, the delights of Turkish food, and best of all, a visit to a Turkish bath (hammam).
Facilitator: Norman R. Miller
Description: The Science and Technology Reading Group will focus on one or more topics during the session. We will read and discuss a series of articles in order to explore the state of current understanding of the topic and the implications of new developments. Group members are invited to suggest the articles to be read for discussion at the next weekly meeting. The group will primarily draw its material from the Scientific American magazine, but will occasionally include material from other sources. In all cases, the material will be suitable for a general audience. The group will be polled before the first meeting to determine if any group members possess special expertise that can benefit the group. Guests who can add their expertise to our discussions may be invited to some meetings. Scientific American publishes special issues from time to time that explore an important area. Past groups have read and discussed sustainability, energy, and neural and cognitive science. The initial material this session will be current topics in Physics.
Facilitator: Beth Felts
Description: We will read aloud and then discuss poetry from some of the most interesting periods and places in history. Sessions may feature topics such as: The English Lake Poets; Ancient Roman and Greek Poetry; Civil War Poetry of the South. Poetry handouts will be provided and members will be asked to search for other topical poems using Google, the Poetry Foundation website, the library, or any resource they prefer. The last 15 minutes of each session will be open for our own members to share a poem they have written and receive feedback.
Facilitator: Thomas Swengel
Description: The New Yorker provides a unique mix of articles and reviews on current topics, literature, and the arts. This study group is designed for readers of The New Yorker who want to get together to discuss articles from the magazine. Participants should come prepared for a lively exchange of views. While not required, members will be encouraged to choose and lead the discussion of one or more articles in an effort to assure a broad range of topics.
Facilitator: Sharon Michalove
Description: Discussion of the fifteenth century world through the eyes of Nicholas vander Poele, a dye yard apprentice who rises to become a successful merchant and military strategist. Nicholas and his company go to Cypress where civil war rages between two half-siblings who are both claiming the crown. Dorothy Dunnett has been described as one of the finest writers of historical fiction. The facilitator will help with the historical background, bringing in relevant materials that tie into the weekly readings. You do not need to have read the previous books to participate in this group.
Facilitator: Don Pilcher
Description: The New Yorker provides a unique mix of articles and reviews on current topics, literature, and the arts. This study group is designed for readers of the New Yorker who want to get together to discuss articles from the magazine. An additional emphasis will be placed on professional backgrounds and life experiences that each member brings to the group. These factors will shape how we select articles and themes, develop intellectual depth and breadth, and gather supplementary materials from Internet sources. While not required, members will be encouraged to lead one weekly session in an effort to assure a broad range of topics.
Facilitator: Fred Christensen
Description: This Study Group will view and discuss films and novels about the British Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars, The success of the previous Group means that the remainder of the Hornblower films starring Ioan Gruffudd, plus one or two others, can be watched with equal enthusiasm and interest. They too will portray a world shaped by the society of Regency England, the iron discipline of the Royal Navy, and the unforgiving constraints of nature: wind and tide, calm and storm. In each session, the group will view and discuss one of the films, with their protagonists vividly portrayed by Ioan Gruffudd, Alec Guinness, and others. Group members are encouraged to read as many of the novels and stories as they wish.
Facilitator: Mary Severinghaus
Description: Many of us who have studied German at some point in our lives come to wish later that we had an opportunity to refresh our conversational skills in the language. Sometimes it's because we're planning a trip to a country where German is spoken, or perhaps genealogical studies have brought us into contact with German-speaking relatives, or it may be that we just want to revisit the fun of conversing in a foreign language. This discussion group will welcome speakers at all levels of fluency, but some previous familiarity with the language is necessary.
Facilitator: Robert Davis
Description: This would be an open-ended group that provides support and resources for the community of Apple Macintosh Users in our area. It could serve as a resource for beginning Macintosh users as well as an opportunity for current users to gather together to share ideas, tips, solutions and assistance with new software. Leadership would be shared according to the knowledge base of the presenter/participant and the particular topic to be covered. Leadership also might come from a person in the community with expertise and willingness to be a resource for a particular topic.
Facilitator: Cheri Sullivan
Description: The New Yorker provides a unique mix of articles and reviews on current topics, literature, and the arts. This study group is designed for readers of The New Yorker who want to get together to discuss articles from the magazine. Participants should come prepared for a lively exchange of views. While not required, members will be encouraged to choose and lead the discussion of one or more articles in an effort to assure a broad range of topics.
Facilitator: Sharon Michalove
Description: With the popularity of James Bond both through the novels and the films, the spy genre blossomed on American and British television in the 1960s and remains popular today. Each week in this 6-week session, we will watch episodes from a variety of spy shows such as The Man from U.N.C.L.E, The Avengers, The Sandbaggers, Get Smart, MI-5, and I Spy. We will explore the origins of the genre and its various subgroups, how the programs reflect the real world, differences between miniseries and regular series, and how British and American conceptions compare.
Facilitator: Pauline Cochrane
Description: As previous study groups enjoyed reading the best of 2009 and 2010, this group will go back to the 2008 collection, edited by Otto Penzler and George Pelecanos. The group will read three stories a week and share their reactions to them. Group members will be asked to volunteer to facilitate a session.
Facilitator: Robert Gillespie
Description: We will survey contemporary issues in pension systems with emphasis on public employee pension systems. Participation assumes a willingness to dig into what can be dry and sometimes challenging reading. Pension systems, especially Defined Benefit systems, are now be being replaced by Defined Contribution systems in both the corporate and public spheres. A central question for our study will be: does this shift in pension systems serve the public interest? At the end of the session participants should have a formulated an answer to this question. The facilitator or guest speaker will lead each session. Topics for discussion include: brief history of pension system issues, SURS, public pension legislation in Illinois, alternative approaches to pension system design and potholes in the road to pension reform in Illinois.
Facilitator: Ann Russell
Description: We will use the 1970 BBC production of the Six Wives of Henry VIII, which was reasonably accurate. We will watch one show (wife) each week and discuss it. Ann will provide background on the characters and other information. (This can be confusing because half of the men are named Thomas and the women are Anne, Jane, Catherine or Mary.)
Facilitator: Jenifer Cartwright
Description: The New Yorker provides a unique mix of articles and reviews on current topics, literature, and the arts. This study group is designed for readers of The New Yorker who want to get together to discuss articles from the magazine. In an effort to assure a broad range of topics, members will be encouraged to choose and lead the discussion of one or more articles during our 6-week session.
Facilitator: Judith Braunfeld
Description: We will discuss both positive and negative issues related to aging. Some examples include euthanasia, long-term care insurance, becoming a care giver, fear of death, fear of dependence and re-locating to be near children. A list of issues to be discussed will be developed on the first day of the group. Judith will provide reading materials to the group based on the discussion topics.
Facilitator: Joan Klein
Description: In both Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet the innocent young encounter societies driven by greed and ambition, encumbered by old prejudices, even crimes, led by the blind and solipsistic few. The best of the young do not survive. But, even in their fall, they show the way out of the darkness that surrounds them into a kind of enlightenment. Joan will assign readings from the plays and will lead the weekly discussions.