Joy of Opera with Lou Barrella

Mondays 12:30pm-2pm

$15 per class/$100 for full series

 

1/5: Verdi’s Coloratura Sopranos

2/9: Highlights of “La Juive”

by Jacques Halévy - Part 1

3/9: Highlights of “La Juive”

by Jacques Halévy – Part 2

4/13: Verdi’s Aida “Without the Fanfare”

5/11: Interrupted Operatic Weddings

Bill Castello Presents: Western Art, 1800- Present Day

Mondays, 12:30-2pm

President's Room

1/26 ART NOUVEAU: popular during the Belle Époque period, and was a reaction against the academicism, eclecticism and historicism of 19th century.

2/23 EXPRESSIONISM: Artists that sought to express the meaning of emotional experience rather than physical reality.

3/16 CUBISM: Reality and the artist depicts the world from multiple perspectives to represent the subject in a greater context

3/30 DADAISM: an anti-establishment art movement that developed in the context of WWI to protest the logic, reason, and aestheticism of modern capitalism and modern war.

4/27 SURREALISM: an art and cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists aimed to allow the unconscious mind to express itself.

5/18 MODERN ART:  Review of  course and introduction to modern art

Film Screenings & Talk with Fred Grieco
Cinéma L'après-Midi
$10 per screening | $35 for all four*

*Series FREE for GCA Subscribers

1:00 - 3:30 PM | President’s Room
Pre-code Hollywood films

 

12/4 The Divorcee (1930)

Marriage's double standard leads Jerry (Norma Shearer) to a surprising reaction to her husband Ted's (Chester Morris) infidelity.

 

1/15 Night Nurse (1931)

Newly assigned nurse (Barbara Stanwyck) discovers a children's hospital's dark secret.

 

2/19 Trouble in Paradise (1932)

A classic romantic comedy about two women (Miriam Hopkins and Kay Francis) competing for a thief's (Herbert Marshall) affection.

 

3/19 Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

Four aspiring actresses (Ruby Keeler, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, and Ginger Rogers) attempt to face the Great Depression with humor and music.

Laura Morowitz Presents:

Female Artists of the Impressionists

Wednesday, February 4

11:00AM-1:00PM | Presidents Room

Bernikow JCC

$15

Join art history professor Laura Morowitz for an in depth look into Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt, two leading female artists of the Impressionist movement.

Dr. Snjezana Smodlaka Presents Sandro Botticelli

Thursday, February 12
1:00PM-3:00PM | President’s Room
Bernikow JCC
Fee: $15

Introducing a celebrated early Renaissance artist whose paintings "The Birth of Venus" and "Primavera" acquired world recognition for their poetic charm.

 

Dr. Snjezana Smodlaka Presents Women Artists Portraying Women

Thursday, March 5
1:00PM-3:00PM | President’s Room
Bernikow JCC
Fee: $15

Learn about Artemisia Gentileschi and Elisabetta Sirani, two Baroque artists who in spite of unfavorable circumstances, introduced innovative style and opened new paths in Italian Art.

Can You Spot Media Bias?
Lecture & Discussion with Amy Stempler, Associate Dean and Chief Librarian at CSI
Monday, March 23

Fee: $15
12:30PM-2:00PM | President’s Room
Bernikow JCC

Join us for a lecture that dives into how headlines, images, and word choices can subtly (and not so subtly) shape the way Israel is portrayed in the media. It challenges us to spot bias, question narratives, and understand where political criticism ends and antisemitism begins.