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If you are interested in a course below, find registration info at Osher to get enrolled!
Fun With Watercolor
If you’d like to try out your painting skills, this is the class for you! Classes include step-by-step demonstrations, supportive feedback and a color photo for reference with a line drawing of the subject. Enjoy learning to paint in watercolor while keeping your experience simple and enjoyable. Painters of all levels are welcome.
Materials not included. Materials list will be sent upon registration.
Tuesdays, Oct. 11 - Nov. 8
9:00 - 11:30 am
St. Michael’s by the Sea
5 weeks $100
Bonnie Gleason, PPS
How to Read Plato
Plato’s dialogues are among the most important writings in Western culture. They can be read as intimidating treatises on philosophical topics or they can be read as literature, with an emphasis on characters, irony and metaphor. Socrates is, himself, not just a spokesman for Plato’s ideas, but a representative of philosophical behavior in a society that values political flummery over the sincere pursuit of reason and truth. The relevance of this topic to the November elections can hardly be overemphasized.
Tuesdays, Sept. 6 - Oct. 4
9:30 - 11:30 am
Mission San Luis Rey
5 weeks $75
Bruce Thompson, Ph.D.
Meet the Presidents
This series will explore the foreign and domestic policies of the following leaders of the free world: Woodrow Wilson and his predicaments with World War I; Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was elected four times; Harry Truman with his legacy of the atomic bomb; James Monroe of the Monroe Doctrine; and Theodore Roosevelt with his brazen foreign affairs approach. Step back in time and decide how you would solve their dilemmas.
Tuesdays, Sept. 6 - Oct. 4
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Mission San Luis Rey
5 weeks $75
Kara Egger, Ed.D.
Environment Documentary Film Series
A picture is worth a thousand words, and a documentary film is worth a million. Documentary film is a succinct approach to exploring issues that may only get sound bites in other media. This course will allow you to watch, listen and discuss the issues of water, transportation, energy, agriculture, food, chemicals and other topics. These films will stimulate your senses and lead to lively interactions on the major controversies of our time.
Tuesdays, Oct. 11 - Nov. 8
9:30 - 11:30 am
Mission San Luis Rey
4 weeks $60
Nadine Bopp, MLA
A Physician’s Journey From Ancient Egypt to Today: How Diseases Transformed History
The seeds of modern medicine were planted in Egypt more than 7,000 years ago, cultivated during the Renaissance, and brought to full bloom in the 20th century. Some of the most feared infectious diseases were still present when gold was discovered in California, and many of them had already altered the course of human history. Observe three physicians as they practice their skills in days gone by and compare them with today’s practitioners.
Tuesdays, Oct. 11 - Nov. 8 (Skip Nov. 1)
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Mission San Luis Rey
5 weeks $75
Dr. Philip Goscienski
March to Victory – The Crusade in Europe
Continuing on from the successful Allied landings in Normandy, and consolidation of the lodgment, the Allies must break out from Normandy. In order to do so, they must eliminate the German Army, seize and secure port facilities, consolidate gains and successes, liberate Brittany, and head for Paris and the German frontier. Topics to be covered include the Battle for Brittany, Operation Market-Garden, the Battle of Huertgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and the destruction of the German Armed Forces.
Tuesdays, Oct. 11 - Nov. 8
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Army and Navy Academy, Carlsbad
5 weeks $75
Colonel Lawerence H. Saul (USA, Ret.)
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