There are some great classes coming up that we may have to cancel due to low enrollment. Check them out and Register online or call the office at 401-874-4197.

REGISTER by FRIDAY:

QPR for Suicide Prevention with Rob Harrison 
on Monday, January 31, 10AM-11:30AM  $15

Question. Persuade. Refer. Three steps anyone can learn to help prevent suicide. QPR is a community level training program that has proved effective in training adults to earn a three-year certification as Gatekeeper – a person who can recognize someone who might be thinking of suicide and taking the appropriate measures to provide help.

There is still space available in these classes starting next week:

Playing with Shakespeare: Hamlet with Laurie Heineman
6 Sessions beginning Monday, January 31, at 1PM  $55

We will explore Hamlet as a playshop/workshop, beginning with some readings from a shortened script. As the weeks progress, we will take closer readings and discuss thoughts on key scenes. No experience necessary! No stress! No need to have read it before, but no amount of experience is too much either. Everyone will end up with a greater understanding and love of this masterwork, the most performed play of the past 450 years.

Two Elders: James Baldwin and Toni Morrison with Vincent Colapietro, URI Adjunct Professor of Humanities

4 Sessions beginning Tuesday, February 1, at 1:30PM  $45

This course focuses on two of the most important voices in American literature. We will read and discuss several essays by both, texts of immediate relevance to our historical moment. While reference will be made to their fiction, we will look at their nonfiction – their essays as lenses through which aspects of other history, including the historical present, come more sharply into focus or become visible for the first time. The contemporary relevance of these two elders cannot be exaggerated: with their aid, we can come to know ourselves as Americans. And that is, at bottom, the aim of this course. “It is a complex fate,” Henry James observes, “to be an American.” Let’s explore this complexity.

These classes are in danger of cancellation due to low enrollment

American Art: New Directions with Terry Duffy
Tues & Thur 1:30-3:00PM beginning Feb 15 (6 sessions) $55

Robert Henri, Hans Hoffman, and Alfred Stieglitz will be introduced as pivotal in pointing American art in new directions. The Eight (group of American painters who exhibited together only once, in New York City in 1908), 291 (a small gallery in New York opened in 1905 by Stieglitz and Edward Steichen), the 1913 Armory Show, and abstract expressionism will be discussed as the major forces that propelled the United States to a preeminent leadership position. It is the story of America in painting.

The Epic in World Literature with Francesca Borrione and Cole Chang
3 Sessions on Zoom  beginning Monday, February 7, 11:30Am-1:00PM $40

What makes a piece of literature an epic? The genre has been one of the most significant in the western literary canon. We will address questions related to the origin, evolution, and history of the epic. What are the commonly used tropes, motifs, and literary patterns in the epic? In what way is the epic still relevant and how? Most importantly, we will challenge the assumption that the epic is a western literary invention. We will engage with the epic produced in non-western cultures and examine its similarities and differences in the western canon. We will discuss these questions by exploring works such as The Epic of Gilgamesh, the Odyssey, and Beowulf. A list of reading selections will be provided to those who register.

Partner Yoga with Linda Morse
1 Session on Wednesday, Feb 9, 9:30AM-11:30AM $15

Have you been interested in doing yoga but felt restricted or uneasy about joining a yoga class? Have you simply wanted to improve your flexibility and strength of movement? In this very relaxed workshop, you can gain some physical benefits, connection with another, and, more importantly, have FUN!!! Feel free to bring a partner along with you or come by yourself with an openness to participate with another. This program can be experienced in the chair, or bring a yoga mat or blanket to use on the floor.

Register online or call the office at 401-874-4197.