Laurel Lake and University Circle announce Winter 2011 Distance Learning programs
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Medieval Treasures, Coral Reefs, Rock & Roll and The New York Times: Laurel Lake & University Circle announce Winter programs
January 5, 2011 -- Laurel Lake and University Circle will offer the following distance learning programs this Winter. Distance learning connects Laurel Lake with the world-class museums and educational institutions at University Circle and throughout the U.S. via live videoconferencing.
These programs are free and open to the public at 200 Laurel Lake Drive in Hudson. To register, call 1-866-650-2100. Click here for a complete list of Lifelong Learning programs at Laurel Lake.
"MEDIEVAL MASTERPIECES"
Monday, January 10 @ 3:30 PM
Live from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Rich intellectual and technical achievements distinguish the art of the Middle Ages. Throughout Europe, manuscript illumination, architecture, sculpture, textiles and metal work flourished under the patronage of Church and Court. From splendid liturgical objects to vessels for holy relics, courtly furnishings to column capitals — all help make connections between the art, religion and culture of Europe.
"TREASURES OF HEAVEN: SAINTS, RELICS AND DEVOTION IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE"
Thursday, January 13 @ 1:00 PM
Field Trip to the Cleveland Museum of Art will offer a highlights tour of the Middle Ages, a time when art mediated between heaven and earth and wondrous objects filled churches and monastic treasuries. Relics—the physical remains of holy men and women, and things associated with them—were especially important to the development of Christianity, which emerged as a powerful new religion in the Late Roman world. Call Betty Presti at 330-655-1492 to inquire about availability and cost.
"SEA LIFE RESCUE"
Monday, January 24 @ 3:30 PM
Live from Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, FL. With the Gulf oil disaster fresh in the headlines, discover how marine animals are rescued in a stranding situation; learn how marine animals are treated for various injuries and sicknesses; learn what Mote Marine does for sick and injured marine animals, and understand how they can protect these animals.
"CORAL REEF CONSERVATION"
Monday, January 31 @ 3:30 PM
Live from Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, FL. Coral reefs are highly complex ecosystems, vital to the economies of many nations and the health of marine wildlife. Over the last two decades, many of the world’s reefs have been damaged by hurricanes, pollution, overfishing, and other stresses. Learn how reefs function, and hear about the latest efforts to conserve and properly manage coral reefs.
JOHN HALAMKA, MD: "ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS"
Monday, February 7 @ 1:00 PM
Town Hall of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University speaker John Halamka, M.D., Chief Information Office of CareGroup Health System, will present "Electronic Medical Records." Halamka is responsible for all clinical, financial, administrative and academic information technology serving 3,000 doctors, 12,000 employees and one million patients. He is Chief Information Officer and Associate Dean for Educational Technology at Harvard Medical School, Chairman of the New England Health Electronic Data Interchange Network, Chief Information Officer of the Harvard Clinical Research Institute, and is a practicing Emergency Physician.
"AMBASSADOR TO THE ORCHESTRA: THE ARRANGER IN ROCK & ROLL"
Monday, February 14 @ 3:30 PM
Live from The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The worlds of popular and classical music may seem to be miles apart, drawing on different histories, different musical practices, and different instrumentation – but the classical orchestra has played a major part in rock and roll culture. Classically trained musicians such as Arif Mardin, George Martin, Van Dyke Parks, and Willie Mitchell became some of the most successful producers and arrangers in popular music, helping to bring the sounds of the orchestra into rock and roll. Examine the music of The Beatles, Dusty Springfield, Diana Ross, and Metallica, and help to arrange a piece of music using computer music software.
"THE BIG BANG: THE BIRTH OF ROCK & ROLL"
Monday, February 21 @ 3:30 PM
Live from The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In the early 1950s, a new form of music exploded onto the scene, exciting a growing teenage audience. Popularized by disc jockey Alan Freed, the term "rock and roll" came to describe a new form of music steeped in the blues, rhythm and blues, country and gospel. Teenagers fell in love, listening to it on transistor radios and buying it in record stores, while many parents believed it was simply noise with a negative influence. But rock and roll was here to stay, bringing important changes. Examine the importance of geography, race, technology, and teen culture in shaping rock and roll music in this remarkable era, and watch and listen to vintage performances by Hall of Fame Inductees such as Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley and Little Richard.
"BALL OF CONFUSION: ROCK MUSIC & SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE 60’s & 70’s"
Monday, February 28 @ 3:30 PM
Live from The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The history of rock and roll encompasses some of the most turbulent times in U.S. history. In the 1960s and 1970s in particular, American society faced challenges stemming from the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights movement and Women's Liberation. This class features songs from artists including Bob Dylan, Jim Hendrix, and Jefferson Airplane, showing ways that popular musicians have used messages of revolution, protest, and empowerment to question society and effect change. Supplemental media includes recordings and videos of Hall of Fame Inductees.
"EXTREME MAMMALS"
Monday, March 7 @ 3:30 PM
Live from The Cleveland Museum of Natural History. See highlights of the Museum’s captivating exhibition, "Extreme Mammals: The Biggest, Smallest, and Most Amazing Mammals of All Time" exploring the surprising world of extinct and living mammals. Featuring spectacular fossils and other world-class Museum specimens, vivid reconstructions, and live animals, you’ll explore the ancestry and evolution of numerous species, ranging from huge to tiny, speedy to sloth-like. Learn about how life evolved, why animals may, despite sharing some key characteristics, look and behave so differently from one another, and how there can be such extraordinary diversity within a single group.
DAVID BROOKS, OP-ED COLUMNIST FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Monday, March 14 @ 1:00 PM
Town Hall of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University speaker David Brooks will participate in a live videoconference on "The Social Animal: Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement."Each day brings new findings from the world of brain research, behavioral economics, psychology and the study of the human mind. They add up to a new view of human nature and a new vision of how people succeed. Scientists in many academic silos are shining their flashlight into this rich unconscious realm. Brooks has synthesized their findings in the field of neuroanthropology and pinpoints the attributes leading to character, accomplishment and success in his new book.
Brooks is a bi-weekly Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times, a regular analyst on NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and NPR's All Things Considered, and a former senior editor of The Weekly Standard. He has been a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Atlantic Monthly, has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Forbes, The Washington Post and many other periodicals. He is the author of two books of what he calls "comic sociology" - Bobos in Paradise (a New York Times bestseller) and On Paradise Drive.
About Laurel Lake Retirement Community
Laurel Lake offers a remarkable lifestyle choice for adults who wish to continue leading active lives filled with travel, fitness, volunteer, work, cultural and lifelong learning pursuits. Laurel Lake is a member of Catholic Healthcare Partners. To learn more about this not-for-profit continuing care retirement community offering multiple home styles within a 150-acre campus in historic Hudson, call 1-866-650-2100 or visit www.laurellake.org .