Winter Quarter 2012 Classes - Thursdays
January 12 - March 1
Is Change Possible: An Introduction to the American Political Process
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Creative Writing
Piano Keyboarding
Simone de Beauvoir, Playwright!
Watercolor: Beginning and Beyond
Reading Poems
Book Discussion Group
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
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Aljoya Thorton Place is located at 450 NE 100th Street, southeast of the Northgate Mall. All LLC students are welcome to enroll in these classes. Aljoya will provide parking for our students.
Class Descriptions - Thursdays
| Is Change Possible: An Introduction to the American Political Process | 9:30-10:45 |
| Bill Taylor | Room 106 |
President Obama is being criticized for failing to deliver on his promise of change. This course will look at the political system created by the framers of the Constitution and how it has evolved over time to make change difficult. This course will repeat materials I've used in previous courses, but important parts will be new. This course is foundational for other courses I hope to offer leading up to the 2012 election.
A text (@$13) will be available at the time of registration. Please register early and come prepared having read the materials for the first week.
| The Epic of Gilgamesh | 11:00-12:00 |
| Marianne LoGerfo | Room 108 |
More than a thousand years before Homer or the Bible, the Mesopotamian poets sang of the hero-king Gilgamesh, of his love for his friend and their adventures together, of grief and loss, and a journey to the ends of the earth to find the Babylonian Noah. Reading this thrilling work is one of life's great pleasures-- an all too brief excursion filled with wit, passion and strange beauty. Please buy your copy of Gilgamesh at the LLC office.
| Creative Writing | 9:30-11:30 |
| Vel Gerth | Room 107 |
We create spontaneously with and through brief outlines. This is not a critique class. We encourage writing that represents your singularity. Limited to 12 students.
| Piano Keyboarding | 11:00-12:15 |
| Jeanne Bryan | Room 106 |
For students with basic knowledge of names and locations of those ivories and some note-reading. By term end, students can play familiar tunes. Piano book $16. New students must contact instructor before joining the class.
| Simone de Beauvoir, Playwright! | 11:00-12:15 |
| Beckey Sukovaty | Note: This class is presented at Aljoya Thornton Place |
Join us as we explore another side of Simone de Beauvoir's work through her short play, "The Useless Mouths," set in 14th century Flanders and staged in Paris right after WW II. Each week, we'll discuss a selection from her vibrant script, along with brief supplementary materials. You'll find the literary, historical, political, and ethical themes remain as relevant today as when she first wrote the scenes.
| Watercolor: Beginner and Beyond | 1:00-2:30 |
| Wendy Winkler | Room 106 |
A workshop with some instruction. Participants are welcome to work on class projects on their own. Instruction will apply to transparent watercolor, but can be used with acrylic or gauche on paper. Supply list available.
| Reading Poems | 1:00-2:20 |
| Elhri Larsen, Facilitator | Room 107 |
We each bring one or two poems we like-to read aloud to share. Poems by American and international writers, contemporary mostly, who speak to our love of language and our human experience, with insight and often humor.
| Book Discussion Group | 1:00-2:20 |
| Staff | Room 108 |
We read contemporary fiction, with some nonfiction and classics. We get several of our books from the Seattle Public Library's book group program. Some of the books we'll read this academic year:
Winter: Dean, The Madonnas of Leningrad; Flaubert, Madame Bovary; Wharton, The Age of Innocence.
Spring: Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad; Jones, The Known World; Michaels, Fugitive Pieces.