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Join us to view The Body Politic (2023), an award-winning documentary film highlighting a novel approach to urban violence that appeared on PBS's POV. ...  View More

"The true value of a park lies not in its size or grandeur, but in the way it allows people to connect with nature and with each other."--Frederick La ...  View More

Are we failing to realize the humane and progressive goals of our 18th-century European ancestors? A tour of some major Enlightenment ideas (e.g. abol ...  View More

The Beach Boys, one of the most influential groups in the history of pop music has a long and remarkable history. With careers extending over 60 years ...  View More

After years of delays, the most ambitious museum Egypt has ever built is finally set to open. This talk explores what makes the Grand Egyptian Museum ...  View More

We'll examine how Israel's increased reliance on U.S. support, its growing international isolation and Trump's unpredictable foreign policies could co ...  View More

American artist, educator, and arts activist Ruth Asawa is known for her extensive body of work including paintings, printmaking, public commissions, ...  View More

We’ve been hearing the term "socialism" in recent years, sometimes as a pejorative and sometimes as a proud self-description (for example from Bernie ...  View More

Everybody loves butterflies. They are graceful and delicate, diverse and delightful, small but generally approachable, and they bring us to the sunny ...  View More

Return to one of TV’s true classics, M*A*S*H, with a salute to Margaret Houlihan, the character created by the late Loretta Swit. In each class we’ll ...  View More

Explore presidential history and technology in this visually rich, surprising, and deeply researched exploration of the world’s most protected and sym ...  View More

“Brutalist architecture was Modernism's angry underside, and was never...a mere aesthetic style. It was a political aesthetic, an attitude, a weapon, ...  View More