New stimulating Current Events and Politics courses all begin this coming week.

Discuss a variety of challenging topics with a group of curious, well-informed and friendly news junkies in new sessions of Let's Talk Current Events: Topics in the News. Edward Ginsberg leads the Tuesday morning in-person classes (Course 13679); Alfred Hunt leads online classes on Wednesday mornings (Course 13731) and Thursday mornings Course 13732).

Tackle different moral dilemmas and examine all angles of complex real world scenarios in which the answers are not clear and decisions have dramatic consequences. Ginsberg's popular discussion class, Moral Dilemmas, Case Studies in Justice, Ethics, and Morality (Course 13728), resumes on Tuesday mornings. Class will not repeat any of the scenarios covered in previous terms.

Recently added, Hunt will introduce Warfare’s Role in American Society (Course 13834) on Thursday afternoons. Investigate the complex "art of war," a seemingly inevitable force initiated by politics, sanctified by religion, fueled by economics, symbolizing valor and destruction. Through lectures and discussion, analyze the causes and effects of conflicts throughout history, and how warfare continues to shape the fabric of American society.

All these classes begin soon. Register now to secure your spot.

Week of January 11, 2026

Art Appreciation

• Women Impressionists Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot (13811)

Arts & Crafts

• Express Yourself Through Collage (13818)
• Landscape Painting with Oil Pastels (13673)
• Painting Landscapes and Still Lifes with Soft Pastels (13674)
• Painting the Landscape with Watercolors (13671)* please note change in venue
• Watercolor Painting (13672)
• Vibrant Strokes of Pastel Drawing (13683)

Computers, Technology, and the Internet

• Introduction to AI and ChatGPT (Wednesday morning: 13704; Thursday evening: 13705)

Current Events and Politics

• Let's Talk Current Events: Topics in the News (Tuesday mornings in person: 13679; Wednesday mornings online: 13731;Thursday mornings online: 13732)
• Moral Dilemmas, Case Studies in Justice, Ethics, and Morality (13728)
• Warfare’s Role in American Society (13834)* JUST ADDED

Fitness and Dance

• Mat Pilates (13699)
• Walk 15® (Monday mornings online: 13697; Tuesday mornings in person: 13698)
• Essential Yoga (13695)
• Gentle Yoga (13696)
• Movement to Music (Tuesday mornings in person: 13754; Tuesday mornings online: 13755; Thursday mornings online: 13757; Friday mornings in person: 13756)
• Conditioning for Racket Sports (13753)
• Sit and Be Fit: Chair-Based Body Sculpting (Thursday morning online: 13749)
• Introduction to Chair Yoga (13772)

Games

• Advanced Beginner Bridge (13825)
• Bridge: Supervised Play (Monday mornings: 13824)
• Bridge: Supervised Play for Experienced Players (13826)
• Beginner Canasta (Monday mornings: 13716; Tuesday evenings: 13718; Thursday mornings: 13717)
• Canasta: Supervised Play, Tips, and Strategy (Monday mornings: 13723; Tuesday evenings: 13724; Thursday afternoons: 13722)
• Let's Play Mah Jongg: Beginner Series (Monday mornings: 13686; Wednesday mornings: 13684; Wednesday evenings: 13762)
• Let's Play Mah Jongg: Supervised Play (Monday afternoons: 13691; Tuesday mornings: 13764; Wednesday afternoons: 13690; Friday mornings: 13688* NEW SECTION JUST ADDED)

Hobbies and Edutainment

• iPhone Photo Features (13766)

Languages

• Beginner Spanish (13740
• Spanish Grammar (13835)
• Beginner Spanish II (13744)
• Advanced Beginner Spanish (13739)
• Intermediate Spanish (13738)
• Intermediate to Advanced Spanish (13736)
• Basic Conversational Spanish (13741)
• Conversational Spanish (13730)
• Intermediate Conversational Spanish (13735)
• Advanced Conversational Spanish (13737)
• Conversational French (13734)
• Beginner Italian (13819)
• Conversational Italian (13820)
• Intermediate German (13821)

Literature, Film, Theater, and Television

• Short Stories by Women About Women (13765)
• Book Chat with Anna Katsavos: My Friends (2025) by Fredrik Backman (13680)

Performing Arts

• Group Piano Lessons for Beginner & Intermediate Students (13809)
• Joy of Singing (Tuesday evenings: 13807; Wednesday afternoons: 13808)
• Learn to Play the Ukulele for Beginners (13810)

Walking Tours

• Walking Tour: Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages at the Met Cloisters (13781)
• Walking Tour: Grand Central Terminal (13619)

Week of January 18, 2026

Art Appreciation

• Virtual Tour: Amy Sherald: American Sublime at the Whitney (13798)

Computers, Technology, and the Internet

• Staying Safe and Secure on the Internet (Wednesday morning: 13773; Thursday evening: 13775)

Financial and Retirement Planning

• How Tax Planning Changes Through Four Stages of Retirement (13540)

Games

• Bridge: Supervised Play for Novice Players (13827)

Home and Garden

• Step by Step Guide to House Renovating (13780)

Literature, Film, Theater, and Television

• BookTalk with Harriet Sobol: The Remembered Soldier (2025) by Anjet Daanje (13800)

Writing

• Finding Your Voice through Memoir Writing (13829)

All upcoming classes through end of March 2026 will be listed in the Printer-Friendly, Interactive Version of our Fall/Winter 2025-26 Catalog. New classes and changes are added in real time.

Class times are for the Eastern Time Zone. Please check regularly for additional options to keep you engaged and learning, whether from the comforts of home or through our expansive number of in-person options.