Scarsdale Adult School E-News
October 2022
Personal Finance
Learn about the latest changes that impact your financial health and bring your money questions to the experts in three separate events coming up in the next two weeks.
Understanding Current Estate Tax and Asset Protection Laws (11533) with Neil Lubarsky will discuss important steps you can take to protect your family's assets from estate taxes and avoid problems with probate. Class meets on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at 7 pm at Scarsdale High School.

Paul Tramontozzi, who taught Navigating Social Security and Medicare earlier this month, will return to explain Life After Work: How to Prepare a Good Life in Retirement (11459) on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, at 7 pm at Scarsdale High School. Class will cover the pros and cons of various retirement planning strategies to ensure you have enough income to replace your paycheck.
On Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at 7:15 pm at Scarsdale High School, we welcome Bobbi Rebell, author of Launching Financial Grownups (2022), for an informative conversation about raising financially astute and independent children. Applying lessons learned as a financial journalist, certified financial planner and mother of three, along with advice and research from top parenting and money experts as well as psychologists, Rebell has written a practical roadmap on what money topics to discuss with your teenagers and young adults, when to help out, and when to step back. Time will be reserved for Q&A. Rebell will be available to sign books following the presentation. To register for Author Visit: Bobbi Rebell, Launching Financial Grownups (2022), choose either General Admission plus Book Purchase (11498) or General Admission Only (11529).
Schedule Changes
The following classes have changes to their previously announced meeting schedule. Email notices have been sent to all students registered in these courses.

The class time for Cookie Decorating (11532) has been shifted one hour later and will now meet from 2 pm to 3:30 pm on Monday, October 24, 2022.

The start date for Let's Play Mah Jongg: Supervised Play (11318) has been postponed until Monday, November 21, 2022 and will meet for four weeks instead of five. The start date for Paint the Seasons in Watercolor and Gouache (11442) has been postponed until Monday, November 28, 2022, and will meet for three weeks instead of four. Prices for both courses have been adjusted.
Classes Starting in the Next Two Weeks
All class listings are for the Eastern Time Zone. Course numbers appear in parentheses.
Week of October 23, 2022
Architecture
  • Walking Tour: Historical Rockefeller Center (11343)
  • Great World's Fairs: Paris 1925, Chicago 1933, and New York 1939 (11353)
  • Walking Tour: Columbus Circle and Lincoln Square (11495)
Art Appreciation
  • Art of Jan Vermeer (11463)
  • Whitney Biennial (11401)
  • Symbolism, a Tapestry (11321)

Arts & Crafts
  • A Tisket, a Tasket, Learn to Make a Wall Basket (11483)

Computer Skills and Technology

Cooking and Baking
  • Cookie Decorating (11532)
  • Walking Tour and Taste of Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, NY (11528)

Fitness and Dance

Literature and Film
  • Book Discussion: Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy (2022) by Letty Cottin Pogrebin (11494)
Music Appreciation
  • Bob Dylan and the American Voice (11434)
  • Theme and Variations (11518)

Personal Finance, Aging, Retirement Planning
  • Understanding Current Estate Tax and Asset Protection Laws (11533)
  • Life After Work: How to Prepare a Good Life in Retirement (11459)

Writing
  • Personal Essay Writing: A Way to Make Meaning of Your Life (11381)
Week of October 30, 2022
Architecture
  • Great World's Fairs: New York 1964, Montreal 1967, and Osaka 1970 (11354)
Art Appreciation
  • Walking Tour: Galleries of Chelsea (11405)
  • Masterpieces of Western Art: Leonardo, Raphael, and the Art of the High Renaissance (11330)
  • Walking Tour: Artist Studio Visit with Brian Rutenberg (11547)

Cooking & Baking
  • Walking Tour and Farm-to-Table Cooking Demonstration: Fable Farm in Ossining, NY (11524)

Games
  • Chess: Supervised Play (11559)
Literature
  • Catching Up with the Classics: The House of Mirth (1905) by Edith Wharton (11386)
  • Short Stories Live (11425)

Personal Finance
  • Author Visit: Bobbi Rebell, Launching Financial Grownups (2022) -- General Admission plus Book Purchase: 11498; General Admission Only: 11529

Writing
  • Moments that Shine: Paying Attention to the Tiny, Mini, and Micro (11389)
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Catalog of Fall Classes
All upcoming classes are listed in our Printer-Friendly, Interactive Version of our Fall 2022 Catalog. New classes are added regularly.

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 expanding number of in-person options.
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