Scarsdale Adult School E-News
October 2022
Card and Board Games
Games are aplenty in October at SAS with over a dozen upcoming classes for you to learn, practice, and hone your gaming skills in a fun environment.
Online morning sessions of Beginner Bridge start Tuesday, October 11, 2022 (Course 11307) and again on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 (Course 11308). For those beyond novice, online sessions of the next level up, Beginner Plus Bridge, meets Tuesday evenings starting October 11, 2022 (Course 11311) and again on November 22, 2022 (Course 11312). Online evening sessions of Intermediate Bridge begins Wednesday, October 12, 2022 (Course 11305), and again on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 (Course 11306). Introduction to Duplicate Bridge (Course 11304) meets Monday evenings beginning October 17, 2022.

Please note: all online bridge lectures are recorded and sent to registered students for review at your leisure, making it a great option for busy or unpredictable personal schedules.

In-person Tuesday evening sessions of Bridge: Supervised Play start Tuesday, October 11, 2022 (Course 11444); Wednesday afternoon sessions begin November 9, 2022 (Course 11544).

After kicking off the season with a highly successful tournament, our canasta classes are as popular as ever. Tuesday Beginner Canasta (Course 11356) is at capacity but we have just opened a new Wednesday morning section (Course 11554) that begins October 19, 2022. Canasta: Supervised Play (Course 11357) meets on Tuesday afternoons starting October 18, 2022. For single subject instruction, Canasta Strategies: Special Hands (Course 11379) meets Tuesday morning, December 6, 2022, and Canasta Strategies: Aces and Sevens (Course 11380) meets Tuesday morning, December 13, 2022.
Clickety clack is the sound of new sessions of Mah Jongg: Beginner Series starting Wednesday, October 12, 2022 (Course 11437), Monday, November 14, 2022 (Course 11316), and Wednesday, November 16, 2022 (Course 11438). Upcoming sections of Mah Jongg: Supervised Play commence Wednesday, October 12, 2022 (Course 11439), Monday, November 14, 2022 (Course 11318), and Wednesday, November 16, 2022 (Course 11440).

Kings and queens rejoice: Beginner Chess (Course 11527) begins Wednesday morning, October 12, 2022. You will have nothing to lose and plenty of camaraderie, knowledge, and good times to gain.

Join in the fun and games by registering now for all upcoming bridge, canasta, mah jongg, and chess classes.
Catalog Additions
The following courses have just been added to the catalog and are open for registration:

Art Appreciation
  • Walking Tour: Artist Studio Visit with Brian Rutenberg (11547)
  • Walking Tour: The Tudors, Art and Majesty in Renaissance England at the Met (11555)

Games
  • Beginner Canasta (11554) -- new section added

History and Culture
  • Past and Present Jews of Italy (11550)

Languages
  • Beginner Italian (11548) -- new section added
  • Conversational Italian and Book Discussion (11549)

Literature
  • Book Discussion: The Foundling (2022) by Ann Leary (11553)
  • Book Discussion: Take My Hand (2022) by Dolen Perkins-Valdez (11552)

Music Appreciation
  • Pianist Cristiana Pegoraro in Concert (11551)
Classes Starting in the Next Two Weeks
All class listings are for the Eastern Time Zone. Course numbers appear in parentheses.
Week of October 2, 2022
Architecture
  • History of Rockefeller Center (11342)
  • Walking Tour: Ferry Along the East River (11496)

Arts & Crafts
  • Painting with Collage (11441)

Cooking & Baking
  • Walking Tour and Taste of Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, NY (11528)
History and Culture
  • Walking Tour: Development of Downtown Scarsdale (11538)

Languages
  • Beginner Italian (11382)
  • Italiano Conversazioni (11383)

Performing Arts
  • Club Ukulele (11448)
  • Learn to Play the Ukulele for Beginners (11447)

Writing
  • Children’s Picture Book Essentials (11466)
Week of October 9, 2022
Architecture
  • Great World's Fairs: Paris 1889 and 1900 and Brussels 1897 (11351)

Art Appreciation
  • Masterpieces of Western Art: Origins of the Italian Renaissance (11329)
  • Walking Tour: Bowery Boogie, Downtown Art Scene (11339)
  • Giotto and the Moderns (11320)
  • Walking Tour: The Met Cloisters (11335)
Arts & Crafts
  • Deep Dive into Drawing (11476)
  • Watercolor Painting (11407)
  • Watercolor Painting for Beginners and Beyond (11484)
  • Drawing Flowers with Watercolor Pencils (11531)

Games
  • Beginner Bridge (11307)
  • Beginner Plus Bridge (11311)
  • Bridge: Supervised Play (11444)
  • Intermediate Bridge (11305)
  • Beginner Chess (11527)
  • Let's Play Mah Jongg: Beginner Series (11437)
  • Let's Play Mah Jongg: Supervised Play (11439)

Health and Wellness
  • Memory and Brainpower Workshop (11497)

History and Culture
  • History’s Mysteries: Disasters at Sea (11456)
  • Who Was King David? (11478)
  • Walking Tour: Quarry Park on the Aqueduct (11540)

Languages
  • Beginner French (11492)
  • Intermediate French (11493)
  • Beginner Italian (11548)
  • Conversational Italian and Book Discussion (11549)
Literature and Film
  • Book Discussion: The Foundling (2022) by Ann Leary (11553)
  • BookTalk with Harriet Sobol: The Transit of Venus (1980) by Shirley Hazzard (11393)
  • Reading Contemporary Novels: New Voices in Historical Fiction (11419)
  • Artistry Behind the Film: The Power of the Dog (2021) (11370)
  • Author-Led Book Discussion: Jason Mott, Hell of a Book (2021) (11520)
  • Author Visit: Jason Mott, Hell of a Book (2021) (11521)
  • Catching Up with the Classics: Daisy Miller (1879) by Henry James (11385)
  • Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure (11415)
  • William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury (1929) and Light In August (1932) (11416)

Natural Sciences
  • Scientific Advances in IVF and Egg Freezing (11535)

Performing Arts
  • Learn to Play the Guitar (11446)

Personal Finance, Aging, Retirement Planning
  • Navigating Social Security and Medicare (11460)
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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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