Final round of Lifetime Learning focuses on bridging divides

 The final week of the Friends of Snow Library’s Fall Lifetime Learning series features a new program on Tuesday, Nov. 18 from 1:30 to 4 p.m., Documenting Our Great Country: ‘Two Roads’ (2024) and ‘Brighton Beach’ (1980). Directors Susan Wittenberg and Carol Stein of Ace Pictures, Inc. will present two films that illustrate art’s power to bridge divisions and highlight immigrant communities coexisting in a shared uprootedness.

The final installment of religion professor Steve Kepnes’ course on World Religions: How Are They the Same and How Are They Different? takes place on Monday, Nov. 17 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The third and final part of Mike McCartney’s program on Folktales and Fairytales: The Stories That Shaped Us will be held later on Monday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m..

Kerry Brown’s class on Shakespeare’s King Lear: The Ultimate Tragedy wraps up on Wednesday, Nov. 19 from 10:30 a.m. to noon, and John Whelan finishes his exploration of The Pioneers of Rock & Roll later on Wednesday from 1:30 to 3 p.m. That evening, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Novels & Ideas’ leaders Steve and Jeff Bornemeier conclude their discussion of The Life of Pi. 

The last day of the fall Lifetime Learning program, Thursday, Nov. 20, features the conclusion of Could America Become a Dictatorship? from 10:30 to noon; and Great Composers from Russia, Scandinavia, and France from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

All programs are recorded. Registered participants will receive a Zoom link to the class recording, so the entire course can be enjoyed again at a later date.