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Prior Courses
The Rainbow Lifelong Learning Institute offers courses in a variety of areas addressing many aspects of life: history, society, self-help, art, writing, technology, and so many more. Here's a sampling of our previous courses to give you an idea of the types of topics we explore in our wide ranging curriculum of courses.
Category | Course Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
Art | Learning to draw and its role in art history | Marja Lorencak Kiker |
Comparative Religion | Understanding Islam | Lori Kenschaft, PhD |
Comparative Religion | A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes | Lori Kenschaft, PhD. |
Games and Sports | Take Me Out to the Ballgame | Marsha Gerstein |
Games and Sports | Games People Play | Nancy Marshall with Tizzy Dolan |
Games and Sports | Bridge | Marsha Gerstein & Mark Heumann |
Gender studies | From Lesbian-Feminism to the Alphabet Generation: Liberation and its Discontents | Sarah Pearlman, author on lesbian and transgender issues |
Gender studies | Art, Activism, and Academics: The Work of Audre Lorde | Jyl Lynn Felman, playwright |
Gender studies | Rainbow Readers: GLBT Roles in American Theater | Becky Meyers |
Gender studies | Cutting Edge LGBT Issues | multiple instructors |
Gender studies | Gender in a Changing World | Lori Kenschaft, PhD |
Legal & Government | The Supreme Court: Landmark Decisions | Jane Scarborough |
Legal & Government | Legal Issues Facing the LGBT Community | Kelly M. Bonnevie |
Legal & Government | The Constitution | Jane Scarborough |
Legal & Government | Human Rights, the US Bill of Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights | Emmett Schaefer |
Literature | Exit: The Endings That Set Us Free | Elizabeth David |
Literature | The Revolutionary Life of Pat Parker: Lesbian, Black, Butch, Poet and Writer | Jyl Lynn Felman, playwright |
Literature | African American Writing and Literature | Marilyn Monteiro |
Literature | The Best of Modern American Poetry | Susan Alves |
Literature | Busting Stereotypes: Butch/Femme Identity, Past and Present | Jyl Lynn Felman, playwright |
MUSIC | What Makes Sondheim Great | Gail Leondar-Wright |
MUSIC | Romantic Plus - Classical Music | Liz Diamond |
MUSIC | Listening to Classical Music | Liz Diamond |
MUSIC | A Bach Bacchanal | Liz Diamond |
Science & Technology | The Future is Now: Introduction to New Technologies | David Rooks, MBA |
Science & Technology | What's Your Carbon Footprint? | Thea Iberall, PhD |
Science & Technology | Fat Surprises | Leah Ziph-Schatzberg, PhD |
Science & Technology | Can we Stop Climate Change | Tony Lee |
Social Justice | White People Challenging Racism: Moving From Talk to Action | Barbara Beckwith and Mary D. Green |
Social Justice | Heterosexism and Anti Jewish Oppression | Warren Blumenfeld |
Social Justice | The Many Meanings of Justice | Lori Kenschaft, PhD |
Social Justice | What's the Matter With White People | Marilyn Monteiro and Marsha Gerstein |
Social Justice | Restorative Justice: Theory and Practice | Lori Kenschaft, PhD |
Social Justice | Nonviolent Resistance: A Dangerous Idea | Devon Davidson |
Society and History | Breaking Out of Cultural Constraints | Thea Iberall, PhD |
Society and History | Communicating Across the Political Divide | Thea Iberall, PhD |
Society and History | The Banquet Years -- Rise of the French Avant Garde, 1885 - WW1 | Michael Connolly |
Society and History | TED Talks | Devon Davidson, Marsha Gerstein, Jay Landers, Marilyn Monteiro, Peg Walsh |
Theatre | Love, Politics, and Betrayal: Reading "Angels In America" by Tony Kushner | Jyl Lynn Felman, playwright |
Theatre | Contemporary Women Playwrights | Jyl Lynn Felman, playwright |
Theatre | What Makes Sondheim Great | Gail Leondar-Wright |
Travel | Travel that nourishes the Soul: Memoirs of offbeat Travels | Michael Connolly |
Travel | Journeys in Deep Time | Michael Connolly |
Wellness | Brain as a Team of Rivals | Devon Davidson |
Wellness | Investing Made Simple | David Rooks, MBA |
Wellness | An Anthropologist on Mars: The Clinical Novels of Oliver Sacks | MaryAnn Byrnes |
Wellness | Introductory Qi-Gong | Carolyn McDonald |
Wellness | Aging Well in Exciting New Times | Barbara Mantel |
Wellness | Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway | Shirley Riga, licensed instructor, Feel the Fear |
Writing | Kick Start Your Writing | Sue Katz, author |
Writing | Storytelling: Its Art and Craft | Thea Iberall, PhD |
Writing | Poetry and Memory | Pamela Annas |
Writing | How Many Communities Do You Belong To? | Bill Himelhoch with Grace Lerman |
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