CLASS & PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Hamilton House's classes and weekly events are shown here in the calendar. Plus (+) signs next to a class indicate that an additional fee is needed. Please call to confirm times. Also for regular classes/events please click on the links below for their schedules:
Click the calenders below to see the January and February schedules
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Poetry
There are as many definitions of poetry as there are poets. Wordsworth defined poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings;" Emily Dickinson said, "If I read a book and it makes my body so cold no fire ever can warm me, I know that is poetry;" and Dylan Thomas defined poetry this way: "Poetry is what makes me laugh or cry or yawn, what makes my toenails twinkle, what makes me want to do this or that or nothing." Poetry is a lot of things to a lot of people. At Hamilton House we have a wonderful poetry group that reads, discusses, and learns more about the poets they read.
Please call for the selected text.
Tuesdays at 11:00AM in the Mural Room
Creative Writing Class-Creating Small Worlds
In this class we are going to create stories that will take us out of our New England winter and let us live through our characters and their adventures. We will discuss the elements that make up good stories: character, plot, etc., read how a writer uses these tools in stories, and write drafts that will become revised and finished pieces to celebrate.
Bonnie Cunningham, will lead this class. Limited to 8 students.
Begins Tuesday, January 31st. 2012, at 1:00PM for 8 weeks
Celebrating Black History Month
Every year, during Black History Month, our country celebrates the invaluable contributions that the African-American community has made to the culture and history of our nation. At Hamilton House, we will have a four-session class involving discussion of Black History Month, poetry and excerpts from literature. The last class will be a film, "The Long Walk Home."
Nancy Marcucci will be leading the class. Nancy moderates our Book Club and also teaches American Literature at International House.
Four sessions: Mondays at 1:00PM beginning February 6th
Art History - American Artists
American art encompasses the history of painting and visual arts in the United States. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, artists primarily painted landscapes and portraits in a realistic style. A parallel development taking shape in rural America was the American Craft movement, which began as a reaction to the industrial revolution. Developments in Modern Art in Europe came to America from exhibitions in New York City such as the Armory Show in 1913. Previously, American artists had based the majority of their work on Western Painting and European Arts. After World War II, New York replaced Paris as the center of the art world. Since then many American movements have shaped Modern and Post-Modern art. Art in the United States today covers a vast range of styles.
Artist Toba Weintraub will be the lecturer.
Every other Monday, beginning January 9th, at 11:00AM
The Kennedys
"The Kennedys," a miniseries that premièred on April 3rd 2011, and promoted by the channel airing it as "the most controversial TV-movie event of the year" - a phrase, you'll notice, that doesn't express pride in the quality of the show or speak to its degree of importance. It's a fairly empty boast, but a useful one for ReelzChannel, where "The Kennedys" landed after being rejected in January by the History Channel, where the project originated. We decided to give it a chance on Mondays at 1pm. What will your review be of this docu-drama? The miniseries features actors: Greg Kinnear, Katie Holmes, Tom Wilkinson, and Barry Pepper.
Beginning Mondays, February 6th at 1:00PM for 4 weeks
Digital Photography
Instructor: Mark Abbott of Oggi Photography.
Wednesdays at 10:00AM
Great Courses
The 30 Greatest Orchestral Works
In 16 richly-detailed lectures, you will encounter symphonies, concerti, tone poems and symphonic poems and suites covering over 200 years of music history and delve into the works through extensive musical excerpts. The course covers the major eras and stylistic periods in Western music and highlights a wide range of European and American composers, such as: Mozart, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mahler, Stravinsky, Beethoven, and Smetana. Knowing how these forms of music work will offer two critical benefits: it will allow you to grasp the structure of the music as you hear it, giving you a solid basis for deeper, nuanced listening. Secondly, understanding these forms allows you to appreciate how the greatest composers used the specific musical terms.
The Great Courses professor, Robert Greenberg, is Music Historian-in-Residence with San Francisco Performances and has served on the faculties of the University of California and The San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Begins Wednesday, January 11th at 11:00AM
Computer Classes
Classes are one hour private lessons. Any level or questions are addressed. We have four computer stations available for members including a Mac and three Dell computers.
Please sign up at least 24hrs in advance of lesson times. Also, it you need to cancel try to give 24 hours notice so someone else can use your slot.
Please call in mid-January for the new computer schedule.
The computer lessons are funded by the June Rockwell Levy Foundation. We are very grateful for their loyal support.
Roundtable
Meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 1:00PM
There are so many hot topics to bring to the table. Meet with fellow members to discuss the issues that face our state, country, and world. A lively sharing of views will bring introspective to various subjects. At the end of each meeting, the group will decide on the next topic. Articles for each session are available on the bookcase next to the reception desk.
Literary Book Club
Monday, at 10:30AM January 30th and February 27th
The HH book club meets on the last Monday of the month. All participants are encouraged to express their views and thoughts, as well as suggest a book or author for the upcoming months. The book for January is The Dovekeepers , by Alice Hoffman.The book for February will be selected at the January meeting. It will be posted at the front desk.
You are invited to join at any time.
Friday Flicks in the Mirror Room
If there is a specific film or film genre you would like to see, please put your written suggestion in the office or mail your favorite films to us. 1:00 pm on Fridays.
Jan. 6th The Notebook
Jan. 13th SnowFlower and the Secret Fan
Jan. 20th Water for Elephants
Jan. 27th Bella Martha (French w/subtitles)
Feb. 3rd The Secret Life of Bees
Feb. 10th The Hours
Feb. 17th Sarah's Key
Feb. 24th The Help