Iowa City Senior Center September-October 2025 Program Guide

LIFELONG LEARNING Cultivate your curiosity, expand your perspective, develop new skills

Lost Art: The Stories of Missing Masterpieces Wednesdays, Sep 3 - Oct 8, 1-2:30 pm Location: Room 302 Register online or call 319-356-5220 Facilitator: Beth Stence

Write Your Life Story Fridays, Sep 12, 26, Oct 10, 24, 1-2:30 pm Location: Room 308 Register online or call 319-356-5220 Instructor: Marge Daniels Write about the people, places, and events that have created your memories. We encourage and inspire writing using our own everyday voice (vocabulary, grammar, etc.). Authors usually read their stories for the other writers to listen and offer supportive and constructive comments to help the story. Sharing is optional. Membership required. Morning Session: 10:30 am - 12 pm Register online or call 319-356-5220 Afternoon Session: 1:30-3 pm Register online or call 319-356-5220 Louis DeGrazia has been teaching theology courses at the Senior Center since 2006 and has repeatedly said it would be his last class. However, Louis had a conversation with his son which has encouraged him to teach his newest class: “ When I asked my son if I should venture to teach another class, he said yes, and I know what it should be. What is that, I replied. A course on your own theology was his immediate response. But I have never done that, so he said it's time, then. But why would I do that? I questioned. Because for 19 years you have been posing questions in classes, and now it's time for them to question you.” What I propose to do is share with you my theological beliefs and how I arrived at them. You will surely have adopted different theological postures for your personal life. What I am asking you to do is write down questions you would like to ask me, either about why I believe as I do or how I came to hold that view. My goal is for us to understand each other, never to convince or persuade. My purpose is to accept each other more fully as we learn from each other. Membership required. The Faith of an Atheist Thursdays, Sep 18 - Oct 23 Location: Room 308 Instructor: Louis DeGrazia

In this video lecture series, art historian Noah Charney delivers 12 fascinating lectures accompanied by graphics about lost art. We'll hear the stories behind the theft and/or destruction of some of the world's most famous pieces of art. From the 21st century Taliban's iconoclastic destruction of the 500-year-old Buddha statues at Bamiyan to the earthquake that felled the Colossus of Rhodes. From the theft of 13 paintings from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston to the long history of art plundered during war. Whether you are an art lover, history buff, or true crime fan, this course has something for you. Membership required.

Viewing Values: Films of the 1970s Fridays, Sep 12 - Oct 31, 10 am - 12 pm Location: Room 302 Register online or call 319-356-5220 Instructor: Frank Murray

The best movies are shaped by two main elements: artistic and thematic. This course offers specific techniques for interpreting the artistic elements in any film, and consideration of how the specific time period of the film influences the thematic elements. We will look at seven classic films of the 1970s, including The Godfather, The Conversation, Network, Taxi Driver, Klute, Nashville, and Apocalypse Now . The first class meeting will be purely introductory, addressing the elements of analysis we will refer to throughout the course. Each of the seven remaining class sessions will address one film in depth, starting with The Godfather . In order to make our time in class both efficient and effective, students will be expected to view each film before class so that we can discuss it during our meetings. Films will be shown at the Senior Center at 9 am on the Wednesday before each class, or feel free to find and watch the films on your own. This is an introductory level course requiring no previous knowledge of film techniques but welcoming all at any level with an interest in figuring out how to get "more" out of the movies they watch. Membership required.

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