CSC e-news Coastal Senior College e-news Enriching the lives of seniors through the joy of lifelong learning #92 March, 2015 What’s in this e-letter Curriculum Committee News CSC In The News CSC Events Other Educational Opportunities Spring Course Preview The Spring Catalogue should be out shortly. Check our website for details about the 15!!! courses (plus the three on-going groups) planned for the spring term. Many thanks to Byron Stuhlman and the Curriculum Committee for the broad range of topics, including a course taught by the staff of the Island Institute, a non-profit organization that serves the islands and communities of the Gulf of Maine. The line-up includes: -Environment Law & Ethics (Bruce Rockwood) -The Cathedral: A Social & Architectural History (Byron Stuhlman) -Maine Islands (Small Communities, Big Thinking) Island Institute Staff -Poetry: New Perspectives (Ellen Goldsmith) -Maine Voices! Commentary Fiction and poetry by acclaimed Maine authors (Barbara LeGendre) (NOTE DATE/TIME CHANGE) -Indulging in A. Trollope or Two (Maryanne Ward) And… Keep current on CSC check our website often!! -Impressionism: Mostly Monet (Jane Roos) -Editing Techniques: How to Cut and Prune Your Writing (Caroline Janover) -France from Crisis to Chaos To Absolutism (Charmarie Blaisdell) -The Importance of the Heart and Lungs in Human Physiology (John Burris) -Gathering the Story You Have Within You (Alice Dashiell) The on-going courses will continue (Writers’ Group, Coffee-House and Challenge of Change). CSC e-news #92 March, 2015 CSC Board News From Carolyn Hardman, Membership Chair: Current membership total is 386, 60% Lincoln County, 37% Knox County, 3% other. The highest membership in the past few years was 403 in 2012-2013 and the breadth and depth of the coming term’s courses could even see our membership exceed the 2012-13 number! Tell your friends and neighbors to join CSC and take advantage of the variety and opportunities available! CSC Events Monumental: David Brower’s Fight for Wild America CSC, with the Maine Sierra Club, is sponsored a showing of the film, “Monumental: David Brower’s Fight for Wild America”, on February 4. Between the major snow storms, about sixteen VERY HARDY souls saw this marvelous file about David Brower, a former executive director of the Sierra Club and an important American conservationist. During the lively discussion following the film, all expressed their delight at having seen it . Too bad the weather kept so many from joining them. March 20, 2015: William Butler Yeats Reading Friends’ Meeting House Damariscotta, 2-4 pm John Ward, a popular CSC instructor and former professor of 18th and 19th Century British Literature as well as author of several books, will present a reading and commentary of some of William Butler Yeats’ poetry on the anniversary of his 150thBirthday! This is a free event, open to the public is co-sponsored by the Maine Humanities Council and CSC. For more information, contact Vic Hart (click name to email) or by phone at 207-373-0793. Save the date: May 29, 2015 CSC Annual Luncheon Samoset Resort, Rockland Details to follow. CSC e-news #92 March, 2015 OTHER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES OUR LIBRARIES The Mid-coast has six outstanding libraries - Bremen, Camden, Rockland, Rockport, Skidompha, (Damariscotta) and Thomaston. Bremen, Skidompha and Thomaston Libraries offer free library cards to CSC members. Take out a book, see a film, participate in a discussion, listen to an author talk, or bring a child to one of the many children’s activities offered. Many of these libraries are non-profit and depend on patron and community support. Help keep these precious resources robust and contribute to your library. OUR THEATERS The Lincoln Theater (Damariscotta), the Strand Theater (Rockland) and the Harbor Theatre (Boothbay) feature many current and unique films, HD opera and NT Live plays, ballet, live performances and all feature tasty popcorn! Lincoln Theater also has wine, beverages and “retro” candy! Check out the websites and be sure to join the mailing lists (Lincoln and Strand) to get info on the latest offerings each week. Both the Lincoln and Strand theaters also depend on contributions to keep the programming as vibrant and varied as it is. Please support your theaters by attending and by contributing. AND… Compiler of E-news: Pat Manning; questions comments AND CORRECTIONS (!) welcome.